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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Too bad the gorram fool doesn't get it. The Firefly theme song is one its' most enduring and beloved components.

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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Too bad the gorram fool doesn't get it. The Firefly theme song is one its' most enduring and beloved components.

Amen browncoat! Not the only thing I disagreed with though. The original BSG opening sequence? Pssh...how about the new one? And Trek? I see this as a trekkie and I like the original series but the original theme song is the worst of the entire franchise IMO. I'd replace that with TNG.

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Colors... Pretty has posted up a fairly decent list of the best and worst intros in sci-fi television. But one inclusion in their worst television intros really honks my hog: Firefly? Dubyoo Tee Eff, Interrobang!

I realize that the folksy crooning of the Firefly theme song isn't everyone's cup of tea. it's probably just as widely reviled as the Enterprise theme song. But there's a difference: Firefly's theme is not only good, but it serves a dramatic purpose.

The main theme of the song is the unconquerability of the spirit coupled with the sense of loss associated with exile from your home after military loss. In the thirty seconds of the intro, the whole show is explained: the music evokes the western genre, even though new viewers would surely come to it as a straight sci-fi show, and it perfectly explains not only the universe in which the characters live (in which they are voluntarily exiled from their homes after a failed rebellion that was ruthlessly quashed) but their indefatigable, restless spirits as well.

But more than that: it's a good song. Unless you have an irrational hatred of anything that smacks of instrumental country, it's hard to think of a song that is more perfect for Firefly's spirit of explorative loss. Would a hard rock theme really have been more appropriate?

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
As for Star Trek, I agree with you, but I would go with the theme from Enterprise....has sort of a catchy, uplifting spirit to it.

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
And here's a rebuttal from John Brownlee at...

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
It's a hard call to make trying to judge shows from different generations. I grew up watching the original Battlestar & Buck Rogers....at the time, I can tell you that both show openings were awesome & exciting

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