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Just an average show
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:32 PM
ECGORDON
There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:34 PM
BYTEMITE
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:00 PM
STORYMARK
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:07 PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:12 PM
KPO
Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.
Quote:But the sometimes clownish comic relief ruins it's credibility as a drama.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:14 PM
ANOTHERSKY
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:17 PM
Quote:Note: In some circles, the term "Jossed" refers to a gutwrenching main character death, which Joss Whedon is also famous for. This definition entered the populace when during a Q&A session at an Australian university, a young Aussie girl noted his tendency to do horrible things to on screen couples, and to much laughter, said "We call it getting 'Jossed.'"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:06 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:02 PM
LADYHAWK3
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:33 PM
TEETHGRINDER
Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:44 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:40 AM
FILLYGIRL
Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:32 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Quote:Originally posted by ladyhawk33: Just got through watching the Firefly series. Here's my impression. Macgyver < A-team < Xena < Firefly < Northern Exposure (all the above) < BSG < The Lost Room < Rome < Band of Brothers < The Wire The show's witty, sarcastic, even zany humor is probably it's biggest appeal for most of its fans, but also a big limitation. I appreciate the light-hearted approach to sci fi. But the sometimes clownish comic relief ruins it's credibility as a drama. It makes it seem less real, less believable, and therefore less relevant. For example in episode 10, when Captain Mal and Wash are bickering to each other about Wash's wife while they're both tied up and being tortured...funny, yes, but damn ridiculous. Don't get me started on the Jaynestown episode. I constantly find myself cringing when I see something blaringly cliche (and there is a lot of cliche moments), when I'm not cringing from hearing someone cursing in Chinese, which ends up being 3-4 times an episode. When realism isn't respected, it makes it hard to feel real dread in the moments of the show that we're suppose to. You never feel that any member of the crew is in any real danger when they are on a smuggling mission. You know at the end of each episode everyone who matters will return safely and everything go back to the way it was. Compare that to a show like The Wire where you feel like anyone could die in a given episode. Therefore the tension is heightened and you are grabbing onto your seat tighter. I don't think I ever grabbed my seat with Firefly. The difference is Firefly is using an old formula for storytelling similar to shows like Xena and Hercules where the safety's left on. Though it's not really fair to compare a show like Firefly to the recent serialized show like Lost, BSG, The Wire, Rome....because Firefly isn't really a serialized show. All of it's episode wraps itself up neatly at the end and doesn't tie into the next. Most episodes can be watched without viewing the previous. Serialized shows all have a strong overarching mystery or story that keeps you coming back and at the end of each episode there is a small cliffhanger. While Firefly does have an interesting overarching story about Simon and his sister...it not prominent enough to put it in the same category as the previously mentioned series. In the end, when judged on it's own, Firefly is a decent series to watch, and I'm glad I did. It really just comes down what kind of drama you prefer; I for one, welcome the new wave of realism being injecting into tv series these days. I think that's the reason you hear a lot of talk about how good TV has gotten recently.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:48 AM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:55 AM
BORIS
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:59 AM
GWEK
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:50 AM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:39 AM
DMI
Expired, forgotten, spoiled rotten.
Quote:Originally posted by GWEK: I take exception to the idea that XENA is better than THE A-TEAM.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:23 AM
LESSISMORE
Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:01 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Yeah, heavy realism in a show set aboard a space freighter just isn't very... realistic, ya know what I mean?
Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:46 AM
Quote:Originally posted by ladyhawk3: But I guess when you hear other people talk about a show and use terms like "perfect" or "best show ever" (not anyone on this thread mind you) you expect something more.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:58 AM
THESOMNAMBULIST
Quote:Yeah, heavy realism in a show set aboard a space freighter just isn't very... realistic, ya know what I mean?
Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:02 AM
Quote:When realism isn't respected, it makes it hard to feel real dread in the moments of the show that we're suppose to.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by boris: It's not the same old same old formula and frankly I see that as refreshing not limiting.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:45 PM
PIZMOBEACH
... fully loaded, safety off...
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:07 PM
SHINYGOODGUY
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:17 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:33 PM
BIGRICHARD
Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:39 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:43 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:48 PM
CHRISISALL
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:01 PM
JACKWABBIT
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:03 PM
GARDS
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Gards: I've only just joined the site but, is this trolling a regular thing? Albeit a more sophisticated troll.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:24 PM
YELLOWJACKET
Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by boris: I agree Rome was just mindless entertainment with soft porn thrown in but it was entertaining on a primal level. I don't mind people posting who don't get Firefly. It's healthy to get an alternative opinion, and it encourages the rest of us to re-establish what we love about our show. It also reveals that there's an untouchable something that links us...links are good, save us from drowning.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:39 PM
OLDGUY
What Would Mal do ?
Friday, February 26, 2010 2:41 AM
PENGUIN
Quote:Originally posted by Oldguy: well congrats to the OP for creating a thread that produced some very solid response and descriptions of the magic that has been Firefly. having raised 3 daughters, I've endured my share of chick flicks.. I can get through Tom Cruise heartbreaks right up to the line "you had me from hello"...ok..at that point I had to leave the room and go throw up.. but to the point...in the Firefly pilot..just after they "moon em" and run...still in episode opened segment...the script calls for Mal to respond "yeah...we win". the series captured me right then and there. It summed it up. His delivery of that line excuses any sillyness or offhand acting/directing/scripting..any failures one might find with the show only serve to setup that one moment which captures the essence of the entire series of stories. Everyone is on that boat and willing to live off the grid, off the radar, for their own reasons and those reasons are great enough to make them work/live/bind together, risk everything, sacrifice and you know that they have perspective on it... they create a sense of family, they'll fight, bicker, do stupid things, loose more often than not, likely go to a special hell... but they'll do it with passion, humor, a twisted sense of irony, and a nobility that comes to men who choose liberty in the face of certain defeat. folks here have explained it much better than I can...the story just hit me right in many ways...go back n watch it all again.. I double dag dare ya...you'll find yourself missing em all a lil bit more each time.
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