# Late to the Party: Firefly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584 "2010-04-19T01:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/1 "2010-04-19T01:26:09Z")
Started watching the show a few weeks ago via Netflix (the flow interrupted by a vacation and the release of the third “Man Men” season) and am waiting for the final disk. I now kick myself for not watching the show while it was on. The movie “Serenity” is pretty close to the top of my queue. It’s nice to see that some of the actors have found prominent post-“Firefly” roles: Nathan Fillion on “Castle,” Morena Baccarin on “V,” Adam Baldwin on "Chuck,"and I heard Christina Hendricks found a job somewhere. Are the graphic novels worth reading? Any other stories (books, fan fiction, etc.) set in that universe that I should check out? (I’m not much of a gamer so I won’t try that unless it’s super-amazing and available on Wii.) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/2 "2010-04-19T01:31:13Z")
> [@uncle\_squeegee](#): > > Started watching the show a few weeks ago via Netflix (the flow interrupted by a vacation and the release of the third “Man Men” season) … > > I heard Christina Hendricks found a job somewhere. She got a job on “Mad Men.” Yep, _Firefly_ was an awesome show. Glad you came to the party, late or not! ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/3 "2010-04-19T01:36:37Z")
Just in case you didn’t know both Firefly and Serenity are available by instant streaming as well so you don’t have to wait for the disk if you don’t want to. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/4 "2010-04-19T02:30:11Z")
Started watching it. Don’t see why it’s all that. I am all for trying to break into Joss’s stuff…and this is the first thing I’ve watched. I’m just kinda “eh” about it. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/5 "2010-04-19T02:40:43Z")
Start with Season 2 of **Buffy**. A better intro, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/6 "2010-04-19T08:14:18Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Started watching it. Don’t see why it’s all that. > > I am all for trying to break into Joss’s stuff…and this is the first thing I’ve watched. > > I’m just kinda “eh” about it. Don’t worry about it. I love the stuff, but sometimes there is so much love that oozes from the board towards Firefly _et al_ that it skews other people’s expectations. Hopefully, you won’t regret watching it. It should at least serve as entertaining fluff. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/7 "2010-04-19T11:02:54Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Started watching it. Don’t see why it’s all that. > > I am all for trying to break into Joss’s stuff…and this is the first thing I’ve watched. > > I’m just kinda “eh” about it. Episode six “Our Mrs Reynolds” is where it starts to get really good and several episodes after that are pure gold. The first five episodes are hit and miss but six to ten are the best ones IMO. So don’t give up on it until you watch episode six at least. Edit: Dollhouse is exactly the same. Hit and miss first five, awesome sixth episode. It takes Joss a few to hit his stride. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/8 "2010-04-19T13:26:38Z")
Best to give it a chance. I definitely fell in the ‘meh’ category during my first watching, and made it barely past the pilot (which isn’t great, IMO). On the second try, I guess the planets were properly aligned or something because I really loved it, and made it through the whole series and the movie in about 3 sittings. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/9 "2010-04-19T22:36:57Z")
I definitely got a bit of a ‘trying to hard’ vibe from Serenity. The series is one of, nay, _is_ my favorite series ever to be extruded by TV. Also, I’m in love with River and would stalk her if I wasn’t expecting a call right now. Wasn’t there something wrong with Kaylee’s face? Was she a bit cross eyed, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/10 "2010-04-19T22:58:49Z")
The only thing unusual about Kaylee’s face was that she somehow managed to fit a meter-wide smile onto a normal-sized human head. And that’s the _opposite_ of something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/11 "2010-04-20T07:14:22Z")
> [@uncle\_squeegee](#): > > It’s nice to see that some of the actors have found prominent post-“Firefly” roles > > Are the graphic novels worth reading? Yes and River has prominent roles on Terminator and Dollhouse, and Kaylee was on Stargate Atlantis. As far as graphic novels, there’s one that bridges the gap between the series and the movie, and there’s one coming up in the future that will reveal the secret backstory of Book. There’s others, but those two strike me as being noteworthy. The movie is pretty awesome, both as a series ender and as a movie in it’s own right. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/12 "2010-04-20T07:59:06Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > Wasn’t there something wrong with Kaylee’s face? Was she a bit cross eyed, maybe? No. No. HELL no! I believe there is something wrong with YOUR eyes. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/13 "2010-04-20T08:31:54Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > Wasn’t there something wrong with Kaylee’s face? Was she a bit cross eyed, maybe? Are you specifically looking to get slapped? ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/14 "2010-04-20T08:39:11Z")
I should add: My favorite episode is Out of Gas. Followed closely by Jaynestown and Trash. ♪The hero of Canton, the man they call me~ ♪ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/15 "2010-04-20T11:41:47Z")
I just watched the whole series. It was OK. I think it was getting better towards the end. As an aside, I thought Christina Hendricks was far more attractive when she had less makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/16 "2010-04-20T13:03:25Z")
I agree it got better near the end. What could have been? On the other hand, it made me a fan of Nathan Fillion (Castle is one of my fav shows), Jewel Staite (She made SG-Atlantis better) :)and Christina Hendricks (I’m at a lost for words…still nothing…I need some water) . ;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/17 "2010-04-20T23:45:01Z")
Welcome to the fold, Uncle Squeegee! 🙂 I watched it from the beginning and was heartbroken and ticked that it got canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/18 "2010-04-21T02:21:25Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > No. No. HELL no! I believe there is something wrong with YOUR eyes. I know what it is. You all will hate me for this, but she looks vaguely- very _vaguely_ mind you- like someone with down syndrome. [http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/5917.gif](http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/5917.gif) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/19 "2010-04-21T02:39:36Z")
I didn’t like the character much in the film, and truly hated what they did with her in the film. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/20 "2010-04-21T05:30:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Start with Season 2 of **Buffy**. A better intro, IMO. [slight hijack]I’ve been meaning to check out Buffy. Wouldn’t I need to skim through season 1? [/slight hijack] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584.md?page=2)