So - the old FOX series "Firefly". What are your thoughts? I LOVE it!

[Rabrrrrrr]

WOW!

I wish they had allowed the series to continue.

This series is one to keep revisiting. Maybe not quite as deep as Star Trek, in terms of dealing with issues of today and the use of archetypes and symbolism, but the character development and story line works better than Star Trek, and better than any other science-fiction series in that budget range.

Really good show.

[lowreed]

1. That show ROCKS!!

A little to anti-authoritan for the MSM I guess. Really great. There is supposed to be a movie coming out next month. Called Serenity.

[asthmaticeog]

2. Awesome show. The first movie comes out next month.

You've heard about this, no? It's to be called "Serenity," and if it does well enough, it could go franchise, a the Firefly DVDs sold really well. I guess *that's* what it takes for Fox to realise they keep dumping good shows.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Cool! I hadn't heard about it at all.

But I was just watching the DVD, and in the specials area, one of the guys involved in the show mentioned how much he'd like to see a movie be made and have someone say "Wow - we should do a TV show around this!"

[Cathyclysmic]

3. I missed too many episodes to get it

but as a joss whedon fan, it's on the netflix queue

[Pithlet]

5. It is good.

I never watched it when it was on Fox, and only caught it recently when watching BSG and SG-1. Now I wish I had, and that Fox hadn't killed it.

[AlienGirl]

6. I love it too

Really interesting; I loved the theme song as well...

Tucker

[Deja Q]

7. You're joking, right?!

Uh. It's DAMN provocative and I don't mean for all the nakedness Jossie-boy likes to sprinkle in.

The episode where they rob from the hospital in order to get medicines to the poor speaks LESS of morality than a star trek episode?!?!

The episode where Mal deliberately breaks a pact with a corporate congolomerate in the name of ethics and morality (and then the follow-up episode which is as gritty as they come, wowzers...)

How about the episode that puts a positive spin on prostitution, no less?! I couldn't believe ANYBODY could write a story to make prostitution look the more favorable, and he did it. And what he compared it to was BRILLIANT. Quite the eye-opener...

Star trek couldn't even BEGIN to do stuff like that. !!!

"Firefly" is what "Blake's 7" could have been had B7 been made 20 years later (though B7 itself is still way-cooler than Star Trek because it sticks to one concept and flowers around it. Trek goes from episode to episode, with societal parallel after another and in the most preachy of ways... apart from the original 1960s series; the only one I can actually RESPECT... ugh.)

FOX HATED the show from the start and showed the episodes seriously out of order. FOX hated it because of the storylines, which were not just thoughtful and thought provoking, but because they were ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT. Even Star Trek presents itself as a FUTURE ESTABLISHMENT and, therefore, took a cop-out.

Firefly is easily the best American sci-fi show of the 21st century, to date. Nothing even begins to compare in terms of multi-dimensional characters and complex plotlines. (even the new BSG took the effects-style that Firefly PIONEERED. And then over-used them too because BSG would be utterly empty without the f/x style.)

[BlueJazz]

8. I've only seen it a few times but have grown quite fond of it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. I found it a bit slow.

I have a thing about watching movies set in the future that have high tech equipment and the players are dressed in 1900 century gowns. I put up with it in Dune because they got creative.