Okay, I know that I am very late to this party. Firefly was a one-season, 14-episode series on Fox back in 2002. Later, they made a movie called Serenity. I tried to watch the movie once, years ago, not knowing it should follow Firefly. It didn’t make sense to me, and I gave up.
But writers love “story” and “characters” and when they discover a great story and/or great characters in TV shows or movies, they like to talk about it. So my friends got to talking about Firefly awhile back. Someone mentioned that he tried to watch the movie first and was confused, so he tried the series and got hooked. Since I could stream the show on Netflix, I gave the series a try.
I’ve been watching it while getting in my mileage on the treadmill. It’s the perfect kind of show to keep me walking for 40+ minutes. I. Love. It. And now, with only five more episodes to watch (plus the movie), I am already feeling separation anxiety, knowing that the end is coming all too soon.
Anybody else out there a fan of Firefly?
~robin
P.S. I hope you didn’t think I only liked Downton Abbey and such. I’m quite eclectic in the type of shows (and books) I enjoy. As my new passion for Firefly proves.
My sister convinced me to watch it so I recorded a marathon of it on the Science channel. Our local second run theater then showed Serenity on the big screen a couple months ago and she and I went to that. I’d already watched a Browncoat special so I knew one of the major things that happened and couldn’t bring myself to watch it after the marathon.
I also LOVE Castle and now some of the in-jokes from there make more sense – like when he dresses up as a space cowboy ;).
Carol, I’m a Castle fan too. The other day, during my lunch, the episode about the space cowboy was on, and suddenly it was much funnier than it was when I first saw it. And the guy who plays Jayne (Adam Baldwin) was in Chuck, which I also liked to watch.
My oldest son is a big fan of the show, but I didn’t have any interest in seeing it unto I started watching Castle and then heard that some scenes and lines, like the space cowboy scene, hearkened back to Firefly. I want to catch up with it some day. Chuck was a favorite series, too, and hearing that Adam Baldwin was in Firefly made me want to watch it even more.
Barbara, I’m sure it helps to be a fan of Castle and Nathan Fillion and then to see Firefly. I love Castle (the character), and I see a bit of him in Mal Reynolds as well. As for Chuck, I am hoping it will be available for streaming through Netflix one of these days. I missed the final season (forget why), and would love to see how they wrapped up the show. Maybe I’ll have to breakdown and rent the disks.
I’m also a Firefly fan, and, like you, I was late to the party.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who discovered it years after it was first on TV. It was on Fox, and I don’t think I watched that station much 11 or 12 years ago.
As a fan of Joss Whedon, I’m a Firefly fan as well. Wonderful language building revs my motor. Joss did it in Firefly and Buffy. Sublime.
I also am a Firefly fan. I think we got it from the library and enjoyed it a few seasons after it aired. It was so original – a sci-fi western. That Castle episode was hilarious! Nathan Fillion has a great sense of humor! Not too full of himself like some Hollywood actors! The gal that played River in Firefly went on to be in the Sarah Connor Chronicles which was also good if you enjoy sci-fi.
I agree, Stephanie. Nathan Fillion seems to have a great sense of humor and it comes through in his roles.
We just discovered it late last year.
Susan, I feel better, knowing others discovered it late.