# I know I'm late, but -- Firefly? Wow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480 "2005-03-20T22:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/1 "2005-03-20T22:54:35Z")
I really disliked liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I had little confidence in this show when it came out. Plus the concept seemed amazingly lame – a space Western? Hey, Outland sucked. I admit it, I was a fool. Thanks to Netlfix, I’m now on disc 3 of the set. A perfect cast – and mostly unknowns – clever and intelligent writing, and simultaneously the corniest and the coolest opening credit sequence I’ve ever seen. Despite having rented most of the episodes, I’m very likely gonna buy a set for my own. I can’t wait for the movie. I just needed to say it. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/2 "2005-03-20T23:31:46Z")
I was a late convert as well (within the last year). When it was on television, I hardly heard about it and I had the same attitude toward it that you did. Buffy and Angel were always kind of hit-or-miss for me, so I didn’t go out of my way to watch Firefly. But after hearing about it so much on these boards, I checked it out and was hooked just like you. Now I’m counting the days until the movie comes out. And I’m loaning out my Firefly DVD set to friends and relatives, trying to convert them so that the movie will get a lot of support. Then maybe they’ll make more! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/3 "2005-03-21T00:19:16Z")
My friend just showed me the Firefly pilot, and I loved it! I couldn’t be bothered to watch a new sci-fi series when it was on, but if someone had just told me it was a western in space, I would have been all about it. I hope to make it through all the DVDs in time for the Serenity movie to come out. Also, a lot of the Firefly cast have done voice work on Justice League Unlimited, which is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/4 "2005-03-21T02:46:29Z")
Welcome, fellow Brownshirts! Less than half a year until _Serenity_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/5 "2005-03-21T03:17:39Z")
Shiny! Converts to the cult…excuse me, I mean _fanbase_…are always welcome. I always envy people who get to see stuff like _Firefly_ for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/6 "2005-03-21T03:24:08Z")
We bought the DVD when it came out, and I have to say, I kinda liked it on TV, but I am loving it on DVD. To me, this is the kind of quality show that you don’t love the first second you see it - it grew on me, to the point where I might go out on a limb and say it is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen on TV. It needed about a season and a half for everyone to catch on to it, and it wasn’t given a fighting chance. Poo on decision-making execs. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/7 "2005-03-21T03:28:59Z")
Lemme guess… it aired on Fox, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/8 "2005-03-21T03:35:41Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > Lemme guess… it aired on Fox, right? In the Black Hole that is Friday night. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/9 "2005-03-21T03:40:31Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Shiny! Converts to the cult…excuse me, I mean _fanbase_…are always welcome. > > I always envy people who get to see stuff like _Firefly_ for the first time. No kidding. Can you _imagine_ how it must feel to watch _Serenity_ as the first episode (rather than the _last_) and see the scene where Mal tels Simon that Kaylee’s dead, and not know what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/10 "2005-03-21T03:45:58Z")
Was that the pilot? They were originally shown out of order? So far, I’ve only seen the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/11 "2005-03-21T03:57:48Z")
And out of sequence, with almost no advertising. **And** the 2-hour pilot was shown maybe 2 or 3 episodes before the show was cancelled, and several weeks **after** _Firefly_ actually debuted. The binge drinking and the DVD marathons help cancel out the bitterness. Sometimes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/12 "2005-03-21T06:08:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Welcome, fellow Brownshirts! Isn’t it Browncoats? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/13 "2005-03-21T06:10:55Z")
Brownshirts are a whole different thing. Best science fiction show on television, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/14 "2005-03-21T06:23:50Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > **And** the 2-hour pilot was shown maybe 2 or 3 episodes before the show was cancelled, and several weeks **after** _Firefly_ actually debuted. Actually, it was shown after the series had been officially cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/15 "2005-03-21T07:59:49Z")
I love this show too, and of course own the dvd box set. I’m so dissapointed there were so few episodes, as good as the 13 (?) eps were I am tired of them now. Serenity is going to blow my mind! It’ll be good, I just know it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/16 "2005-03-21T09:20:54Z")
Firefly has Rocket Fuel - DAAAAMN! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/17 "2005-03-21T09:40:06Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > And out of sequence, with almost no advertising. Out of sequence yes, but one thing the show didn’t lack was advertising. If I’d seen that scene of River screaming in the box one more time… Seriously, I never quite got how people thought the show wasn’t advertised. I couldn’t turn on a FOX or FX show for well over a month before the premiere without seeing an ad for it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/18 "2005-03-21T14:52:41Z")
It was advertised pretty heavily before the premier, but that all stopped after the first episode aired. I think FOX lost faith in the show and gave up, way too early. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/19 "2005-03-21T14:55:58Z")
I know I am an exception but I was not impressed with it at all, and I am a big Whedon-fan. It is not that I don’t like it, it just didn’t impress me very much. Now _Carnivale_ on the other hand. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-im-late-but-firefly-wow/295480/20 "2005-03-21T15:02:59Z")
I also am a recent convert, got the box set as a gift for Christmas, wow! Now I understand what all the hoopla was about. “And we shall call this land… _This Land_.” watched it 3 times through so far.