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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, July 24, 2009 6:21 AM

Comments in another thread made me wonder this.
What other shows, films, stories does Firefly remind you of?

Specific characters?

Because Firefly is the base material, and Serenity is the derivative, please specify if you are relating to Serenity BDM.

Others said Gunsmoke with Star Wars.

I have not seen Space Cases, but have heard there is similarity.

I don't see Angel or Buffy in it. Perhaps some Aeon Flux or Resident Evil. BJ and the Bear. The Fugutive (series) or Incredible Hulk. I have not solidified a frame of reference here. A touch of Star Trek: Voyager. I never saw much of the original Buck Rogers, but Lost in Space may have had similar feel.
I wonder if the series is framed on the Clint Eastwood anthology - each episode loosely based on a different film.

What say you?

FILLYGIRL

Friday, July 24, 2009 8:50 AM

Firefly is like nothing else but Firefly, JMHO. If it was like something else I wouldn't like it, its different than any other science fiction.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, July 24, 2009 8:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by fillygirl:
Firefly is like nothing else but Firefly, JMHO. If it was like something else I wouldn't like it, its different than any other science fiction.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

It is very unique, I agree and love that. But does it not remind you of anything? No sense of similarity?

FILLYGIRL

Friday, July 24, 2009 9:17 AM

No, not really, what have you got in mind?

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

GWEK

Friday, July 24, 2009 2:41 PM

Firefly is what Star Wars grows up to be.

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

NCBROWNCOAT

Friday, July 24, 2009 3:02 PM

Firefly is unique and that's what makes it so special.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

VIOLYNS

Friday, July 24, 2009 3:06 PM

Someone once told me that Firefly is like Cowboy Bebop. I haven't seen it yet, but Cowboy Bebop is sitting on my tv stand waiting for me. We'll see if that comparison holds after I watch it.

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WINDIE

Friday, July 24, 2009 5:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Comments in another thread made me wonder this.
What other shows, films, stories does Firefly remind you of?

Specific characters?

Because Firefly is the base material, and Serenity is the derivative, please specify if you are relating to Serenity BDM.

Others said Gunsmoke with Star Wars.

I have not seen Space Cases, but have heard there is similarity.

I don't see Angel or Buffy in it. Perhaps some Aeon Flux or Resident Evil. BJ and the Bear. The Fugutive (series) or Incredible Hulk. I have not solidified a frame of reference here. A touch of Star Trek: Voyager. I never saw much of the original Buck Rogers, but Lost in Space may have had similar feel.
I wonder if the series is framed on the Clint Eastwood anthology - each episode loosely based on a different film.

What say you?

Have to agree with everyone else here, I like Firefly because it is unique.

There is no other show that comes close.

It's the interaction between the characters, there each different yet the mix is just wondeful. The choice of actors is just uncanny, how many people watch other shows just because one of the BDH's is in the cast.

I have shown Firefly to many people and all apart from one( my dad although he is comming round )liked it. Even my better half watched it, she saw it before I did and told me that I would like it. She hates Science fiction, but will honestly sit and watch it when I have a Firefly moment, OK weekend.

My son took a boxset to the gulf when he was there a couple of years ago, he says they wore the discs out during the eight month period. I asked him if it was the sand, he says sand don't go in a DVD player ;-)

It's just brilliant.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, July 24, 2009 5:28 PM

Firefly is indeed unique in the history of television. Whether it was the dialogue and/or strong character development, or even the terrific stories, it will always be exceptionally special to me.

That said, there was once a show in my life that had many of the qualities and attributes that Firefly had......

It had characters that I could relate to, people I cared about. Over the years after many viewings, they even started to feel like family to me 'cause I knew them all so well.

It had a central theme of survival. Most of the action was about continuing their life, and even trying to find some fun occasionally despite the serious situation they were in to survive.

In their travels they had to meet and work with other people, some honest, and some deadly unscrupulous.

It had some of the best-looking females of the day, perhaps ever on a tv show.

It was a show that had drama and comedy. It had some great episodic stories to tell.

It too was cancelled in less than one season, just as it was really hitting its' stride.

I loved that show & still do.

That show was Battlestar Galactica, 1978-1979.

I had the great fortune of meeting most of the cast this year at Orlando's Megacon. I was like a kid all over again.

WASHNWEAR

Friday, July 24, 2009 10:09 PM

Firefly is like a wreath of pretty flowers...that smell cancelled.

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Still...what would Rorschach do?

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