firefly

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:39 pm

Shiny!

Wait...wasn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:34 pm

I'll be in my bunk.

RoIIo Tomassi · Post by **RoIIo Tomassi** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:57 am

Haha! You wasted like one full quarter of your life avoiding Firefly. You must feel like a goon.

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:10 pm

Now I suppose I have to watch the goddamned thing. Fuck sakes.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:05 pm

Finished it last night (aside from the movie). Despite a fairly weak last episode (since, obviously, the show probably wasn't intended to be ending when it was made, and it doesn't work well as a finale), it's superb.

Minor spoiler, but I didn't even consciously notice until they were in the carnival with the "alien" cow fetus that this might be the first sci-fi series I've seen where there are no aliens at all.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:14 pm

"Objects in Space" is only weak as a series finale. As a single episode, it is awesome. Jubal Early is one scary motherfucker.

BTW, there are 3 Firefly/Serenity comic collections out there.

"Those Left Behind" - A bridge story that takes place between the Firefly and Serenity.

"Better Days and Other Stories" - Better Days takes place sometime during the series. The Other Stories part is 3 collected short tales, one of which (Float Out) has a BIG post-Serenity revelation.

"A Shepherd's Tale" - Book's backstory, which is disappointing from what I understand (I haven't read it yet).

Then there's last year's Free Comic Book Day issue.

RoIIo Tomassi · Post by **RoIIo Tomassi** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:28 am

jjreason wrote:Now I suppose I have to watch the goddamned thing. Fuck sakes.

Wait..WHAT!!? You haven't watched it either??

WHAT THE #%@$ IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??!?

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:54 am

RoIIo Tomassi wrote:Haha! You wasted like one full quarter of your life avoiding Firefly. You must feel like a goon.

Damn! If only there were something, anything, that Rollo has gone without for years....

Diabolical wrote:"Objects in Space" is only weak as a series finale. As a single episode, it is awesome. Jubal Early is one scary motherfucker.

Agreed. Wasn't sure if that came across right; it's just not a good ending.

"A Shepherd's Tale" - Book's backstory, which is disappointing from what I understand (I haven't read it yet).

That sucks. They hinted enough about the man that I'd be interested in that particularly.

Then there's last year's Free Comic Book Day issue.

Crap. Wonder if there'll be more so it gets collected?

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:24 pm

anarky wrote:
Then there's last year's Free Comic Book Day issue.
Crap. Wonder if there'll be more so it gets collected?

There was supposed to be more Firefly comics, but they don't show up too often.

BTW, The flipside of the FCBD Serenity issue? A Han Solo story.

I'm hoping Whedon is putting the kibosh on anything post-Serenity so he can tell those stories someday (kinda like the old, Lucas command of no prequel-era stories before he did them).

Via Wiki:

Despite requests from fans, Joss Whedon has stated that Serenity is unlikely to be released as a regular publication series. He believes that the pacing and story arc structure he created for Firefly would work poorly as a regular series, and unlike the monthly-issued Buffy Season 8, Serenity does not have the wealth of background material generated by seven seasons of television to draw from. However, Dark Horse senior editor Scott Allie wants to produce new miniseries on a more regular basis, reducing the three-year wait between Those Left Behind and Better Days.

Ran · Post by **Ran** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:29 pm

Comics? I don't read many comics, but I might get those. Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind is only $8, and that's including shipping.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:35 pm

Those Left Behind does a nice job of filling in some blanks between the series and flick, almost like the lost 15th episode.
Stuff like, like what happened to...um...certain people and why it happened. One big dangling plot thread is also resolved.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:58 am

Those Left Behind was a quick read. It felt like a script for an episode (which I understand it was) with bits from a couple other uncompleted eps tossed in (the Inara and Book subplots both felt like they would've been stretched out for weeks, and probably ended at different times).

RoIIo Tomassi · Post by **RoIIo Tomassi** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:51 am

Are we going to have wait another ten years for you to watch Serenity?

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:03 pm

Depending on what time everyone else goes to bed tonight, probably more like another ten hours.

Ro11o Tomassi · Post by **Ro11o Tomassi** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:17 pm

Spoiler alert!

Even in the movie, you still don't see any fireflies.

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