# Who's watching Firefly tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874 "2002-09-20T20:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/1 "2002-09-20T20:41:51Z")
I know it’s kind of late to be starting this but… I’m excited to see what kind of show Joss Whedon can create outside of the Buffyverse. It looks promising and most people are giving it positive reviews. **Mahaloth** is coming over to check it out and he isn’t even a Buffy/Angel fan. The SciFi/Western angle has me interested. Also, it has no aliens which brings a very human only perspective in space travel that is often overlooked. It’s not that there is or isn’t aliens out there. I just don’t think the majority of them are humanoid and speak English. I’ll probably give the show 10 episodes (or until they actually show the real pilot) to make up my mind. Unless it is phenomenal. And as the back of the dollar in the Buffy/Angel world reads, “In Joss we trust.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/2 "2002-09-20T20:55:46Z")
Wow, thanks for reminding me. Would’ve totally missed it otherwise. Yet another TV show my wife won’t understand… 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/3 "2002-09-20T21:03:27Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/4 "2002-09-20T21:05:41Z")
Yep, I’ll be there. Looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/5 "2002-09-20T21:36:02Z")
I’m planning to give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/6 "2002-09-20T21:54:10Z")
The commercials make it look like a _Lexx_ knock-off. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/7 "2002-09-20T22:29:58Z")
They went from hyping it as a space drama to hyping it as a comedy. That is not a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/8 "2002-09-20T22:53:52Z")
I trust Joss. He’s never let me down before. I’m watching it. (Though, the only other show on FOX to survive the curse of Friday night timeslot is the X-Files…) ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/9 "2002-09-20T23:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > They went from hyping it as a space drama to hyping it as a comedy. That is not a good sign. That reminds me of _Boston Public_. Only in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/10 "2002-09-20T23:18:04Z")
I’ll give it a shot. But I swear, every time I hear that old joke on the commercials: “Who’s flying this thing? Oh yeah, that would be me.” I want to put a fork in that guy’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/11 "2002-09-20T23:37:05Z")
Slashdot’s review was the written equivalent of an orgasm. I’ll be watching it, sure as hell. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/12 "2002-09-20T23:47:24Z")
I just got into Buffy, so I’ll be watching this program. Can’t be any worse than most of the other Sci-Fi I watch just because it’s Sci-Fi (admittedly I have never gotten into Earth Final Confliclt or Mutant-X, so it it’s worse than either of those I’ll not watch it). ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/13 "2002-09-21T00:02:39Z")
> [@](#): > > They went from hyping it as a space drama to hyping it as a comedy. That is not a good sign. Buffy is pretty darned funny for a supposed comedy, I chalk the marketing switch up to the fact that Whedon’s work is hard to classify. Is it a drama? Is it a comedy? Who knows, but if it’s like Buffy, it’s the best of both. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/14 "2002-09-21T00:22:25Z")
I’m all over it. Considering that I’ve been frantically catching up on Buffy after having sat out the first six seasons, there’s _no way_ I’m going to miss getting in on the ground floor of this one. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/15 "2002-09-21T00:57:49Z")
Pretty harebrained so far. Maybe something will happen in the next five minutes to redeem this sorry mess? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/16 "2002-09-21T01:06:40Z")
The “We’re with you!” joke made up for a lot, but I doubt I’ll be a regular viewer. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/17 "2002-09-21T01:09:57Z")
Okay, I was thinking it was pretty good. Not spectacular as a show but definitely better than any other SciFi show currently in production. Then came that last snippit of dealing with the thug who gave the “Hi! I’m a reoccuring villain!” line. That cracked me up. I’m definitely on this show for the forseeable future. I think that the plot line for the young girl is kind of obvious but given Whedon’s earlier work on Buffy I’m betting that this particular bit will be resolved to a reasonable climax within the first season. Now I’m just hoping that the show can keep up the quality. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/18 "2002-09-21T02:58:59Z")
It’s 7:50, and there’re still two innings left on the Giants game. FUCK! I hate sports. They’d better not cut to the show “already in progress.” Seriously. Someone could get hurt if that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Celaeno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Celaeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celaeno)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/19 "2002-09-21T03:01:48Z")
Does anyone know when they’ll be reshowing it, for those of us who forgot what day it was coming on? I thought it was next week. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874/20 "2002-09-21T03:35:21Z")
Watching it now and thinking “mid-season replacement”. I like it, and the minor effects are top notch (ala: the computer screen the villain uses to show the map, really well done as are ther ships etc.), but there are just too many charachters who are interesting. Sorry, but the average viewer wants just one focus of attention, and maybe a girlfriend/boyfriend for that one person. On the bright side it’s nice to see Ron Harris getting some work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-firefly-tonight/128874.md?page=2)