• Firefly
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[quote][i]Captain Malcom 'Mal' Reynolds is a former galactic war veteran who is the captain of the transport ship "Serenity", Mal his crew of hired transporters, Mal's ensign Zoe Warren, Zoe's husband, pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburne, muscular former combat soldier Jayne Cobb, young engineer Kaylee Frye, former Alliance medical officer Simon Tamm, his teenage sister River (Both on-the-run from the Interplanetary government "The Alliance"), the beautiful "companion" Inara Serra and religious man Shepard Book do legal or illegal jobs (smuggling, protecting, guns-for-hire, robberies) as the Serenity crew travels across the outskirts of Outer Space for food, money, anything to make a living on, as The Serenity crew tries to stay under the radar of The Alliance and pulls dangerous jobs in the Alliance controlled star systems. Written by Daniel Williamson Mal Reynolds was a Sargent in the war fighting for the Independance side. When the Independance lost to the Alliance Mal bought a transport ship named Serenity. Now with his crew, Zoe his first mate and fellow army veteran, Zoes husband Hoban 'Wash' Washbourne the pilot, a tough guy named Jayne, a beautiful 'campanion' Inara, a young mechanic Kaylee, a preacher called Shepard Book, a doctor named Simon and his psychic sister River who are on the run from the law, they all must do legal and illegal jobs to make a living while trying to stay under the Alliances radar. They do what they have to do to survive but are constantly getting into trouble. Written by amanda In the far-distant future, Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is a renegade former brown-coat sergeant, now turned smuggler & rogue, who is the commander of a small spacecraft, with a loyal hand-picked crew made up of the first mate, Zoe Warren; the pilot Hoban "Wash" Washburn; the gung-ho grunt Jayne Cobb; the engineer Kaylee Frye; the fugitives Dr. Simon Tam and his psychic sister River. Together, they travel the far reaches of space in search of food, money, and anything to live on. Written by Anonymous[/i][/quote] Taken from the plot summary over at the imdb page [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/[/url] Created by Joss Whedon, maker of Buffy, in my honest opinion this is fantastic. Characters; Nathan Fillion as [b]Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds[/b] [img]http://images.buddytv.com/usrimages/usr19979/19979_Malcolm%20Reynolds%2014.jpg[/img] Gina Torres as [b]Zoë Washburne[/b] [img]http://fiddlersgreen.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/zoe_reference.jpg[/img] Alan Tudyk as [b]Hoban 'Wash' Washburne[/b] [img]http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wash.jpg[/img] Morena Baccarin as [b]Inara Serra[/b] [img]http://www.firefly.withoutshadow.com/gallery/promos/inara/images/inara02.jpg[/img] :smug: Adam Baldwin as [b]Jayne Cobb[/b] [img]http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/24/jaynehatthumb.jpg[/img] Jewel Staite as [b]Kaylee Frye[/b] [img]http://www.poptower.com/images/db/3129/420/300/jewel-staite.jpg[/img] Sean Maher as [b]Dr. Simon Tam[/b] [img]http://scifipulse.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Sean-Maher-ff01.jpg[/img] Summer Glau as [b]River Tam[/b] [img]http://underagereading.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/summer_glau_river_firefly.jpg[/img] Ron Glass as [b]Shepard Book[/b] [img]http://www.btinternet.com/~crippsy_99/pictures/autographs/book.jpg[/img] The cast. [img]http://standing8.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/firefly-serenity-costumes.jpg[/img] [b]Fox's Fuck Up.[/b] The show was ended pre-maturely by Fox when they thought that nobody liked the show due to ratings, this was mostly their fault when they screwed around with the order that the episodes aired for the first time. From what i can gather, Joss made a near two hour 'pilot' that Fox didn't like, they told him that they wanted him to show an action-packed episode to get everyone interested. joss disagree'd, saying that he wanted to introduce the viewers to the complex universe he had created. He made episode two, 'The Train Job' which is still currently listed as episode one on imdb; [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/episodes[/url] Fox aired this episode first and many believe this to be the reason why not many viewers stuck with the series. It has been labelled "what could have been", as once people watched re-runs or bought the season box set, they saw it for the absolute gem it is. [b]Serenity[/b] Long after the show was cancelled Joss still fought to get it brought back, the new fans emerging everywhere were his argument for it. Eventually he got given the rights for a high budget movie. Thus serenity was born. [img]http://editorial.sidereel.com/Images/Posts/serenity.jpg[/img] An awesome movie, suited for the awesome tv show. I'm going to cut this short and basically say, if you have not watched this show, then tune in to the sci fi channel and see when it's playing next, or the most logical suggestion, buy the box set. It's damn worth it. There has almost certainly been a thread before but without search, well, i thought i'd just make my own.
I didn't know Wash's first name was Hoban.
Love this show so much. Above comment is an understatement
This may just be my favorite show ever.
I saw Serenity and liked it a while back, I should probably try and catch a couple of episodes.
[QUOTE=Rizzey;21858327]I saw Serenity and liked it a while back, I should probably try and catch a couple of episodes.[/QUOTE] The show is waaaaaaaayyy better than the movie. And when you take into account the fact that the movie is still fucking great, well, just take it from me, it's the best sci-fi show of the past 10 years.
I shit my pants with excitement every time I see it, shame about it being one series only.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;21858268]This may just be my favorite show ever.[/QUOTE] ditto
[QUOTE=d3450;21858430]I shit my pants with excitement every time I see it[/QUOTE] sounds like a serious bowel problem from where I'm standing
It pisses me off so much that FOX got this cancelled cause they were fucking around.
Biggest tragedy in the TV industry.
I went back and watched all the episodes. FOX is full of morons. I will forever hate them for this.
So it's basically the post Civil War "Wild West?"
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;21863373]So it's basically the post Civil War "Wild West?"[/QUOTE] Watch it.
i have this and the movie on DVD. Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion and Adam Tudyk were all in Halo 3 and ODST, both which have a number of Firefly References (mostly from Adam Baldwin's characters) heck Nathan Fillion voiced a Marine in Halo 3 called "Sargent Reynolds"
Fox has continuously proven that they do not know what the fuck they are doing. But at least Futurama came back.
I made a thread a few weeks back, it's buried somewhere now though. Also I just recently received my Jayne Cobb T-shirt in the mail, the one he wears in serenity specifically.
Why did they have to cancel it :c
It would be awesome to see a few more episodes but would people really go on about it as much as they do now if it wasn't cancelled?
[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;21867088]Fox has continuously proven that they do not know what the fuck they are doing. But at least Futurama came back.[/QUOTE] Yeah, ... on Comedy Central. (unless I'm missing something). The whole Fox network thing is probably better off as it's own separate thread, though. I've seen Serenity a couple times, and fucking loved it. If I can find the series I'll watch it, but if it's as good as everyone says then I hope another network picks it up. Oh, and Morena Baccarin & Summer Glau are damn hot.
[QUOTE=Zatharon;21868874]I made a thread a few weeks back, it's buried somewhere now though. Also I just recently received my Jayne Cobb T-shirt in the mail, the one he wears in serenity specifically.[/QUOTE] I've got the hat :v:
It was one of the better sci-fi shows. And it had much more potential than newer shows airing these days. I wish they could have made a few more seasons.
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