Ten years ago today, 9/30/2005, Serenity debuted in theaters. http://www.hitfix.com/news/on-this-day-in-pop-culture-history-serenity-opened-in-theaters One would think that if there was any realistic chance for Firefly to be resurrected, it would have happened by now. Weren't two or three main characters killed off in the movie anyhow? How's this for a geeky question - which crew wins in a brawl? The Firefly crew, or Whedon's crew from Alien: Resurrection featuring Hellboy & android Lydia Deitz? Wordforge's glory days - Mewa made a career out of torturing Browncoats.
I tried it, but I couldn't make it past the first episode. For its fans, I assume a lot of the resentment lies in how the show was treated by Fox. A sci-fi show on network TV was a hard sell as it is, but airing episodes out of order and constant preemption didn't help.
The first episode was long, but which first are you talking about? Didn't Fox air the train episode first?
Firefly was a great show. The movie was solid, but didn't have the same magic. Oh, and Con Man is coming out soon. Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion in a show about a washed up (see what I did there) scifi actor and his buddy that lept to stardom. Pretty much a Galaxy Quest for Firefly fans, focusing specifically on the con scene. http://www.cnet.com/news/the-con-is...efly-and-star-wars-rogue-one-with-alan-tudyk/ "I was sitting at a hotel bar in Orlando, Florida," he remembers, "with some actors who were those types who had done something back in the early 80s and then it was over for them. And they were trading on this one thing and they were miserable, trying to pick up girls in a very awkward way with their faded celebrity status. And I questioned, oh is this it? This is it. This is my thing. I thought I was going to be something else." So what happened after that moment of panic? "Then I got a job! But I remembered it very well and it's something that helped me write 'Con Man'." Tudyk has actually had a decent amount of success, and is going to be in Star Wars Rogue One.
Oh, another interesting note. The person that really created the current scifi con? Erin Grey. Yep, that hot chick from Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons. She saw how stars were going to these things after their celebrity had faded, organized them, became an agent and started making a business out of it. She called her agency 'Heroes for Hire.' She goes to 30-40 cons a year as an agent. Cool chick. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/buck-rogers-star-erin-gray-720237 As my son says, 'Dad, you are more full of useless information than anyone I know!' Thanks, kid. LOL.
I meant the pilot Joss Weddon intended, a few years later when SciFi marathoned the show before the movie release.
I think the episode format works so much better for a lot of stories, which is why I don't understand why people think a movie is such a huge thing. Imagine a Breaking Bad movie, or House of Cards, or even Alias. Throw in some long episodes once in a while if you want, but there's so much more you can do with the serial format.
I enjoyed Firefly. Not a hardcore fan, like those guys buying 10 copies of Serenity every day, but I thought it was a entertaining series and deserved an extension.
Pretty much my take on it. But the worshipful fanbois were a bit of an embarrassment to the more casual viewer.
Finally saw Firefly recently, courtesy of Netflix. Don't know if I could have stayed with it as a weekly installment, but it was entertaining as a straight-through serial. Liked some of the subtle touches, such as the interweaving of Chinese phrases into the English dialogue, as well as "Companion" as a legitimate and respected profession. Also enjoyed the character flaws, e.g., don't turn your back on Jayne because he's a shifty bastid. Not up there with Trek and BSG, but it might have been interesting to see where it would go if it hadn't been cancelled. Haven't seen Serenity yet, but probably will eventually.
It only lasted 13 episodes, hardly enough to really judge it's true potential. What would we think of TNG if all we had were the first 13 eps of season 1? It didn't really become "TNG" until season 3, and hit it's stride in seasons 4 & 5.
FF hit the ground running. Those 13 episodes had more heart and soul than the first 3 whole seasons of TNG.
It seems like that's me with basically every show. I have a lot of trouble keeping up with something week-to-week, but I can happily binge on the entire run of something that's been canceled.
More and more I find myself recording series on my DVR, but waiting until the season is over (or at least until I have a good chunk of episodes recorded) before I watch it. That way I can plow through several episodes at one time instead of having to wait a week between showings.
About the only things I watch on the broadcast schedule are sports and other live events like presidential debates. Just about everything else I stream at a later date, often in a binge watch format.
Just saw that we're naming features on Pluto and Cheron in a non-classical way. Two chasms on Cheron are being called Macross Chasma and ... Serenity Chasma!
I didn't watch Firefly until it came on Netflix a few years back. At the time I think Smallville or Enterprise was on during the same time slot so I watched that instead. I regret that decision, I would have rather seen Firefly continue. Having watched it now, I love it. Serenity was good, but not the same.
