How superb is this?
I’ve got to say that I have seen Serenity four times so far and failed to even remotely enjoy it. I just could not see what the big deal was about this film until I recently purchased the HD-DVD version, with its extras. I watched the film a fifth time and began to understand bits, so I watched again and began to like it. Serenity is a follow up to the huge cult US TV series Firefly, which was sadly cancelled after just a single season - mainly due to the TV network making a screw-up upon airing the episodes.
Curious as to why Firefly is so well regarded in the sci-fi community I downloaded the first three episodes of the series. Inside 20 minutes of the pilot episode I was completely hooked. How the hell did I manage to even miss this? This morning I ordered the 4 disc DVD boxset from Play.com for just £12.99, so I can’t wait for that to arrive!
Firefly was possibly the best TV show FOX developed alongside X-Files. It had an old school retro western quality to it, with horses, spaceships, and pistols. It was a unique mix of these elements that made Joss Whedon’s (creator of Buffy & Angel) show such a massive hit. A brilliant cast of lovable actors, great episode plotlines and comical humorous bits just make it a joy to watch. Whilst FOX can argue that the show never had decent viewing figures, they can’t ignore the fact that the DVD had immense sales that put a lot of premiere titles completely to shame. Firefly is a show that deserved to stay alive to shine like Buffy and Angel did. Sadly during the time of it’s ‘phasing out’ a lot of shows were being wrongly cancelled due to various reasons and it seems to be a very popular trend even now.