Why do you love FF/Serenity???
POSTED BY: ScottB
UPDATED: Thursday, April 27, 2006 19:09
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The reason I love Serenity and crew (besides feeling like family) is that FF/Serenity appeals to all the role-playing fantasies I had as a kid growing up. Three of my all time favorite games was playing pirates/spaceman/cowboys. Joss Whedon knowingly/unknowingly has successfully captured all of these in one Big Damn Enjoyable movie (and the series too). Thanks Joss for forever capturing that part of my childhood!!!!
"Everything's shiny Cap'n! Not to fret!'
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It's just so SHINY! I can't hardly help it!
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I agree, SimonB, Joss sure knows his genres and how to play with them :)
The whole Sci-Fi/ Western was one of those things where after watching a couple episodes, I wished I'd come up with it. (Though, I guess, to be fair, there's been other movies/ shows like that too. Just well... not near as good :)
Firefly sorta hit on just about everything I look for in good sci-fi and to a certain extent westerns, alot of it things that I can't quite put into words.
That, combined with a great cast and crew with an obvious chemistry... well, how could I not love it? I've said it before, I don't think I had any choice in the matter :)
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Just plain good ruttin entertainment.All I can say 
" We tried the cordicole electrodes but were unable to get a..a.....well they just kicked." Jayne and Mal.
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Its very orginal, the characters rule, the storys are amazing, the comedy is excellent, the relationships are a great, erm......the graphics are excellent and mind blowing, the "bad" guys are just as good as the main characters and i think thats it.
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"Love. You can do all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air you
don't love, she'll shake you off sure as a turnin' of worlds. Love keeps her in
the air when she oughtta fall down. Tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens.
Makes her a home." Mal
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Space whores and a naked Summer Glau. Who needs any other reasons? 
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. "
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It made me feel certain that I'm happy to be alive. One of the few things / people that make me feel that way.
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Well, the western/pirates/space stuff had a lot to do with it. Plus the film noir, the jump out and go boo, suspense, the snappy dialogue, the pretty men, the really nice nekkid Mal...but I digress.
I loved the western aspect most, having Serenity be its own microcosm of a western town...but with a Joss-eyed view. The town marshall and deputy--who were on the losing side of a civil war--are crooks. The most respectible person aboard is the equivilant of the local madam. The town preacher, who isn't afforded much respect, may have a nasty dark past. The gunslinger lives in town and ocasionally saves the day as well as someytimes trying to sell it to the highest bidder. The town doctor is a fugitive as is his young sister. The young farm girl is a whiz mechanic who helps keep the 'town' running.
But all this would have been nothing...without the right people playing the parts. What I really fell in love with was the cast and their obvious enjoyment of what they were doin and how easy it was to convince me that they actually were going through all we were shown.
So...my longwinded answer is: our BDH and the folks who portray them.
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RMMC
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I'm a very moral person, and I liked serenity-firefly because I think it said what more people today need to hear. Mainly, its bad to eat people allive, kill other peoples friends or brain wash young girls for scientific research.
I also love the down trodden soldier thing, the big brother thing, the father type role that mal has, the dumb big brother role jayne has..... What can I say?
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Well, the reason I love Firefly is pretty much that, Love. The series (and the BDM) has that overwhelming feeling of family and closness that few series ever get. When I watch the series I can feelwhat the crew feels, and I can live out my dream of flying into space. Also the series makes me happy, when I feel sad I can always put on the DvD and just let it carry me away and fill me with a joy for life.
You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!
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