"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"
March 15, 2025, 01:30 PM
cas
"Welcome to the fold brother"
March 15, 2025, 04:16 PM
largebore1
This is really an excellent show it gets better and better every time I watch and I've watched it many times. I like Critical Drinker never gave it a chance when it was trying to find an audience our mistake. I'm thankful my brother gave me the DVD set for Christmas a couple of years after the show was canceled. Then a few years after that they made the movie Serenity and I found it in the bargain bin of DVD's for like $2.99. It's a great movie well worth watching. Wished I could have seen it in a movie theater
THERE'S NO EXHILARATION LIKE ACCELERATION
March 15, 2025, 04:38 PM
konata88
Well said.
I love Firefly / Serenity and have them on Blu-ray. I watch them often and never tire of them. I love the theme, the characters. And the stories.
I didn't watch any of the shows he considered competitors, either then or to this day. But I've watched Firefly / Serenity again and again.
I even have a quote from it in my sig line.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
March 15, 2025, 08:29 PM
sjtill
Firefly/Serenity was to Joss Wheedon as the Requiem was to Mozart; and to Verdi; and to Fauré….
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March 16, 2025, 03:18 PM
radioman
I tried watching Firefly a few years ago. Being a 100% Star Trek fan, I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Maybe I'll try again.
I guess it's on Hulu now.
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March 16, 2025, 05:55 PM
dsiets
quote:
Originally posted by radioman: I tried watching Firefly a few years ago. Being a 100% Star Trek fan, I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Maybe I'll try again.
I guess it's on Hulu now.
It does come off as cheap Sci-Fi Channel production at first but after the characters develop it gets quite good. Nathan Fillion plays a good captain and the others follow suit. I say that after hearing how good Babylon 5 is but didn't get into it. I have to give that one another chance.
I enjoyed Nathan Fillion so much, I figured I'd finally check out Castle on Roku. Castle isn't bad. I enjoy it but I've got Firefly dvds waiting to be watched again too, after I finish a couple other series.
March 17, 2025, 07:30 AM
Fire Away
I really enjoyed Firefly/Serenity. However, I liked Farscape better.
March 17, 2025, 10:20 AM
sigmonkey
I really liked the dialog in Firefly.
And when I started watching Deadwood, I though, "Wow, this is like a "a "world" in Firefly".
Then I saw credits roll and Zack Whedon's name, and thought "Aha, is it a relative?"
His younger brother.
I know some people are annoyed by the way the dialogue is used, the manner of dialect.
It causes me to focus on the nuance of the conversation, and I really enjoy the style, but have seen where other's abhor it.
I guess its too soon demise was better to have left one longing for more, rather than falling into the trap of running off the rails in some nonsensical seeking a new path of interest and turning to rot.
Have a good story, tell the story well. Have an ending/goal in mind, navigate with purpose. "Stay on target... STAY ON TARGET!!!"
Entertainment is similar to dessert. I want a it to be memorable and quite different than the 3 squares every day. I want a little over the top, decadent, indulgence and to be satisfied without doing the work. I am not looking for "meat and potatoes". I get that everyday, that is reality.
Dessert comes to me and feeds me, I do not wish to hunt it down and work for it.
I am Seymour. Feed me...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
March 17, 2025, 11:00 PM
clang
Firefly never had a chance. I remember when it first aired and was excited to watch it, but they didn't even air the episodes in order. If I remember correctly, the time slot was shuffled around too.
As for the Critical Drinker - love the guy.
March 19, 2025, 10:55 PM
Orguss
Most of the cast were recently filmed on a panel at the Emerald City Comic-Con. Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk are their usual hilarious selves. Embedding is disabled by the host, though.
"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"