About this title: "Serenity: Better Days" follows everyone's favorite space cowboys in a thrilling, action-packed adventure, where Mal and his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But, when one of Serenity's crew is taken captive and tortured, the gang must put their enduring differences aside and work together to save one of their own, even if it means losing the cash prize of a lifetime! Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film "Serenity", reuniting with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the bestselling 2005 series "Those Left Behind".
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dark Horse
Date Published: 2010-01-27
ISBN-13:9781595821621ISBN:1595821627
Description: Excellent condition. OR: Dark Horse, 2008. Paperback. First edition, first printing. The second volume in the Serenity graphic novel series. Fine/Fine. read more
"This comic did its job--it made me remorseful for the death of Firefly (and a specific character on the show.) This three-issue story covers about as much ground as one episode of the brief show. There's surprisingly little development for a show/universe that's stalled if not dead--this book basically leaves the characters as it found them. Fortunately, the dialogue's still sarcastic except when it's heartfelt, and the art looks like the actors, although the actors apparently have been replaced by wax figures. Nostalgia in book form, which appeals to its audience."
"I love Firefly and I miss it terribly but these graphic novels just don't make up for it at all. They're nice pretty colors but the stories are weak and the characters don't look enough like the actors who played them. This one is no exception. But there is some humor, some fun moments, and the intro by Adam Baldwin who played Jayne on the series makes it worth a read."
"I'm guessing this was a planned episode in a second or third series of Firefly which got dusted off and trimmed up for a three issue miniseries comic. That's how it feels anyway, which makes it quite different from Better Days, which was clearly written as a bridge to the movie. Anyway, it's a nice tight little story, good but not amazing. I definitely won't complain at all if there's more planned episodes coming out like this."
Unexpected side effect during or after reading: Finally coming to terms with the fact that there will probably never be another Firefly/Serenity film or tv show.
New thing I learned from reading this book: Mal doesn't want to be rich.
General Observations: For a new Serenity story scripted by Joss Whedon, I was disappointed. Following a story before the events of the movie allows him to use characters who died there, which was nice. But there was something about the writing or art that made this story hard to track for me.
It begins with the crew snatching some shiny tech on a heist, but the guy who hired them pays by telling them by telling them where some other loot is stashed so they go and steal that, which turns out to be a fortune. This leads to several fantasy sequences about what the crew is going to do with the money. Meanwhile, an Alliance officer is tracking down former Browncoats who kept fighting after the war and were deemed 'terrorists', and it's more than just a mission for him. The guy who invented the tech they stole is also on the crew's trail. And there's something weird going on with the Doc and Inara. The whole thing climaxes in a massive fight that left me with more questions than answers.
Since this is now an on-going comic, maybe more issues will clear up some of the confusion. Plus, we got a hilarious introduction from Adam Baldwin and plenty of Firefly'esque moments. For example, Jane's reputation as the Hero of Canton has spread."
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