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. . . is the first movie in a three-picture Firefly contract with Universal," according to the IMDb. Holy flying monkeys of a lesser god! How do these things go over my head like that? I had no idea. But now, now I am going to explode. Joss Whedon + big screen x three = me imploding with happiness. Talk on Whedonesque is that it's an "if you make $x, we'll give you another shot" thing, and if that's the case, I am willing to sacrifice and see the film more than once. Hee.

And the River Tam Sessions, my first brushes with entertainment-related viral marketing, are extremely cool. If you have any interest in the series or movie at all, you should download the clips and watch them in the order they've been released. I have slow-ass dial-up, and I still managed to grab 'em and watch the creepiness. Eeeexcellent. (Bonus: the counsellor is played by Joss himself.)

There has been a little talk that it's part of an Alternate Reality Game, or ARG. That would be wicked, but I'm actually pretty content with them just being a little viral marketing. Now if we were talking about "Buffy," it would be a different story. I just don't think I'm far enough into the "Firefly" 'verse to really GET everything; I would basically be following clues left by others, which is fun, but not as fun as discovering it myself would be.

Maybe this is where I should admit that I haven't actually seen all of the "Firefly" eps yet. I don't want to Netflix them, I want to buy the set. But I have to wait til I have cash. Hopefully that will be before the movie comes out.

Oh yes, I am definitely seeing this one the first weekend it's out. Or at least the first week. I must commune with my fellow Whedon geeks. It'll be like geek church.