Something else about the movie, too. Sound editing.
That first "pan around the stagecoach" shot, when
Serenity first hits atmo, the engines swivel and ignite, and you go from the silence of space to the roar of atmosphere and whine of the engines?
That is why you have Surround.
I remember people in the theater cheering at that shot, too. That was such a beautiful reveal of what was already an old friend from the series, the resolute old cargo ship as one of the characters. Since the
Argo in ancient Greek literature, good authors have realized that the "boat" can be just as much a character as the characters on board, and just as important a character as well.
Oh, and as far as detail? You couldn't even see them on screen, but these labels were on various parts of her engines and internal and external parts. They made them look like the plates on old Pratt & Whitneys. Level of detail there. 03 model of Firefly...Kaylee and Book talked about her being an "aught three" in the pilot, even.
How awesome is a writer to put a shipbuilder in
New Aberdeen, on Londinium? If you know a bit of history, that just made me smile.
