A lot has been said about this show and the reasons for it's failure at Fox. I think Fox did a terrible thing to a great show but I never saw it on the network. I only saw it on DVD. I was exceptionally late to the party as usual. However, I was immediately captivated by this show when I first watched. I loved the western aspect mixed with the sci-fi in part because it was so different. I loved the characters. I loved the dialogue. I loved everything about it and I found it really touching on an emotional level that most sci-fi doesn't achieve. Firefly is my favorite Sci-Fi TV of all time and it's on my over all top ten. I think Joss Whedon is better at character development than almost everyone else in the business and the character development really drives the success of his shows. B
--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [scifinoir2] Revisiting Flyfly - Senenity To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 4:31 PM They are showing Firefly all day today. I became a fan by the end and I love the movie, but I must confess that I hated it in the beginning. Watching it all day today, I think I now know why I hated it and why it flopped. It's the hard western angle. I get the western frontier symbolism used to explain the sociological aspects of terraforming, but I think they took it way too far for the demographic they were targeting. Most people under 50 are not big western fans and I feel going so hard with the western angle is was distraction from the stories and acting. I remember watching the first two episodes when it first premiered and being so caught up in what I felt were inconsistencies and loud glaring stereotypes that I could not hear the story being told. I tuned out and did not tune back in until the end of the season. Part of the problem is that the stories were not as good in the beginning and the over the top western distractions I believed chased potential fans away before they could discover what a great series it was. What are your thoughts? If you disagree about my Western Overkill theory, tell me why you think it did not survive. As I watch some of the episodes that I did not get a chance to see in first run, I feel rather sad at the lost of such a cool show. On the other hand I'm anticipating his new series [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
