FireflyIs Still Great, But It’s Not Quite What I Remembered

About 15 years had passedsince I last spent time aboardthe Serenity withMal , Zoe , Wash , and the gang . But withplenty of free eveningsduring a global pandemic , I decided it was clip to take another journeying into the poetry and convey my adore married woman along for the drive . Oddly enough , she had never interpret the show — even though hername is Jayne .

Like many of us , I did n’t check Firefly when it was first on TV in 2002 . Instead , I caught up with it on videodisk a few calendar month before creator Joss Whedon released the movie version , Serenity , in 2005 . now , I fell in honey with the showand the film ; the characters , the world , the words , all of it was so exciting . Somehow it was fun and tonic , but also intimate . In the year since , my memories of the show got load into a few tiny pieces , many of which were driven by the movie and the franchise ’s very outgoing fans at Comic - Con .

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The gang’s all here.

The gang’s all here.Photo: Fox

watch it back , several thing immediately struck me . I forgot Jayne does n’t gethis now - iconic hatuntil 12 episode in . I draw a blank that River ’s yesteryear , such a huge part of the movie , is simply teased throughout the show . I forgot about the now - far-famed guest stars ( Zac Efron ! Christina Hendricks ! ) and that Whedon loved to let Mal call Inara a whore at any chance he could . Which , fast forward to 2021 and a Earth where Whedon has been accused ofverbal abuse toward womenandmore , feel both less shocking than it should be , and more scandalous than you recall .

The show fill a good four episodes to really get rolled but everything come together in “ Shindig , ” the one where Mal goes to a dance and ends up in a affaire d’honneur with Inara ’s client . From that instalment on , world - construction and activeness fall into the background and the hoi polloi , as well as their relationship , become the drive . The high point is “ Out of Gas , ” the 8th episode of the serial , which pushes everyone to their limits in an intense life or death office , juxtapose with flashback showing how everyone came together . It ’s a dynamite while of television and really , Firefly at its salutary .

Though “ Out of Gas ” is the in high spirits point , basically every episode from four on is at least as honorable , if not respectable , than the one before it . Unfortunately though , it just … ends . What ended up being the serial finale , “ Objects in Space , ” is a fine episode just like the unity before it but it ’s very obvious Whedon and his teamhad planned things out with the hopethere’d be many more installment . The executive at Fox had other ideas though and the show end without any good sense of closure . It ’s a vast catgut punch , specially when the show was just gain its step .

Is this the best episode of Firefly?

Is this the best episode of Firefly?Photo: Fox

Of naturally , thanks to the fans , Whedon did get to finish his story , albeit it in a more rushed room than he credibly would ’ve liked . And let me tell you , after overeat Firefly , Serenity plays like the ultimate series finale in the chronicle of television . From the first moment , it ’s very clear Firefly / Serenity was have in mind for the canvas of a big screenland . It just feels correct , and the moving picture itself is wildly propulsive , exciting and telltale , tying up most of the magnanimous loose ends you were curious about during the run of the show . Afew of the secondary charactersget short - changed , or ( RIP ) killed , in the motion picture , but think Whedon basically had two hour to tell a good storey , and enwrap up an entire franchise , it ’s an incredible art object of work .

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What I realized after determine the pic though was most of my retention of the show itself had been replaced by one from the movie . On the show , River is a whodunit and a spot of an irritation , save for one or two moments . In the motion-picture show , she ’s not just the star , she ’s an unstoppable force — he badass she was for certain plan to be all along , which is how I remember her . The Reavers , the primary villains of the film , are only mentioned in the show a few times and seen once , which collide with my unassailable retentiveness of them . And that hat Jayne vesture , the one you are secure to see at any comic book formula , is only in the television show for a few scenes , and even less in the moving-picture show . If it never became a “ affair ” in fandom , you credibly would n’t even commend it .

River. Tam.

River. Tam.Photo: Universal

So what does it all have in mind ? My rewatch of Firefly and Serenity made me regard that the show impinge on such a chord not because of the show itself . The show and its stories are interesting but , because of the cancelation and resurrection , not quite as fully form or explored as one would expect . No , the show ’s bequest is all due to the characters . From top to bottom , the persona are so magnetic and active that you plainly want to spend sentence with them . Since they only exist in 14 episode of television and one motion picture , you ’ll fain watch them do and say the same thing over and over just to hang out with these amazing people . They almost become your friends . Their trouble are your problem . Their pain , your annoyance . And , ultimately , their achiever and joyfulness are yours as well .

Because there ’s only so much of this cosmos in existence though ( I didn’tread the comicsfor this piece ) , I was left wonder if the Serenity film only works because it seemingly has a 14 episode prequel series , and if Firefly only works because it has a 2 60 minutes movie for a finale . Would either mold as well without the other ? Would the lineament have beam as brightly ? I honestly could n’t secern you . I almost wish I ’d shown my wife the moving-picture show first to get her response before we watched the show . But she ’s a immense Alan Tudyk buff and , well , I did n’t want her to knowwhat happened to Washbefore she got to sleep with him .

Ultimately , it does n’t weigh . The moving-picture show does have the show , the show does have the motion picture and , together , they mold an unlikely , rush , somewhat dated , but still more than worthwhile whole . Personally , I ’m not sure when or if I ’ll ever revisit the Firefly class ship , Serenity , again , but I ’m glad I did this time . It helped me get my head around a piece of fandom that had fade for me . That fandom is back now , and while it may not be as strong as it was 15 eld ago , it ’s still a nice Verse to visit .

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