Cinecast Mailbag (9/15)

The Others...

I'm looking forward to Serenity. I _insist_ that you review it. Thanks for the show. --Jeremy Sheeley

Jeremy, you're not alone. In fact, based on the feedback we've gotten I think it's fair to assume that "Serenity" is responsible for most of those 'Other' votes in the poll question asking which Fall movie you're most excited about. We WILL review it. I am on disc 2 of the series right now and can safely say that I'm hooked. But here's a potential dilemma I'm curious about, as there seem to be a number of Firefly/Serenity fans who are also Cinecast fans? What if we hate the movie? Or even just think it's mediocre? Firefly clearly has such a passionate fan base that I'm concerned the deluge of hatemail could make all of our top 5 overrated movies feedback look like letters home to mom. Can't wait!

Oh, what's in a name anyway...

Could you maybe change this to 'foreign language films'? I'm Australian, and I would be very surprised to see any Aussie or even British films on this list. I understand the distinction and, being used to the fact that America is the centre of the universe, am not offended, but it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more precise, boys. -Kate

Well, thanks for not being offended, Kate. In our defense, I do recall making the distinction that these were foreign 'language' films in our setup/apology on Tuesday. But you're right that we avoided any Australian or British films, so we absolutely could have been more precise. The Oscars includes the word "language," so we probably should have too.