Thanks to being a Browncoat I found out about a super special sneak preview of the upcoming (September 30th) Firefly movie entitled “Serenity”. Regular readers will know that I’m a huge fan of the TV series, and was really looking forward to this movie.

And now I’ve seen it.

OH.

MY.

WORD.

It’s an astounding achievement. It’s funny, action-packed, dramatic, and incredibly heart-wrenching. I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in a movie since I was a kid. It has moments that are truly painful for the audience to bear, it’s true, but they make the overall effect of the movie that much stronger. It’s glorious and even thinking of it makes me a little misty-eyed that I was able to see the movie going in completely blind.

And that’s a big thing here for anyone planning on seeing the movie — do not under any circumstances read any spoilers whatsoever. I’m not kidding. The movie will be a hundred times better if you go in blind. I know that might be hard to do because the Internet will be full of people who got to see this sneak preview, but do what you can to stick your fingers in your digital ears and go “lalalalalala” whenever anyone tries to spoil this for you.

And I’ll see you at the official release of Serenity on opening day.

Oh and hey, Adam Baldwin was there. I didn’t realize how tall he was. I’m just shy of 5’11″ and he’s dwarfing me here, and is even leaning down a bit.

He was a great guy, very friendly to everyone even though he was obviously pretty tired near the end of the signing. We got some signed 8×10 promo pieces and some Serenity keychains, which unlike most promotional junk I get are already very dear to me.

It was an amazing experience.