Firefly: A latecomer wonders what Fox was smoking

[Welverin]

By contrast, this show is one of those things that I never really did "get." I tried watching it a couple of times but it just never clicked with me.

I found it grew on me as it went out, intially I just stuck with it because it was on before John Doe.* Once I got the dvd set watching all of the episodes in order increased my appreciation quite a bit as well.

*Which was easier to get into right away.

 

[Pielorinho]

There's a little bit of explanation for their ship's travel: at some point, Kaylee makes a passing reference to the ship's "gravity drive." I took this to mean that their ship generated a gravity field that pulled the ship along; this is a pretty standard trick in SF for achieving close to light speed travel.

But yeah, the de-emphasis of tech is one of the fun bits about the show.

Daniel

 

[Klaus]

You find me a publisher willing to put it out (and with the ability to acquire the license), and I'll damn well make room on my schedule to write it. Seriously.

And I'll open up a space in my schedule to illustrate it!

Heck, I might just make a Firefly cast gallery just for the kicks of it...

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Nope they never do answer the questions of how the tech works (like those guns - six shooters? But they sound weird - like laser guns). I assume they are star hopping for the most part

Spoiler

(after all they do come to earth - and earth doesn't have any planets named Whitefall as far as I know)

Don't know that this is a spoiler or not, but I'll spoil it anyway:

Spoiler

Earth doesn't exist anymore. There are a couple of references over the course of the series to "Earth That Was", but most notably during "Heart of Gold", in the scene in with the shadow puppets, where a reenactment of Earth That Was being destroyed- nuclear war, seems like- and the colonists ships leaving in the wake of the destruction is shown.

 

[argo]

What I want made right now:

4. A Preacher movie with Nathan Fillion as Jesse Custer.

Oh... hell... yes

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Oh... hell... yes

When I first started reading Preacher years ago, and rumors abounded of a possible movie, I tried to put together a dream cast. Funny enough, but the hardest part to cast was Jesse. You need someone who can be tough as nails, intelligent, won't fight like a sissy, etc. Gotta be able to sell a good quip too.

Moment I saw Mal put Niska's first goon through the engine I thought, "That's Jesse Custer."

 

[mafisto]

Netflix?

My wife and I have about 100 DVDs (Tv series and movies) and buy 2-10 per month (depending on how finances are). We love collecting the series' (like Firefly, Bab5, Samurai Jack, Ronin Warriors and about 1/2 dozen others). It has basically removed our need to have cable TV. What we don't own we rent.

We're going that route now, too, but we're using Netflix to supply us with our DVD needs. Not sure if you've looked into it (or are in an area that has it) but getting a dozen DVDs a month for $20 is a pretty good deal. We still buy box sets occassionally - we're actually going to buy the Firefly set - but only if we're really turned on by a show after renting it.

The most positive side effect is the fact that we no longer watch 'TV'. Nothing live, ever, so we never have to suffer through commercials and aren't chained to network schedules. Thought it would near kill me, but now I don't miss it a bit

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

I'm not really surprised about Firefly's demise.

I remember the 'Save Brisco!' campaign way back when the Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was going to be canned by The Powers That Be. IIRC, TV Guide had it as their top pick for shows to save (as voted by the readers apparently). Heck, there isn't even the first season on DVD yet there's one for Married... With Children, which probably was their 'flagship' show for the longest time.

Even more recently was Sci Fi's decision to replace good shows with that 'reality' show and Tremors: the Series. Blech. I really hope that the Farscape miniseries will get massive ratings like Family Guy and Futurama did on Cartoon Network.

 

[MEG Hal]

Simply put Firefly was one of the best shows not watched...the dvd set is great, the commentaries are fun and insightfull overall one of the best purchases I have made.

More info on the movie here:

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[Tarrasque Wrangler]

I finished the last 4 episodes in a one-night binge. In terms of entertainment value-to-dollars spent, this is the best DVD purchase I've ever made. Now I just have to watch all the commentaries.