Serenity voted No 1 on BBC's Film 2005? by niknak

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Serenity voted No 1 on BBC's Film 2005?

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UPDATED: Friday, December 30, 2005 08:25
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Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:44 AM

This has been reported elsewhere but I think this is the original source of news:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.firefly/browse_thread/thread/7ad
5a091ebde95e1/34096dc4b8c39990#34096dc4b8c39990

We'll have to wait until tonight to know for sure that it's true!

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:55 AM

PSOLARIS

I had heard somewhere that it was nominated for a BAFTRA award for best picture (to the UK Browncoats, is this true?). This is good news!

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:59 AM

DAISYCUTTER

Is the BBC showing the top 10 chart tonight, what channel?

[edit] don't worry found it, a bit late don't you think?
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"When you can't run, you shoot. When you can't shoot, you run a bit more. When, you get shot in the leg, you crawl. When you crawl, you try to bite the shooters kneecaps off. When you are knocked unconcious, well you know the rest."

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:03 AM

NIKNAK

BBC1 11:55pm

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:36 AM

SIMONWHO

It's on the BAFTA long list but then again, so is every other film released this year, practically. Even Revolver.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:27 PM

DAISYCUTTER

I didn't much care for Revolver, even though I liked Guy Ricthie's other works such as Lock Stock and Snatch

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"When you can't run, you shoot. When you can't shoot, you run a bit more. When, you get shot in the leg, you crawl. When you crawl, you try to bite the shooters kneecaps off. When you are knocked unconcious, well you know the rest."

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:17 PM

PHILYBURKHILL

"Sirinity" won.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:20 PM

J6NGO1977

Most excellant. I was gobsmacked. My jaw hit the floor. Joss Whedon accepting the award choked me up. Well done Joss!

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:26 PM

MRSKBORG

Yup.

Serenity. No 1. Jaw hits floor, does dance of joy.

"This movie may be a beautiful butterfly, but I loved that damn caterpillar." Joss Whedon.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:29 PM

PSYCHICRIVER

Wow, I can't believe it won! That was so cool! Loved Joss' exception speech.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:40 PM

I broke my Jayne figure I was so happy.

This is really really great news, possibly the best Serenity-related news so far? Should really help the DVD sales

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:45 PM

CITIZEN

I missed the damn thing. Suddenly noticed the time, but it was too late.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
Remember, the ice caps aren't melting, the water is being liberated.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:05 PM

RELFEXIVE

I caught it just in time. And yes, once again, the speech by Joss was the stuff of leg-ends.

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:05 PM

BERENTAUR

This is very good news...

Can someone give me a quick summary of Joss' speech?

I wish I lived in the UK

Thanks

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:21 PM

CHRISTHECYNIC

Quote:
Originally posted by Berentaur:
Can someone give me a quick summary of Joss' speech?

That would be nice

Quote:
I wish I lived in the UK

I wish I lived in Florence, for unrelated reasons, but if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:22 PM

HILARYJANEUK

Yay for Serenity - had to stop myself cheering too loudly in case I woke the neighbours!

If anyone missed the show at 11.55 pm, it's on again on 30th December at 1.15 pm.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:25 PM

SHINYHINEYSUPERLIMEY

Damn it! I missed it! Didn't think about it till too late :(

This is all I can find on the BBC website at a quick glance, I'll continue to look for Joss' acceptance speech though

Welcome to the Film 2005 Films of the Year, a canter through twelve months at the movies, complete with the results of our viewers poll which names and acclaims the nation's Top 10.

Here's the 10 Films of the Year for 2005.

10. Hanging by a thread it's Team America.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone took on the American left, the American right and the limits of good taste and Ben Britton found it 'stupid, clever, beautiful and disgusting, all at the same time.' It all left Norman Green, from Middlesborough, with the poetic, if somewhat confusing, 'feeling of being lost in a toy box'.

9. Stumbling in the door is Sideways.
Alexander Payne's oenophilic comedy had you breaking out the drinking metaphors. Dominic do Souza claims that, 'like the best vintage, it will only improve over the years,' while Dan McCarthy of Basingstoke tells us that 'it's so good, it managed to turn me from a teetotaller into a fully fledged wino.'

8. Invading the chart is War of the Worlds.
Spielberg reunites with aliens, and for Shane Daly the result is 'the ultimate popcorn movie.' Ian Horn adds that 'the effects are outstanding', and says that he 'didn't mind it being moved from the Home Counties to America', and coming from someone who lives in Wivenhoe, that's high praise indeed.

7. Parked at number seven, Wallace and Gromit.
The cheese-eating plasticine heroes hit the big screen and Shirley Toogood welcomed it as 'a visual joy with masses of memorable moments; perfect entertainment for all ages'.
Though Jim Toogood, who appears to live at the same address, says that it got his vote because 'my son worked on it'. Get your stories straight Toogood family! Either way, Tom Lownie seems to hit the public mood when he says, 'Give Nick Park a knighthood now'.

6. Casting a spell at number six... Harry Potter.
'Mike Newell has done JK Rowling's bestseller absolute justice' says Jamie McGilchrist of Dundee, who also praises its 'humourous and thoughtful script' and 'tremendous effects,' while many of you agreed with Zulfikal Malik from Bradford, who hails it as 'the best Potter film so far, filled with dark enchantment'.

5. Hurtling in at number five is Crash.
Paul Haggis' ensemble drama about racism in LA was the film of the year for Rod Lay, who calls it 'intelligent, thought provoking and visually stylish,' with 'fantastic and sometimes unexpected performances from the whole cast'. The serious tone also impressed Louise Robinson from Aldershot, who considers it 'an understated masterpiece about the cruel world we live in'.

4. Breathing its last gasp at number four, Star Wars.
'A film that completed an epic cinematic journey for me and similar millions of my generation' says Brendan Anderson of George Lucas' final foray into the galaxy far, far away. Happily, for Ben Warnock, it's also 'the most entertaining of the prequel films', with 'non-stop sabre-slashing action'.

3. It's all black and white at number three in Sin City.
Is it a comic book? Is it a movie? Well, yes to both... either way, Beth Newton says 'it's brutal and beautiful and disturbing, but you can't look away'. It's 'highly stylised, extremely violent, sexist and incredibly clichéd' says Karl Christmas, which doesn't sound like the most effusive praise in the world, but he adds that 'all of this comes together perfectly.'

2. Swooping in at number two is Batman Begins.
'It was well worth the eight year wait to see the new Batman film, and it proved to be better than the previous four put together', says Matthew Polmounter of Cornwall, hailing Christopher Nolan's 'gritty, intelligent film' for its 'great dialogue' and 'fast and furious action scenes'. Daniel Todd speaks for many of you in merely being thankful that it 'manages to banish from memory the neon nightmare of Batman and Robin'.

1. Perched on top of the heap we call 2005, Serenity.
It was far from the biggest hit of the year but the rabid fanbase which helped get Joss Whedon's cancelled sci-fi series onto the big screen has now handed it the biggest accolade in modern cinema: the title of Film 2005 Film of the Year. Rachel Formby calls it, 'A labour of love filled with strong, superbly written characters, humour, emotion and cool effects'. Juliet Richards in Stanstead claims it 'brilliantly blended comedy, action, drama, horror and romance', adding that 'the only negative point I can think of is that it wasn't out for long enough so I only got to see it five times on the big screen'. That's the sort of passion we like to see.

:D

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:49 PM

PSYCHICRIVER

OMG.

Rel changed his profile pic.

:O

And now I have this rather empty feeling of not being able to remember your first one?

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:20 PM

PHILYBURKHILL

It was a little short speech about it by Joss, saying thanks to all the fans in Britaland and just said he was glad it was well recieved, then finished with and tahnks for this away for...then he looked at the award confused for a moment and read the name as "Sirinaty". It was funny, but then thanked the fans once more. No bombshells, but Jonathan Ross praised its brilliance once more and said it was a shame it wasn't a box office smash.

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Friday, December 30, 2005 8:00 AM

DAISYCUTTER

It was really ashamed that Jonathan Ross or the two guest critics never actually saw Serenity, it would be nice to hear what their views of the film was. But then again it only appeared for about 3 days in UK cinema's, but in that time grossed more money than any other film showing

Did they spell Serenity wrong on the award?

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"When you can't run, you shoot. When you can't shoot, you run a bit more. When, you get shot in the leg, you crawl. When you crawl, you try to bite the shooters kneecaps off. When you are knocked unconcious, well you know the rest."

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Friday, December 30, 2005 8:10 AM

HAZE

See this is an example of what we can do when we put our heads together and make the effort. Make no mistake it was the Browncoats that got this to number one.

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Who do you suppose is in there?

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Friday, December 30, 2005 8:25 AM

PHILYBURKHILL

Quote:
Originally posted by DaisyCutter:
It was really ashamed that Jonathan Ross or the two guest critics never actually saw Serenity, it would be nice to hear what their views of the film was. But then again it only appeared for about 3 days in UK cinema's, but in that time grossed more money than any other film showing

Did they spell Serenity wrong on the award?

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"When you can't run, you shoot. When you can't shoot, you run a bit more. When, you get shot in the leg, you crawl. When you crawl, you try to bite the shooters kneecaps off. When you are knocked unconcious, well you know the rest."

Eh? Jonathan Ross praised Serenity big time, and gave it a glowing review saying he wishes the SW prequels were a third as good as this. They didn't spell Serenity wrong, it was just Joss having a little joke since he looked at the name on the award confused and pronounced it wrong on purpose. The two critics said they didn't like Sci Fi or Fantasy, so they're probably just snobby cocks.

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