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I never got into Firefly, like at all. I think the extent of my watching was the first ep they played, Train Job, and a few parts here and there. Honestly, I was pretty disappointed when it came out. All I had heard was Joss Whedon and something about a spaceship. Now I'm a big sci-fi fan. I especially tend to love the more sterile and futuristic shows too, like Andromeda and ST: Voyager. I love Stargate too, but that's neither here nor there. Also, I am so not a big western fan. It's partly just the whole dirty and grungy sort of life. So when I saw the Train Job and whatever else I saw, I was mostly just put off. Part of the problem really was that Fox played the eps out of order I think. I probably would have been a little more interested in watching, though maybe not. Basically, I wanted nothing to do with the show ever again, which was easy enough, as it got canned so quickly. That was, of course, until I saw the short little preview for Serenity, and heard it was a little more sci-fi-ish than western.
So I went and saw the movie, and absolutely loved it. It was totally action packed, funny as all get out, and of course, quite sad with the several characters who died. River alone was so terribly kick-ass at the end there. Anyway, it inspired me to go see the show. Having now just done so, I must say it's decent. Just as with anything Joss Whedon does, I mostly love it, save for a few morally unsavory things here and there that I can never really justify watching again. One thing I did enjoy was the whole chinese language thing. Totally spiced up things, and it gave a twist to the plain old western speak. I, of course, love all of the humor.
I must say though, it has been interesting to first see the movie before seeing the show. Knowing that everyone would survive until the movie made things a little less tense, which I think is okay. Likewise, knowing that Wash was going to die gave a little bit of a sad tinge to a scene every so often. Shepherd not so much. He was old, but he wasn't nearly as funny as Wash. There were even a few characters in the movie that I kept expecting to show up in some episode, but never did, like that one tech geek guy. But what can I say, it's a Joss creation; people are going to die, and usually a few main characters that people love. On another note, I also kept expecting River to go all kung-fu ghetto when no one was looking. I totally didn't realize that none of that showed up until the movie.
All told though, I enjoyed watching the show and the movie, but I'm not terribly gung-ho about the whole thing. I'm most definitely going to have to start saying "shiny" for things, and I'll probably see the movie another time or two when it comes out, but I think that's going to about be it.
So I went and saw the movie, and absolutely loved it. It was totally action packed, funny as all get out, and of course, quite sad with the several characters who died. River alone was so terribly kick-ass at the end there. Anyway, it inspired me to go see the show. Having now just done so, I must say it's decent. Just as with anything Joss Whedon does, I mostly love it, save for a few morally unsavory things here and there that I can never really justify watching again. One thing I did enjoy was the whole chinese language thing. Totally spiced up things, and it gave a twist to the plain old western speak. I, of course, love all of the humor.
I must say though, it has been interesting to first see the movie before seeing the show. Knowing that everyone would survive until the movie made things a little less tense, which I think is okay. Likewise, knowing that Wash was going to die gave a little bit of a sad tinge to a scene every so often. Shepherd not so much. He was old, but he wasn't nearly as funny as Wash. There were even a few characters in the movie that I kept expecting to show up in some episode, but never did, like that one tech geek guy. But what can I say, it's a Joss creation; people are going to die, and usually a few main characters that people love. On another note, I also kept expecting River to go all kung-fu ghetto when no one was looking. I totally didn't realize that none of that showed up until the movie.
All told though, I enjoyed watching the show and the movie, but I'm not terribly gung-ho about the whole thing. I'm most definitely going to have to start saying "shiny" for things, and I'll probably see the movie another time or two when it comes out, but I think that's going to about be it.
