When I first discovered Firefly it was almost a bitter-sweet experience.
Sweet because it was fourteen episodes of pure television gold and bitter because it was only 14 episodes of television gold!
Of course I’ve since come to the conclusion that it was all for the best, I guess. Even though I would have loved to see more of a weekly series but the 14 episodes we’ve got are so good already that maybe more episodes might dilute the magic.
I was lucky too because when I first watched Firefly, the film Serenity had already been announced, filmed and was showing up in cinemas all over the world. I didn’t have to wait to have the story continued onto the big screen.
Why Serenity didn’t do well at the cinema has me completely beat.
When I went and saw the film it was a great experience, the whole cinema was full of really excited Browncoats who reacted really well.
Serenity works because the characters are the soul of the film. Even though the ‘Serenity’ spaceship scenes (especially the end) are fantastic especially on such a tight budget the real driving force is that I care about these characters. There are heartbreaking sequences that are only so because it’s happening to these characters, in other films it wouldn’t have the same impact.
In fairness, this more than likely has been passed on from the television series but the same could easily have been said of any of the Star Trek films.
I’ve also made my peace with the fact that I sincerely doubt a sequel will ever be made, not impossible of course but it seems about as likely as a Spike series or an Angel film at this stage (for those not versed in the Whedon’verse this is all VERY unlikely).
I could go on with how great the music is, the visuals etc but I won’t because if it’s on this list then you can assume that I think that everything going on in the film is pretty gorram good. I must admit though I’m surprised that this made it into the final five and not a Star Trek film (gasp!).
PS – I’ll announce who gets some Shatner book love at the end of the five days!
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