Whedonite Sounds More Like a Weird Mineral...

Relevant has posted my review of Serenity, a movie which every fan of clever, unpretentious science fiction should see. For the longest time, I didn't understand the appeal of Joss Whedon. Buffy always seemed too kitschy for my taste, and his script for Alien: Resurrection might have been interesting had it not been totally wrong for the franchise in nearly every way. But once I discovered Firefly, I finally got it. The unblinking dismall of genre fallback devices combined with the utter devotion to B-movie pleasures - it's no wonder he ghostwrote for Pixar, another brand known for its willingness to both treasure and deconstruct low brow genre, reimagining it in a form that celebrates and satirizes the original. Anyway, go see the movie. It's giddy sci-fi fun of the first order.