Comments on: Serenity beats Star Wars… http://www.ultimategambit.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/ My little slice of home on the web Sat, 01 May 2010 14:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mothandrust http://www.ultimategambit.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 Mothandrust Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:36:38 +0000 http://www.gambituk.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/#comment-2743 I just don't get the passion that Serenity evokes. I think Whedon had just enough quirky lines left in him after Buffy to make a series and a movie. Is it cool to give Star Wars the bird and back the little guy? I liked serenity, but not enough for repeat viewings. But then who the hell am I anyway. I dunno. I just don’t get the passion that Serenity evokes. I think Whedon had just enough quirky lines left in him after Buffy to make a series and a movie. Is it cool to give Star Wars the bird and back the little guy?

I liked serenity, but not enough for repeat viewings. But then who the hell am I anyway. I dunno.

]]> By: Chris http://www.ultimategambit.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Chris Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:50:21 +0000 http://www.gambituk.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/#comment-2742 Fair comment. I'm sure there are plenty of Star Wars fans who never go near theforce.net, but I would have expected a plea like that to yield a few more votes! Fair comment. I’m sure there are plenty of Star Wars fans who never go near theforce.net, but I would have expected a plea like that to yield a few more votes!

]]> By: Gambit http://www.ultimategambit.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Gambit Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:49:54 +0000 http://www.gambituk.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/#comment-2741 You should - they rock. But watch the series first. Totally get your point, and its a very valid one - just posting the news as it was a little suprising. To play devils advocate - the voting was online, and was highly pused on the force.net (http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Star_Wars_Lagging_in_SFX_Poll_104230.asp) to get star wars fans to vote, so i would argue that it is possibly a stronger vote amongst sci-fi fans than you say (i know... its a tentative line!) You should – they rock. But watch the series first.
Totally get your point, and its a very valid one – just posting the news as it was a little suprising.
To play devils advocate – the voting was online, and was highly pused on the force.net (http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Star_Wars_Lagging_in_SFX_Poll_104230.asp)
to get star wars fans to vote, so i would argue that it is possibly a stronger vote amongst sci-fi fans than you say (i know… its a tentative line!)

]]> By: Chris http://www.ultimategambit.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Chris Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.gambituk.com/2007/04/03/serenity-beats-star-wars/#comment-2740 While trying to keep my own opinion out of this, surely this has more to do with the readership of SFX than it is a true reflection of opinion? I'm not sure whether SFX readers are generally into Star Wars or not (the impression I have is that they'd be more interested in Star Trek than Star Wars, but I've never read it and could be wrong), but my reaction is that the result of this poll at most shows that science fiction buffs prefer Serenity to Star Wars (and possibly shows much less, given that SFX is a subsection of the sci-fi community, and one which may or may not have a pro- or anti-Star Wars bias). To me that's not a big surprise at all; ask a more varied cross-section of people the same question and the result would be rather different, I'd wager. Incidentally, I've not seen Serenity. Or Firefly. While trying to keep my own opinion out of this, surely this has more to do with the readership of SFX than it is a true reflection of opinion? I’m not sure whether SFX readers are generally into Star Wars or not (the impression I have is that they’d be more interested in Star Trek than Star Wars, but I’ve never read it and could be wrong), but my reaction is that the result of this poll at most shows that science fiction buffs prefer Serenity to Star Wars (and possibly shows much less, given that SFX is a subsection of the sci-fi community, and one which may or may not have a pro- or anti-Star Wars bias). To me that’s not a big surprise at all; ask a more varied cross-section of people the same question and the result would be rather different, I’d wager.

Incidentally, I’ve not seen Serenity. Or Firefly.

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