On this day in movie history - Serenity (2005):

Serenity

directed and written by Joss Whedon,

based on the 2002 series Firefly by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 30, 2005.
Music by David Newman.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz, Michael Hitchcock, Sarah Paulson, Yan Feldman, Rafael Feldman, Nectar Rose, Tamara Taylor, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Logan O'Brien, Erik Erotas, Demetra Raven, Jessica Huang, Marley McClean, Scott Kinworthy, Erik Weiner, Conor O'Brien, Peter James Smith, Weston Nathanson, Carrie 'CeCe' Cline, Chuck O'Neil, Amy Wieczorek, Tristan Jarred, Elaine Mani Lee, Terrence Hardy, Brian O'Hare, Ryan Tasz, Colin Patrick Lynch, Terrell Tilford, Joshua Michael Kwiat, Mischa Pfister, Antonio Rufino, Bobby Silva, David Sobolov, Linda Wang, Joss Whedon, Rick Williamson, Mark Winn.

On this day in television history - Firefly (2002):

Firefly

created by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002,

and ran for one season until December 20, 2002.

Episode titles:

Serenity.
The Train Job.
Bushwhacked.
Shindig.
Safe.
Our Mrs. Reynolds.
Jaynestown.
Out of Gas.
Ariel.
War Stories.
Trash.
The Message.
Objects in Space.

Series music by Greg Edmonson.

Theme song The Ballad of Serenity by Joss Whedon.
Sung by Sonny Rhodes.

Lyrics:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land, boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks, Mark Sheppard, Michael Fairman, Jeff Ricketts, Dennis Cockrum, Zac Efron, Gregory Itzin, Doug Savant, Isabella Hofmann, Richard Brooks, Tom Towles, Carlos Jacott, Steven Flynn, Blake Robbins, Melinda Clarke, Jonathan M. Woodward, Andrew Bryniarski, Benito Martinez, Edward Atterton, Katherine Kendall, Daniel Bess, Ilia Volok, William Converse-Roberts, Branden Morgan, Richard Burgi, Kimberly McCullough, Franc Ross, Kevin Gage, Larry Drake, Rolando Molina, Andy Umberger, Lyle Kanouse, Erik Passoja, John Thaddeus, Jared Poe, Fredric Lehne, Dwier Brown, Al Pugliese, Gregg Henry, Philip Sternberg, Tom Virtue, Dax Griffin, Gary Werntz, Zachary Kranzler, Lancer Dean Shull, Bob Fimiani, Carl Bresk, John Dunn, Tracy Ryan, John Eric Bentley, Tod Nakamura, Larry Pennell, Jordan Lund, Roma Chugani, Eddie Adams, Michael Bentt, Andy Rolfes, Roderick McCarthy, Alex Stemkovsky, Valerie RedHorse, Craig Vincent, Heather Black, Michael McMillian, Kevin Will, Bob McCracken, Colin Patrick Lynch, Adam Pilver, Ira Steck, Matthew Ferreira, Morgan Rusler, Angie Hart, Bonnie Bartlett, Joel Steingold, Lina Patel, Michael Nagy, Joshua Grenrock, Johnny Shakespeare, Ronald Craig Williams, Doan Ly, Erica Tazel, John Jabaley, David Reynolds, Domingo Vara, Kim Onasch, Jason Van, Alex Connie, Sandy Mulvihill, Laura Niemi, Cate Cohen, Janora McDuffie, Ron Ostrow, Stephen O'Mahoney, Jim Lau, Jamie McShane, Morina Pierce, Simon Brooke, Casey Piotrowski, Eric Lange, Skylar Roberge, Clement Blake, John F. Kearney, Hunter Cochran, Gabrielle Wagner, Roy Werner, Tawny René Hamilton, Michelle Ferrara, Gerard J. Reyes, Damion Poitier, Michael Keyes, Tiffany Michelle, Brian J. Williams, Melody White, Stephen Silberkraus, Gary J. Wayton, Ernesto Trinidad, Kelly Wheeler, Rick Williamson, Heath Crawford, Lon Moriarty, Rabatan Salem, Greg Wendell Reid, Keith Mooney, Heath Russell, Joss Whedon, Danny Nero, Jerry Buys.

Shiny!

As a fan of Joss Whedon’s TV show, Firefly, and his concluding movie, Serenity, I love the T-shirt, designed by Vincent Carrozza, and available on Etsy.

Did I miss something?

I feel like I missed several somethings – not just one!

I enjoyed seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the theatre. There was a lot to enjoy, action all the way, and the story bridged nicely between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

However …

I watched the trailers in the morning, before seeing the movie, and I wish I hadn’t. The trailers set me up for disappointment, because there were a number of scenes that weren’t in the version of the movie I watched.

I don’t know if it was because of reshoots due to alterations in the story, or the footage was created specifically for the trailer only. Hopefully, they will turn up later in a Director’s Cut / Special Edition version.

Whatever the reason, it was annoying to watch the movie, waiting for moments that never came.

Unless I fell asleep for ten seconds and missed it, I didn’t see the verbal exchange between the droid, K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk, and Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones.

K-2SO:

“The Captain says you are a friend. I will not kill you.”

 Jyn Erso:

“Thanks!” 

Or Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, in the midst of the battle, running along the beach.

The scene I was looking forward to most was Jyn Erso striding resolutely across the walkway to the Communications Tower, when an Imperial TIE fighter looms menacingly into view. This would have been amazing to see on the cinema screen. 
However ... it didn't happen – there was no TIE fighter in the scene!

I know trailers are created to advertise and sell the movie …

but I don’t agree with selling something they are not going to deliver.

The cast of The Big Bang Theory do Serenity:

Jayne’s hat:

My wife watched the TV sci-fi show Firefly [criminally cancelled and denied a second season] for the first time during October-through-November last year. We also watched the concluding movie, Serenity.

She’s wearing me down to watch it again, not that I need any encouragement. I’ve already seen it five times since its release in 2002, but I know I’ll enjoy watching it again.

I’m preparing a blog for each episode, and movie, entitled: Friday night is Firefly night!

For now here’s one of the funniest moments from episode 12, The Message: