Mar, 16, 2008
Serenity
Alright - I don't get motivated to write about things like this much, but I just caught Joss Whedon's Serenity movie on DVD.
My wife and I got hooked on the Firefly series a couple of months back and are now fans.
If you're familiar with the series, you may be thinking- "Dave, as usual, you're late to the party! Why bring this up now?" IF you're not, you probably think I should get a life.
Well now.
All I can say is, "busted" on both counts. But I guess it's better late than never.
If you haven't checked out the series, you should. It's that good. Firefly is literally the best tv series I've seen since Star Trek - The Next Generation. And not because it's some kind of space drama... because it's good.
Now - for what I do not understand. WHY would anyone in their right mind cancel the show? Fox executives - can you hear me? There's an untapped market here.
There are many imponderables in this world... from the "war" on terror, the "war" on drugs, panic - sheer panic - over perceived threats of illegal immigration, "political correctness" run amok, down to the idiots on the school board in my county. I don't mean to digress or minimize any of these other "issues" - but canceling Firefly? What are these people smoking?
Ah well. I guess I shall have to be content with the DVD set and the movie... And the hope...that maybe... just maybe... someone will awaken and realize what a gem they had in Firefly. Seriously - humanity needs more of the quality storytelling like we see in Firefly and again in Serenity and less - a lot less of the dumb stuff that will ultimate rot our brains and turn us all into Reavers.
D
PS - spend some time on the fansites out there Google knows where they are. Here's a few to get you going.
View Dave's profile
RSS feed