from jeremy

It's been a long 2+ days. Due to my unplanned trip to LA and some complications with some DVDs we've been working on at work, I've had 2.5 hours of sleep in the last 60+ hours. But I'm back and ready to tell you all about my trip.

The night before I left I was up until 1 am working on some DVDs at the office. I went home for 2.5 hours of sleep (Cosmo my cat, didn't seem to want me to get even that much sleep...grrr). At 3:30 I was up an headed off to Long Beach via Jet Blue (love that airline).
At the airport I met up with Brian, my long time high school friend and fellow browncoat (one of my converts), who managed to get on as an extra too.

Much flying and a few traffic jams later we were at the tailor shop for our fittings. We had arrived early and the lady asked if one of us was Victor, who was late. I replied 'nope' and she proceeded to start pulling clothes from racks and having us try them on. As I looked around there was a wall of photos with cast members on it, a production calendar (with many spoilers I wish I hadn't read). I noticed one rack with what looked like armor of some kind. Soon Victor showed up and proceeded to get his costume, turns out he was an extra on Buffy for 4 years (seasons 2 through 6).

As I'm getting final tweaks done to my costume, I hear the door open much to my surprise there's is Bob! Looking to collect on the free lunch I offered for his help in getting me hooked up with the right people at Background Players. I suppressed the unexpected urge to ask for his autograph, and soon the fitting was over (see pics), some paperwork and we were all off to lunch, including Victor, who needed a ride to a job interview.

We headed off to Paquito Más on Sunset, (passing the billboard that we all thought about buying an ad on). Bob had even more details (and spoilers) about his incredible adventure on the set and Victor told some interesting stories about his years on the Buffy set. I soon envied Bob, knowing full well I don't stand of a chance of having as complete of an experience as he had, but that's okay, I'll be thrilled beyond reason just to watch Joss at work, and to see our BD Hero's doing their magic.

Our trip ended with some goodbyes, a shopping mall, a quick trip to the beach, C&O's Trattoria (yum) and a panic drive through traffic back to the Long Beach airport.

Believe it or not, I'm even more excited and anxious for July 12th.

from cpf240

This here's my story, and I'm sticking to it:

After a bit of coaxing from TheDuke333, I took my info down to the Background Players office. It looked like they were still getting settled in the new office, even an electrician slaving away to get the hall light working. This may explain the phone outage some experienced. I did not meet or see Janet or Sasha, but gave my info to a woman whose name I think was Christine.

The next 24 hours were torture! I was afraid to be away from the phone, and I did not sleep very well that night. I'll never know if taking my info down there helped. I couldn't wait after seeing all the others - Saxon, Damnitgirlie, Coffeewench, etc - getting to do their part, so I called Background Players.

Sasha answered the phone, and I tried to explain that I just wanted to make sure they had my info, and find out if I was too late to participate. I probably sounded like a babbling idiot. Sasha asked me for some basic info, height, weight, etc, then asked if I could make it to a fitting tomorrow. The answer to that was obvious! We
picked a time, and she gave me the address.

My appointment, or should I say call? was for 3:30 today. I was really worried that I'd get stuck in L.A. traffic trying to go from the LAX area to North Hollywood. I started to panic a bit when the interchange from one freeway to the next backed up big time. I think that somebody really shiny was looking out for me - the alternate route I took had me there 30 minutes early!

No problems finding the place, thanks Duke! There was one guy signing in when I got there. I talked to him a bit, and he was surprised to hear that there was a lot of fan participation on this project. This is what he does for a living, and had not even heard of Firefly - he was told it was something like Chronicles of Riddick! I gave him
a quick show history and story outline.

While he was getting his costume, I took a long hard look at all the cast photos on the wall. That was awesome!

Finally it was my turn. Terri gave me my costume and showed me to the "dressing area" - I don't think it qualifies as a dressing room. Watch out for all the safety pins on the floor in there! Terri worked on my costume a bit, adding a shirt, changing the belt, etc.

While Terri was looking for shoes for my costume, I looked around the dressing area a bit. Nothing exciting to report, I didn't get to touch anyone’s shirt or anything. But I did see a stack of photos on the counter of someone in a companion costume... was that you DG?

Finally the costume was ready, so out into the sun for a few quick pictures. Terri suggested I bring a camera on the day of the shoot so I could get a picture of me in my costume. She also said that the Browncoats have been well behaved and easy to work with. Then it was all over. Back to being me.

Now all I have to do is wait for July 12th to arrive!

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

from Jewel Staite

Filming is going swimmingly. We've finished all of our exterior location scenes, and we've since started work on the Universal Studios lot on all of our interior stuff. The sets are AMAZING. I hope no one will be disappointed. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to walk onto that ship again. The cast looks great as well-- our wardrobe has been tweaked to look a little sharper, a little more unique, and maybe even a little sexier.

I wish I could tell you the surprises the movie has in store for you all, but as you know, I've signed my name in blood... and I want you to be genuinely surprised! As for keeping you updated on how things are going, I'll continue to post on fireflyfans.net, and here as well. I have a little time off right now, and haven't shot anything on the studio sets as of yet, but I couldn't help myself and went by for a visit yesterday. Joss is, of course, grinning from ear to ear. Morena was there, dressed in one of Inara's gowns and looking as gorgeous as ever. I hear some of our background performers are secret "browncoats", keeping themselves well hidden but always watching... We LOVE you guys!!!! We are always happy to meet you.

To anyone I saw at DreamCon in Florida recently, I had an absolute blast-- the Q&A periods were my favorite, and I loved answering all of your questions about the show, and the ones I COULD answer about the movie. Starfury in the UK (back in April) was also amazing-- the "girl with the white hat", as she's called herself, was the fan that stood out to me the most. She had the best questions, and was just the sweetest thing.. so if she's out there, thank you for making that experience even more enjoyable for me! I've just been contacted by the DragonCon people, and we're trying to get me out there to say hello at the end of August/beginning of September weekend. I may be off work by then, so that would be great if I could attend.

Anyway, thank you again for kind words and your support. I love reading your posts, and will continue to do so every chance I get!

Talk to you soon....

Jewel aka. "Kaylee"

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

from Jewel Staite

So we're finished our exterior stuff. It's nice to be in an air-conditioned studio-- and especially nice when you live ten minutes away from that studio. No more getting up an hour before having to be at work to hit the freeway. BLISS! Rumor has it that some of our "background performers" are secret Browncoats, which is pretty cool. I had no idea you guys were that dedicated! Working on a set isn't always fabulous and exciting, so just the fact that you guys are willing to sit there for twelve plus hours a day just to participate in the BDM ( I love that you guys call it that) is very, very cool.

DreamCon was a blast, and thank you to everyone that participated in the Q&A sessions. I really and truly wish that those sessions went on for more than an hour-- an hour never seems long enough. Starfury was awesome, too, and us Firefly folk got such a positive, strong response out there... It was really uplifting. I was just contacted by the DragonCon people about attending this year. That would be great, since I've never been to Atlanta, and they've never had a Firefly guest before. If my schedule allows it (which I think it will, unless they want to re-shoot something at the last minute... or the wrap party is that weekend-- which I cannot miss, because when we wrapped the series, FOX didn't give us one, so we've been waiting for a proper wrap party for far too damn long), I will be at DragonCon. I cannot WAIT to meet all you crazy browncoats and answer your questions... at least the ones I can without getting sued by Universal (and shunned by Joss).

I went by the set on Universal yesterday and hung out behind the monitor with Joss for awhile. Things are lookin' good.... The sets (and I'm talking about the ones besides the ship) are gorgeous. So innovative, and different, and beautifully detailed. I can't wait for your reactions.

Pretty soon, I'm filming some scenes in the engine room. I can't wait for that. "home sweet home". I'll update you when I can soon.

Thank you again, guys, for posting such positive and inspirational messages. I really love reading your posts.

Take care, fly high.

Jewel

Original post @ Fireflyfans.net

from saxon1014

Okay gang, I'm exhausted!

Stayed up till 12:30 last nite making maps for the trip. Got up at 4 am. Hit the road with Coffeewench behind the wheel, and Ewok and CW's BF Stat1k in the back seat by a little after 5 am.

For those who know, my son Jeremy was leaving today for North Korea...I was so sad that I wasn't going to get to see him, since he was going to get to LA by 10am, and be flying out by 12:30. Well, with us coming down for the fittings, it wasn't any more trouble to drive to LAX and see him off!

We got to LAX and called him, and he was right behind us! We parked right near each other, and hugged and chatted for a while. We went in with him and did the 'stand in this line, now stand in that line' thing until we had to leave. The traffic was horrible getting in there, and I didn't know how bad it might be going out. I wanted to give us plenty of time, and Jeremy had finished getting his luggage all checked and would be going beyond the point we could follow anyway. We prayed together. HUGGED and I started to cry...and I was going to get really bad, I could tell, so I hurried him off (even got the gal who was taking him and his luggage to the next point crying!). My heart felt like it had gotten ripped right outta my chest! *and here I go again!*

Okay, Coffeewench had been sorely tested on the drive up...the traffic was so bad, so she wanted her BF to drive...OH BOY...did he ever take my mind off my departing son!!

We headed to the location of the costume warehouse. We were early, but wanted to get some food, since none of us had more than poptarts/breakfast bar/cereal all those hours before. We found the place, then drove back down the road and hit Taco Bell for me, and then back to Weinersnitzel for the kids. We ate, then headed back to the place. I didn't get the message from DG about the confusing signage, so we parked in the wrong place and had to walk around, went into the wrong door, then finally saw the signs and found.....MY HEAVEN!!

COSTUMES!! Racks and racks of costumes of every sort! It was a huge open warehouse, with a maze of costume racks, all with notes and tags and labels of who they belonged to, or what type garb it was. Without giving any spoilers, I'll just say, picture the episode "Serenity", when they land to take on passengers and we see the many different people walking about the town...all those different looks, textures, ethnicities...it was all there!! I saw snippets of fabrics and trims that I could have used to make Renaissance nobility, I saw stuff to make Belly Dancing stuff...para-military...mechanic/technical...everyday clothes for all the different types of 'settlers' we've already seen! It was awesome!!

Stat1k said, 'geez mom, you look like a kid in a candy store!'

I felt like my eyes were not big enough to absorb it all. And we had time to do so too...we were early, and there were people who were doing the 'grunt work' of costuming...running the sewing machines...one young gal was working with pattern pieces. *oh, it was so cool how they had the pattern pieces laminated and hanging on the racks!* (sorry, costumer's moment)

Anyway...A gal came up, literally chewing her lunch, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm still eating", I said, "that's okay, we are early, swallow...don't mind us". She smiled and checked her list and asked if I was Suzi, and I said "yes, and this is Gingi and Jim, we have 1:00, 1:30 & 2 appts". She said she'd just be a minute, but we could fill out the paper work and sign in. I told her not to rush, to enjoy her lunch.

By then we had already been studying the wall that was behind us as we filled out the paperwork. It has some familiar faces (our BDHs), plus some added new ones too. Some looked familiar from other stuff, and some look to me will be getting lot's of attention once Serenity gets them out there! Just from looking over the faces with the character names/discriptions was spoilerish...it wasn't hard to figure out some areas of story/plot...so I won't go into it here.

We looked around from our spot near the entrance...and the kids teased me cuz they could tell I wanted to run wildly throughout the place checking everything out. It was a very odd mix of Firefly fever and Costume Craziness! I did see some stuff that had names attached to them...you know how clothing racks have those dividers that tell sizes? Well, they had larger ones that had names on them, I saw "Zoe", "Jayne"...and some other unfamiliar names. I really only got a good look at ONE outfit that was hanging in the "Zoe" rack. But I saw obvious stuff that could only belong to Inara, or some other 'lady' of her profession! The gal who was steadily working at the sewing machine was working on a sheer maroon piece that would look gorgeous on Inara!

Anyway, the gal (who I thought said her name was Perry, but I read elswhere was reported as Terry) came back and took our papers, then asked me to follow her. She had about 4 different costume pieces that she hung on the rack in the makeshift dressing area (already discribed as the corner with a shelf unit acting as a 3rd wall, and a clothing rack witha curtin acting as a door). She pulled out a pair of orange pants with a batik/almost tie dye black design on them. They had this really odd 'home plate in baseball' shaped 'yoke' on the front made of a plastic type material...and I inwardly cringed...cuz I have NEVER been able to tuck my shirts in...and I was so afraid of her wanting that bit of odd designage to show. But, whew, she said to put on the burnt orange/rust colored 'karate type gi' on first, over the pants, and then put on the lighter beige with small green and rust squares over it all. She asked me if I had boots (I had told her I made costumes for Renaissance Faires and that this place was a dream for me!). I told her I thought I did, but they were about calf high and had a cuff...she said no, she wanted the pants long, to go to the ankle (where they were rather tight). She said, just try it on, and we'll figure out the shoes later. I put it on, and stepped out of the 'door'. My kids were grinning from ear to ear and mouthing 'pretty'...when she came back, she walked me back into the 'dressing room' so she could look at me in front of the mirrow. She had a belt with some round shell type things on it, woven with hemp cording. She had me take the kimono off, and use the belt to hold the 'gi' closed (I hope she safety pins it for the shoot, it kept slipping open!). Then she had me put the kimono back on and tie it loosely with the ties in front, so the belt shows. I liked the sleeves on the kimono...those large squarish ones! At first she said I might be able to wear my "fake berks" as shoes, but immediately said, 'no, they look too gladiator'. I asked what about black canvas 'kung fu' shoes, similar to 'mary janes'. She said, 'yeah that would work, we are going for a Chinese theme here with this movie'. (like I didn't know!) *grin*

She took me out and took pix, then had me change, and it was Coffeewench's turn.

She took a whole bunch of stuff in for her, and it took a long time for her to even come out. I saw her walking in with a dark maroon colored tunic, which had the perfect colors for CW. And that is what she decided on. I could tell CW wasn't happy, and found out later, that the first stuff she had her try on was lots prettier, but the skirts on both didn't fit right (CW is curvy and short!). The tops would fit, but she would have had to pull the waist band on the skirts way up to get them to fit properly. So the costume gal decided on the tunic. Unfortunately, CW had already seen, and tried on some gorgeous tops, so no matter how pretty the tunic, it wasn't the same! It did fit her alittle large, and looked to need a belt, so maybe they can adjust it or add the belt on the day of shooting.

After pix, it was Stat1k's turn.

OKay, his outfit rocked! As CW put it, "you look like a space biker!! And I bet your bike FLIES!". Terry (or Perry) cracked up at that remark!

He had on alot of clothes, layered up...from a slashed black t-shirt, to a silvery charcoal gray tunic, with a short black vest over, and long pants underneath...with boots, gloves, and a black tightfitting beanie type hat!

He did look awesome! He was grinning from ear to ear! CW said she wanted an outfit like that...she said, 'it's the future, they don't have girls who dress like guys?'

It was fun. And Ewok got to be there with us. She got to get freaked out by the naked guy maniquinn...she got to study all the pix of the lasted members of the Serenity family. She got to have fun watching me and CW try NOT to get into trouble! I wanted to ask if we could take pix of us in costume and the kids said, "no! MOm, behave!!"...CW wanted to take some of those huge silver safety pins that were everywhere! Ewok wouldn't let her! :P

Anyway, we had a great time...oh yeah, we saw Jamie Leigh Curtis at the airport...darn kids wouldn't let me take a pic of her either!

Instead of driving straight home, we turned back toward Hollywood, and took Stat1k to Mann's and to some of the shops. We hit the road amidst a hecka-lotta traffic, but still got home before dark!

Whew!

I'm tried...exhausted and mentally drained.

My son should be landing in South Korea in the next hour....it will be 5:30pm there. He's got to find a room with the help of his old roommate, and then tomorrow he flies to China. After a few days, he will drive into North Korea. Please keep him in prayer.

And this is gonna sound odd...but thank you once again Chris Buchanan, thanx to you arranging so fans could be extras, and us being used, we went to LA, just in time for me to see my only son one more time before he goes off into the very dangerous and exciting world for the next 30 days! I won't have any contact with him till he gets back! And I got to hold him for one last time!

*aw crap...eyes sting...*

I gotta hit the sack!

*sigh*

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

DamnitGirlie's Costume Report

Ok here is the Costume report...

So we drive to the wrong place first, figure it out quickly, and then head around the corner. (He knew we were wrong. I insisted we weren'tt) When we get to the right place, there are signs that say "Serenity" with an arrow. So we follow the arrows. I walk into a warehouse and a nice lady helps me...I forgot to ask her name (how rude) She immediately walks me through some racks of clothes, has me try on a Kimono and then takes me to a little dressing area. I passed Kaylee's coveralls along the way. (New and sooo cute!) There is a gorgeous beaded dress with a note, which reads "needs shawl", But I saw no name. When I get in the little dressing room it is all mirrored and has a clothing rack. As I hang up my outfit and the costumer is speaking to me I notice a belt hanging on the rack tagged "Jayne's Line"

Fe Wah! (Shut up!)

She leaves me alone and as I am dressing it occurs to me...I am in the presence of greatness (or at least one of its accessories!) I realize if I don't touch it, well it would just be wrong. What could I share with the fandom? I did it for YOU! I quickly and stealthily reached out and touched. I felt so silly and so lucky all at the same time. I am an ADULT for gosh sakes, not a 14 year old. Then I decide, well there was nothing so bad about being 14 and I am just going to enjoy the silliness of the whole thing.

I lightly snoop while I wait for the costumer to return but there is nothing else of apparent interest and I don't want to get caught snooping. (I'm not the picture of stealth. I usually rely on heavily on distraction) She comes back with some terrific, gaudy, gold slippers. And puts on my collar (It looks like the one Rance's wife wears in HoG. Maybe not. I'll have to rewatch) She decides I need a belt to try and give me a waist. I tell her I have been trying to give me a waist for a long time and hope she has better luck. She laughs and says, "You're going to be trouble" (How could she tell!?) We chitchat for a few minutes while she straps me in and I explain I am one of the "crazy fans" and not a professional. I think she may have figured that out on her own. (Could have been the irrepressible goofy grin and feet not touching the floor.) I put on the shoes and ask what kind of stockings I should wear. "Not these right?" I say as I flash her my ankle socks. She starts to laugh again. Apparently I was funny. I think I may have more Wash in me than I realized! (Shut up STEVEP!)

Anyway we head out in search of a hat. The first one is "?too small". The second is "too big". (Believe me the similarities of this story don't escape me) While I am still encased in the second hat, which I can not see out from under, I explain that "I once wore a lampshade just like this at a party!" She laughs again...I'm on a roll! (I gotta tell ya...It had to have been a lampshade in a former existence. I am not kidding.) Finally the third and last hat was...say it with me "Just right" It is one of those round hats that comes to a point. Like a little head parasol. I don't know what they are called, but they are in tons of episodes.

We now go to the main costume lady ...Terri, I think, I am of course limping because one of these shoes is really painfully uncomfortable, but I'lll do anything to be in the movie! She removes my belt (thank God, because it was not helping me look thinner!) and drapes it around my neck under my Egyptian collar. She pronounces me assembled!

So now I follow her in full garb to the front of the warehouse where I realize there is a whole wall covered in cast photos and character information (name, rank, serial #, you know) I am definitely trying to study that. I learned alot of spoiler stuff.... I think, (Or I made up a lot of way off, wrong, non-spoilery stuff...who can tell?)

Next it was photo time. We step out into the sunlight. My shiny gold shoes glitter and pinch. I am squinting in the sun and holding a card with my name on it up in front of me, trying to decide if I should smile or look professional. The end result was a photo that will go down in the mug shot hall of fame! Half dazed, squinty, stupefied, Elvis lipped, woman, in futuristic Chinese Kimono, head parasol and glitter slippers that might have been my grandmothers (which is weird because I think we buried her in them!)

So I go back in to change and she starts work on my hubby. We trade off the dressing room. As I walk away I pass a rack of Jayne's tee shirts! By the time I realize "OMG those are Adam's!" I am almost passed them, so I side step and brush against them trying to catch a glimpse as I go. (Because I don't want to, you know, be too obvious!) While I wait for my hubby I over hear alot of "shop talk" about some very interesting scenes. They mostly involved Inara and that's all I can say.....But very exciting! I did some more costume spotting while I waited. But nothing as exciting as what I've already shared.

My hubby finally emerges and I have to tell you...he looked sooo cute...like a giant ewok! He was in a big puffy black jumpsuit with gloves, boots, and a furry hood. He has been upgraded to "pilot" from "vendor" and they are going to get him a helmet.(that way you won't see any of him) He is going to lose 40 pounds if he doesn't sweat to death first! But he's happy to brave it. He saw more than I did...because he was not so nervous (used to work in the movies) So I will try to either tap his memories or get him to post himself. He has very bad short-term memory so I will take notes. I tried to wake him up for details for this post, but all he said was "fish scales"... Very cryptic isn't it?

My toes are almost touching earth again and I have not spontaneously shouted, "I'm in the Big Damn movie" followed by a maniacal laugh in over an hour so I think I am mellowing now.

Just think...This was just my costume fitting......

*Sigh*

I'm never going to make it off that set without an armed escort am I?

(In which case you may all get to see that hall of fame mug shot)

"Serenity" official site goes live

Serenity: The Official Movie Website
is now live. It features a movie synopsis, a blog, and a street team. This site will continue featuring set diaries from anyone who cares to contribute them. I don't believe it can include the Universal blogs but I will ask.

As you may have noticed, there is a site feed available. The url for the feed is http://jossisahottie.com/firefly/blog/atom.xml ...feel free to syndicate this site! It is also syndicated on LiveJournal under the name "serenitymovie."

Serenity Report - No spoilers from Rosie

The following is a journal I kept of my experience on the set. I wanted to capture everything and report back to all. I had to be on my knees or sitting back on my feet. Physically it was exhausting but I am so over the top thrilled by the experience. It was the realization of a dream and I really was getting all misty eyed at my great fortune. So here goes, no spoilers aside from who is there which is the crew:

Serenity Day 1 June 21, 2004 –

So I woke at 4 am my alarm was set for 4:15 am. My brother was also accepted as an extra and we needed to leave by 5:30 am. Our call time was 6:45 am sharp! We arrived at Universal Studios at 6 am, there was very little traffic. We parked and made our way to Stage 18. There was construction going on. We were directed to where the trailers were setting up. Saw the wardrobe trailer and then we saw Gina Torres walking to her trailer. I didn’t try to stop her I let her take care of her stuff. When she came out again she was looking my way so I introduced my brother and myself. She was very kind and directed us to whom we needed to talk to then she went into another trailer to get ready.

My brother and I made our way to the Back Lot Café waiting until 6:45 to get into wardrobe. Got into wardrobe and then I was waiting and saw Cappy drive by he was just getting in. I was very good. I did not shout or scream. Finally I was sent to hair and Kim was my hairdresser. She kept fiddling with it trying to figure something out. She put it up in with two ponytails braided and rolled up. She stuck in lots of pins and curled the edges. She also created vertical curls, ringlets on my bangs. Afterwards I went to make up and had my eyeliner removed and some dirt was put on. Once I was done I headed back to the stage to wait. I think I just saw Barbara Streisand get into a cart. They are filming Meet the Fockers across from Serenity. It is now 8:03 am and we are now waiting.

10:14 am We just finished rehearsing. So far I have seen Zoe, Mal and Jayne walk by. I was sitting down then I look up as they are walking past. They are tall folk. Then Joss walked by. I did not try to stop them. I did get a chance to say hi to Joss on his way back in. Haven’t said anything to Adam or Nathan yet. It is so unreal. I am on the set with Cappy, Jayne, Zoe and Joss this is so cool! I feel like this is perfectly normal, I am sure that is due to all the prayers and shiny thoughts. Thank you !!! They are rehearsing and we are once again waiting.

11:36am More rehearsing. This time I got the chance to talk to Adam. I told him I was from the board. He said what I great community the board is and I agreed. I told him about my first shindig experience. He said he received the shirt that says I’m first in line for the Firefly Movie it has shindig photos on the back. He said he gave Nathan one. I asked if he had a Happy Father’s day. He said it was very nice. Earlier I saw Morena walk by but did not have a chance to say hi.

2:15pm We’re just coming back from lunch. Now I saw Summer. She is in the scene now. Nathan & Summer are so funny, very playful. At one point Nathan and Adam got into a hand fight a la Laverne and Shirley, very cute. Adam spoke to me more asked it I was thirsty and then brought me a bottle of water. He is very kind and considerate. Still haven’t spoken to Cappy he is busy concentrating and not next to me. I am next to Gina and Adam. Gina is great and also playful.

Serenity Day 2 June 22, 2004-

6:10am We finished yesterday at 8:15pm. Got home by 9 pm and took a shower and went to sleep. I did manage to cal TLACook and Pip to post a teaser about my day. Here’s what happened after lunch. The scene was more focussed on Zoe and River. So many angles to shoot and the lighting so carefully created. I did get a chance to speak to Affablechap Chris Buchanan. I wanted to thank him personally. I missed him that morning so I walked over to him. He was speaking to Cappy and was just about to leave. I stopped him, introduced myself and identified myself as from the board. When I began speaking to Chris, Nathan kind of stepped back out of the conversation. Once he realized I was a fan he stepped back in and asked my name and said, “Nice to meet you”, shook my hand and smiled. I was thanking Chris for this opportunity and emphasizing how much it meant to me. I didn’t approach Cappy because I did not want to invade his space so it was very cute the way he stepped up, asked my name and shook my hand. I of course told him he was doing a great job. It was time to get back in place so I left them. It was just so very cool.

Later, on a short break, I stepped outside and found Adam sitting on the rail alone. He greeted me saying, “Hello Gorgeous” and I was cool and said “Hello Handsome” He asked how it was going. He is so sweet and considerate. I finished drinking my bottle of water and told him I had to get back inside. He said he would see me there.

Near the end one of the production assistants, Audrey, said she had asked Adam if he would be willing to take a picture with Rosie. She said Adam replied, “Anything she wants.” So once I was on another break she mentioned Adam was outside and willing to pose. She told me to be discreet with the camera. You are not aloud to take pictures on the Universal lot. So my brother took my picture with Adam. Then Adam said, “Now a head shot.” He is 6’ 4” and I am 5’ 2”. Adam realized he needed to come down for this so he stooped to be next to my head. I thanked him and went to give him a hug and received a smooch on the cheek. Very sweet and made my day! I wrote thank you cards for the cast. I gave Joss his card when I said hi that morning. I gave Adam his card then after taking our pictures.

I went back inside and Summer was sitting there waiting. They were going to change lighting and re-shoot a scene. I took the opportunity to give her her card. I told her I was a fan and was honored to be a part of this movie. She felt bad my first experience as an extra involved being on my knees all day. I told her I was having a great time. I also told her I thought she was doing a great job. River is a complicated character and she is doing great. Summer is such a sweet young girl.

Gina and Nathan wrapped up (means they are done). Then it was Adam’s turn with Summer. I wasn’t in these shots but I stayed around to see what was happening.

I was finally released at 8:15pm. I was tired. I do have to say though that Joss works very hard. 12 hour days of constantly directing the actors, the cameramen, and in general everyone. We all wait our turn but Joss is ceaseless in his action all day. Joss is great!

Now we start on the activity for Day 2.

7:45 am Checked into wardrobe, went to hair and makeup. Came to the stage and grabbed some breakfast. Gina came by looking for a muffin. Chris Buchanan walked by later as I was eating. Then Adam came by to get something to eat. Adam stopped to chat as he was walking back. He said, “Hi Rosie”. He asked if I posted. I said no, too tired. He said he went home to play with his kids. I gave him a little gift that Flyhead had given me. He thanked me for the card. Such a very cool man, completely down to earth and real.

Summer walked in and saw me and waved hi, came over and gave me a hug and thanked me for the card. She said her mom was in town and thought it was very nice. Summer is such a doll, very gentle and graceful.

A little later I am still waiting to go on the set. Adam walks by with Nathan. I am speaking to the production assistant Audrey. They walk by to get some food. On their way back I see Adam with Nathan following. I hand Nathan his card. I included the triangle Firefly patch. He is walking back and raises the patch and shouts, “I love this.”

This has really been a wonderful experience. All I need now is a chance to get on the ship!

12:30pm Finished shooting and now I am waiting. I was able to get Summer’s autograph before she left. She wrapped early. Later Nathan, just before we were going to shoot a scene shouts, “Rosie, thanks for the card and the patch.” Gina is standing next to him and says, “You got a patch? All I got was a card. Guess you’re her favorite.” Nathan just smiles and says “Yeah”. I smile back and say, “He’s the Captain.” Gina says “And who’s the one who keeps saving him. Post that on your message board.” Then I laugh and we begin shooting the scene. All was said in teasing fun. It was great. Once we are done, Nathan, Adam and Gina go off to shoot another scene. It looks like we are almost done for us extras. I ask Gina for her autograph. She is signing just as they call for rehearsal. Not able to get Nathan or Adam’s yet. I tried when he was coming in but no time. Then they left for a break. I am still waiting.

2:44pm OK, now I am fully satisfied. Audrey, the production assistant let me on to the set of Serenity, our beautiful and beloved ship. It is still under construction but the hallway where the crews quarters are is whee we entered. She asked eprmission from the head guy and he lead the way. I touched the top ring of Cappy’s quarters. Then I saw the kitchen. They have the stenciled vines. Then I walked over to the bridge. Still finishing painting but the guys in there said I could go in. Nothing but paint but oh so sweet. I stood right where Wash sits. No pictures but an experience I will never forget. As I touched the top ring of Cappy’s quarters, I was facing the bridge and looked down. I thought of all of you on the OB and wished you were here. Then we were directed to the Cargo hold. Not able to go in but I was able to see the doors to the infirmary, they were closed. I am thrilled beyond belief. Really I have no words. I really wished you were here from the bottom of my heart.

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

As I was waiting I did get another opportunity to talk to Joss and I told him he is a hard worker. We wait but he is constantly working. Joss said, “It is harder to wait than to work.” Later as they were coming back from break he was walking with some folks and said to some guy with him, “I am a hard worker.” he smiled and nodded to me.

I wrapped around 6pm. I did not get a picture with Cappy or Gina. I decided to go back onto the set and see if they were still there. They were all sitting together waiting. I went over to say good bye to Adam and told him I was wrapped. He gave me a hug and another smooch on the cheek, so sweet and sincere. I told him I was truly honored to be a part of this and had a great time. Chris Buchanan was sitting next to him and I told him I even got to go on board Serenity and how cool that was. I asked Nathan for his autograph. Then asked if he thought it would be OK to ask Nathan he said sure. So I thank them both and walked over to Nathan. He was playing with Adam’s daughter, a beautiful young girl. I interrupted and told her I was a big fan of her dad and had already gotten his autograph and I showed her. Then I ask Nathan for his. He said sure and wrote a little something, thanking me for coming and playing with them. He was very cool. Adam’s daughter asked Nathan if he played scrabble and Gina said she likes making words up and dares people to challenge her. Nathan made up a word and said I don't think so Gina. I said good bye to both Nathan and Gina and told them it was a great experience. Then I walked off the Stage.

I walked back to my car very tired and completely overwhelmed. This truly was the realization of a dream. It was so much better than I could have hoped for. I did not act like a weird fan girl. I was able to restrain myself, though it was a conscious effort. As I was driving back thinking about this experience I just shed tears of joy. How often do dreams come true?

I love Firefly, I love Joss and everyone on the crew of Serenity. They are doing such a great job, working very hard. I was truly floored from the experience. I was overwhelmed and awed and transitioning back to this reality. It makes me feel good knowing that where I have been still exists and they are continuing to work on the BDM.

I called TLACook and she gave me the great news that more Browncoats are going in Yeah!!! Just remember Audrey, the production assistant. I hope everyone enjoys themselves as much as I did. I am still flying high right now.

Rosie aka Fireflypsngr

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

from Dusty Bottoms, your man on the inside

Hey there Blogerinos!

Dusty Bottoms here with your first official report from the set of SERENITY. Think of me as your man inside, your Dabney Coleman if you will. Yup, the man with the plan, the inside scoop, the in's, the out's, the what have you's. That's all I can say about myself for now. For if you knew my true identity... Well, I'd probably just have to get a larger inbox.

Read more at the official blog...

from Adam Baldwin

So... There I was, sitting on the set of Joss Whedon's "Serenity."

I gotta tell you that this is even more fun than the BDTVS was.

We now have completed an amazingly well organized location schedule of twelve days and only had one Techno-Crane get destroyed. Thank God (as I understand Him/Her) for insurance. ;- )

The snappiest thing that I observed during this "incident" was our illustrious cinematographer Jack Green (IMDB his credits!) shouting: "Is anyone hurt? No! Was there any exposed film on that roll?!!! No! OK, back to work! I want a steady-cam mount on the front end of the camera-truck right now... We're losing the light people!!!"

What a stud!

Then:

Nathan, from the top of the [expository deleted] craft, assuming his patented goofy smily crossed-eyed facey voice; shrugs and says: "Sometimes it happens, ahee!"

I love these BDHs!!! It's a party!!!

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

Coming soon!

...the unofficial "Serenity" movie blog... currently featuring old posts from the official Firefly forum.

from Jewel Staite

I figured since Nathan and Adam and who knows who else have been posting on here and keeping you guys up to date, I might as well, too. I just bought a new lap top and am very anxious to use it! (If I can figure out how to use it). "Serenity" is a dream come true. Working with these wonderful people who love their jobs so much, every day, all day, is just awesome. WE ARE BACK!!!! Some things have changed, but not a lot, and no, Adam, I'm not giving away any spoilers. I can say this, though: Joss is a genius. This script is truly one of the best I've read, and I'm incredibly honored to be doing this film-- his first film-- and my first film as a lead (!). How exciting is that!! There hasn't been a bad day yet. Even with dust in your mouth and suncreen running into your eyes and sweat making little pools under your boobs... this is still the best job I've ever had. Thank you thank you thank you to the fans out there. Your continued support makes this whole experience even more enjoyable. I'll write again soon!

Jewel

Original post @ FireflyFans.net...

from Nathan Fillion

We have completed the first two weeks of filming, and with that, all the exterior shots for Serenity. No more will cast and crew have to lug equipment and themselves out to the far reaches of the desert to battle the sun, dust, smoke, or the tiny little noseeums that seem impervious to bugspray and all too eager to feast upon our flesh. Happily, we all must report to work on Monday to the stages of Universal City, where we shall face new challenges like finding our own lunches and saying something clever to passing tour trams.

Perhaps due to those minor hardships, and the amount of adventures that are crammed into one day, it seems forever ago that we started rehearsals. Yet there is a long way to go. It is a far cry from filming the series, evident in watching the previous day's work in the extreme luxury of the daily trailer. The huge screen at the end of this monstrosity entertains us with images of my favorite cast being BDH's. It is going to be a real charge the first time we get to see River going "koo koo" when her face is 17' high.

My heart now looks forward to the first time I see Serenity again. My only contact with her since I watched them pulling apart her last remnants at the Fox lot has been the cargo bay doors, with us on location. It will warm my cockles to see her reborn, courtesy of the creative minds of Universal. This will not be an exact duplicate, folks. Learn to love it. Be comfortable with the idea of getting to know her all over again, and falling in love all over again. For she is our home now.

Let's go home.

Original post @ the official Firefly forums...

from Nathan Fillion

I can't promise you a weekly thing, the schedule keeps me on my toes and I type slowly. However, here's a bit of a blog for you.

First day of filming for me is not the first day of filming overall. That honor was Sean's and Summer's. But all were present when we arrived in the desert out by the old abandoned mine to begin what will be two weeks of exterior shooting. I can't tell you how it warmed my heart to seethe cast not only together (I've seen that a couple of times since the show's demise), but in costume as well. Jewel looks great in a version of her old green work overalls (has she gotten taller?). Sean is appropriately overdressed for what we are doing out there. Adam's T-shirt designs and gun belts will have the fans in a tizzy, I'm sure- he looks too cool for words. Ron has had a minor overhaul and reminds me of a native american Shaman, a logical twist. Summer looks both etherial and eerie (I hope I spelled those words correktlee) walking- no, drifting about. Alan looks both relaxed and tough in his new togs and has the best footwear of all of us. Morena, of course, is Morena. One look is never quite enough. It is easy to imagine the high class she occupies in the 'verse of Firefly. Gina fuses supermodel and badass in an outfit tailored to her physique. She's been working out, you'll see.

I couldn't be happier. Everyone has slipped right back in where we left off, but there is a difference. There is some kind of special magic in the ressurection. We all feel it. We are back in a way the series never could be. I have a glad heart when I watch Joss talking to the ship's crew. I can only look at him and smile. I smile a lot these days. More even than I thought I would. Thank you Joss. Thank you Universal. Thank you crew. Thank you cast. Thank you cast especially for laughing at all the same old crappy material I used to use.

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from TheDuke333

I left my house around noon on friday the 11th (picture #1), It was just down the street from my house, and didnt take long to get there. When I turned up the dirt road to arrive on the set, the most unbelievable sight came around the corner...THE SET!!! Picture #2 (I have a long distance shot of this and dont think it is spoilerish, dont think I should post..suggestions???) When i arrived a security guard asked me my business and i mentioned im in the BDM and my call time is 1:30pm. He said well it is only 12:15pm your a little early and if I wanted I could just go on in and just wait?....heheheh. So I parked and walked up to the set. (picture #3) (the white tent is where the banner was on the other location) At this point I didnt know what to do, so i drifted towards the white tent. There was a big bucket of ice cold water so I grabbed one and tried to look like i belonged. As it turns out, lunch was being served and all these guys with earpiece walkie-talkie things were going in for lunch. So what was I supposed to do? thats right i had lunch!!!...LOL. That was cool. I had a great salad and took a seat at a far table by myself and looked at everybody (without looking like I was looking)

I didnt recognise anybody for about 20 minutes. ( about 50 ppl in there) and then it happened!!! My fears of not seeing anybody were happily stripped away....River walked in!!! right there not 20 feet away!! in line to have salad!!! right there... So I stared at here outright as she got her salad and went and sat by herself. I couldnt stand for this injustice!!! Now remember i have been a salesman for 15 years and i am quite comfortable approaching people. So I grabbed my salad and walked right over to her table. As she looked up i asked her if I could join her for lunch....and she said yes!!! Now this was wierd...her i am sitting 3 feet from Summer as she is eating her salad!!! We talked for about 15 minutes about the show, her dance lessons, how cool Joss is, and how pumped she is to be working on this show again. Towards the end of lunch i told her I have a picture that was drawn by an artist for the LA Comic-Con that she couldnt attend, and if time permited if she could sign it. She said SURE and were was it. I had it in the car with my disposible camera. She said well my trailer is right over there why dont you go get it and I can sign it for you!!! (I ran my happy rear to the car so quickly!!!) I approached her trailer and knocked, and she let me in and she went and washed her hands from lunch. I showed her the picture and she just loved it. There is a little desk in these trailers and as she was signing it I noticed her pillow on the couch that says "Summer" she noticed me and said she never goes anywhere without it..(Women...why do they do that?) anyway, after she signs it she notices that Nathan hasnt signed it and said she was positive he would. So she says that he is watching dailys and we can go over there and meet him!!! I know...i still cant beleive it either.

I follow her over to this huge trailer (purple one in the picture with white tents) and she dissapears inside to get the Captain. I cant beleive this is happening...Two minutes later River and Captain Malcom Reynolds come outside and approach me!!! He shakes my hand and i mumble something about how I was from the OB and how I contacted Background Players and jabber,jabber,jabber...I dont think it even came out right. So I hand him my picture (Picture #4) and he signs it and says he needs to get back to those dailies...I utter something and he goes back in. Wow that was cool. I got in this hazzy kind of incoherent state...really wierd... So I follow River away and we hear someone calling her, we turn and it's JOSS!!!! This simply isnt happening....He asks her about her last scene and when there finished she introduces me to him!!! I shake his hand and mumble stuff about how I came to be there again ( man I got star struck ) I pulled out the picture and he notices it from the convention and says " hey i got one of those too" I had him sign it at the comvention but i ask him "would a picture be inappropriate?" and he said sarcastically " oh entirely" he reached for the picture and i stood next to him (picture #5) He said he was happy i was there and he loves his fans. Or something really close I was numb!!!

He said have fun and went off with an assisstant guy. So now I can barely walk, in 10 minutes I met Summer,Cappy, and the Creator!!!! I float back to the white tent and stand there reliving what just happened. I look up and accross the parking lot towards the trailers I see a tall strong looking guy. I think it could'nt be...it was....ADAM. I figured what the hell...I walked across the parking lot and approached him. As I got close and he started looking at me he saluted me and said "how goes?" I apologized for just approaching him, but i'm a big fan and started telling him about how i got there and the OB. When i mentioned the OB his eyes got allitle bigger and he had a big smile break out accross his face. I had the drawing with me and asked if he could sign it. He said why sure, and as I held one end and he the other he signed it. Ready for this??? Gina came around the corner with her finished lunch tray!!!! Adam turned to see who i was looking at and he called her over to intorduce me!!!! YOU RULE DUDE!!!!!! She was really wonderful and she signed it as well. Then i really pushed my luck....I asked Adam....any chance i could have a picture??? he turned to Gina and said "i'm game if you are" she said sure and we asked a passerby if he could take our picture (picture #6) I can honestly tell you i have never felt like that before!!! They both wish me good luck and had to go get ready...then it hit me that i needed to be somewhere at 1:30pm as well!! so I run off to wardrobe with picture and camera in pocket. The coordinator for extras took me from Wardrobe to a trailer to get changed in (Adam told me that only Joss,Summer,Nathan,and Gina were on set that day) so guess whose trailer i changed in????...Shepard Books!!!! (picture #7) How incredible..I change into my very cool ALLAINCE RESCUE WORKER costume...and head back to the tent.

The coordinator lady said she would put my picture in the Production Trailer for safe keeping for me (I was still worried)and to put my clothes in the tent somewhere. I was introdcued to three other rescue Workers and we were told to wait in the tent. We were there for about three hours. it didnt feel that long because i was still numb..lol. As me and the other extras were sitting there...Adam walks back in!!! he grabs a chair and sits down next to me and says " Bob, I have something to show you" he pulls out a digital camera and shows me probably 50 pictures from last weeks shooting!!! he decribes what Nathans doing there, why Gina was laughing in this one, what Wash was doing....it was unbelievable. At the end of the pictures, as i realize he is one foot from me i say " Adam, I cant believe how lucky i am " he bangs my knee and says dont worry about it and just have fun. What a cool guy... So this is where he asks me if i have seen the set yet!!!! I say no and he says "well come on let me give you a tour".. No way...as we are leaving the tent he whispers to me...got the camera? hehehe...I sure did.

The tent is about 100 yards from the actual set. As we are getting close to the set the coordinator lady says "Bob, did they call you on set?" we were almost by her...Adam threw his arm over my shoulder and says to her "dont worry hes a friend of mine and he'll bring me right back"....Adam..you rule!!!! she gives us a pissy look and we keep walking. The set is incredible. remember we are not in studio and this is out on location. I wont spoil it, but WOW...you will love this....as we are walking up the set Adam notices they are still filming up ahead, she he says to follow him and we duck between some stuff and continue around from the outside. We get to this really cool set thing and he whispers..."wheres that camera?" I hand it to him and he takes this really cool shot of me in costume in front of this bitchen set piece.(pretty spoilerish I should save that one) we work our way back around and as we are in a different part of the set he waves over another costumed extra and has him take another picture of us. Adam is so hooking me up!!!!! we go back to the tent. We stand in front of the tent for about 30 minutes talking about everything (no politics) and he says that he thinks my scene is coming up and he will check in on me later (SCORE)

So I go and sit back down again and I am so high on live i cant believe it!!!!

Not 10 mintues later we get called to the set and i think I need to go to the bathroom...dammit!!!! I was fine the whole time and now we are walking to the set and i have to pee...man. i was able to hold it and we walked up to the set where we will be filmed. there he is...JOSS WHEDON....he is sitting in front of some monitors asking for things to be moved around. All I can say about my scene is...I wont be cut out. it is a very important part of what is happening. it needs to be in there. The first thing we do is a rehersal. i am standing next to Joss and he turns to me and says " can you see without those glasses? i said something like HELL YEAH!!!! and he says " good, because no one in the Allaince wears glasses" and smiles at me. How cool...I will be in the BDM!!!!!! nice... OK i'll tell you, I am the rescue worker who is on one end carrying a hospital gurney. I am towards the end with the persons head. It took about seven takes and then we were finshed. I cannot begin to explain how bitchen it was to hear him say "Action" Just amazing....

Everybody started walking back to the tent area and i did the same. i got my clothes, changed in Books trailer (cool) and turned in my costume. I went back over to the tent after i changed and just sat down ( those boots were killing me) and guess who....Adam walked back in. He walked up to me and handed me something. it was his Daily call schedule and he signed it "To Bob Duke333, Thanks for flyin with us! Serenity always....and signed it" I have a picture of it i will send but the flash kinda washed it out. And then he hands me a 3x4 thin metal chinese poker card. it was from an episode where they were playing Chinese poker!!! ( I will also send that picture along as well, but the flash kinda messed it up also) He shakes my hand and says take care....Adam thank you again...you made my day, and i could never repay you. You took me in as a fellow browncoat and I will root for you always...Offer for dinner still stands...just email me and its lobster on me...:)

I have the coordinator lady fill out my paperwork (there gonna pay me...LOL) and i went and sat down in my car and took a picture of myself to remeber how i was feeling after that day(Picture number something cant keep track) I will send all non-spoilerish pictures to you guys.

Please ask me any questions you have, it will help me remember more. i will answer everybody. Someone please help me with these pictures. i have them from Walmart on a CD and will send them to someone to post for you guys. I hope you have felt like you were there with me. i truly wish you all were. Adam, thanks again it meant so much to me.

Take care my fellow browncoats

Still Flying

Bob

AKA TheDuke333

Original message @ the official Firefly forum...

Pictures to accompany this post...

from TheDuke333

I drove down to the san fernando valley at about 1:30pm from where i live. It is about a 30 minute drive, but the last thing i wanted was to get stuck in our lovely LA traffic and be late. Well i got there right about 2pm. I pulled into the parking lot and the first thing I see on a door is a handwritten sign that says SERENITY OFFICE and a arrow pointing towards the back. Oddly that right there was pretty neat to see. So I pull into a slot and thought, well I can sit here for 30 minutes, or i can go in and see if they need me now. I walked into the office and asked to speak to Dana. She approached the counter and i introduced myself and explained why I was a little early, and that I would be more than happy to hang out in my car until 2:30pm.

She would have none of that and was actually waiting for me. I followed here around a corner which opened into a huge warehouse that had tons of costumes on racks. As i followed her I noticed that we were following a path that was created by direction arrows on the ground. It curved around into a corner of the warehouse where i was to change into my costume. She left me and I changed into a really cool costume. She came back and got me and asked me to follow her outside. Once outside she asked me to hold a sign that had my name on it. She took a close up picture of my face, then of my whole body, and then lastly a side shot. She then asked me to go back into the dressing area and change back into my clothes. She didnt follow me back i simply followed the arrows (I guess that is excatly why they were there) I didnt hurry. it was just so interesting passing Hawiian shirts and western type of clothes...:)

Once i changed back into my clothes i approached the front of the store again and she had me fill out some paperwork that looked like a time sheet, or release of libilty stuff. She left while i filled that out and came back shorthly later with my costume and put it on a rack next to me. Above the rack was a sign that said a local Dry Cleaners name. I finished filling out the paperwork and turned to hand it to her but she was gone. So i politely stayed put and waited for her to return. As I was waiting i couldnt help but look at my Costume again hanging on that rack. Not three costumes down was a Heavy Brown Duster jacket!!!! I wonder whos that was!!!

Well i think that is all unfortunately i can say. OOOHHHHH there was so much more, but i'm positive they would pretty unhappy with me if i shared. Once I pried my eyes away from that jacket I noticed Dana was just sitting at a desk not far away. So i approached her to verify I filled out the information correctly, and she looked up from a picture of Kaylee she was working on ( pretty cool) she looked it over and gave me my copy and thanked me for my time.

I floated back to my car and somehow drove 30 minutes back in my hazey state. It was too cool. Now i am waiting until tomorrow when Sasha will call me again and give me the details on where the filming will be on Friday.

I will update again...

Still flying....

TheDuke333

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

from Joss, via Mutant Enemy President and Serenity Exec. Producer Chris Buchanan

Hi guys. Just wanted to give you some news but guess what? I can't get on the site. I have trouble with passwords. So hopefully Chris B will forward this to you with his wily technical knowledgablosity.

Today was (as I think you know) the first day of filming of Serenity. Which is pretty big for me (it felt weird to START with Mal's death, but scheduling isn't my area). It was a blast. Sean said it was like school was back in session after summer vacation, which I have decided to take as a compliment. Gina did a happy dance (and there are few happier sights than Gina doing a happy dance). We're still flying. And the best part is, that's not even why I'm posting.

The real news, and you heard it here first, is that Universal has thrown down an official release date! So mark your calendars, Browncoats, 'cause if you're planning to get married on April 22nd 2005, you better change the date. Seriously. Who gets married in April? Just change it.

April 22nd. Exactly when I wanted to open, 'cause it's SOON. I can't wait for you all to see what we're putting together. It's a crazy-quilt of infotainment that like to call a 'film', and it just may be the best one ever made. Or one of the ones in the middle. Probably not the worst... I'm thinking middle. High middle. So buckle up and get ready for that patented Joss Whedon "high-middle" excitment. It's on its way.

I'm tired, and apparently I have to direct, like, EVERY scene, so I'm
crashing. Thanks again, all of you, for helping me home. It's good to be back.

-joss

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...

from Adam Baldwin

So... There I was; standing behind our fearless leader Joss Whedon in "video village" the moment before he called action on film roll #1, scene 3, take 1 of Serenity the Movie. With my little Digi-Elph camera in hand and Summer in the monitor... I tapped him and our beautiful script supervisor Jain from the series on the shoulders, they turns around nice and slow and both give the "sah-weetest" grins I ever seen as I popped the flash!

Joss: "Action!"

Ladies and gentlemen of this here 'Verse:

Serenity flies again!

Love to you all,

A.B.

Original post @ the official Firefly forum...