Firefly: A latecomer wonders what Fox was smoking

[MEG Hal]

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.

You will be twice as thrilled with it after the commentary, a good mix of actors and writers etc....nice insight and humor throughout.

Joss's comments on Objects in Space is amazing.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Joss's comments on Objects in Space is amazing.

Much as I loved Joss' comments on OiS, I think my favorite commentary track is Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk on "War Stories."

It is just so obvious how much love for the project (not to mention the fans) that the cast and crew have. One of the things that endears this show to me, and it comes across so well in everything- performances, production.

Also, as long as we're posting links, a good site to visit is Firefly Movie

 

[John Crichton]

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.

I've watched all the eps at least 3-4 times and there is something still to find in each one. And as was said, the commentaries and extra are great. Some are just the folks cracking jokes but even that is still entertaining and fun. After watching all the eps then seeing the extras you'll want to go back and watch the series again just to catch all the stuff they mentioned.

This ranks very high on my list of DVD purchases. Maybe only behind Fight Club and some of the Buffy sets.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I still haven't picked it up yet. One of my friends owns it so I'll have to steal his soon one day. The price of DVD boxed sets just seems to creep up around here for some reason.

 

[John Crichton]

I still haven't picked it up yet. One of my friends owns it so I'll have to steal his soon one day. The price of DVD boxed sets just seems to creep up around here for some reason.

That's what deepdiscountdvd.com and amazon.com are for.

 

[The Human Target]

Man, Firefly was so freaking great. When I heard there was going to be a movie I danced a jig. Nathan Fillion would be perfect to play Jesse Custer. Hopefully the show/movie can live on in some form or other after the first film.

 

[RaceBannon42]

just got mine

My set from Amazon showed up Friday just before I was heading out of town for the weekend. I was busy last night and only got to watch the first episode. WOW! I was duly impressed. I remeber watching the Train Robbery when the series premiered and thinking it was ok, but the timeslot wasnt the best for me and I don't think I watched any of the other episodes and then it was cancelled before I knew it. I had never been a Buffy fan, watched it on occasion but never got into it,and I never watched Angel, but firefly seemed like a neat idea, a space western. I wish I would have watched it when it was on now. I think the dvd's were a solid investment for me.

 

[MEG Hal]

Much as I loved Joss' comments on OiS, I think my favorite commentary track is Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk on "War Stories."
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I agree with you but as for insight into a concpet and episode etc..OiS is #1, War Stories is my fav as well, I laugh with those two talking, especially

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when Alan talks about his small gun that Joss made him use during his "tough line".

 

[Pielorinho]

Yeah--War Stories commentary is hi-larious. Still, OiS wins out for me, because I already knew Joss Whedon was a riot, but I'd never quite realized how deep were the philosophical underpinnings of the show, nor how deliberate was every aesthetic decision. It kind of blew me away.

Daniel

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Yeah--War Stories commentary is hi-larious. Still, OiS wins out for me, because I already knew Joss Whedon was a riot, but I'd never quite realized how deep were the philosophical underpinnings of the show, nor how deliberate was every aesthetic decision. It kind of blew me away.

The thing that I most love about Joss as a director is how he takes so many "oners"- single, extended shots of a scene. Not only is this amazing from a sheer difficulty standpoint (I can't imagine how many takes it took to do the street scene with Giles, Xander, and Anya in "Once More With Feeling" from Buffy Season 6), but to me, it is so much more "real" and animated than constant cutting to close ups of the actors. You get to see the geniune performance and the way the actors play off of one another, rather than an after the fact edited job of many different takes. Joss does this a lot, especially in Firefly, which is just amazing seeing him tracking across the ship from one set of actors to another.

(As an example of the other sort of shooting- I can't tell you how disgusted I got with 24 this past season because of the constant jump cuts. Here's David Palmer's head; here's Sherry Palmer's head; back to David; whoah, here's Sherry again; David; Sherry; AUUGHH!

Of course, some of that might have been me projecting my disgust at how the entire season was just so... bad.)