So after hearing mostly good things about it, I finally watched Firefly (which aired 6 years ago). I'm no newb to the genre; I've seen a good amount of Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Enterprise.
But Firefly is probably the best sci-fi TV show I've ever seen. First of all, there's a distinct lack of space battles (no space lasers and sound effects). Instead, there's a lot of character-driven stories, Westerns style gunfights, subtle and not-so-subtle humor. All 9 main characters get screen time, and all of them are interesting, likable, multi-dimensional characters.
Unfortunately, it aired on Fox, which meant they made stupid demands on the producer, aired the episodes out of order, and canceled the show after 14 episodes. It's really a shame how much potential was lost there.
edit: There's a movie sequel called Serenity. It develops a bit of plot and I know this is grammatically incorrect but Summer Glau is way awesome yes you should really watch the show and movie now.
Anyway, if you like sci-fi settings and fun storytelling, it's quite a treat. You can stream it for free at http://www.hulu.com/firefly
I've seen it like 3 times already, probably will again in the future... it's so good. We talked about it with my friends too, and we demanded a better universe with at least 3 seasons of this great sci-fi. My favorite episode was "Our Mrs. Reynolds".
I'd like to start the series too, but before I do, does the movie give it a solid conclusion? Because I'd hate to devote time into it only to have it end with a cliffhanger.
LinkinPork: The movie explained only a part of the happenings in the firefly universe. IIRC there were a lot of things left open because the creators designed it for 5 or more seasons. So let's hope that either there will be a second (better) Firefly movie or that Firefly the series will relaunch (which will never happen).
Imho Firefly is easily the best TV show ever. Literally for years now I have one of the DVDs in my laptop drive at any given moment so that I can dive into this beautiful universe every time RL becomes dull again.
"Our Mrs. Reynolds" is definitely the funniest episode, I almost died laughing when I watched this the first time. Still I like "Out Of Gas" best even though it's one of the darker ones.
I started a real Firefly craze around here a couple of years back when I gave the DVDs to everyone. A friend of mine watched the entire series back to back, haha
On September 05 2008 16:24 Moaf_ wrote: LinkinPork: The movie explained only a part of the happenings in the firefly universe. IIRC there were a lot of things left open because the creators designed it for 5 or more seasons. So let's hope that either there will be a second (better) Firefly movie or that Firefly the series will relaunch (which will never happen).
Thanks for explaining.
I guess I'll check it out since people here seem to love it.
On September 05 2008 16:44 zatic wrote: Imho Firefly is easily the best TV show ever. Literally for years now I have one of the DVDs in my laptop drive at any given moment so that I can dive into this beautiful universe every time RL becomes dull again.
"Our Mrs. Reynolds" is definitely the funniest episode, I almost died laughing when I watched this the first time. Still I like "Out Of Gas" best even though it's one of the darker ones.
I started a real Firefly craze around here a couple of years back when I gave the DVDs to everyone. A friend of mine watched the entire series back to back, haha
Yeah. As light-hearted as most of the show was, some really bad shit happened in it and the characters developed so naturally and so well
I started a real Firefly craze around here a couple of years back when I gave the DVDs to everyone. A friend of mine watched the entire series back to back, haha
I don't know why but i have noticed that a lot of people have started to watch the show this year (including me).
oh man; i hope i dont get warned for this but... i bought the dvd set months ago because someone recommended it to me.
i didnt really have interest in it at all and only briefly read the description on the back of the dvdset but i just watched the whole thing plus the movie last night.
i pretty much pulled an all nighter and loved everything about it. i understand that the movie wasnt super awesome even though it was good but i cant blame them because i mean like... there was just SOOOO much left unexplained and a 2 hour movie just couldnt reveal it all.
the sheperd died. i really wanted to know about his freakin history. like why the allience gave him such respect in the series when he was injured and they I.D him and they were like.. GET HIM HELP NOW! lol
i really hope another movie is made,, or SERIES!!! but fuckk
that wash didnt die.. he was one of my fav characters.. sigh,,
ohhh and the musicccccc. holy shit, was anyone else touched by the music during the sad parts or whatever? i wasnt really feeling the whole countryside music tracks but like.. the solemn moments were so... epic.
i recommend this tv series to anyone. even though its "sci-fi", i loved it and i have never liked any other sci fi show.. ever.
LOLLLLL, is that commercial real?? i totally forgot about that scene in the movie, hahaha..
which reminds me. i wish they had an asian actor somewhere in the series (seeing as how much chinese influence there was) but im not complaining. just wishing...... (since im an asian actor
I actually haven't thought about the lack of chinese people throughout the series until there was an xkcd comic that brought it up. I think some appear only in the pilot. I thought that was pretty funny.
Love Firefly. My second favorite TV show. Doesn't beat Terminator though =D
I like how the backstory is, half of humanity is China-dominated, yet NONE of the influential characters or any characters with any sort of power are Asian.
On August 20 2010 01:01 Cedstick wrote: I like how the backstory is, half of humanity is China-dominated, yet NONE of the influential characters or any characters with any sort of power are Asian.
by killing off 2 characters in the movie, maybe it'll open up some spots for new characters (please 1 be asian) if they ever decide to revitalize the series,
EPT
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