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A fantastic Serenity poster set available from Forbidden Planet. Anyone know where to get one in the States?

I can’t keep up with all this Indy news, and no Jaders are volunteering. You should try the Unofficial Indiana Jones Movie Blog.

Meanwhile…

• An Anne of Green Gables prequel? Do not want!

• Make yourself a Simpson avatar.
• Don’t hold your breath for another Superman.
• Rumor mill: Cast list for Watchman adaption.
• First look at Beowulf. Uh… okay!
• Collector’s Edition DVD of Serenity Do Browncats still pelt their friends with DVDs?Do they take requests?

Say it ain’t so, Threepio!

A recent survey by SFX Magazine ranked Serenity above Star Wars as Best Sci-Fi Movie.

Now, there are more than a few of us diehard Browncoats around here, but it’s still cause for a little sniff when Star Wars gets dethroned. (Although being the runner up, Star Wars could still take over the crown if Serenity is unable to fulfill her duties.)

We now interupt your day for a fanboy moment.

Hilarious MST3King of Serenity. Now I miss two dead shows. Damn.

His response to the latest Firefly/Serenity rumor is way better than the actual rumor.

Oh, and there’s some stuff about Wonder Woman, too.

I polled a number of CJers on the releases of 2005 and here are the results:

Best Movie
Revenge of the Sith came out on top with 45.5% of the vote. Serenity made a strong show for second place with 40.9%, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was third with 27.3%.

Best Fan Parody
No surprise here: it was the Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition that captured the majority vote with 61.9%. In second place, the comic I <3th Darth.

Best Star Wars Fiction
Matt Stover’s Revenge of the Sith novelization was the clear winner with 81.0%.

Best SW nonfiction/reference
With 66.7%, Dressing a Galaxy was our favorite non-fiction publication.

Best genre TV
I admit I slipped up here, forgetting to include at least two shows (Stargate and Stargate:Atlantis) so the majority vote was a tie between Battlestar Galactica and ‘Other’. D’oh.

This completely unscientific poll is still open for members.

Browncoats will close on January 6, 2006.

An email to members reads:

Browncoats,

We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty!

Serenity was the #1 DVD upon its release! This was a huge success that would not have happened without the support and dedication of The Browncoats. On behalf or Universal, I would like to thank you all for everything you have done to promote Serenity.

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that on January 6, 2006, The Browncoats will shut down. We have had some wonderful times over these 19 months: met people from around the world, had interesting discussions about Serenity and every topic under the sun on the message boards, had lots of laughs (

Entertainment Weekly seems to think so, but Joss Whedon says they have context issues. Meanwhile, in an interview with Coming Soon, he says “It was hard to make and I’m very tired. I need some sleep, and then we’ll see if people are interested in more, than I have more say.”

So there you go. A nice solid maybe. Someone go tell the Browncoats they can inhale again.

Whedon’s people deny it, but IGN is claiming that Universal has given the go-ahead for low-budget sequel to Serenity. The film would be broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel or possibly go straight to DVD.

And while we’re on the subject, Serenity hand puppet theatre.