Firefly/Serenity?

Sweetloaf · 28 Mar 2009 at 20:42

Up to episode 9. I have a feeling that this is going to end long before I want it to

wombraider · 28 Mar 2009 at 21:55

Jayne: "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here."

Squark · 28 Mar 2009 at 22:20

wombraider said:
Jayne: "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here."

I love that line

Bubo · 29 Mar 2009 at 00:05

Interesting fact. I went to see Serenity at my local Vue when it first came out, and had the entire auditorium to myself. Says it all really, unfortunately.

DampCat · 29 Mar 2009 at 02:07

Sweetloaf said:
Up to episode 9. I have a feeling that this is going to end long before I want it to

Yeah that happens.

Wait for the episode with Tracey (you'll know what i mean). Notice how all the music is sad and funereal. That's the episode they filmed right after finding out the show was canned. It's completely different to the rest of the episodes.

just Scott · 29 Mar 2009 at 02:20

Sweetloaf said:
Up to episode 9. I have a feeling that this is going to end long before I want it to

How did you like episode 8? It's my favourite ep. I love the flashbacks.

Sweetloaf · 29 Mar 2009 at 08:31

H2F Scott said:
How did you like episode 8? It's my favourite ep. I love the flashbacks.

Great, I think Jayne is by far the best character in the show, Joss Whedon's sense of humour just works so well in this show.

Trifid · 29 Mar 2009 at 11:20

I watched the first 2 (/3 depending on how you count them) episodes again last night. I'm hooked. Again.

Mark A · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:58

I loved the Objects in space episode, Jubal Early is a legend

. Cant believe this episode wasn't even aired

.

TriedandTested · 29 Mar 2009 at 19:42

Mark A said:
I loved the Objects in space episode, Jubal Early is a legend . Cant believe this episode wasn't even aired .

One of the best ones I think. A great character and an episode where River plays quite a big part - quality stuff.

Shamikebab · 30 Mar 2009 at 09:20

Mark A said:
I loved the Objects in space episode, Jubal Early is a legend . Cant believe this episode wasn't even aired .

Agreed superb episode and a brilliant character. Probably the heaviest influence on the operative from Serenity.

Pottsey · 30 Mar 2009 at 12:56

Serenity the film is a must watch one of my favourite films. But Firelfy the series is very average at best. The only thing the series was good for was setting the background for the film.

just Scott · 30 Mar 2009 at 14:31

Pottsey said:
Serenity the film is a must watch one of my favourite films. But Firelfy the series is very average at best. The only thing the series was good for was setting the background for the film.

I actually think the opposite. Firefly is one of the best TV series I've ever seen, and Serenity is just an average film without seeing Firefly first.

DampCat · 1 Apr 2009 at 07:11

Shamikebab said:
Agreed superb episode and a brilliant character. Probably the heaviest influence on the operative from Serenity.

... i dont think of myself as a lion...

sswats · 1 Apr 2009 at 12:57

DampCat said:
... i dont think of myself as a lion...

That line had me in stitches.
God knows how many times I heard "A Lion" instead of "Alliance" first time i watched the series.

Mark A · 1 Apr 2009 at 13:34

DampCat said:
... i dont think of myself as a lion...

Haha, yeah that was a funny scene.

You may as well, though: I have a
mighty roar.

SIMON
I said "Alliance".

EARLY
Oh. I thought --

SIMON
No, I was...

EARLY
That's weird.

Also lol'd at the troublesome midget who liked to start fires

.

That whole episode was great, i cant believe it didn't even get aired. People in the US just seem to want to watch crappy reality TV shows that cost naff all to make and get like 15 million viewers :mad:

. So decent shows like this just get ignored and put on Fridays to die off. That seem right to you?

moogie · 1 Apr 2009 at 14:37

one of my favourite shows of all time

Ev0 · 1 Apr 2009 at 22:28

Decided to pick this one up and give it a go.

Northwind · 1 Apr 2009 at 22:44

Meridian said:
My understanding is that the whole initial premise was "cowboys in space". Trouble, I think Whedon thought he was being original. Actually the idea is so old-hat that a man named H L Gold wrote an editorial criticising it. In 1950.

Whedon didn't think it was original, any more than he thought vampires were new and exciting... His schtick's always to take a basically old idea and rebuild it. Or, heh, revamp it. Sorry.

Sweetloaf · 1 Apr 2009 at 23:05

Northwind said:
Whedon didn't think it was original, any more than he thought vampires were new and exciting... His schtick's always to take a basically old idea and rebuild it. Or, heh, revamp it. Sorry.

It was no more original than save the princess in Star Wars.

It does irritate me how Big Brother etc gets aired year after year and yet something that involves so much more than merely pointing a camera and hoping for the best gets binned.