Firefly and Serenity
Oct. 14th, 2005 12:40 pmThe more I watch, and read about, Joss Wheedon's 'western in space' Firefly, the more I have to admit I would dearly like to strangle FOX TV.
Here's a show with an ensemble cast of characters that just gelled, each with their own personality quirks and traits, that hit the ground running and fully formed from the pilot on. A pilot that FOX in their infinite wisdom decided shouldn't be aired as the pilot, but instead got aired pretty much at the end, after FOX had basically reached into the bag of 14 episodes that had been recorded and pretty much hauled them out at random for airing (and leave three unaired). And then wondered why the show didn't take off.
DVD sales of the show managed to land Wheedon with a movie contract for 'Serenity', for which ALL the cast made themselves available. I don't tend to do the whole 'if you haven't seen this, you really should' thing unless I mean it. This time, I do. :)
Here's a show with an ensemble cast of characters that just gelled, each with their own personality quirks and traits, that hit the ground running and fully formed from the pilot on. A pilot that FOX in their infinite wisdom decided shouldn't be aired as the pilot, but instead got aired pretty much at the end, after FOX had basically reached into the bag of 14 episodes that had been recorded and pretty much hauled them out at random for airing (and leave three unaired). And then wondered why the show didn't take off.
DVD sales of the show managed to land Wheedon with a movie contract for 'Serenity', for which ALL the cast made themselves available. I don't tend to do the whole 'if you haven't seen this, you really should' thing unless I mean it. This time, I do. :)