Firefly: A latecomer wonders what Fox was smoking

[JoeGKushner]

Well, I ordered it from Amazon. I hope this isn't some type of conspiracy. "Well, we all got sucked into this crap. Let's talk about how great it is so that others can go buy it!"

 

[John Crichton]

Well, I ordered it from Amazon. I hope this isn't some type of conspiracy. "Well, we all got sucked into this crap. Let's talk about how great it is so that others can go buy it!"

He's on to us!

Burn the discs!!

 

[Krieg]

Well, I ordered it from Amazon. I hope this isn't some type of conspiracy. "Well, we all got sucked into this crap. Let's talk about how great it is so that others can go buy it!"

Joe there have only been two only non-animated series I have watched with interest in the last 10 years. Babylon 5 & Firefly.

I like Firefly more.

 

[Staffan]

Joe there have only been two only non-animated series I have watched with interest in the last 10 years. Babylon 5 & Firefly.

I like Firefly more.

I still think B5 is better overall, but it does have an unfair advantage in having gotten the full five seasons, leaving more room for it to grow. The first 13 episodes of Firefly certainly are better than the first 13 episodes of B5, though.

 

[Krieg]

Notice I didn't say Firefly was "better", just that I liked it more.

I agree with Steffan's points, it's just that Firefly appealed to me a bit more.

 

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

3. A Firefly RPG. D20 Future sourcebook, maybe? Alternity conversion?

One guy put D20 Modern stats for the main characters here.

 

[Lazybones]

I just got it, based in no small part on the gushing recommendations I've read here and elsewhere. Have watched the first DVD thus far.

I really enjoyed the pilot once it got past the initial war scene, and thought that "The Train Job" was fairly good as well. I laughed out loud at the scene in the latter ep when the captain "handled" the captive who swore to hunt them down when they let him go... I didn't like "Bushwhacked" as much, but I'm certainly looking forward to the other eps.

LB

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

I just got it, based in no small part on the gushing recommendations I've read here and elsewhere. Have watched the first DVD thus far.

I really enjoyed the pilot once it got past the initial war scene, and thought that "The Train Job" was fairly good as well. I laughed out loud at the scene in the latter ep when the captain "handled" the captive who swore to hunt them down when they let him go... I didn't like "Bushwhacked" as much, but I'm certainly looking forward to the other eps.

LB

You will love it, Lazybones, if you liked the first few eps. It only gets better, and they really start to get into the various characters personalities. Even a goon like Jayne becomes downright multifaceted over time. The last disc, in particular, has the best episodes of the bunch IMO.

Warning: it will leave you WANTING (in a good way). This series had truckloads of promise, and enough unresolved plot threads to make a quilt. And they never really got into Book, who seemed like he could have turned out to be the most interesting character on the ship in some ways.