Mark Watches ‘Serenity’ LIVEBLOG!

This should be fun, since we’ve not done a liveblog on the new site with the new comment system. If this is your first liveblog ever, welcome and sit down for a brief instruction on how these things go down.


1) This is where the liveblog will take place. You can bookmark this page.

2) The liveblog starts at 11am PST. That’s 2pm on the east coast and 7pm in London. Consult a world clock if you aren’t sure what time it starts!

3) At exactly 11am PST, press play on your copy of Serenity! Inevitably, you may be a few seconds ahead or behind other people, but that’s ok.

4) COMMENT. That’s it. We are all going to be sharing our thoughts, emotions, reactions, and CAPS LOCK GIF PARTIES throughout the duration of the film.

It is literally that simple!

I will post a recap tomorrow afternoon with my thoughts of the film and then ask for what you guys thought. And then everything will be sad because that’s it. 🙁

Well…actually, I’m going to get ahold of the graphic novels ASAP and I’ll post one-off reviews of those over on Mark Reads! And then it will all be over. Sad times.

Anyway, if you have any questions, let me know. See you tomorrow!

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1,674 Responses to Mark Watches ‘Serenity’ LIVEBLOG!

  1. redheadedgirl says:

    Liar. You TOTALLY looked through the stuff.

  2. hpfish13 says:

    TRAP!!!!!!!

  3. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    WOW, awkward much, Inara/Mal? JUST MAKE OUT ALREADY.

  4. monkeybutter says:

    DUMBASS!

  5. Miss_Connell says:

    TRAP!!!!

  6. Pseudonymph says:

    "D'you see us fight?"

    "no"

    "trap"

  7. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    Hahahahahaha, they knew it was a trap. LOL

  8. EldaTaluta says:

    Haha. I love how they're watching them talk.

  9. Anonymouse says:

    Awkward conversations are awkward… Also, were they eating POPCORN!?

  10. ravendaine says:

    "Sooo, trap?"
    "Trap."
    :DDD

  11. Becca says:

    I love the outtakes for this scene.
    "Did you see us fight"
    "N–"
    "TRAP!!!!"

    I <3 Nathan Fillion

  12. katherinemh says:

    I love the bloopers for this scene.

  13. Robyn says:

    I'm referring here to people.

  14. sara_subrosa says:

    JOSS WHY IS YOUR DIALOGUE SO SEX!

    "And risk my ship?"

  15. kellythered says:

    I am in deep love with the Companion training house. The whole place looks so utterly beautiful.

    PS You see more of it during the deleted scenes on the dvd.

  16. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    What??? And risk my ship?

  17. hpfish13 says:

    You take the ship, you come and you rescue me!

  18. Narcissaa says:

    Random sidenote: Zoe's hair being down for like MOST of this movie makes me unbelievably happy.

    LOL

    "what? and risk my ship?"

  19. EldaTaluta says:

    Kaylee ♥

  20. Laurel says:

    "Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony, and one of those little plastic rockets…"

  21. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    'Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket.'

  22. Fuchsia says:

    "Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket and—" Hahaha <3

  23. hpfish13 says:

    Mal, that headpiece!!

  24. katherinemh says:

    Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocketship.

  25. Miss_Connell says:

    <3 Mal and your silly shawl.

  26. Jerssica says:

    I'm obsessed with the excess of tassel sounds in this. Joss, you make my life better.

  27. kellythered says:

    I love Inara's room. Especially her bed. Where can I get a bed like that? I want one so badly. 🙁

    • Eilonwy_Llyr says:

      I knnnoooooooow. I want me room to be just like that, though I suspect my cats would render it all to shreds.

      • kellythered says:

        True fact: I've spent a good amount of time on the internet searching just for that style of bed. I have no idea where to even begin to look so it's been totally unsuccessful.

        Oddly enough, I think that style of room would be perfect with some cats! Or maybe a very proper dog. But Inara seems like she'd be more of a cat person.

  28. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    Mal's costume is fantastic, as is his lack of respect towards religion.

    The Operative is so. so. creepy.

  29. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    Mal has read poetry?! Shocking.

  30. EldaTaluta says:

    The Operative looked so confused for a moment. XD

  31. pica_scribit says:

    "It's worse than you know."

    "It usually is."

  32. Karen says:

    lol. ICU reference to Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I hated that poem so much.

  33. fireflyfan says:

    Yes, I've read a poem, try not to faint.

  34. Openattheclose says:

    Haha, they said umbrage and I thought of the toad lady. HP has infiltrated everything.

  35. sara_subrosa says:

    Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.

  36. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    Yes, I've read a poem.

    I wish Nathan FIllion was in all the things.

  37. Laurel says:

    Also, can I just mention that Chiwetel Ejiofor is phenomenal as the Operative? Because he is.

  38. hpfish13 says:

    Operative, you are too Genre Savvy

  39. sara_subrosa says:

    HAHAHA MAL IS CRAZY PREPARED

  40. Narcissaa says:

    "please. spend an hour with him."

    xD ilu Inara.

  41. Cartman86 says:

    My favorite scene in the film I think. Love the dialog and how the enemy can deconstruct film/hero cliches and of course Mal straight up Han Solo's him with a funny line.

  42. hpfish13 says:

    Please, spend an hour with him!

  43. Becca says:

    "You wanna find someone, use your eyes."
    Good advice.

  44. kellythered says:

    GO MAL!

    OMG NO OPERATIVE!!

    INARA!!

    I CANNOT FORM A COHERENT THOUGHT RIGHT NOW.

  45. EldaTaluta says:

    Haha. Mal thinks of everything.

  46. jessimuhka says:

    "I'm unarmed."
    "Good" -bang-

  47. Fuchsia says:

    OMG Mal, that's why you aim for the HEAD!

  48. Miss_Connell says:

    "I am not a moron."

    The best kind of villain are the ones who are always one step ahead.

  49. Mogatrat says:

    I LOVE that exchange.

  50. hpfish13 says:

    You hit Inara!!! You horrible human being!

  51. CollegeBookworm says:

    This movie has SUCH great dialogue. Joss Whedon. God I love it.

  52. pica_scribit says:

    "I'm unarmed."

    "Good."

    BLAM

    "I am of course wearing full body armor. I am not a moron."

  53. ravendaine says:

    Always go for the headshot. IDIOT.

  54. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    CHAOS. WTF.

  55. Pineappletastic says:

    That's not incense!

  56. kellythered says:

    FUCK YEAH INARA!!

  57. hpfish13 says:

    This fight sounds like it hurts so much.

  58. Fuchsia says:

    "…and that's not incense."

  59. buyn says:

    "… that ain't so hard…" lol.

  60. pica_scribit says:

    "That's not incense."

    YOU GO, INARA!

  61. hpfish13 says:

    Inara you are amazing!

  62. CollegeBookworm says:

    INARA KICKING ASS WITH THE NOT-INCENSE!

  63. fireflyfan says:

    Inara's back on Serenity

  64. monkeybutter says:

    "And that's not incense."

    Inara! Everyone is awesome in this movie!

  65. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    I love Serenity's plasma trail. It's so pretty.

  66. Anonymouse says:

    YES!!! That is definitely NOT incense!

  67. Jerssica says:

    I love how different Mal and the Operative are in this scene. Everything from their appearance to their fighting style. The Operative is so collected and formal in everything he does and Mal is dirty as hell.

    Also "and that's not incense." YEEEEES

  68. ravendaine says:

    Inara!!! You get a gold star!

  69. EldaTaluta says:

    Inara! ♥

  70. Znachki says:

    Cry Baby Cry make your momma sigh..

  71. Laurel says:

    "You wanna run this ship?"
    "Yes."
    "Well… You can't."

  72. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    'You wanna run this ship?'
    'Yes!'
    'Well – you can't!'

  73. hpfish13 says:

    Well, you can't

  74. Laurel says:

    Jayne, you in danger, girl.

  75. NB2000 says:

    "You wanna run this ship?"
    "YES!"
    "Well…you can't"

  76. pica_scribit says:

    "Do you wanna run this ship?"

    "Yeah."

    "Well…you can't."

  77. jessimuhka says:

    Oh Jayne. You're not wrong, but you're not exactly right either.

  78. kellythered says:

    OH SHIT IT'S GONNA GO DOWN.

  79. sara_subrosa says:

    Jayne. What are you doing. What what WHAT are you doing.

  80. swimmingtrunks says:

    OMG favorite part coming up… "You want to run this ship?" "Yes." "Well…. you can't!"

  81. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    JAYNE HIT A SOFT SPOT. Holy shit.

  82. ravendaine says:

    "Are we caring about that?"

  83. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    You want to run this ship?

    YES.

    Well…can't…

    I'm so glad that they didn't lose any of the great dialogue transferring from TV to Movie mediums.

  84. Openattheclose says:

    "Nodoby's saying that." "Nobody besides Jayne is saying that."

  85. Narcissaa says:

    "Nobody's saying that."
    "Nobody beside Jayne's saying that."

  86. CollegeBookworm says:

    GUYS FUCK. I couldn't get my mom to go away and I just muted the sound so I wouldn't fuck up my timing with the liveblog but it means I missed like FIVE WHOLE MINUTES.

    • CollegeBookworm says:

      Luckily I thought I was going to miss the last ten or fifteen minutes for airport pick-up duty but my brother's flight is delayed. Convenient.

  87. Jenny_M says:

    I like that Simon got out his prettiest blue shirt because it's Wednesday.

  88. sara_subrosa says:

    Mal and Inara will now proceed with their scheduled argument.

  89. hpfish13 says:

    "Nobody besides Jayne is saying that"

    Most of my comments are just quotes

  90. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    I love grown-up River in the Academy set. And I love her costume.

  91. Laurel says:

    River has the most horrific dreams of all time.

  92. hpfish13 says:

    River your mind is a terrible place to be

  93. Fuchsia says:

    They just don't get a moment to sit down and catch their breath this whole entire movie.

  94. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    WHAT IS THIS I AM SO CONFUSED

  95. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    The school freaks me out -so- -much-. Poor River. Poor River's brain.

  96. kellythered says:

    JAYNE WHAT ARE YOU DOING???

  97. Pseudonymph says:

    Sorry, Jayne. You're not match for RIver.

  98. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    And…River kicks Jayne's ass. Again.

  99. Fuchsia says:

    JAYNE I THOUGHT YOU LEARNED YOUR LESSON TRYING TO TAKE OUT RIVER.

  100. fireflyfan says:

    Give up Jayne. Your no match for River. She's 1000 steps ahead of you.

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