Maybe I'm wrong but this seems to be a much more detailed Serenity than the one from the tv show. I would argue that it's not even the same set. That being said, the movie got it all right. The sweeping camera shots of the scenery and fantastic FX are all so satisfying after watching the show (which has relatively *beep* scenery and FX)
shareYou're not wrong, the original set and blueprints were destroyed after the show ended. The new set was constructed from pictures that Fillion had taken of the blueprints.
shareFrom what I've read, for the CG exterior shots of the ship, the effects company took the original digital model of the ship used for Firefly, and simply added a great deal more detailing and complexity. The original digital model was made for a Standard-Def TV program with a telvision-sized budget. It wouldn't have held up under scrutiny on the big-screen. But it is indeed evidently just a more complex and somewhat alterred version of the original digital model. (Kinda cool they used a version of the original model if you ask me, since most effects houses would have just started from scratch.)
But the interior sets are definitely not the same, as they had been destroyed after filming the series. They did manage to use the same blue-prints as a springboard, however.
I'm fine with the fact that the sets had to be slightly alterred between the series and the movie. Similar to the Digital model of the ship, simply reconstructing the original sets as-they-were wouldn't have held up as well on the big screen. Thankfully, they still feel like the same vessel... one is just a bit more complex and slightly alterred, and you could probably argue that in the months that elapsed between the series ending and the movie beginning some work might have been done on the ship.
And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point?
Aside from the improved CGI model, the crash sequence involved a physical model.
http://qmxonline.com/blogs/news/13844173-gallery-12-foot-serenity-filming-miniature
-Wm
CGI spacecraft always look so fake to me-couldnt they at least build a "hero" model of real materials?
shareThe sweeping camera shots of the scenery and fantastic FX are all so satisfying after watching the show (which has relatively *beep* scenery and FX)Well I agree, but you would kind of expect it with a cinema released movie with a $39 million budget, as opposed to a TV series.🐭 share
I look at it as they sold the Lasiter and Mal used a chunk of the funds to fix up the ship. New Mule, new lights, new hull plating, etc. The crew could afford some fineries, hence the new duds and Jayne's hair. Only thing it can't explain is Simon's direct involvement with River's rescue and all the info he had (yet he forgot about the neural stripping until Ariel?) or how Kaylee has no idea what Miranda is but then instantly remembers hearing about work available on a planet called Miranda once Mal mentions it.
shareWell, after the first few moments the ship in the movie is one primary buffer panel shy of the one in the series.
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Not only ship model is different, but the interiors as well. I watched the series and movie right after that and the difference is very noticeable. Overall design is similar, but all the details were changed. The doors, the engine, wall painting, interior of the pilot cockpit, shuttle interior etc.
sharethey had to rebuild everything for the movie, but it was basically all replicated exactly. the only differences i saw was the cargo bay had a circular imprint around its hull wall behind the stairs, and there was also now some door to a pantry in the side of the kitchen that was never shown in the show.
I used to be indecisive. Now, I'm not so sure.