Firefly - The Complete Series
by Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Vern Gillum
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Actor: Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Nathan FillionDirector: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Vern Gillum
Brand: Firefly
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 675 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Firefly - The Complete Series
Movie Review: Superior storytelling
Summary: 5 Stars
As a huge sci-fi fan, I have always been at least vaguely familiar with all the conventional sci-fi shows out there. So when I had three friends describe Firefly to me as "the greatest sci-fi show ever," I was naturally skeptical, as I had never even previously heard of it. After doing a little research and seeing the overwhelmingly positive reviews here on amazon, I decided $30 was worth the risk. Believe me when I say that it was worth it 100%. Firefly is possibly the most underappreciated show out there- and I know that's saying a lot with the huge cult fan base. This show was a work of genius. Everything about it was just so refreshing. After DS9, BSG, TNG, B5 and other sci-fi shows that more or less look the same on the outside, you can't imagine how refreshing it was for me to see a sci-fi show that was so wildly original. Most sci-fi shows are based on the premise that in the future, mankind will have advanced, and everything will be different. The genius of Firefly come from the fact that it is based in a future universe that is more or less the same as ours. Sure, we've moved forward in time, but as the saying goes, "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
Besides this, the writing is absolutely fantastic, the characters interesting (and funny!), the acting suberb, and the stories interesting and engaging. The only downside is that the whole series didn't even last an entire season. History may very well prove the premature cancellation of Firefly to be a greater blunder than Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Firefly is television storytelling at its finest. Give it a shot. You won't regret it.
Summary of Firefly - The Complete Series
Five hundred years in the future there's a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space.As the 2005 theatrical release of Serenity made clear, Firefly was a science fiction concept that deserved a second chance. Devoted fans (or "Browncoats") knew it all along, and with this well-packaged DVD set, those who missed the show's original broadcasts can see what they missed. Creator Joss Whedon's ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon's third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature. Whedon's generic hybrid got off to a shaky start when network executives demanded an action-packed one-hour premiere ("The Train Job"); in hindsight the intended two-hour pilot (also titled "Serenity," and oddly enough, the final episode aired) provides a better introduction to the show's concept and splendid ensemble cast. Obsessive fans can debate the quirky logic of combining spaceships with direct parallels to frontier America (it's 500 years in the future, and embattled humankind has expanded into the galaxy, where undeveloped "outer rim" planets struggle with the equivalent of Old West accommodations), but Whedon and his gifted co-writers and directors make it work, at least well enough to fashion a credible context from the incongruous culture-clashing of past, present, and future technologies, along with a polyglot language (the result of two dominant superpowers) that combines English with an abundance of Chinese slang.
What makes it work is Whedon's delightfully well-chosen cast and their nine well-developed characters--a typically Whedon-esque extended family--each providing a unique perspective on their adventures aboard Serenity, the junky but beloved "Firefly-class" starship they call home. As a veteran of the disadvantaged Independent faction's war against the all-powerful planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a quest for survival. They're renegades with an amoral agenda, taking any job that pays well, but Firefly's complex tapestry of right and wrong (and peace vs. violence) is richer and deeper than it first appears. Tantalizing clues about Blue Sun (an insidious mega-corporation with a mysteriously evil agenda), its ties to the Alliance, and the traumatizing use of Serenity's resident stowaway (Summer Glau) as a guinea pig in the development of advanced warfare were clear indications Firefly was heading for exciting revelations that were precluded by the series' cancellation. Fortunately, the big-screen Serenity (which can be enjoyed independently of the series) ensured that Whedon's wild extraterrestrial west had not seen its final sunset. Its very existence confirms that these 14 episodes (and enjoyable bonus features) will endure as irrefutable proof Fox made a glaring mistake in canceling the series. --Jeff Shannon
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