Spoilers for the pilot episode below the cut.

[amanuensis1]

For those of you who said I'd love Firefly?



You were right. Oh! I just watched the pilot this weekend--how can I not love a story where the main character won't shoot an unarmed man, will shoot one who's armed and threatening another without a second thought because there isn't time to argue, won't stand to hear religious claptrap at his table (it's his table, dammit), has a Josselin/Phedre relationship goin' on, and isn't offended that some of his crew would sell him out if the price were high enough?

Actually the show sold itself to me as soon as the salvage-team-in-space blew a ship's hatch with explosives...and it was soundless. And the ships don't go WHOOSH! Migod, I think that's the first television or film since 2001 I've seen to do that. I was open-mouthed with joy.

And that's the best "yes we really killed off this beloved character no wait ha ha we didn't" I can remember. Those usually piss me off and I was laughing like a loon over this one. Whedon, I'm pwned.

Now I'm torn between watching all of these as quickly as I can so that I can see Serenity right away versus parceling them out nice and slow.

Comments

[cheshyre]

I'm looking forward to your continued reactions. I hope you post more as you watch future episodes. [I'm particularly fond of the Doctor. Too pretty, indeed.]

Couple links for you.

To enhance your viewing pleasure, The Firefly Chinese Pinyinary provides translations for all the spoken and written Chinese used in the series.

AFTER you finish watching the DVD, here's Dead or Alive -- a draft of an unfilmed episode.

And, though it's no Harry Potter, there is fanfic (including slash) out there. I'm kinda fond of "Big Damn Zombies, Sir", though again, save it until after you've seen more episodes.

By the way, Joss made things real convenient for slashers by giving every character a different first initial. Nothing like the profusion of PPs in the Potterverse.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is excellent, thank you so much! Am checking out the Chinese site right now.