Sopravvissuto ad una
partita trash come Italia-USA (e ringraziamo De Rossi per averci aggiunto anche un po' di
gore), ho avuto il tempo di completare la visione di tutti i 14 episodi di
Firefly.
Sarò breve:
figata pazzesca! La serie segue le vicende dei 9 membri dell'equipaggio della nave
Serenity (di classe
Firefly), guidati dal comandate
Malcom e dalla sua compagna d'armi
Zoe. Il futuro non si presenta molto roseo: l'umanità ha conquistato pianeti, lune ed asteroidi, ma lo ha fatto seguendo il modello della
frontiera (la conquista del West americano), piuttosto che tramite un pervasivo uso di tecnologia.
Insomma: ondate su ondate di uomini che creano un ambiente in cui la vita vale molto poco e le battaglie per conquistarsi il proprio angolo di mondo sono feroci; questo almeno sulla frontiera, ai margini della zona di universo colonizzata dagli umani: nel nucleo, i pianeti centrali controllati dall'
Alleanza si presentano puliti, ordinati ed altamente tecnologizzati. Questo contrasto ricorda in parte quanto descritto da
Isaac Asimov nella conclusione del suo
ciclo dei robot, coi mondi spaziali pienamente civilizzati e la Terra (i mondi periferici, in questo caso), in tumultuosa e disordinata espansione.
L'equipaggio della Serenity vagherà in questo universo alla ricerca di lavoro (legale o meno che sia) e cercando di sfuggire ora all'Alleanza ora a vecchi nemici. Ogni personaggio ha una storia ed un carattere molto diverso dagli altri; non mancano gli scontri, ma nonostante questo prima o poi tutti riconoscono la Serenity per ciò che è: la loro casa.
Non manca neppure la traccia principale: la fuga di
River, e di suo fratello
Simon che l'ha salvata, dall'Alleanza che conduceva esperimenti sulla sua mente. Per il resto si tratta di episodi più o meno autoconclusivi, molto poco tipici di una serie fantascientifica e
molto molto molto western (ci sono molti più inseguimenti a cavallo, sparatorie nei saloon e furti di bestiame di quanto non siano le battaglie tra astronavi).
Avevo già
recensito il film (che mi riservo di rivedere in inglese) e confermo la mia opinione sul film e sul tipo di ambiente che la serie dipinge; per quanto riguarda l'approfondimento dei personaggi invece la serie è un altro pianeta: nessuno dei 9 è meno che superbo, interessante e funzionale al racconto. Fin dai primi episodi ci si affeziona realmente alle loro personalità e vicende.
Potrei citare
Inara (il concetto di
"ambasciatrice" è geniale),
Jayne e
Kaylee (oltre ovviamente a Mal) come i miei preferiti, ma la verità è che farei un torto agli altri - peccato solo che il pastore
Book non abbia potuto raccontare la sua storia.
Gli attori, pur nessuno in odore di premio oscar, sono molto adatti alle loro parti; la regia fa un buon lavoro: a differenza che nel film, qui le scazzottate
a-la-Buffy sono quasi del tutto assenti e mi sembra che, a parte nei primissimi episodi, non si abusi di zoomate o inquadrature sbilenche (ci sono anche dopo, ma usate meno e meglio). Va detto che solo pochi episodi sono stati diretti da
Joss Whedon in prima persona.
La musica è eccellente e contribuisce molto bene all'atmosfera da western spaziale.
So che la serie è stata tradotta in italiano, ma dopo averla vista in inglese (ed aver visto il film in italiano)
so per certo che è
obbligatorio ascoltarla in lingua originale: il solo pensiero che abbiano tradotto le parti in cinese e quelle in
"galattico" è raccapricciante.
Interrotta dalla Fox dopo appena 14 episodi, la sospensione costituisce un vero e proprio delitto: almeno 2 o 3 stagioni sarebbero state obbligatorie per sviluppare appieno l'enorme potenziale dei vari personaggi. A peggiorar le cose, il film che come ho detto non è adeguato al livello della serie; andato anche maluccio al botteghino, ora le speranze di vedere nuovi episodi sono pressoché nulle.
Unico lato positivo: potete comprarvi il confanetto completo (ad esempio su
http://amazon.co.uk) per un soldo di cacio.
Voto: 10. Beh, non tutti gli episodi sono da 10 pieno, ovvio, ma perle quali
Out of Gas,
Jaynestown o
Objects in Space (e ne dimentico di sicuro parecchi) sono meravigliosi.
Tags: firefly, serenity, fantascienza, western, avventura, azione, Joss Whedon.
Serenity (2005)
Regista: Joss Whedon Scrittore: Joss Whedon Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (43855 voti)
Durata: 119 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Mandarin
Cast:Trama:Serenity follows the crew of the ship Serenity as it tries to evade an alliance assassin sent to recapture the telepath River, whose brother rescued her from an alliance facility. The crew must discover the mystery of the planet Miranda while avoiding alliance and reever ships. Eventually the crew must defend the entrance to a galaxy-wide broadcasting station while the captain, Mal, tries to tell the worlds the truth behind the mysterious deaths on planet Miranda.
Trivia random: This is the first film for which a digital cinema distribution master was made using the new DCI standards using JPEG2000 compression and a 12 bit 4:4:4 XYZ color space.
Citazione random: Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I'll take the shuttle in closer. Zoe, ship is yours. Remember, if anything happens to me, or you don't hear from me within the hour... you take this ship and you come and you rescue me.::Zoë: What? And risk my ship?::Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I mean it. It's cold out there. I don't wanna get left.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Asimov, Isaac
Data di nascita: 2 January 1920
Data di morte: 6 April 1992
Coniuge: Janet Opal Jeppson::(30 November 1973 - 6 April 1992) (his death), Gertrude Blugerman::(26 July 1942 - 16 November 1973) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Ozimov on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl (village), near Smolensk, Russia. His father Judah and his mother Anna Rachel (nee Berman were Orthodox Jews. In 1923 the Asimovs emigrated to the US and settled in Brooklyn, New York. There his parents corrected his birthday to September 7, 1919, in order to send him to school a year earlier.Asimov was an avid reader from the age of 5. He spoke Yiddish and English at home with his parents. In 1935 he graduated from high school, in 1939 received a B.S. and in 1941 an M.Sc. in Chemistry from Columbia University. His studies were interrupted by work and military service during the Second World War. In 1948 he completed his postgraduate studies and received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. In 1949 he began his teaching career at the Medical School of Boston University, becoming assistant professor in 1951, associate professor in 1955 and full professor in 1979. His income from his literary works was much greater than his professor's salary, and Asimov stopped taking pay for teaching. He was considered one of the best lecturers at Boston University.Asimov was raised as a non-religious person, did not have a bar mizvah and called himself an atheist. He did not oppose genuine religious convictions in others but did oppose superstitious or unfounded beliefs. he defined his intellectual position as a humanist and rationalist. He opposed the Vietnam war in the 1960s and was a supporter of the Democratic party. He embraced environmental issues and supported feminism, joking that he wished women to be free "because I hate it when they charge". He was also humorous about his memberships in various clubs and foundations. As a free thinker, Asimov saw sci-fi literature serving as a pool where ideas and hypotheses are expressed with unrestricted intellectual freedom.At the age of 11 he wrote eight chapters of a fiction novel about the adventures of young boys in a small town. His first publication was "Marooned Off Vesta" in "Amazing Stories"magazine in 1939. Asimov shot to fame in 1941 with "Nightfall", a story of a planet where night comes once every 2049 years. It has been described as one of the best science-fiction story ever written. Asimov wrote over 500 literary works. He is credited with introducing the words "positronic", "psycho-history" and "robotics" into the English language. He penned such classics as "I, Robot" and the "Foundation" series, often considered to be the most impressive of his writings. He also founded "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", which became a best-selling publication.Asimov met Gertrude Blugherman on a blind date on Valentine's Day in February 1942, and they married in July that year. The Asimovs had two children, David (born in 1951) and daughter Robyn Joan (born in 1955). Asimov met Janet Opal Jeppson in the late 1950s. She was a psychoanalyst and also a writer of science fiction for children. Correspondence with her convinced Asimov that she was the right kind of person for him. After his first marriage ended in divorce, he married Janet in 1973. That marriage was childless.In 1983 Asimov contracted HIV infection from a tainted blood transfusion received during a triple bypass surgery. He eventually developed AIDS and wanted to go public about it, but his doctors convinced Asimov to remain silent. He died of heart and renal failure from complications of AIDS on April 6, 1992, in Boston, Massachussets, and was cremated. His ashes were scattered.
Trivia random: He did not speak Russian.
Citazione random: "I don't have a modest bone in my body."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Firefly" (2002)
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 9.5/10 (2098 voti)
Durata: 42 min (15 episodes)
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Mandarin
Cast:Trama:In the distant future, Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds is a renegade former interstellar officer now turned smuggler/rogue whom is the commander of a small spacecraft with a loyal hand-picked crew making up of first mate Zoe Warren; pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburn; gung-ho grunt Jayne Cobb; engineer Kaylee Frye; fugitives Doctor Simon Tam and his psychic sister River, where they travel the far reaches of space in search of food, money, and anything to live off on.
Trivia random: In the original conception of the show, Joss Whedon was only going to have five main characters on the ship. Throughout the development process, the character list got upped to nine.
Citazione random: Dr. Simon Tam: I'm trying to think of a way for you to be cruder. I just... It's not coming.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Firefly" Objects in Space (2002)
Regista: Joss Whedon Scrittore: Joss Whedon Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 9.5/10 (54 voti)
Cast:Trama:The crew of Serenity consider ways to deal with River as her illness makes her a danger to them. That night, a bounty hunter named Jubal Early, who has been tracking Serenity since it left Ariel, invades the ship in order to try and take River and Simon. Early gets the crew in lock-down and it seems that River is the only one who can stop him.
Trivia random: In the episode "Objects in Space", Jubal Early is named for a Confederate general, a relative of Nathan Fillion (Mal). Early was known as irascible, eccentric and foul-mouthed. The real Early never surrendered to the Union, and after being pardoned by President Andrew Johnson, he never took the oath.
Citazione random: Jubal Early: Man is stronger than woman by far, yet only woman can create a child. Does that seem right to you?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Firefly" Jaynestown (2002)
Regista: Marita Grabiak Scrittore: Ben Edlund Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 9.0/10 (46 voti)
Cast:Trama:The crew pulls a heist in a town where Jayne one robbed the local magistrate, making him a local folk hero, and a target for the local police.
Trivia random: Adam Baldwin admitted to swiping the Jayne statue's head as a souvenir after filming the episode. Later on, additional shots were needed for the episode (scene where the crew first sees the statue) and the crack where the head was broke off then reattached is visible.
Citazione random: River: Keep walkin', preacher man.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Whedon, Joss
Nome di battesimo: Whedon, Joseph Hill
Data di nascita: 23 June 1964
Coniuge: Kai Cole::(? - present) 1 child
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: His wife, Kai Cole, gave birth to their son Arden on December 18, 2002.
Citazione random: [Talking about Serenity and making a movie] When you're making a movie, you gotta Amp it up, you gotta go to a greater scale and everything is gonna be a little grander, you hero is gonna be more 'heroicaler'.... yes that's a word..... now....
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Firefly" Out of Gas (2002)
Regista: David Solomon Scrittore: Tim Minear Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 9.4/10 (59 voti)
Cast:Trama:On Simon's birthday, Serenity's engine stops turning and an explosion knocks out auxiliary life support. With few options, Mal orders the crew off the ship, but he stays behind hoping for a miracle. The story is told in multiple time frames shifting from Mal's time alone on the ship to the events prior to the crew's departure. Flashbacks to Mal's initial meetings with many of his crew members are also a part of the narrative.
Trivia random: Alan Tudyk swiped the button Wash rigged up so Mal could call the shuttles back. He gave it to Joss Whedon as a gift after the series was canceled with a note that read, "When your miracle gets here..." quoting one of Wash's lines in the episode.
Citazione random: Inara: You're gonna to rent this shuttle to me.::Mal: Am I?::Inara: Yes. And for one quarter less than your asking price.::Mal: That a fact?::Inara: It is.::Mal: And you figure you'll be getting this discount why, exactly?::Inara: You want me.::[pause]::Inara: You want me on your ship.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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