Blown away the series and movie...

POSTED BY: njutfan
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 13:58
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NJUTFAN

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:03 PM

Hello all. Over this past weekend, I watched the Firefly series and Serenity movie on DVD. I was completely blown away by what I saw. The action, the stories, the characters...the humor. What an amazing casting and writing job. Joss Whedon and his crew came out with one hell of a story and drew me into it unlike I ever thought I would.

How this show ever got cancelled is a mystery to me. Well, I guess the ratings were bad at the time and in hollywood, you need ratings. There's a lot of crap on TV (including most reality shows) and it's a shame that the extremely talented team that put Firefly together were shunned by such mediocore crap being aired on TV today.

I can't say enough about the characters and what each of them brings to the TV and movie screen. You get so involved with them and root for them to get out of every bad situation.

I can go and on about this, but I will stop there. I just hope another movie is made soon. Take care all. Looking forward to reading all of your threads.

Adam

KILLERBANANA

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:06 PM

Please edit your post with a big thing saying spoilers or you could have cast a big downer on someone seeing the movie. Other than that, congradulations on discovering your inner browncoat...ness ^^

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NJUTFAN

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:10 PM

Thank you...I edited it for the yet-to-see movie people...

Adam

KILLERBANANA

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:20 PM

Thanking you, and again, welcome :D

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DAVESHAYNE

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:25 PM

Welcome. And you are absolutely correct about Firefly, Serenity, Joss, et al.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

20THCENTFOXHATER

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:38 PM

You mentioned that most reality shoes are crap, but I have to think to myself....

....Aren't ALL reality shows crap??? And when you compare it to Firefly, well, reality shows are something that I really should not say on these forums.

But anyways, I'm really glad you found Serenity (the ship of course. Figure of speech), and all I can add is for you to try and convert AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE!!! We all want another movie or series (or anything) and getting more people hooked is the best way to do it!

Just don't forget about the Serenity comics, they fill in the gap between the series and the movie, and it reads just like another awesome episode! On the plus side of that, Joss Whedon and Dark Horse have commmisioned MORE Serenity comics for sometime later this year (and more Sin City).

Have a good one,
Y'all stay shiny now.

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

ISAACSHEPHERD

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:46 PM

I was also blown away when I first saw Serenity and Firefly. You are also correct about reality tv, sad thing is if people keep watching it, then it'll stay on tv and some people just watch it cause it's something on.
Oh well, anyways there is still hope for us to get a new season or movie so take a peek at the other threads and see what you can do. It has been done once. Perhaps this sin that Fox has commited of taking Firefly off the air can be reversed, although never forgiven.
IS

CARTOON

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:33 AM

Welcome.

We've all discovered this series/movie at different times, but we've all felt the same way -- how could something this entertaining (and addictive) have been so short-lived?

MISSTRESSAHARA

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:47 AM

Welcome njutfan. It is by far the best isn't it? I never had such a reaction since the original Star Wars movies came out in the 70's. I went the extreme getting the toys and cards, and transfer prints. Had a Luke Skywalker shirt I wore to death. Well Star Wars and Superman. Ohhh, that Chris Reeves was poured into his suit.

Though this show caters to the more mature audience it can be appreciated by all. It's surprising the age varients of the fans. This show was thought provoking, heartfelt, well written well acted, and funny as all gorram hell.... thus the reason it didn't last. Not that people don't have the intellegence to follow a briliant show as this, more like tv execs don't have enough brain cells between them to recognize a brilliant show like this.

I'm reminded of a Simpson's episode, Bart brainwashed into killing Krusty with a bomb. At the last moment it was stopped and the bomb was thrown into a room full of Blue Han.... I mean tv execs and it went off. But instead of killing them they turned Terminator and morphed into a new exec saying in threatening tones something like "You cannot kill us, where one dies hundreds will follow" Very loose paraphrasing. Bout says it all right there.

I'm nursing a headache but please let me offer you some refreshment.
Mudders Milk; All the carbs and protiens of your
mothers best turkey dinner.... plus 15% alchohol.

Someone will be along to offer you a shiny new brown coat and nibbles. I made coffee for later if you like. You'll enjoy yourself here.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

MURKYMERC

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:55 AM

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Originally posted by njutfan:
Thank you...I edited it for the yet-to-see movie people...

Adam

You freaked me out here. I read the edited version then red the follow request an couldn't figure out what the second guy was talking about. For a second, I thought I was going to have to give up the pipe

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