Get Wonderfalls. You won't be sorry.

Jeff - Which Sam's club did you go to???

I emailed you back, but its the Madison Heights location.

Finally found some of these (thanks, Snowmaker)!

Picked up:
Millennium
Roswell S1
Angel S1
Buffy S1

Geez! How you gonna sneak all that past your wife? :D

Went back and picked up Millenium S1.
My Sam's in Lincoln, NE still had a lot of everything.

quick update - went back yesterday and they had 5 sets. one of each. of course no tru calling - the one i wanted. that at least means they are thinking of carrying it. my sams seems to be undergoing a "remodel" so that might be why it is a bit behind

Where can you find this rebate form?

The Sams Club in Joliet,IL had an end cap with all of titles mentioned. I picked up Firefly and may go back and pick up afew other titles.

Anyone got a link to a 1 day pass? Wife really wants Tru Calling.

thanks! i work down that way so if i can't find it at my normal sams today i'll swing by there after work. thanks again for the heads up!

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I bought Firefly and haven't opened it yet. I read several reviews and it sounds like I will probably enjoy the plot and the actors in the series... but I read one big red flag in a few reviews: apparently the directors purposefully filmed the series with handhelds, blurs, shaky-cam style, and fast zooms.

I utterly despise that type of filming, and I need to know from some people who have watched the series roughly what percentage of the show is filmed in this fashion. I think I might be able to tolerate this occasionally (such as during action sequences), but if the majority of the series is this way I need to return the DVD set unopened.

For instance, when people speak together, does the camera usually stay still or are there simple cuts, or does the camera fly back and forth between each person speaking which would make me dizzy? When there are fast zooms, are they ever pointless ones like zooming into someone's ear or shoelace which has no relevance to anything?

If nobody can answer this, then my default action will be to return the set. I'm hoping people will say this style (which I've called "MTV slop style" for years) is rare. For instance, I was able to tolerate The Bourne Supremacy, though it was borderline.

I just started watching this series this weekend, and got through 3 episodes. So I don't profess to be an expert on the series, but I have to say that I didn't notice anything unusual, or distracting, or dizzying about the filming technique, and now that you mention it, I don't recall anything like what you describe. Oh, and it's a really cool series. I say open it and start watching.

I found portions of the camera work in The Bourne Supremacy almost unbearable in the movie theater. I really disliked the camera and editing technique. The car chases and fight scenes were especially bad. In fact, I was going to use that film as an example of what I don't like before I got to your mention of it. And I think I'm more sensitive to this type of filming than most. Friends that we saw the movie with did not react as negatively as I did.

For Firefly, I found the camera work to be totally fine. It certainly didn't get anywhere near the style used in the The Bourne Supremacy. (In case the display size is a factor, I watched Firefly on a 36" CRT.)

So my guess is that you won't object to filming style used in Firefly.

My wife and I both really enjoyed the series. I bought a copy after having seen the entire series via a set borrowed from our local library. Normally I won't buy a series that I've seen in its entirety.

If you do unwrap your copy, be sure to report back your impressions!

Bob

Thanks, jeffrey r and Bob_F1, for the opinions.

I mentioned Bourne Supremacy because I was warned before seeing it it had terribly shaky camera work, so I watched it expecting to hate it. I agree the chase and fight scenes (especially the one in the house) were very annoying, but they didn't last that long, so overall it wasn't as bad as I expected, but it's a good example of where I draw my line at shaky camera work. It just barely makes it into the realm of what I can tolerate. I think there was a Sylvester Stallone movie that was beyond what I can tolerate... probably Get Carter. Also, Man on Fire did it too often, so it crossed the line. Man on Fire is a movie I would've normally liked (and probably have bought) if Ridley Scott didn't think shaking the camera made him a tough guy. It takes real talent to tell the cameraman to shake the camera or not focus on the action. Hey, I can do that too... does that make me a tough guy?

Well, given 3 opinions that the camera work in Firefly is not bad most of the time and that it's closer to Serenity (which I didn't think was too bad), I guess I'll be opening and watching Firefly (as soon as I get time).