'Firefly' Rewind - Episodes'

[Spooky]

The tiny woman who kicks ass has almost become a cliche because of Whedon's work on "Buffy," et al, but you watch Summer Glau move through the Reavers during the climactic fight and she carries herself in a way that really does make it seem believable. Makes me want to see a movie about a team of ballerinas who are taught kung fu and recruited to be soldiers of fortune.

[TinkTanker]

Makes me want to see a movie about a team of ballerinas who are taught kung fu and recruited to be soldiers of fortune.

For God's sake, don't give Whedon any ideas.

[Pearl@32]

OK, that ticks me off. Why does Serenity the movie have to be "a lie agreed upon"? It's not Blade Runner or Matrix 1, but I think it will be on distinguished sci-fi movie lists till the Top 25 runs out of room and better films are made.

Serenity is a well-written story. No, it is not completely fan service. It is what it is. The themes that travel through it ~ belief, lies, doing the right thing ~ that's ultimately what the film is about. The story involves the crew; it's not about the crew. Firefly was about the crew.

If anything Serenity is the broken heart of Joss Whedon, who was compelled I think emotionally to put the captain and his crew "to bed." It will forever be sad that given the right outlet, timeslot and SUPPORT, it probably would have gone on for a few seasons. Joss was before his time on this one. [aside: Others can corroborate: but what creative achievement is Joss most happy or proud of: Buffy, Angel, Firefly/Serenity, or Dollhouse?]

I guess count me as one of those 'bitter Browncoats' who is ticked off that her show got cancelled so early. Yeah, well, HERE I AM.

Should this rant have come with a warning?

[Eric]

Sadly, it's true.  Execs misread the powah of the Internets and the idea of guerrilla marketing (implemented by fans!).  They may not have known that people could vote 10, 100, 1000 times on Internet polls.  They misread the "chatter", so-to-speak.

On the flip side, I have no doubt that many people discovered Firefly via Serenity, and that both have probably done pretty well in DVD sales.

[TinkTanker]

That whole marketing deal of Serenity was a huge clusterfoxtrot.

[Eric]

That whole marketing deal of Serenity was a huge clusterfoxtrot.

Yeah.  I think you've suggested before that they also relied way too heavily on the fans to bring in more people?
OTOH, we practically promised them too.

[TinkTanker]

I'm sure Saxon can provide more details because (IIRC) she got involved with the Universal site and those silly points they came up with. It turned me off the second I got there. Convert a non-believer, get 50 points. Sell your soul to Universal, get 25 points. Name your first-born male child Joss, 35 points. Brand the Chinese character for Serenity on your forehead, 75 points. Trade in your points for 'valuable' merchandise! Bumper sticker = 200,000 points. Key chain = 500,000 points. Postcard = 2,000,000.

Most people never got their crap either from what I've heard.

[Pearl@32]

Oh well, at least the crazy Universal Studios banked the project. I wonder if they made any merchandising deals.

Can you imagine discovering Firefly again for the first time? <sigh> Although, there are a lot of other shows out there to discover that are worth the time, I'm still sentimental. Finding a new show helps, which is why I love that there is such a variety, whether it's old or new. I have enjoyed King of the Hill reruns and am sad that it got cancelled. At least it got what, 11 seasons? My newest show is Avatar The Last Airbender. I was not interested in it until hubby said Aang has a lemur named Momo (the name of one of my koalas).    But the show is so teachable and funny with anime outbursts (but not annoying like Dragonball Z). It reminds me of the other cartoon I fell in love with, The Secret Saturdays, which has only had half the episodes of Airbender. Nickleodeon is supposed to make an Avatar spin-off next year, but sadly I think Secret Saturdays are cancelled.  I love the shows that have teachable moments and a major focus on family and friends.

Someday I will rewind with Firefly for real. I'm still a bit verklempt when it comes to the show.

[AdmiralDigby]

Heart of Gold was absolutely one of my favorites. If Inara had to lose out to a 'rival,' she could do no better than Nandi, the lovely Melinda Clarke. I'm not sure what it is about the lovely Ms. Clarke but she seems to be a charismatic actress whom I have enjoyed in other roles just as much as Nandi (or Lady Heather, rooooww!).

The "foil house," the dulcimer, and Nandi's fine rice wine. And "Zoe's desire to have a baby with Wash." After the movie, I really wanted Zoe to be pregnant.

I lurves me some Ms Clark .

[Phyll33]

  Hmmm, how old is that picture? She looks much slimmer there then she did on Firefly. Her eyes are
spectacular and is what set her apart for me. Yeah, I know you guys go for the figure but there are
a lot of great figures in Hollywood. Her eyes are different and very beautiful.