We're reviewing Firefly in it's entirety!
POSTED BY: BofHam
UPDATED: Sunday, August 7, 2011 03:24
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I agree with everyone. And what's with saying only a few of the actors did a good job. I thought they were all perfectly cast and were all so believable. And that goes for the supporting cast as well.
I don't know how he could criticize the planets being desolate when that was the point. They were dusty and dirty. I think they did a great job with that.
I don't buy the camp thing either. I loved everything about FF, but I must be seeing it through WhedonColored glasses.
And oh, btw, in Shindig that dance was from Pride and Prejudice not Sense and Sensibility.
And he lost all credibility when he didn't like Jaynestown. Every time I watch that ep, I'm laughing my head off.
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In Finding Serenity, I think it was, one of the essayists reports that the steadi-cam work and lens flares ARE considered as hallmarks of camp and cheesy, but that Joss embraced them deliberately.
So you either have to be prepared to hear the show called that, or expect the reviewers to observe that it transcends that.
There's plenty of stuff wrong with Firefly, but the central premise is sound and the characters are great, all of 'em, and the show was improving consistently. Many a successful show spent half of its first season balancing out what actually worked in performance from where its theoretical concept was supposed to go.
Another 13 weeks, or a full season, and it would have been absolutely great, and would have run forever. WE ALL KNOW THAT!
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Originally posted by BofHam:
A rose by any other name...
Camp is the first word that comes to mind for most of the dusty scenes. Our Heart of Gold review delves slightly deeper into why, exactly, these scenes ring hollow.
But we've finished the show in any event and found it quite to our liking. Last up is the movie which I'm almost hesitant to watch. I don't want it to end.
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....is not the same.
I think this is the reason you are having a problem with the dusty scenes. They are not the polished versions of worlds we see in other Science Fiction. That was the point.
Personally I find the cheap, disposable looking sets on a number of Star Trek episodes far more distracting.
I also read your review of the movie. One thing that struck me about it was comments regarding Jayne. He was more then just comic relief in the series. Granted he played that part many times but we also saw examples of him being the dangerous merc he was. We see it pilot, at the end of Jayne's town, Aral, Shindig and War Stories.
I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
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Well, he wanted to make it look 1970s retro to really emphasize the feel of it being found footage, but whether he wanted to be deliberately camp is dependent on how serious he was taking the series.
I think he was plenty serious about the series, therefore, probably not intentional camp. I'd argue probably not camp at all.
I think people calling it camp are confusing what exactly camp is. Just having cheesy lensflares doesn't make something camp, even if it's modern.
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I agree. That and for once setting that made sense were sued instead of ones that looked good. The whole point was to focus on people living on the fringe of society. That is hard to convey believably when things are clean and or lush and green.
I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
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