Serenity to be reviewed on 'Ebert and Roeper' this Saturday! by doctorpayne13

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Serenity to be reviewed on 'Ebert and Roeper' this Saturday!

POSTED BY: DOCTORPAYNE13
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 4, 2005 09:24
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Monday, September 26, 2005 8:55 PM

http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html

Not that I ever agree with these guys (Ebert hated War of the Worlds mostly because the alien machines were tripods), but they're probably the best known reviewers in North America, so this is big. Plus, wouldn't it just be cool to have "Two Thumbs Up" on the back of the Serenity DVD?

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Monday, September 26, 2005 10:17 PM

3HEADEDMONKEY

let's hope they give it to 'em.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:05 AM

TOMANTA

I think Ebert is likely to thumbs-up Serenity. I generally tend to agree with him when he's not giving stupid rationalizations for a thumbs-down review (he TD'd Spider-man one because Spidey appeared to land too lightly on rooftops. Incidently, he Thumbs-upped Daredevil for the exact same reason.)

Roper is harder to predict, mainly because I don't pay enough attention to know what he likes.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:51 AM

REGINAROADIE

While I sometimes disagree with his a few of his opinions, I'd think that if SERENITY were to have a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic champion it till his face was blue, I'd think Ebert would be it.

He put THE CELL on his ten best list for 2000 and SPIDER-MAN 2 in his top five of 2004. Let's hope he like it so much he puts the film at least on the bottom half of his list.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:19 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Well, here's hoping that it gets two thumbs up!

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:53 AM

DANTE144

whoops , wrong thread

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:21 AM

DOCRAILGUN

Interestingly, on Ebert's Sun-Times page, there's an error in the caption for the "Serenity" review (which is coming soon). It says "Dancing on the ceiling: The less- than-serene Serenity (Summer Glau) finds that she's not in Sunnydale anymore (if she ever was)..."
I wonder whose mistake that was, and does is bode ill for Ebert's review (if he can't keep the characters straight?)

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:32 AM

FALLENANGEL

Movie Critics...grrrrr...

Ebert & Roeper...

Nuff said.

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May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:42 AM

JLINDLEY9

My wife and I watched the show last weekend almost exclusively to hear them mention at the end of the show that they would be reviewing Serenity next week. We were shocked when they didn't mention it. They mentioned Into the Blue (of course) and the golf movie. THE GOLF MOVIE???

That doesn't seem to bode well for their review of it next week.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:47 PM

FLYINGTAMS

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Originally posted by DocRailgun:
Interestingly, on Ebert's Sun-Times page, there's an error in the caption for the "Serenity" review (which is coming soon). It says "Dancing on the ceiling: The less- than-serene Serenity (Summer Glau) finds that she's not in Sunnydale anymore (if she ever was)..."
I wonder whose mistake that was, and does is bode ill for Ebert's review (if he can't keep the characters straight?)

You think he is sitting and writing captions on the website? I don't. I expect he types his review and someelse puts it on the website, and that everything else is written by other people.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:52 PM

TIGER

I'm the guy who started those "Ebert & Roeper not reviewing Serenity!" threads a while ago, so this is a big relief.

They sure waited long enough to let us know - "Into the Blue" has been on Ebert's Opening This Week section since last week, the same goes for the "Upcoming Shows" section on the E&R site. The 3 different tv guide listings I checked have shown they would review every movie BUT "Serenity" for at least two weeks. It looks like "Serenity" was added at the last minute. Maybe they saw it later than the other movies?

I'm extremely glad we'll see an E&R review. The exposure will be great, even for a split decision. Two thumbs down would be bad, but E&R generally tend to forgive a lot if there's quality dialogue and character development, which it sounds like are "Serenity's" strong points.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:05 PM

JEREMY757

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Originally posted by FlyingTams:
You think he is sitting and writing captions on the website? I don't. I expect he types his review and someelse puts it on the website, and that everything else is written by other people.

You are right. Its copy editors that write captions and headlines, not the writers, well in most cases at least.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:04 AM

MUTT999

Sorry if it's been mentioned (couldn't find anything), but we did get TWO THUMBS UP!!.

"That's the buffet table....."

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:40 AM

BLINKER

You can listen to their review in MP3 format here:

http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/051003.html

Not sure if it'll work, but here's a direct link:

http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/mp3/051003-serenity.mp3

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:13 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Of course, I'm kinda cheesed by Ebert's crack that "one part of the spaceship looks amazingly like a loading dock", and Roeper's reply about a lack of budget.

Guys! It's a transport ship!! You need a BIG room to hold BIG stuff in, and a BIG door to bring it in & out!

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 9:24 AM

MRWRIGHT

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Guys! It's a transport ship!! You need a BIG room to hold BIG stuff in, and a BIG door to bring it in & out!

except that nothing in the movie TRULY stresses that it is a transport ship. All Ebert and Ropert know is that it's just a ship...they never actually carry cargo, just passengers in the film.
either way, it got 2 thumbs up...that's excellent.

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