Serenity Chronicles I: Firefly

First of all, it is difficult to improve upon a nearly perfect series, but MusicEd921 managed to do it. I say nearly perfect because it ended too early. This series is one that I can re-watch and enjoy completely each time, and now I have another way to enjoy it.
The rearranged and additional footage added to the overall experience and provided a better character introduction for Mal and Zoe than the original. Its a shame that the deleted scenes are not available in higher resolution, but they helped tell a more complete story, especially those of River at school in Part 2.
I look forward to future fanedits by MusicEd921.

Fantastic. To take a series, so beloved, and place it into a new perspective is ballsy. To take a series, a decade past its unfortunate cancellation, and make it seem new and fresh? Some would say "impossible"... I say, FANTASTIC.

I was one of the late bloomers, I didn't see the series in it's initial run, and discovered it, in a one day marathon run, on an upper channel cable TV station, on a Sunday, when NOTHING else was on. I fell in LOVE with Firefly, and since that day I've watched all the episodes on multiple occasions, so to be able to look at it in a whole new light, was exciting to me. I really enjoyed this, and I can't wait for part II...

xZx

THIS REVIEW IS FOR PART 1 AND 2
i am a massive fan of firefly, it is a TV show that ended way to soon.
when i found out this fanedit was coming out i had to see it.
i so glad i did, it is perfect i have no problems with these edits, it is perfectly cut keeping all the right scenes to make the perfect movies.
every one who liked firefly or serenity has to see these edits they are perfect.

well done musicED921 cant wait for part 3.

editing: perfect 10/10
Story: perfect 10/10
Audio: perfect 1010

experience: perfect some of the best hours of entertainment i've had for a while 15/10
Thank you musicED921

My wife and I sat down to watch this a few days ago - we were both very, very impressed! We have both seen the series a few times through and it had been a while since the last viewing, so it was nice to watch it in this manner. I commented to my wife that it felt like MusicEd took the best of the show and pieced it together to make one flowing cohesive story - the deleted scenes added back in, while noticeable on visual quality, were GREAT for narrative. Absolutely fantastic storytelling!

We're in the process of moving houses, so we were only able to watch it on my 21" iMac while sitting on a pulled up couch. I didn't notice any edits at all - flowed very nicely together. However I would love to see this in HD... (I know the deleted scenes will never be, but the rest could be more crisp) I still give it a 10 for visual quality because the rating is based on the original - so it's as good as a regular DVD :)

Enjoyment is a 9 - I would make it a 9.5 if I could... I couldn't help but feel that something was missing to the 'Verse's introduction. I don't know what it is and I've been trying to place my finger on it all weekend but couldn't figure it out. The best I can think of is I know there is more to this setting than I'm seeing and my brain misses it... I love the idea and mix of Chinese/Western cultures and there wasn't enough to satiate me... I can't give it a 10 for this nagging reason if I'm honest with myself.

Will this replace the series? I know that wasn't the intention, but for me, it's quite possible... Every time I watch the full series, I'm disappointed when it ends because I imagine what could have been... I'm hoping that this trilogy will feel like an enclosed story that brings closure to events and won't leave me with that bitter taste!

Amazing work, MusicEd - I can't wait for the sequels!

My first introduction to Firefly was the movie Serenity, yeah weird place to jump into a series. I watched it I thought it way okay, I loved River's fight scenes but I didn't really have any emotional investement in the characters. A year later I watched firefly and I liked it, some episodes were a little boring, but when it was good, it was REALLY good. I'd bought the series and watched it once and followed up on Serenity again (which was so much better second time around.) I was hoping to return to the series again at some point, that never happened.

So when MusicEd209 announced he had made this fanedit, I jumped at the opportunity to come aboard the ship Serenity for adventures and High Jinx with Captain Mal once more.

As per usual I don't want to talk about the technical side too much, i've never made an edit,I don't know what the process entails, i'm sure I have a good idea. But The footage is a little jarring in places, I'm not so bothered about the quality of deleted scenes, that is an always will be an issue where you only have one viable option, to include or not include... he made the right choice to include those scenes.

The age old problem of TV credits though, I wish there was a simpler way of avoidiing this, would I be just as jarred by a blurred watermark, or a big black censorship? I think yes. I suppose it depends on the placement of said credits, could we zoom in and lose even more of the sides... anyway long story short I don't think there is a really viable workaround that wouldn't draw attention. And thankfully it's not a very regular occurance.

Okay story, this is where the edit gets top marks, it is perfect and superflous, characters are introduced, we get their intro arcs, it all makes sense, I absolutely loved how it all came together in chronological order using the flashbacks and then the dealing with the mole and the way we get a glimpse of where things are going with Serenity Chronicles II and that's before we even get to the teaser at the end.

Well done sir, I look forward to the next in the series.