Why Firefly Matters

POSTED BY: BillyAnkers
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:10
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BILLYANKERS

Saturday, February 4, 2006 2:37 AM

Firefly does for Science Fiction what Raiders of the Lost Ark did for archeology. Interest, and wonder, and hope... and all this while entertaining us. It brings different folks from all walks together for a common purpose. Firefly is intelligent, funny and, quite honestly, some of the most creative film work we've ever seen (in this 'verse or the next.) Every ship is an engineers dream and the humor is, well, my kind of funny. The characters are genuine and lovable and the stories are tight, full of surprise, and unlike any ever seen before. The psychotic psychic is a stroke of genius and who knows where that River would eventually flow (given half the chance - or a second season.) The honorable criminal, while done before, has never been depicted as such a likable character in the persona of Mal Reynolds. And the other characters are more than interesting. In short, Firefly matters because it truly entertains.

AUNTYCHRIS

Saturday, February 4, 2006 3:26 AM

Now this is true speak. It aggravates me no end that Fox screwed with this perfect show. They OBVIOUSLY had no idea what they had. All they wanted was a goofy "shoot-em-up" action show, the more cleavage the better. What they got was a thoughtful, well-acted character driven action-comedy, and they didn't know what to do with it, so they cancelled it prematurely. NICE GOING PINHEADS ! !

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, February 4, 2006 3:32 AM

Yea, and it makes us fall in love too.
Hopelessly!

And it's wonderful!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

BILLYANKERS

Saturday, February 4, 2006 11:38 PM

There has been little, if any, good Science Fiction on T.V. for many years. Perhaps since Star Trek: The Next Generation. So, along comes a witty, intelligent and fun program and in true Hollywood fashion it gets eliminated before it can truly develop. It begs to ask the question... where are all the good programs? And why can't good programing survive these days?
Wouldn't it have been great if Shephard Book could have been developed more as a character? He remains the most enigmatic character on the program. An operative, perhaps? An Alliance officer? Hmm.... too bad we'll never know!

SPANNA1986

Friday, February 10, 2006 1:29 AM

Hey fellow fans i'm a new user of the site. My name is Anna and I'm from the UK and got hooked on Firefly since the film 'Serenity' was aired here a few months back i have just finished the fifteenth and sadly final episode. From what I've read the fan base in the states was relatively strong and I am desperately confused as to why this marvellous show wasn't continued. I first fell in love with Joss's work when i was 12 and my Mum encouraged me to watch Buffy. I was then hooked! I haven't felt so encouraged by a piece of television since Buffy and I cannot believe what is such a good show with such good morals and truth behind its messages was axed. Not only is the story beautifully written and suitably intricate, the visual effects, not just the special effects are spectacular. I am particularly fond of the use of colour and light and its application to meaning throughout the plot. If anyone can post me information on where to write to try and do my bit to get this back on air in the states and perhaps even encourage a british broadcaster to pick it up please let me know!!!

Anna

'And we will call it This Land'

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, February 10, 2006 5:46 PM

Hey, Spanna1986, welcome! We're glad to have you!

*hands Spanna a Browncoat*

Just stick around here for links to places you can write and what you can do to help get more of the 'verse... there's a thread for sending Valentines to Universal and the most important thing I think all of us can do is spread the word, tell our friends and family about Firefly and share the DVD's of the movie and tv show. Folks seem to fall in love with this, which just makes for more Browncoats. And they'll hopefully buy DVD's too.

We all feel just like you do.... can't believe this great show isn't on the air RIGHT NOW, and that there's not already a sequel in the works. We all feel the same loss as we get to that final episode too.....

But this is a shiny place and we all talk and joke and share and discuss and it makes it better until we get more. We hope you'll join in often.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

V

Friday, March 10, 2006 7:49 AM

If the Trekkies can agree Firefly was a brilliant Science Fiction series, that should say something about it.

What Firefly showed me was a creative breath of fresh air; a universe with unique characters that for the most part, feel partly like family and mostly real, thanks in part to the creative minds of Joss Wheadon and his Mutant Enemy production crew. Where Trek probed the boundaries of the human experience, Firefly does more, and dare I say, with more of a heart on it's sleeve then the cold sterile manner Trek usually handles situations. Mal as a character is possibly, given the recent "revisions" by Lucas, an even better character then Han Solo. He's a conflicted man, yet not above pointing out how absurd some things are, in a very funny and humorous manner. Yet even with his flaws, there's an inner fire to him that if I were a part of the crew (and sometimes I wish I was) I'd follow that man to the depths of hell and back, because how Nathan plays him so well, you know you can trust him, even though he was a man who lost so much after the war, the only thing he can do is carry on, and that philosophy is what I think makes the show what it is, it's about facing things that you know are dark and bad, and hopefully surviving to live again. Hence, why we as fans, nee Browncoats continue to carry the torch. Part of me wants to believe that was all part of Joss' plan from the beginning. But either way it worked, and the community the fans have build seems incredibly unshakeable. And unlike Trek, all the cast seems to actually revel in the fact that they were a part of it. Some may be still trying to make it in Hollywood, some have had a career as long as your arm, but each of them within the crew, makes the show. If we're lucky enough to get a movie continuation as quickly as we did, who knows what other change will happen. The only thing we can't do is give up on it.

Ok, complete and utter ramblin' rant over.

Remember, Remember the fifth of November

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, March 10, 2006 1:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by V:
Mal as a character is possibly, given the recent "revisions" by Lucas, an even better character then Han Solo. He's a conflicted man, yet not above pointing out how absurd some things are, in a very funny and humorous manner. Yet even with his flaws, there's an inner fire to him that if I were a part of the crew (and sometimes I wish I was) I'd follow that man to the depths of hell and back, because how Nathan plays him so well, you know you can trust him, even though he was a man who lost so much after the war, the only thing he can do is carry on, and that philosophy is what I think makes the show what it is, it's about facing things that you know are dark and bad, and hopefully surviving to live again. Hence, why we as fans, nee Browncoats continue to carry the torch.

Ah, V thus my nick above....

I too would follow Mal into Hades. Wouldn't hesitate. When discussions of Zoe's loyalty to Mal come up, I understand completely her following him unquestioningly into every situation.
Thus also my own dedication to this show and my fervent wish for more that keeps me writing letters and postcards and printing out flyers and posters and talking to everyone about this. I want everyone to have this feeling!

I too wish to be on Serenity. That's never happened to me before, never wished to be in a world other than this one, I was just an observer watching a tv show. I would gladly do cleaning duties to ship out on Serenity. Just a chance to adventure thru life with Mal... be worth latrine duty!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

SIMONB

Saturday, March 11, 2006 1:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by V:
If the Trekkies can agree Firefly was a brilliant Science Fiction series, that should say something about it.

Yeah, very true. I'm a die-hard Trekkie myself (love DS9, TNG and VOY) also a huge STAR WARS fan - but FIREFLY instantly took pride of place alongside them. I fell in love with the show from the first moments of the pilot. And whilst I'm proud to be a fan of Trek and Star Wars (all 6) I'm even more proud to say that I am a Browncoat!

FIREFLY is just such an incredible show - clever, intelligent, well scripted. It doesn't rely on technobabble to solve problems or have a highly convenient Deus Ex Machina appearing at the last minute. Sometimes gritty and tense, sometimes dark, sometimes funny - always entertaining. I know I'm babbling and maybe I've said it before (but it matters, so I'll say it again), but it seems to me that a show that can appeal to so many different people with such diverse tastes and backgrounds....

...well, that's something really special.

- Shiny. let's be bad guys.

KINROEDARKSTONE

Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:34 PM

Up till last weekend, I had only seen a portion of Firefly when it ordingally aired. Even with that brief encounter, I was drawn to it. Now I can't wait to get more of it. The past week my friend "reintroduced" me to Firefly. He had taped only 8 episodes from the Scifi Channel when it ran a Firefly marathon. But even then, I am hooked! Shiny show!

I've got the the remaining episodes coming in on Netflix and I will definately borrow "Serenity" from another friend.

Can't wait!!

--Kinroe Darkstone

"...Hungh!" -- Mal (upon finding River in the cryo crate)

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