Final Serenity Poster by InsaneSpike

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Final Serenity Poster

POSTED BY: INSANESPIKE
UPDATED: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:03
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Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:54 PM

I know this was posted over on the Browncoats board, but I didn't see anything about it posted here yet. I found it on the Slayerverse website.

Personally, I like the new shot of River they used. I think it looks a lot better than the other poster. The only thing I DON'T like about the new one is the lack of the crew pictures underneath the word "Serenity". I really think they looked good there. But all in all, I think I like this poster better.

"How drunk was I last night?"

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Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:44 PM

CASSANDRAE

I agree and disagree. I think the shot of River and the poster overall looks great. And yes, while it sucked that the whole crew isn't on there, in the original, the latter looked slapped on at a last moment's notice. Really ruined the balance and harmony of the poster.

Personally I can't wait to own one.

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Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:01 PM

FRAY101

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Originally posted by Cassandrae:
I agree and disagree. I think the shot of River and the poster overall looks great. And yes, while it sucked that the whole crew isn't on there, in the original, the latter looked slapped on at a last moment's notice. Really ruined the balance and harmony of the poster.

Totally agree, last one looked a little tacky...this one is much nice (BTW, the final, final version is now floating around online - ie without River's extra hand!)

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Friday, July 29, 2005 1:30 AM

LETSBEBADGUYS

this is shiny, allthough river is looking not nearly creepy enough.

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

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Friday, July 29, 2005 2:01 AM

CITIZEN

Seriously cool...

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

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Friday, July 29, 2005 2:21 AM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

As I said when this was posted in the images section: BOOO!!!!! HISS!!!!

The thing I liked about the original "beta" poster was how thoroughly creepy River looked. It really begged those questions we as Browncoats have been asking for the last 3 years: just who is this girl? What was the academy trying to do with her brain? What business has she got with firearms (especially given her proficiency with them)?

But this new poster has her looking "hot". River never looked this hot--ever. That's not River, to my way of thinking. That's Summer. And that's not what the movie's about.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 3:27 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

All I wanna know is when I can buy one for my classroom!

-Taylor

The Uncharted Outlaw!

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Friday, July 29, 2005 3:35 AM

CALLMESERENITY

I agree, partially, with InevitableBetrayal's sentiment.

I think I prefer Creepy River better than Glamour Shots River.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Friday, July 29, 2005 3:45 AM

CITIZEN

I didn't see it as all that glamoury, more sort of dark and dangerousy, like them female spies from James Bond who assinate the president of whereever in their evening dress...
Shes got that hard edge to here look, sort of "you know you dont wanna be messing with me, uhuh..."

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Friday, July 29, 2005 3:46 AM

EMMA

Yep, I agree, River/Summer isn't my bag but she does look seriously hot in this. Can Nathan ever look bad, this poster makes me want to track him down and have him on toast! If only more men looked like that *sigh*

River's pose reminds me of Ripley with a dress instead of overalls.

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Friday, July 29, 2005 3:49 AM

CITIZEN

I look like that!
No wait...
That was a dream...
Dreams, reality, reality dreams, always getting the two mixed up...

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

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Friday, July 29, 2005 4:07 AM

FRAY101

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Originally posted by citizen:
I look like that!
No wait...
That was a dream...
Dreams, reality, reality dreams, always getting the two mixed up...

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

Just to be clear - we talking about Summer or Nathan?!

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Friday, July 29, 2005 4:22 AM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

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Originally posted by citizen:
I didn't see it as all that glamoury, more sort of dark and dangerousy, like them female spies from James Bond who assinate the president of whereever in their evening dress...

But that ain't River! River is a broken person, driven to the edge of madness and just barely clinging the tatttered shreds of her sanity. She's too nuts to care very seriously about the way she looks. I like the way it was put: this is "glamour-shots River", not thoroughly-cracked-morbid-and-creepifying River. The fact that River is pretty is an odd counter-point to her craziness. This poster seems to be making her craziness an odd counter-point to her hotness. And at the risk of going all broken-record, that ain't River.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 4:34 AM

CITIZEN

Good point.
This may sell better with non-ff fans tho, sex sells and all that...
Not really the point tho I know...

Quote:

Just for the record i think this is what the alliance wanted her to be:
I didn't see it as all that glamoury, more sort of dark and dangerousy, like them female spies from James Bond who assinate the president of whereever in their evening dress...

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

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Friday, July 29, 2005 5:49 AM

BATMARLOWE

She looks more tough/dangerous to me in this poster (River as played by Eliza Dushku). I like the design but it represents neither "our" River nor "our" FIREFLY.

But this poster has to pull in both non-Browncoat SciFi fans and the general movie-going public as well. And it may effective for that purpose.

But I do worry about the other 7 characters not being represented. This poster may create an expectation in those who aren't familiar with FIREFLY into thinking it's something it's not. And that unfulfillment may generate some bad word-of-mouth. I suppose the trailer (haven't seen it--trying to remain as spoiler-free as possible) may take care of that. Still, I would have liked to seen some way to work in the other 7 characters.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 6:18 AM

FORRESTWOLF

I'm adding my voice to InevitableBetrayal's rant :)

Sorry, I have the old poster as my desktop, horrible photo quality and all. And I'm NOT putting this one on. That ain't River. And I want the crew.

The good news is that Nathan is good - still our Captain in a worried sorta moment - and I've noticed a few changes I LIKE (the Chinese character in there is nice).

Sigh. I hope the masses enjoy it. I'll stick to my campy shot-by-a-fan version...

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Friday, July 29, 2005 10:03 AM

BATMARLOWE

Just noticed the slogan. It sounds too generic and I think it's misleading.

It makes it sound like the movie takes place in modern times and something cataclysmic is going to happen in the future and the two characters you see in the poster have to change something in our present in order to stop it. But I guess the trailer will prevent that impression.

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