I completely agree on Firefly and Serenity.



In fact, Serenity was the first film I went to see on my own because I was so convinced it was going to be brilliant, and Firefly was relatively unknown amongst my peers at the time.



I obtained Firefly when it was £17.99 in HMV in 2005 before Serenity was out, but it was not me who first bought it. My friend did but didn't spend the time to actually watch it, so I traded her a hoodie for it. Best trade ever.



Still gutted that it looks like there will never be any more Firefly (though saying that, if it did continue, who's to say it would be as good!).



I saw Coraline 3D and Star Trek on Sunday.

Coraline is no where near as scary as I was lead to believe, maybe rather creepy in an ironically Nightmare Before Christmas way; In that I didn't see the latter for years because when it was on TV, it was only shown at 1AM due to it's apparently not being suitable for children, which is rubbish.



Star Trek was brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it, though didn't enjoy the subsequent arguing with my partner over several of the issues in it surrounding continuity, not within the film itself but within the franchise as a whole, including the resetting of it.

Serenity is pants compared to Firefly.

And thank you Dr. K for mentioning it. I am entirely in your debt.

Controversy alert - might some people now think that the new Star Trek movie is better than the TV series? It seems that hordes of people who previously had no interest or even disliked the show loved this new movie. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that it's 'better' I suppose, just that it has a different kind of appeal. But then I think that is true of the Twin Peaks movie, hence why the Dr liked it more than the TV series and some people didn't.

Am so glad Dr Kermode enjoyed Serenity. I first saw this before watching the series Firefly, i enjoyed the film but was hoping for more. I bought the series Firefly and watched them all very quickly. I then waited for Serenity to come out again on DVD. After watching the series and growing to love the characters i found Serenity to be fantastic. I now enjoy it even more then the series and believe it is one of the best Sci-Fi films around. I would suggest watching the series and then watching the film to experience the full effect. Their is also two graphic novels that are set between the show and the film that i urge people to read.