Well, I Just Finished Firefly...

...and I'm gonna miss it.

I think it was The Big Bang Theory, but I'm not sure. I was flipping through channels a few weeks ago and some show had a flashback scene where two new roommates were setting ground rules. One roommate announced that on Tuesday nights -- or whatever night it was; I can't really remember -- the TV would be reserved for Firefly for the next some-odd years. The joke being, of course, that geeks loved this show and it had been a complete flash in the pan.

At that point I hadn't seen it yet, but it was in my Netflix queue, where it had been recommended because I'd liked The Sarah Conner Chronicles.

Well, I've since gone through them quickly enough, and it was a good show. And it's a shame this stuff can't appeal to enough people be commercially viable. My wife pretty much only tolerated a couple of episodes, but I'd have gladly watched two or three more seasons. And don't even get me started on the FX -- I loved the artifacts they threw into the CGI to make the footage seem hand-held and natural. Really nice touch that didn't go unnoticed -- a well-deserved Emmy.

Looking forward to watching the follow-on movie. Really looking forward to it, because it seems like something that would have been made specifically for hungry fans. A few people I talked to stressed that I should save it for after the series.

saving it was absolutely the right move.

and yes, I consider it a candidate for best show ever so no praise is high enough in my book.

I watched Firefly...and Serenity, with the misses and we thoight both were hugrly overrated. I can defninately see it being a masterpiece to fanboys, but I think to those who like mainstream as well, it's pretty damned average.

My favorite ep still: "Jaynestown".

Not my favorite episode, but perhaps my favorite scene.

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So many good bits.
"This must be what going mad feels like."
"Jayne?"
"Yeah, Mal?"
"You wanna tell me why there's a statue of you, looking at me like I owe him something?"
"No Mal."
"No. This must be what going mad feels like."
"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero!"

And many, many more.

It didn't help that Fox aired this on a night that most affiliates preempted the show for local sports events and aired the first few episodes out of order (The pilot was aired third or fourth, wasn't it?).

I tried watching the first episode, but it didn't appeal to me, but Fox did a pretty good job of ushering the show to an early grave...like they do with most of their new shows.

Not only did they air it at the wrong time - there was no advertising for it. That particular Friday night I only happened to be home, waiting to go out later. The tv was on, but I was more interested in the book I was reading. Must have been that opening scene in the Train Job that caught my attention, but I was hooked after that. I'm still pissed it was canned and I'm not a fanboy and I love mainstream tv too.

The 2-hour pilot was aired LAST!

The first ep, "Train Job", was a replacement pilot demanded by Fox because they didn't like the 2-hour pilot. Joss and, I think, Tim Minear wrote it in a weekend.

Then Fox pulled the show without even airing the last three finished episodes. And finally, one Saturday night, they ran the 2-hour pilot with the advert "Firefly - See how it all began!"

Made me wanna tar and feather some Fox execs.

The movie was excellent. I had expected a TV movie, not a feature presentation.

I can imagine what it felt like for fans to see Serenity on opening night after the way Fox had abandoned the show.

This show would make it on a cable channel today.

It would have made it on Fox if that network hadn't been busy demonstrating how fuckin' stupid television executives can be. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of the show.

you know that bit in the opening when Serenity first hits atmo and the music swells and it's just glorious? I swear I literally cried with joy.

I watched the movie first, with absolutely no foreknowledge of the series or its demise, only the barest hint that it had been on tv or something. I enjoyed the movie very much, then went and rented the series and loved it too but felt bad it couldn't make it as a series. Would have been good I think.

Still, I suppose it's better to leave too early and leave fans hungry for more, than to stick around one or two seasons too long (I'm looking at you, LOST and Supernatural) and disappoint a lot of people...

I believe you. I'm thinking the audience probably erupted with cheers when they saw that on opening night.

Hell, I only went two hours from the last episode to the movie myself, and I felt it too. I can imagine what the suspense must have been like waiting for that to come out.

I went out and bought Serenity on Blu Ray(only $15), and even though local retailers only stock the Firefly DVDs I put the Blu Rays on my Christmas list. They're not cheap.

I was there on opening night.

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I used to watch a mash-up video between Firefly and Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy" that was tits, but now whenever I search for it I get some ear-bleeding N'Sync song instead.

Someone please find the good one for me!

either that one or this one is the best mash-up i've ever seen (for a music video)

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The Steve Miller song is called "The Joker" not "Space Cowboy" for a start!

All I could find myself offhand was this:

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But I doubt it's what you are looking for.

what shootER said.

Morons who post lyrics and videos seem to call "The Joker" by it's name, and also "Space Cowboy" AND also "Gangster of Love" (which both the latter two phrases appear in both songs)

Space Cowboy was on an album from '69 and apparently didn't chart, The Joker was from '73

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sucky live version. not at all as good as the album version on the video i am thinking of.

Good Lord that Inara is hot! Hotter than the sun if it's cooked in a microwave hot!

Jubal Early was a cool villain. He was what Star Wars fanboys wanted Boba Fett to be (but never was).

All the episodes were good, and many of them were great. I suppose Trash, Shindig, Jaynestown, Heart of Gold, Our Mrs. Reynolds, Out of Gas, War Stories, and Objects in Space are my favorites.

The Saffron episodes. They are dear to me. Always pushing to the top of the list, the front of the line. The top front.

:boobs:

I liked Bushwhacked, it had the proper air of creepiness, plus it amplified how isolated they really were.

Early was the villain we should have gotten with the Serenity movie. The Operative was too bland. I understand what Whedon was going for, but for a feature film he needed a really big villain, and the Operative just didn't work.

Can't believe it's going to be ten years.

They really need to bring this show back.

Not unless Early was working for Niska.

Early himself is not remotely a "big villain"

Early was just quirky in a different way that the Op was quirky. What did he do that was really so dangerous? he mad threats and got confused. He'd have totally been a joke in a feature film as the lead villain, but he'd have made an excellent second banana.

That's not to say i didn't like him in the episode.

Look at how much weight Nathan has gained and you will.

More like "Nathan Filling-out."

I have the series on bluray. Also you know a certain kiwi plays a certain lawyer on another show.