Why is it that Firefly/Serenity is so appealing and just so ruttin' beautiful to YOU???
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The question is as posted, so I guess I'll start 'er off. I believe so because Firefly/Serenity offers something that parallels what every good natured folk want: freedom and peace to do what they want to, without someone telling them. It is so like what William Wallace said in Braveheart: "I just to have a home, a wife, raise some children, and live in peace and grow my crops". Or sumpthin' like that.
Also, I think it gives us a sort of adventure that nothing else can give us, an adventure about REAL people in situations that are like what we would go through on life. They don't give up, they adhere to loyalty to friends, and a higher calling (in many ways, not just faith-based) that pushes them to do what is RIGHT.
To quote Jayne: "Shepard Book once told me that if you can't do something smart, do something right".
To show just how much I believe in that quote, I'm getting it tattooed on my arms. Half on one, half on the other, so that everyday I can ponder what I SHOULD do, and what makes ME & the WORLD a better place to live in. Not what someone else WANTS or EXPECTS me to do.
Everyone should stand up for what they believe in and do it now, before an Alliance takes us over by force.
"I aim to misbehave."
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I guess a lot of the reason I liked the show was because of the believeability (is that a word?). I had always imagined that if we were to venture out in the 'verse and colonize, that we'd live our lives pretty much like this, and not so "Star Trek," if that makes any sense. Now don't get me wrong, I am a big Trek fan (my heart would skip a beat if I ever met William Shatner in real life), but the lifestyle of the Firefly series just seems more like how we'd be.
That and the fact that you can't help but love all of the characters for one reason or another. Even the bad characters. Joss is just so good at writing up stories that trap us in his world.
The funny one liners are always great too!!
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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First, it is sci fi
second, it is GOOD sci fi
third, great, believeable characters
fourth, humor
fifth, great, fun, language
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I know that when I watched Firefly for the first time I got shivers all the way up my spine. Sitting there watching Serenity it gave me goosebumps.
I think it's because it's completely unlike everything out there. I mean have you ever tried to explain it to someone who hasn't heard of it. You can't call it just a western, or just a sci-fi, or just a fantastic story. You can't just talk about one character without remembering the others.
I don't think anyone could say well Firefly/Serenity it's appealing and beautiful because of one specific thing, it's the entire package that's so ruttin beautiful.
The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.
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What you said is exactly correct; no one who has seen it can understand what the big deal is. Only after watching it, can people truly appreciate it.
For example, just two days ago, before my western civ lecture, i was watching the first episode of Firefly and when one of my school friends came in I restarted it and had him watch it. Even though he isnt yet hooked on it, he does have a better understanding of it than he did before. We only watched up until they arrived in the Eavesdown Docks on Persephone when the lecture started, so it wasnt much. When I asked him "better than you thought, eh?" He just smiled and said I guess so, but it was clear that he didn't want to admit what I have been saying all along, as it is difficult for us guys to admit when we're wrong.
"I aim to misbehave."
"If you can't do something smart, do something right".
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I don't know if you can pinpoint it to one exact, specific thing. The show has different meanings, strikes a different chord with everybody. And somehow, through that, it is INCREDIBLEY addicting. 
I know that for me, it would take a very, very long time to write out each and every reason why I love this show. And would probably get very boring after reading the same things over and over. A lot would be the characters and the dialogue and the cinematography and the believabiltity (yes, I believe it is a word,) and...see what I mean? And then there would also be a lot of "I don't know exactly why, but it just is."
It is fun to hear what people think, though. 
Cheers,
~ForeverShiny~
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Can't stop the signal!
"No, Cap'n, I think it's shiny!"--Kaylee, o'course.
"Yeah, but she's our witch, so cut her the hell down." --Mal in "Safe."
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home." --Mal in "Serenity" My all-time fav quote. Love it!
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Hmmm... what is it that makes Firefly/Serenity so appealing and just so ruttin' beautiful?
All the pretty faces.
I was trying to narrow it down to just one, but...nope...it's a shipful of just downright purty people. :D
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The thing that makes Firefly a gem is that it has something for everyone.
You got your spaceships, your shootin', your lasers, your horses, your explosions, your moon-brain psychic crazy girl, your Captain Tightpants, your jugglin' of geese, your space hooker, your fancy-dress balls, your warrior woman, your serial-marryin' devil woman, your big ol' government, your jokester, your cussin' in Chinese, your eternal optimist, your young doctor on a mission to save his sister, your doin' of crime, your man of faith, your psychotic bounty hunter, and your man who can inspire the downtrodden mudders to riot (however inadvertently).
What more could you want?
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As an Engineer and a scientist, Firefly offered me a plausable future with real technologies. No technobabble (unless you listen to Kaylee perhaps..heh)
Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.
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The reasons differ for everybody, but for me it'd first and foremost be the characters...they're all very likeable, and you can identify to one degree or another with them. Next is the pacing of the show...it's a steady pace that grabs your attention and holds it, with a healthy amount of action, damn good dialogue, and impressive special effects to get the story told. I'm just speaking for myself here, but another aspect is that the girls are all totally hot. Usually, if I like a show, I MIGHT spot one girl on there whom I could find attractive; this show's ladies are ALL desirable, and that is a true rarity...I don't think they could've casted prettier or more likeable girls for those roles if they tried. Lastly, I'll take an outlaw badass kind of character any day over an intentional do-gooder; Mal isn't perfect but he's got good intentions most of the time...and Jayne, aw hell, he is probably the coolest character I've seen in a long ol' time.
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