Hello everyone and welcome to my final Firefly universe post as I discuss my thoughts from just having watched the 2005 movie. The first thing I noticed was how different the film looked to the show with a much higher level of cinematography. It was actually seeing these characters like this. Now I will say that they did a good job of wrapping some parts from the series up but there were still some big unanswered. I won’t hold that too much against the movie though as it could only do so much in the time it had while also trying to be an entertaining cinema flick in its own right. The plot centred around exploring (basically) what River’s deal was and I’ll say that it left me satisfied enough. Her and Simon are now more or less free and for some reason she is now allowed to help fly the ship because of course she can just do that. That and the ninja fighting were both cool but did seem to come slightly out of nowhere (more so the flying than the fighting as that was seeded in the series).

It was great that we finally got to see the Reavers and find out more about their origins. I liked how there was more to them being the way they are than just being in space too long and the whole origin story was rather tragic. Their earlier appearance really put over how vicious and dangerous they were though. Mal just shot that guy when they grabbed him to be kind! They were truly scary and worked as good secondary antagonists. Talking of villains, Chiwetel Ejiofor did very well as the unnamed operative. He was sinister and skilled: he was a good villain without you ever liking him more than the heroes or siding with him. His response to Mal’s “I don’t murder children line (“I do if I have to”) was so chilling and presented him not as crazy but as a monster who very much knew he was one. His performance throughout was great and he gave us one of the worst ways for someone to die with his fall on your own sword shtick.

I shall keep this part brief as it is hard to put into words how mad I still am at the way Wash went out. He was like my favourite character. It was so sudden and out of nowhere and you no time to grieve or process it. You just had to move on and basically forget about it until just that one moment at the end. Book went too and that just cemented him as the most shafted character in the show. At first I thought he wasn’t even in it then he showed up for one scene then died. I don’t really think that the deaths were necessary, especially as they had all made it through the whole season. Overall I enjoyed the movie and you at least got one happy ending in Kay Lee and Simon FINALLY getting together but it still left me sad. The show still got screwed over and I am still left wanting more and it is sad that you now know that it is never going to come. I will say though that I am glad I watched it and is now riding in a pretty decent position in my list of all-time favourite shows.

DD Rating: 8/10