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Tedious, April 9, 2004
Reviewer: A viewer from Vancouver, BC
I can not bring myself to sit through an entire episode of this show, although I have tried to watch nearly half of them! The program bores me to such a point I can not even keep myself awake. What I espeacially can not understand is how out of the nine or so characters only Simon interests me at all. I can never tolerate how Joss Whedon's shows swap good dialogue for semi-witty wisecracks. Now I have heard a feature film will be made. Just goes to show one how the world of the cinema has run out of ideas.

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I'm puzzled as to the previous reviewer's remark that Firefly was 'tedious'. I think it is a reflection more of the reviewer's short attention span than anything, and sadly indicative of why Fox canceled this show---too many people these days don't have the patience or attention span to get into a tv series that is well thought out, with an evolving story line.

I actually would rank Simon (the doctor giving up everything to save/help his sister) to be one of the LESSER interesting characters because his motivations and intentions are clear (admirable, but clear). There are two characters (Book, the preacher, and Inara, the 'ambassador') whose motivations/history are only alluded to over the course of the series. The hints to who they are are subtle and tantalizing, and forces the viewer to start thinking for himself/herself. To me that makes them, adn the entire series, interesting---not tedious.

Perhaps the reviewer was expecting something different from the misleading Fox promos? "A space hooker and a girl in a box"? I suggest that pornos might be more suitable if reviewer was.

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Firefly, a word of caution, April 10, 2004
Reviewer: Mr. Robert Jones from WREXHAM, Wrexham County Borough Wales
I enjoyed the series very much, and was surprised to see that there were some episodes that were not aired, and that was the main reason for buying this set. However all of the episodes that are in this collection WERE aired on the Sci-fi channel in the UK. I don't know if this is true in the U.S.A., but this makes the cover statement at the very least misleadind. There is even a reference to 'Objects in Space' in the special features section as having been aired. It's possible that they mean the DVD versions are different to the ones that were aired, but if that's so WHY DON'T THEY JUST SAY THAT!
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Originally posted by Jared:
i think just saying 5 stars average isnt doing it justice.

9x 1star (not counting a review that was full of praise but only 1 star.. obviously forgot something)
4x 2stars (not counting someone complaining about the dvd being fullscreen instead of widescreen.. did i miss something?)
5x 3stars
23x 4stars (not counting a complaint about the "aired pilot" not being on the dvd.. as far as i know thats train job which IS on the dvd)
do the math for the 5 star reviews..

hint: it's pretty much 95% of all ratings with only 2.25% being less than 4 stars.

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