Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1681438" data-attributes="member: 7473">Long story short: I wasn't really blown away by the previews of Firefly I saw in 2002.&nbsp; I read more than a couple of reviews that basically said &quot;Nice, but Joss should go back to Buffy already.&quot;&nbsp; Coupled with the fact that Fox dumped this on Friday nights when I wouldn't be caught dead on the couch ensured that I had no idea what you people have been raving about for the last year.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, on a trip to get some gift DVDs last night we saw Firefly on sale.&nbsp; I was kinda blase, but my girlfriend was interested so we picked it up.&nbsp; We went home and put the pilot episode on.&nbsp;&nbsp;I understand you could hear the sound of my jaw hitting the floor several doors down.&nbsp;&nbsp;What a completely, totally and utterly AMAZING show!&nbsp; I was a little gunshy when I saw the size of the cast over the opening credits, but each character was fully fleshed out, and even the most unlikeable ones were fascinating.&nbsp; And Nathan Fillion, what a find.&nbsp; Mal is the most awesome badass character I've seen outside of a Preacher comic.&nbsp; Shoot a horse?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Cap the lawman who's holding a hostage without breaking stride?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; And the straight-faced prank he pulled on the doc?&nbsp; Classic Joss moment.&nbsp; My girlfriend was actually heard to say that it was the best show she'd ever seen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then I took a look at the liner notes, and saw that this episode, which sets up all the characters, conflicts, motivations, and backdrop for the whole series aired last.&nbsp; WTF!&nbsp; Were the Fox programmers for this show using crack, shrooms, or perhaps some sort of opiate?&nbsp; Toad-licking maybe?&nbsp; Because, uh, it didn't exactly look like a cheap show to produce.&nbsp; So they drop a big chunk of change making this show, promote the hell out of it, generate some good reviews, dump it on a night no one watches TV and even geeks like me have better things to do during, chop up the continuity, and refuse to air 3 of the episodes.&nbsp; Insanity.&nbsp;&nbsp;So I just wanted to say that you were all right.&nbsp; MEG Hal, Crothian, John Crichton, and everyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tarrasque Wrangler, post: 1681438, member: 7473"] Long story short: I wasn't really blown away by the previews of Firefly I saw in 2002. I read more than a couple of reviews that basically said "Nice, but Joss should go back to Buffy already." Coupled with the fact that Fox dumped this on Friday nights when I wouldn't be caught dead on the couch ensured that I had no idea what you people have been raving about for the last year. Well, on a trip to get some gift DVDs last night we saw Firefly on sale. I was kinda blase, but my girlfriend was interested so we picked it up. We went home and put the pilot episode on. I understand you could hear the sound of my jaw hitting the floor several doors down. What a completely, totally and utterly AMAZING show! I was a little gunshy when I saw the size of the cast over the opening credits, but each character was fully fleshed out, and even the most unlikeable ones were fascinating. And Nathan Fillion, what a find. Mal is the most awesome badass character I've seen outside of a Preacher comic. Shoot a horse? Sure. Cap the lawman who's holding a hostage without breaking stride? Sure. And the straight-faced prank he pulled on the doc? Classic Joss moment. My girlfriend was actually heard to say that it was the best show she'd ever seen. Then I took a look at the liner notes, and saw that this episode, which sets up all the characters, conflicts, motivations, and backdrop for the whole series [i]aired last[/i]. [b]WTF! [/b]Were the Fox programmers for this show using crack, shrooms, or perhaps some sort of opiate? Toad-licking maybe? Because, uh, it didn't exactly look like a cheap show to produce. So they drop a big chunk of change making this show, promote the hell out of it, generate some good reviews, dump it on a night no one watches TV and even geeks like me have better things to do during, chop up the continuity, and refuse to air 3 of the episodes. Insanity. So I just wanted to say that [b]you were all right. [/b]MEG Hal, Crothian, John Crichton, and everyone else. [/QUOTE]

Verification