Odin's Day

Administration
Happy birthday to sionainn!

Hello to new reader baiku!

Medical
Argh. Someone remind me not to stay up late/have coffee after 10?

Exhaustion + nausea, as per usual, and general brainfuckery.

Hey, 'song, WTF is wrong with you?
For the new kids: It's not a tu-mah. It's epilepsy... what I'm tracking in the "medical" section every morning = the side effects of my medication, so I can report them accurately to my neurologist, because one of my side effects = short-term memory problems.

I've also been tracking my heart problems lately. Should hopefully get a diagnosis on that in two days.

Serenity
OMFG.

Reviews in two posts to follow, one spoiler-free, one spoiler-heavy and cut-tagged, because I love you.

Notes that are relevant to me, but not to the folks at Universal: the_colombian, thank you so much for the ride, and it was so niftykeen to hang out with you; ditto photognome and glenn5 on the last half of that sentence!

And, standing in line:

Person in front of Glenn: "Are you Shadesong?"
Me: "Yes..."
Her: "I'm vampry! I read you!"

Hee! It was nifty to meet you, too. :)

Hm. Okay. I should move on to actual reviewing now.

Serenity - NO SPOILERS!

When I say NO SPOILERS, I mean it; not only no spoilers in the post, but no spoilers are allowed in the comments. I know a bunch of you have been lucky enough to see the movie in early screenings. Most of my readers have not. There'll be a second post for spoilers, speculation, and discussion. This one's clean.

Jinkies! How do I start?

Perhaps just with a "Hell yes."

It's all here, guys. The family feel is here. The humor is here. It's more action-y than the show - but it has to be, to work as a movie. And it's done well. (I *heart* River's fight choreography!)

Wow. I don't know how to review this without giving stuff away.

I spent a big chunk of this movie curled up in my seat, hugging my knees, hand clapped over my mouth, silently going "Holy shit."

I spent about a twenty-minute segment, and you'll know which one when you see it, literally wrapped around photognome's arm going "Aii!"

'gnome and the_colombian and I had to go out for coffee afterwards just to process. Our brains were full. I couldn't get to sleep last night. Just processing.

I'm going to see it again on Friday. Twice. So are the guys.

Anyone else who saw the screenings have anything to add? I'll probably edit more in after I do the spoilery review.

By the by - after you watch the movie, read the novelization by our very own kradical!

Serenity - SPOILERS

This is the Spoiler-y post. If you click on the cut-tag, you have no one but yourself to blame. I'm *serious*. I spoil a MAJOR plot point that's likely to ruin the movie for you if you know it going in.

I welcome discussion here from those who've already seen the movie!

( BIG DAMN SPOILERS. Enter at own risk. It is very dark. You are likely to be eaten by a Reaver. )