I got a heads up about the Serenity Blogger Bonanza, and agreed to post about the film (before and after) to secure two press tickets for an advanced screening. Here's their synopsis:

Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family –squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.

I can tell you from the beginning: I've never watched Firefly when it was airing, and I don't have the interminable patience required to download these things illegally, but I get the basic gist: cowboys in space. Hey, that works for me. And the production value (as far as can be gleaned from the trailer) seems top-notch. So someone explain this to me: How in the hell can Joss Whedon not afford to buy (or better yet commission) a better font for his pièce de résistance than Papyrus? That bargain basement, applicable-for-anything-remotely-exotic-and-therefore-applicable-to-none default fantasy poseur of a font? C'mon.

Okay, that's my book cover judgement. I'll reserve the rest for after the show.