RE: Firefly: things everyone in fandom has told you already, but which I feel the need restate

[rallamajoop]

Since the movie's coming out in a couple of months, my sister and I finally got around to watching all fourteen episodes of Firefly last week. By this stage I think we must have already ranted to... perhaps half of you? about our shared reactions to this show, so I'll sum up my overall impression in brief here:

OMFG they fsking CANCELED this show?!?

I mean, this is the show that *Mum* - the one who doesn't get science fiction at all, who never really got much out of Star Wars or LotR or any of the other classics - came in to watch with us whenever she caught us in the middle of an episode - even joined in with our communal grumbling about the insanity of American television network executives once we finished it. Watching Firefly has been one of those rare experiences like finding one of those stories you've wanted to see for ages but didn't think actually existed - it's dark and it's violent and it's cute and it's fun and it has nine of the most engaging characters I've seen on screen in a good while and if you haven't seen it already? Seriously, it is worth tracking down.

The movie comes out end of September. We'll be counting down.

Comments

[phred-has-sonar.livejournal.com]

I've never really seen much of the series, but the movie looks god damn fantastic. I guess you will just have to addict me to Firefly when I get back from Seattle

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

I've never really seen much of the series, but the movie looks god damn fantastic.

Doesn't it just? *g* We don't know yet whether it follows on from the series or works as some sort of AU, but it looks like watching the series first is neither a bad idea nor really prerequisite.

I guess you will just have to addict me to Firefly when I get back from Seattle

Sadly, all we can do to spread the addiction is offer encouragement and point you in the direction of a good DVD rental place - we don't actually have access to the DVDs or anything useful like that. They are so totally on this year's Christmas list though

[meljane.livejournal.com]

The series so rocks , a friend over here has the whole series which also has the missing episodes that never aired on tv even in America.

I've watched a couple of the missing eps and they so rock and we only have a few episodes on the computer .

Apparently the screening in Innaloo is already sold out for the opening night*sigh*