I was finally able to watch Serenity (2005), the movie version of the cancelled FOX show Firefly. I intended to watch the film first before the episodes of the TV series and was glad to find out that it is still an enjoyable film in itself even without a familiarity with the show. My interest is now most definitely piqued and I do plan to watch the mere 14 episodes of Firefly, which chronicle events that happened before the movie.
Set 510 years in the future, a time when mankind has abandoned Earth and emigrated to a neighboring star system, Serenity is the story of the captain and crew of a transport and cargo ship. The captain and first mate are veterans of the Unification War, having fought on the losing side. Their lives of petty crime are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbors a dangerous secret. [Wiki]
Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the movie stars (L-R) Adam Baldwin , Jewel Staite, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau.
TV shows with a cult following do make a good dollar store franchise. These shows may have been long cancelled but they live on in syndication, in DVDs, and in the Internet.
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