Go see Serenity. If you do, you’ll get three things:

1) an SF movie better than Revenge of the Sith
2) An action movie as moving as Batman Beyond
3) The chance to see the two sequels

To enjoy Serenity, one does not need to have seen the TV series it is based on. The movie is more than just an action romp. The origin of the Reevers (terrorist-like space pirates) is at its heart and makes an interesting comment on modern US policies. You can’t stop the signal.

The New York Times picked Serenity as a critic’s favorite and commented:

“Joss Whedon’s unassuming science-fiction adventure is superior in almost every respect to George Lucas’s aggressively more ambitious screen entertainments.”

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html

Go see Serenity and have fun.