Reply #9: Continuation of a 2002 tv show called "Firefly" [View All]

[Deja Q]

Easily the best thing on television since the new millenium (apart from "Futurama").

Cancelled long before its due because FOX never had a solid interest in the show and had bought it because of the name "Joss Whedon". Once they saw some of the finished product, they killed it off by airing several episodes out of order, thus ensuring few would know WTF was going on.

Unfortunately it developed a huge cult following.

While the 2 hr pilot (proper order) is a bore, it otherwise sets up the characters' backgrounds. Subsequent episodes take great joy in fleshing out the characters.

I'm hoping Serenity is a success. FF should NEVER have been cancelled.

Firefly itself seemd an amalgamation of The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Blake's 7, and a John Wayne western thrown in for asthetics. It's a unique setting, but the plots are VERY gritty and is the most innovative, engaging show SINCE "Blake's 7".

Many episodes openly dare to question societal norms. But rather than pandering to melodramatic, mauldin preaching, this show uses action along with presenting ideas - some of which from novel angles - in a manner that gets the viewer to actually think about their beliefs.

Best of all, this show is American-made. Finally, an American show requiring brains. No wonder it got killed off so quickly.