Empire Online Comic Con Report by Haufel

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Empire Online Comic Con Report

POSTED BY: HAUFEL
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:34
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:34 PM

Thanks to Suz3 on the 'Versal Board for making me aware of this.

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/NewsStory.asp?news_id=16038

Comic-Con: Sunday
Featuring Shaun of the Dead, Serenity and Chucky's, erm, seed...
26 July 2004

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Serenity
Last but not least, Joss Whedon turned up with the cast of Serenity, the big-screen version of his short-lived TV series, Firefly. And judging from the reception in Room 20, it was like God himself had decided to show up (He hadn’t of course; He was in the Autograph Area, doing a signing). Still, to many geeks, Whedon – the creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly, but also the guy who wrote the ‘Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets hit by lightning?’ line in X-Men, so he’s not perfect – is God. And he’s brought something with him to show us. It took him more than seven days to make the montage of recently-shot footage from Serenity, but lo it was good.

A quickfire series of action shots (including plenty of gunplay) and clever Whedon-patented wiseass dialogue, the clip received a huge ovation. And then on came the cast of the series, each of whom has made the step up to the big screen. The diehard Firefly fans will also make the step up, when the movie comes out in Spring.

There were no major effects shots to speak of in the clip (although Chiwetel Ejiofor makes an appearance as a deadly assassin), but the prospects for Serenity look very bright indeed. Look out for more details and a transcription of this later this week.

Yeah, and if wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' steak.

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