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POSTED BY: SP33D
UPDATED: Monday, May 22, 2006 18:54
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MIKAMOM

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:40 AM

Is everyone forgeting Mal's love scene in "Heart of Gold?"

It is TV rated, but there is plenty of hot and heavy.

Plus the fact that the story takes place in a brothel. Any parent, I would think, would want to be forwarned before the kids see this episode. I don't see it as a big problem, but I don't have kids, so I don't know if I would feel the same if I had some.

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SASSALICIOUS

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:52 AM

I know I might get flamed for this, but if you're in 8th grade or up, I say just watch the show. I know you don't want to go around your parents back, but sometimes these things need to be done.

There is some violence/sexual suggestiveness, but it's not as in your face as the Sopranos and Sex and the City. More implied than anything else. Except the episode War Stories.

My brother has watched the show with me (he just turned 14) and my parents were ok with it. I realize every kid is different in terms of how they handle things, but honestly? The nightly news can be more violent/sexual than this show.

NIRWIN

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:53 AM

Yeah it certainly isn't 'care bears' or 'my little pony'.

Maybe your best shot at being able to watch it is let your parents watch the first episode and see if they are prepared to let you watch it, the only problem is they are likely to get hooked and watch it before you, then of course they will see War Stories and your chances are dead in the water.

However it really is a fantastic series, I find it hard to believe somebody actually wrote that review. I have yet to meet anybody who can say "Yeah I saw firefly, didn't like it very much though".

I hope for your sake you get to watch it, 'cause I know you're gunna love it.

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IHEARTFIREFLY

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:29 PM

I'll just say that 'Our Mrs. Reynolds' is my favorite episode but I watched it with my parents and it was just a bit awkward when Saffron is saducing Mal- the dialogue is pretty sexually explicit in my humble and ever conservative opinion.

Also, yeah, there's that scene in Heart of Gold. It's sex. And the War Stories ridiculousness. That just made me mad.

But Firefly is such a great show! Please don't let that stuff scare you off. I have many friends and family who watch almost no tv or movies because of all the junk in them these days, but Firefly is so good, people overlook the bits of questionableness. Normally, I wouldn't even watch it but Firefly balances itself out. Some of the characters might pretend that sex is no big deal- like other shows do- but then you see the consequences and true feelings come out on the other side.

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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:35 PM

SP33D

My sons are huge Outlaw Star fans and they never mentioned anything like that.

This show is no worse than any other show on TV. If your parents let you watch Buffy, then don't worry about Firefly. The stuff in Buffy, esp as regards Buffy and Spike "romance" was much more "racy". Racier?

ZEEK

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:44 PM

uh violence - check. Mal gets stabbed, beaten or shot in almost every episode.

uh sex - check. Lots of references in the episodes, girl on girl action in War Stories and full on hot and heavy scene in Heart of Gold as well as many more references and inuendo in that episode.

In case you didn't glimpse it from Serenity, Inara is a companion. Which is a futuristic sophisticated prostitute more or less, or as I like to call her "Space Ho".

The show does not shy away from showing the darkness in the world, but at the same time it shows how real people deal with these things.

All in all it's the best show I've ever seen and if you're 15 or older I'd say watch it.

FOLLOWMAL

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:09 PM

SP33D,

Watch this show.. don't pay any attention to that review. It's wrong. This show is the best show you will ever see. You will fall in love with these characters and become interested in their lives.You will want to join the crew and fly with them, by the second episode.

As for too much violence and sex.. if you have played a video game, you've seen as much violence.
If you've seen even a glimpse of a soap opera, you've seen as much sex. All of it serves the purpose of the story and is acted well.

This is a timeless story, full of the things we humans love in stories.. you will be forever glad you went on this journey with these people.

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

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:42 PM

I spoke with the Outlaw Star masters that reside in my household -

Yes they are both Westerns
Yes they are both in Space
Yes there is a girl in a box

That is were the similarities end.

DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
I spoke with the Outlaw Star masters that reside in my household -

Yes they are both Westerns
Yes they are both in Space
Yes there is a girl in a box

That is were the similarities end.

Agreed. Though I will point out that some of the crew memebers on each show have their similarities. But all in all, the shows aren't that alike. Those people on Netflix were probably ignorant trolls that wouldn't know a good TV show if it bit them on the pigu. I would go with Nirwin's suggestion and watch it with your parents. With any luck, they'll become Browncoats too.

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QUEENOFTHENORTH

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:08 PM

I've seen Outlaw Star (good show, by the way) and other than the "mysterious girl in a box" and the fact that it's in space, there's really no similarities. Oh, maybe guns. But I don't think Mal's guns use magic bullets. So if that sounds like a ripoff to you, by all means avoid watching Firefly. Otherwise, I'd just go ahead and watch it.

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