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. hpfish13 says:

    River, you took out Jayne and that is awesome!

  2. MissyD says:

    "This isn't about the war, Mal." Why does this make me think of The Big Lebowski? LOL! "What the fuck does anything have to do with Vietnam, Mal?!"

  3. sara_subrosa says:

    JAYNE LOOK AT YOUR LIFE LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES.

  4. EldaTaluta says:

    Man, I know what's going on and I'm disconcerted with those corpses that keep flashin.

  5. pica_scribit says:

    Oh, Jayne. You can't handle the girl. Don't even try.

  6. Asta says:

    She looks so badass here.

  7. Laurel says:

    OW OW OW OW KICK TO THE THROAT OW.

  8. monkeybutter says:

    Again Jayne? Seriously? Haven't you learned?

  9. kellythered says:

    RIVER NOO IT'S SIMON

  10. jessimuhka says:

    WHY are your comments always showing up as most recent? Make it stop.

  11. hpfish13 says:

    River!!! You hit Simon!!!!

  12. cheshire7 says:

    River's escaped!

  13. cheshire7 says:

    She has a gun! Vera?!

  14. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    what the fuck is happening

  15. hpfish13 says:

    River, whatcha doing?

  16. buyn says:

    Jayne looks like a pinup model in the back.

  17. Pseudonymph says:

    "You might as well shoot me now"
    *click*
    "Or we could keep talking"

  18. kellythered says:

    Miranda… the plot thickens.

  19. Fuchsia says:

    "And if I'm wrong, you best shoot me now. *cocks gun* Or… we could talk more."

  20. hpfish13 says:

    River you found Miranda!

  21. CollegeBookworm says:

    MIRANDA.

  22. pica_scribit says:

    River is so good at multitasking.

  23. swimmingtrunks says:

    Not a gun… Superman! /irongiant

  24. canyonoflight says:

    Did your mind go esplodey, Mark?

  25. Narcissaa says:

    OH GOD BRB CRYING RIVERS.

  26. EldaTaluta says:

    Jayne, she can kill you with her brain.

  27. Karen says:

    "Half of writing history is hiding the truth."

    Love that quote.

  28. hpfish13 says:

    REAVERS!!!! That is bad!!!!

  29. hpfish13 says:

    No!!!!! Shepherd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  30. kellythered says:

    No. Haven.

    No. No. NonononoNONONONONO!!

  31. Laurel says:

    omg. Soul-crushing despair ;_;

  32. Fuchsia says:

    OH NO ALL THE BAD EVER. 🙁 🙁 🙁

  33. redheadedgirl says:

    OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

  34. pica_scribit says:

    HAVEN!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

  35. sara_subrosa says:

    AW FUCKING FUCK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  36. NB2000 says:

    Oh god no, DAMN YOU JOSS WHEDON WHY MUST YOU KILL THE AWESOME CHARACTERS?!

  37. totiebinds says:

    Noooo, Book, noooo 🙁

  38. Miss_Connell says:

    Oh God.

    HOLY FREAKING SHIT WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN.

    ;_;

  39. jessimuhka says:

    "Should have been me." "Yeah, that crossed my mind."

  40. ravendaine says:

    Joss…why do you fill my life with sadness???

  41. Jerssica says:

    DAMN YOU JOSS!!! 🙁

  42. monkeybutter says:

    Book 🙁

  43. CollegeBookworm says:

    BOOK! OH NO BOOK BOOK OH NO NOT OKAY NOT OKAY THIS MOVIE GUYS. THIS MOVIE.

  44. swimmingtrunks says:

    Fuck you, Joss Whedon. Fuck. You.

  45. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  46. canyonoflight says:

    nooooooooo crying all the tears

  47. Asta says:

    Oh no why did I decide to do this? My creys!

  48. Laurel says:

    I don't care what you believe! Just believe in it!

    -WEEPS OPENLY-

  49. kellythered says:

    BOOK. BOOK NO PLEASE I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE SO MANY TIMES AND I STILL GET UPSET AT THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST PARTS OF THE MOVIE.

    "I don't care what you believe. Just believe."

    I HATE YOU JOSS WHEDON.

  50. hpfish13 says:

    Joss Whedon you are the evilest person ever!!!

  51. pica_scribit says:

    Have we mentioned that Joss has no problem killing off his characters? He and JKR have that in common.

  52. MissyD says:

    HAVEN. BRB SOBBING FOREVER. ;_;

  53. Eilonwy_Llyr says:

    Joss, why do you love to tear our hearts out so?

  54. redheadedgirl says:

    On a totally shallow and inappropriate note… I HATE THAT SHIRT SIMON IS WEARING

  55. sara_subrosa says:

    it gets worse.

  56. hpfish13 says:

    I changed my mind. Operative, you are the worst person ever!

  57. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    But the sadness is also one of the things that makes the movie/series so great. I totally want to jump into the movie now and kill The Operative. In cold blood.

    'I don't murder children.'
    'I do. If I have to.'

  58. kellythered says:

    "I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin."

  59. Michael says:

    The Operative is a dick.

  60. buyn says:

    "I don't murder children."
    "I do…." for some reason, this part makes me laugh. Even if it shouldn't.

  61. SorrowsSolace says:

    Oops, looks like I'm a bit behind, D:

  62. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    endless fucking tragedy. what the fuck.

  63. Miss_Connell says:

    Oh god the Operative is a purveyor of THE GREATER GOOD.

    At least he knows he's a monster.

  64. cheshire7 says:

    Now he's made Mal mad!

  65. fireflyfan says:

    Joss believes that if heroes can't die, then there is no real drama.

  66. swimmingtrunks says:

    I really do take issue with Joss's need to actually kill off characters to "raise the stakes" or whatever. It's fiction. If you're going to make something happen make it mean something.

  67. Cartman86 says:

    I love The Operative so much. He's scary, honest, and at times rational which of course makes him even scarier.

  68. pica_scribit says:

    I love that the Operative knows exactly what he is, and is okay with it.

    And now Mal is on the war path….

    This is what shit getting real looks like.

  69. hpfish13 says:

    There's something particularly horrifying about this plan

  70. sara_subrosa says:

    NOW IS THE TIME WHEN ALL OF THE SHITS GET REAL.

  71. canyonoflight says:

    So sad what they had to do to Serenity. 🙁

  72. Becca says:

    "Jayne, try not to steal too much of their shit."
    Ah the gag reel, source of many inappropriate giggles during a horrifically dramatic and depressing scene.

  73. hpfish13 says:

    I love that you can see how much Mal hates doing this

  74. kellythered says:

    This part is so fucking creepy. I love it. The screams…

  75. cheshire7 says:

    Ghostin among the Reaver ships. Spooky.

  76. CollegeBookworm says:

    There is something physically painful about what they do to Serenity in this movie. The poor ship.

  77. sara_subrosa says:

    I can't even imagine what they're hearing over the wireless.

  78. Miss_Connell says:

    THOSE SCREAMS…*shudder*

  79. hpfish13 says:

    this part makes me so tense every time

  80. EldaTaluta says:

    And now I can't keep watching because my bitch sister decided to take over the room I was in. Despite the fact that there was another better tv. And now she's harassing me in my room. What the fuck?

  81. chikzdigmohawkz says:

    'Define "disappeared."'

  82. jessimuhka says:

    "Define disappeared."

    In the showing I saw that line got a huge cheer.

  83. Fuchsia says:

    "Define disappeared." That's what happens when you completely hide a planet. It backfires on you!

  84. ravendaine says:

    This movie always makes me SCARED TO BREATHE.

  85. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    this is so fucked up.

  86. kellythered says:

    I love how they still have the same spacesuits.

  87. Narcissaa says:

    I LOVE RIVER'S DRESS. THAT LITTLE BIT OF CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH THE FLOATY DRESS AND HER WALKING IS DKFJHSFKJHSFKJHSFD.

  88. kellythered says:

    They filmed this part at a high school in CA. I kind of want to visit it.

  89. monkeybutter says:

    You'd think it gets less creepy after they pass through the Reavers, but it doesn't.

  90. pica_scribit says:

    Space Western version of a ghost town!

  91. Fuchsia says:

    Miranda is so creepy. It always reminds me of Resident Evil.

  92. totiebinds says:

    Zoe is so goddamn graceful with that gun.

    Omg so excited for this part.

  93. Nepomucen says:

    Welcome to Miranda

  94. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL.

  95. Jerssica says:

    (River, can I have your pretty flow-y dress plz?)

  96. Jenny_M says:

    The part with the people all hermetically sealed reminds me of The Stand for whatever reason.

  97. Asta says:

    They just lay down… Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck.

  98. buyn says:

    *Swirly Shot* … *Stop on Jayne's arm* Yes please.

  99. Rosieb says:

    For some reason 'please god make me a stone' always makes me cry so hard.

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