I also understood Firefly

Dragging my cousins Alex and Katie, Jay Mackay, and two unexpected guests (Seth Thompson and Andrew Baker) along with me, the gang set off to see Serenity. Andrew was a devotee of Firefly, so he knew everything. I don't remember whether Seth understood or not. My cousin Alex and I had seen all the episodes of Firefly on DVD, which my mother bought for $18 on a whim, so we understood everything that happened. Jay had seen one or two episodes at my house, so he knew a little, but just a little. Katie was oblivious. Every two seconds she turned to us and asked, "What? Who are they? What's going on?" We eventually stopped answering.
I agree with Mr. Ruff about considering Serenity a continuation of the series, but Jay noticed a fluctuation in the plot from what I'd told him about Simon and River's adventures and what the movie showed. He observed that when the alliance agent who never gets mad watched the security camera re-runs from the lab where River was being experimented on, Simon had personally retrieved River by the use of disguise and a stunning device. In the TV show, it is implied that Simon paid out his entire fortune to have River rescued by hospital insiders. Jay also couldn't understand if the movie occurred just after Simon got River out of the hospital, or as a continuation of the episodes. I'm slightly torn on the issue. Oh nevermind. This is getting too nitty-gritty and technical.
Overall, I believed the film to be a terrific piece of work, and all those with me whole-heartedly agreed. Even Katie enjoyed it after she gave up on understanding the characters' backgrounds. Everyone present wished that the series and/or films would continue, but seeing how the box office is doing at present, I don't have much faith in that happening. ::tear:: The population of the whole world must buy the Firefly series and go watch the movie a hundred million times!