Star Trek as a Firefly replacement.

POSTED BY: RyanW2050
UPDATED: Saturday, February 28, 2026 06:44
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RYANW2050

Friday, February 24, 2006 12:44 PM

I tried it.

I thought, "Hey, people liked that show, it's kinda the same type, Maybe i'll like it as much as firefly!"

Well, it turns out that adventures in morale and good deeds are just nowhere near as interesting or fun as adventures in thievery and whores!

Also, that "Lady who always tells picard that he's fucking up" gets on my nerves.

Where are you, Firefly.

JOSSISAGOD

Friday, February 24, 2006 12:51 PM

I agree, Star Trek has it's own place in my head, but Firefly has a place in my heart as well as my head. Firefly was a much more interesting story.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

GAMMARAYGIRL

Friday, February 24, 2006 1:45 PM

I've seen far more episodes of the Next Generation Star Trek than I'd like to admit. It's very nice, but it didn't grab me the way Firefly did. I think the Firefly characters are more interesting, as is the storyline.

Also, I liked Patrick Stewart and how he portrayed Jean-Luc, but, wow, Nathan Fillion as Captain Reynolds- and I'm thinking about the opening of Trash right now- there's just no comparison.

AURAPTOR

Friday, February 24, 2006 1:48 PM

Also, that "Lady who always tells picard that he's fucking up" gets on my nerves.

Which one? The ship's counselor or the ship's doctor ?

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

AZBROWNCOAT

Friday, February 24, 2006 4:05 PM

I used to like Star Trek, but I must say that after having watched Firefly, I cannot go back. Firefly is actually what everyone says. The whole thing feels like it is a place people live and die. It has a humanity to it that Star Trek does not. And the characters are real characters who act like people do, especially Jayne. And Wash. Well, and all of them. They have human nuances, not Vulcan prudishness.

You know, they tell ya to never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is, on occasion, hilarious.

THEMANTHEYCALLEDJAMES

Friday, February 24, 2006 4:47 PM

Star Trek was the most boring thing ever put forth my man I hope it STAYS dead for a very long time.

RAGUA

Friday, February 24, 2006 5:27 PM

I think enjoying both series depends on which Trek you watch. TNG is definitely antiseptic and Alliance-like, but DS9 and Enterprise both have a more down-and-dirty "human" feel to them. Neither is as "human" as Firefly, but I enjoy all three shows.

I still wish that Enterprise had been run by someone as talented, creative, and passionate as Joss. It had so much potential, but Berman and Braga pissed it away with their damned cookie-cutter, formulaic crap.

"I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!"

DAVESHAYNE

Friday, February 24, 2006 5:58 PM

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Originally posted by RyanW2050:
Also, that "Lady who always tells picard that he's fucking up" gets on my nerves.

Ah, looks like you've gotten ahold of the Next Generation stuff. What you want to be on the lookout for is The Original Series. Still not as good as Firefly but better than TNG.

David

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

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, February 24, 2006 6:01 PM

Well you don't have to worry about too much more. Look at Enterprise. There were three seasons of absolute crap then in the fourth season after I had given up on it, I turned to it and discovered it was good. Very good (not Firefly good, but compared to what it had been before it was the work of god) so I looked online to find out when it got good and found out it was already cancelled.

As a finale they did one extra special episode that was the worst of the lot. TV at its lowest. Enterprise set a new standard for Star Trek, a very low standard, and if an incarnation of Star Trek rises above that standard they will both cancel and desecrate it.

CHRISPV

Friday, February 24, 2006 6:20 PM

Well, they are two very different universes. Joss himself said our BDHs are the kind of people the Enterprise would fly right by without noticing. I enjoy both, but everybody on Star Trek is just so darn nice to each other. Everybody loves everybody else. It's a nice ideal, but it doesn't speak to the human condition the way Firefly does.

Firefly is who we are, Star Trek is who we wish we were.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

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