MAMMOTH PREMIER TONIGHT

POSTED BY: TheWanderingBard
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 22:07
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THEWANDERINGBARD

Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:01 PM

So a commerical on Sci-fi today for Mammoth announcing that Serenity's Summer Glau is staring in this awesome Sci-fi original tonight at 9/8 central. I was suprised I didn't see this yet on the boards, but figured I spread the good word.

MSCKAREN

Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:54 PM

I just saw a promo for it highlighting "...from Serenity, Summer Glau..."

How shiny is that?!

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"Appears they've cancelled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."
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RAVENHAIR

Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:52 PM

Thanks for the reminder!

*****
Mal:We're still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

RIVERGODDESS

Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:11 AM

Yes, thanks for the reminder! I'm so bummed, we don't have the Sci-Fi channel, and the person who was supposed to record it can't find a tape in time. Boo. Anyone know the next showing of it? Or is anyone else going to record it?

*~*~
Summer's response to Nathan getting his very own action figure:
"I tried to pull his head off."

SASSALICIOUS

Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:50 AM

I know it plays again at 1 a.m. eastern.

SASSALICIOUS

Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:59 AM

Addendum: None of my friends that have cable are home right now to tape it for me, so I just called my parents. They're going to tape it on DVR, dump it to VHS, and then mail it to me.

I love my mom.

MIRAXTERRIK

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:08 AM

Yea I'm DVRing it and then gonna record it to DVD.

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:22 AM

lol its so hookey so far...but I think thats point...

we need more Summer!

DONCOAT

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:23 AM

I'm watching it now... looks... different.

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

NUCLEARDAY

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:24 AM

Grr... argh.... I wish I had Sci-Fi Channel right now.

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

PENGUIN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
I'm watching it now... looks... different.

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

Different is a good word...

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:56 AM

Wow, this dialogue is really something else. A few choice lines (no real spoilers):

When you have a son, you only have to worry about one weiner. When you have a daughter, you have to worry about every weiner in the hot dog stand.

I swear to God, if you gave her the weed I will neuter you!

Government Stooge: He said, "Don't trust those government stooges," in Pig Latin.

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:02 AM

god damn Summer looks good...problem, how do two white people have an Asian daughter? She is Asian right?

CERIL

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:04 AM

dont think shes asain, she does look good though.. man the movie is bad..

That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth

DARKJESTER

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:07 AM

I LOVE the soundtrack!! And it's turning out to be very tongue-in-cheek. And Summer is beautiful, as always.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DarkJester:
I LOVE the soundtrack!! And it's turning out to be very tongue-in-cheek. And Summer is beautiful, as always.

Agreed. Another good line:
What about the head?
Leave it.

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:13 AM

lol what about the weird-out-of-no-where-70s split screen?

haha I was like WTF?

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:24 AM

honestly though, this is one of the better Sci-Fi movies...they're usually a lot worse than this

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:25 AM

I wasn't sure about it when it started, but this is pretty fun.

RAVENHAIR

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:31 AM

It's corny, but strangely mesmerizing...the dialogue is funny.

Frank: let me be frank.
agent: you are Frank.

boyfriend: this is so War of the Worlds.
Summer: Tell me you are talking about the 1953(?) movie.
boyfriend: Actually, I was thinking about the re-make. (Summer gives him a look)
coroner: More like The Blob. (something like that - I love the refernce to the Blob, though)

and the hand crawling away as they discuss what to do...

Summer Glau looks great - kept waiting for River to show up to kick butt when those two *insert Chinese swearwords* hit on her...

*****
Mal:We're still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

PENGUIN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39 AM

Boy...no one can scream like our Summer! lol

LILKAYLEE29

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39 AM

I'm watching it right now, TIVOing it too. It is very different....I like it, very silly at times. Summer is awesome.

I'm a leaf on the wind....Watch how I soar.

Wash: Captain, don't you know kissin' girls makes ya sleepy? Mal: Sometimes I just can't help myself.

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:41 AM

It's a hand.
A dead hand.
"Dead" is relative.

Little bastard took to habitating in my hand, and tried to choke the life outa me.

This is not for us to decide.
Does he mean 'us' or 'we?'
I think 'them.'

DARKJESTER

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:44 AM

"What would Patrick McNee do?"
"He'd let Emma Peel drive!"

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast

MIRAXTERRIK

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51 AM

yea it does have some funny lines.

Frank: Dear God
Sheriff: God is for Sundays. Today we pray to Nike.

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:53 AM

lol @ the NIke line...I was just about to post htat...

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MiraxTerrik:
Frank: Dear God
Sheriff: God is for Sundays. Today we pray to Nike.

Yah I was totally gonna do that one:
God is for Sunday, Frankie. Today we pray to Nike. Run!!

MIRAXTERRIK

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:55 AM

Yeah I heard and couldn't resist.

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:02 AM

Okay, best line of the movie:

The End...?

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:03 AM

lol what a crazy movie...haha and why was that 300C making those noises? and lol so much was left unexplained...haha...fun & cheesey movie

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:04 AM

I also like what this movie has to say about our government (*SPOILERS*)

First line of defense: Two agents
Second line of defense: Blow up the town

There's no gray area with these people.

MIRAXTERRIK

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:05 AM

Yeah weird movie. could have had a better ending.

GRIFFIN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:10 AM

Yep, Summer was great but I gotta say, I feel dumber just for having watched that. Too bad MST3K isn't around anymore - now they could have really done something with that movie...

You've got the light...from the console...keep you, lift you up. They shine like...little angels...zzzzzzzzzzzz.

JIGMAN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:34 AM

wow, that has got to be one of the strangest satires i have ever seen. It was like Men in Black had a three way collision with Slither and Ice Age, and this is the bastard offspring. Very gorram odd. Pretty funny too, summer was good.

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All good things must come to an end.

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:54 AM

Like when the blood was squirting out of his hand? and before they cut the scene, it gives one more squirt and some weird music...it definitely was an odd movie

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:54 AM

double post

MATTCOZ

Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:58 AM

Well that was... awful.

Props to Summer for rockin' the simultaneous double tear though.

Quote:
Okay, best line of the movie:

The End...?

Am I the only one that answered back "Yes! Please!"?

MISTERDRGN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mattcoz:
Am I the only one that answered back "Yes! Please!"?

Awww, it was fun!

ETHAN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:38 AM

I could watch Summer dance all night. Man that girl can shake it!

AURAPTOR

Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:56 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MisterDrgn:
I also like what this movie has to say about our government (*SPOILERS*)

First line of defense: Two agents
Second line of defense: Blow up the town

There's no gray area with these people.

No kiddin! What about the elaborate plan of sending in MORE super secret agents for back up ? These 2 were more like MIB agents in training! Couldn't help notice how the female agent kept getting hotter and less dressed during the movie.

River had a few beautiful head on face shots of just her... WOW.

But c'mon folks..... did y'all not catch the ' Space Monkeys' line ??? I about died!!

Oh, and as for the goofy split screen parts , done mostly in the middle of the movie.... I thought right away to that gawd aweful 'Hulk' movie redone a few yrs ago. Horrific. Glad they didn't do it throughout.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "p

NURUMLA

Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:34 AM

Am I the only one that didn't like it?

Summer did great considering what she was given to work with. I was so looking forward to this movie as well... I usually love the so-bad-it's-good movies. This one was trying to be funny.. and it just didn't work. Oh well. At least I got to see Summer. She's lovely. She should work more. Or just come live in my closet. :)

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the woods are lovely, dark, and deep
but I have promises to keep
and miles to go before I sleep

KAYLEESTHEGREATEST

Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:40 AM

damn i missed it. its 1:33 a.m. on the us east

Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day

-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Nurumla:
Am I the only one that didn't like it?

Summer did great considering what she was given to work with. I was so looking forward to this movie as well... I usually love the so-bad-it's-good movies. This one was trying to be funny.. and it just didn't work. Oh well. At least I got to see Summer. She's lovely. She should work more. Or just come live in my closet. :)

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the woods are lovely, dark, and deep
but I have promises to keep
and miles to go before I sleep

Yes, you are the ONLY one who didn't like it.

Actually, it was pretty cheesy, and tried overly hard to be funny here and there. Most of the time, it didn't work. But it was kinda fun, and its always good to see Summer dancing or just standing there.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

EMMAZULE

Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:14 AM

Forgot it was on!!

DVRing it now. Seems cute. The thing with them stuffing the body in the trunk was hilarious (realistic, too, IMO).

Space monkeys! Bwahaha!

Seems cute-but-cheesy. Better than average for SciFi Channel, but not better than SciFi Channel seems able to do, really. :P

I like it so far. But then, I had low standards to begin with, knowing it was a SciFi Channel film. :P

Loving Summer, of course.

EDIT: The hand thing... OMG. Bwaha! "...like the back of his hand. Um, no offense Frank." Heh.

Goofy, cheesy as hell... but cute, IMO.

~Emma

SHINYYUKARI

Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:24 AM

Oh god, that was so bad it was good...I don't know why I liked it, but the cheese factor was so freakin' great. Not to mention I'm in love with Squirrelly now and Summer was great as always. ^^

"I fully promote and love watching Tre be the greatest rock drummer in the world."~Billie Joe Armstrong
"Okay! Everybody not talking about sex, in here. Everybody else, elsewhere."~Wash
Browncoats are the coolest fans I've ever seen.

ROCKETJOCK

Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:26 AM

Well, that was the best dumb fun I've had in a while. The whole thing was a collection of lines that deserve to be in a much, much better movie.

My favorite bit was the way the mammoth kept sneaking up on people.

Sneaking up on people!

How the hell does it sneak up on people? It's a frickin' Mammoth!

What the hell was it, some kind of top secret government stealth
mammoth?

"She's tore up plenty. But she'll fly true." -- Zoë Washburn

LAX01

Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RocketJock:
Well, that was the best dumb fun I've had in a while. The whole thing was a collection of lines that deserve to be in a much, much better movie.

My favorite bit was the way the mammoth kept sneaking up on people.

Sneaking up on people!

How the hell does it sneak up on people? It's a frickin' Mammoth!

What the hell was it, some kind of top secret government stealth
mammoth?

"She's tore up plenty. But she'll fly true." -- Zoë Washburn

lol...sometimes you could hear footsteps...but that was only when the mammoth wanted you to hear it coming

AGATSU

Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RocketJock:
Well, that was the best dumb fun I've had in a while. The whole thing was a collection of lines that deserve to be in a much, much better movie.

My favorite bit was the way the mammoth kept sneaking up on people.

Sneaking up on people!

How the hell does it sneak up on people? It's a frickin' Mammoth!

What the hell was it, some kind of top secret government stealth
mammoth?

AAAHAHAHAHAHA! Shiny, I just got up and get to laugh this hard this early. Great way to start a brand new day! Thanks.

BTW there was some really crappy horror movie about sharks on TV last night... in the 4 minutes I saw of it, a few people were scuba diving to a shipwreck. You know, with that huge rubber snorkel thing in their mouth, the one you bite into, and there were voiceovers that sounded like they were talking on a radio. Now I dunno if you ever had a snorkel in your face, but it's kinda hard to talk like that. And then, when the shark inevitably attacked, it growled. Gotta love crappy writing and sound design.
Is Mammoth gonna come out on DVD?
Oh, and is Summer doing that incredibly cute thing where she quickly moves one corner of her mouth to the side and down when she's talking in this movie? I love it when she does that, although I think she doesn't do that when she's in character. Pity.

One day.
One mission.
One army of Browncoats.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
http://serenityjune23rd.com/

PENGUIN

Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:35 PM

It's too bad they wasted Summer's talent on that movie. Anyone could have filled that role. I hope someone gives her a REAL acting job.

DANIELFYRE

Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:38 PM

While I do agree that this was a waste of Summer's acting talents it did make me chuckle a few times. I especially enjoyed the war of the worlds comments. When the movie first started and I realized Summer was playing a 16 year old I was like wow I'm not buyin that she's 16...but as it wore on I gave into the fact that it was possible. Also is it just me or did she seem shorter in this movie? The only part that seriously saddened me was when Summer got the headphones I thought she was gonna do some really great elaborate dance and she didn't she did dance though which was shiny, but I expected more. Lastly, I LOVED Ceril's tagline I donno if it was in refrence to this movie or not but I greatly appreciated it "That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth." I guess bad things happen when you kiss Summer on the mouth 'cause its far too good that karma has to even it out somehow.

-Dan

"That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth"

CLIOMUSE

Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by lax01:
Quote:
Originally posted by RocketJock:
Well, that was the best dumb fun I've had in a while. The whole thing was a collection of lines that deserve to be in a much, much better movie.

My favorite bit was the way the mammoth kept sneaking up on people.

Sneaking up on people!

How the hell does it sneak up on people? It's a frickin' Mammoth!

What the hell was it, some kind of top secret government stealth
mammoth?

"She's tore up plenty. But she'll fly true." -- Zoë Washburn

lol...sometimes you could hear footsteps...but that was only when the mammoth wanted you to hear it coming

Okay, I didn't see it (no cable) but now I am picturing a Far Side "French Mammoth" walking around on tip toes with its trunk over its mouth in a "shhhh" gesture.

EVILDINOSAUR

Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:34 PM

That was a very odd movie lol, it was awesome seeing Summer though.

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

ZZETTA13

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:34 PM

Saw Mammoth last night.

Well actally I saw part of it. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 4.
Sorry to the browncoats that liked it. I didn't. I didn't even watch the end b4 turning back to the History channel. River...I mean Summer should have killed that mammoth with her brain. Here is a girl that almost brought me to tears on every Firefly eps.But I don't blame her for my disapointment in the Mammoth show.

Si/Fi channel can't you guys see when a great series like FF is calling you to the black? Come on spring a little $$ and put River back in the pilot seat

Z

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Nurumla:
Am I the only one that didn't like it?

No. I thought it was pretty dire myself. The pacing was horible, the script uneven, the plot a contrived rehash, and the mammoth scenes seemed to be composed in such a way (very short shots, darkly lit, and from weird angles) as to hide how bad the CG looked. It had flashes of sureal goofyness in places (particularly in the later half) but it never mannaged to maintain any level of enjoyability for any length of time.

A note regarding the acting. A lot of talent was wasted in this film. Even the actors that aren't that great were better then their material and the standouts in the cast (Most notably Glau and Skerritt) were so much better than their lines that it really was painfull to watch.

All in all a movie strugling - without any great success - to achieve mediocrity.

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

DEEPGIRL187

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:07 PM

You know, you don't see movies with that much B-movie cheese any more. Makes for a tasty sandwich.

If you don't take any of it seriously, it was a fun way to pass the time.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.