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Not to be confused with Fireflies (TV series), an unrelated Australian TV series.
Firefly
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Genre Space Western
Drama
Created by Joss Whedon
Starring Nathan Fillion
Gina Torres
Alan Tudyk
Morena Baccarin
Adam Baldwin
Jewel Staite
Sean Maher
Summer Glau
Ron Glass
Theme music composer Joss Whedon
Opening theme "The Ballad of Serenity"
Composer(s) Greg Edmonson
Joss Whedon
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 14 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Joss Whedon
Tim Minear
Producer(s) Ben Edlund
Editor(s) Lisa Lassek
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 42 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Picture format NTSC 480i
16:9 HDTV 1080i
16:9 Blu-ray Disc 1080p
Audio format 5.1 Surround Sound
Original run September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20) – December 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19) (unaired episodes on Sci Fi)
Chronology
Followed by Serenity
.Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, under his Mutant Enemy Productions.^ Creator Joss Whedon’s ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon’s third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature.

 ^ Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon is returning to television with “Dollhouse,” a new sci-fi project starring “Buffy” alumna Eliza Dushku that has received a seven-episode commitment from Fox.

 ^ Due to the strike by the Writers Guild of America, production of the series is currently in a forced hiatus.” Wikipedia .

 .Its future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, has been praised as an "oddball genre mix".[1] Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.^ Smith”) serve as executive producers.

 ^ Gough and Millar serve as executive producers, along with Ken Horton, Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer, James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola.

 ^ Toni Graphia serves as co-executive producer and James Middleton and Natalie Chaidez serve as consulting producers for the series.
.The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship.^ Product Description Five hundred years in the future there’s a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action.

 ^ Pocket put out 8 Alien Nation novels and novelizations back in the day, so we had those to get over the cliffhanger when the complete series set came out a couple of years ago.

 ^ Principal photography is tentatively set for a 2009 start, with the intention of “The Hobbit” release slated for 2010 and its sequel the following year, in 2011.

 .The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.^ Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism.

 .Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".[2] The show explores the lives of people who fought on the losing side of a civil war who now make a living on the outskirts of the society, as part of the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system.^ Who, black people can't become doctors!
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 ^ This system is enforced by ’sandmen’ black-clad police operatives who terminate (kill) ‘runners’ (those who attempt to live beyond 30).

 ^ The Star Wars Trilogy had the rare distinction of becoming a cultural phenomenon, a defining event for its generation.

 In addition, it is a future where the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures as well. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today."[3]
.Firefly premiered in the United States and Canada on the Fox network on September 20, 2002. Despite high expectations for the Joss Whedon-led project, by mid-December 2002 Firefly had averaged only 4.7 million viewers per episode and was 98th in Nielsen Ratings.^ The ONLY authoritative voice on this is Joss Whedon himself.

 ^ The third season of the new Doctor Who averaged 1.3 million weekly viewers on SCI FI. .

 ^ It is also the first film adaptation to be set in the United Kingdom as opposed to the more popular setting of the United States.” Plagued by production problems, and dating back to 2000 as a project.

 [4] .It was canceled after only eleven of the fourteen produced episodes were aired.^ On November 6, 2007, The New York Post reported that only eleven of the planned twelve episodes will be completed, due to a strike by the Writers Guild of America.

 ^ The second season of Heroes premiered on September 24, 2007, but only eleven episodes have been broadcast, due to the current strike by the Writers Guild of America.

 ^ Due to the writers’ strike, the show has only produced 12 third season episodes, which will finish airing on February 21, 2008.” Wikipedia Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles .

 .Despite the series' relatively short life span, it received strong sales when it was released on DVD and has large fan support campaigns.^ Never a ratings success despite a growing population of devoted fans, Star Trek was canceled after its second season, prompting a letter-writing campaign that resulted in the series’ third-season renewal.

 ^ Fortunately, The X-Files was still going strong at the time and fans got a bit of closure with The X-Files ’ season 7 tie-in episode “Millennium” (included on this DVD set).

 [5][6] .It won an Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.^ Still, a lot of the footage from the Web series will be used, with some enhancement of the visual effects and the CGI background to play better on the TV screen.

 ^ This Summer, the last war on Earth won’t be started by humans.” This is worth more that the user rating, IMO. It is a great visually exciting, with great special effect alien invaders movie.

 ^ Star Trek: The Animated Series lasted just barely over one season, but it won the franchise’s only Emmy (for Outstanding Entertainment Children’s Series in 1975) and some of its ideas were embraced by future series.

 .The post-airing success of the show led Whedon and Universal Pictures to produce a film based on the series, Serenity.^ Directed and written by Joss Whedon, and based on the short-lived series.

 ^ Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films based on “The Hobbit.” .

 ^ Fortunately, the big-screen Serenity (which can be enjoyed independently of the series) ensured that Whedon’s wild extraterrestrial west had not seen its final sunset.

 [7] .The Firefly franchise expanded from the series and film to other media including comics and a role-playing game.^ Some of you may have played my games of the R-Theta series.
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 ^ This will be the eleventh entry in the Star Trek film series, based on the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry.

 ^ Quote from: ThetaGames on March 30, 2008, 10:32:39 AM Some of you may have played my games of the R-Theta series.
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Contents

Production

Origin

Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, featured in a print advertisement for Firefly in 2002
Whedon developed the concept for the show after reading The Killer Angels, a novel chronicling the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. .He wanted to follow people who had fought on the losing side of a war and their experiences afterwards as pioneers and immigrants on the outskirts of civilization, much like the post-American Civil War era of Reconstruction and the American Old West culture.^ The series follows the exploits of a team who fight against the aliens who want to invade the Earth.

 ^ If I understand the concept of the game correctly, the game is going to appeal to only a certain demographic: people who like 'Smash Brothers Brawl' or whatever it's called, and people who like indie games.
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 ^ Haha i like "The Massive Collective" :D But i don't want to focus on the fact that i'm alone in the team because once my project is done i will need other people to come.
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 [8] He intended the show to be "a Stagecoach kind of drama with a lot of people trying to figure out their lives in a bleak pioneer environment."[9] Whedon wanted to develop a show about the tactile nature of life, a show where existence was more physical and more difficult.[10] .After reading The Killer Angels, Whedon read a book about Jewish partisan fighters in World War II that also influenced him.^ Classic Reads for Pre-teens and Teens - some old, some new Part II Childhood's End - a book review .

 [8] .Whedon wanted to create something for television that was more character-driven and gritty than most modern science fiction.^ The setting is feudal and a bit science fiction-ey, with 'magic' consisting of biological skills such as self modification, creating minions, and the like.
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 ^ I wanted to focus more on the play than the story this time (my games tend to be pretty story-driven) and so I chose a basic love story because it was simple, wasn't distracting and it fit with the game's positive vibe.
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 ^ The Steampunk Cyber men looked more like their earlier incarnations than the most recent.
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 .Television science fiction, he felt, had become too pristine and rarefied.^ WordPress.com Tags: Movies , SciFi , Science Fiction , Fantasy , TV , Television , Movie News Categories: Celebrities · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 ^ Categories: DVD · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: Collectors , DVD , fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 [11]
Whedon wanted to give the show a name that indicated movement and power, and felt that "Firefly" had both. This powerful word's relatively insignificant meaning, Whedon felt, added to its allure. He eventually wound up creating the ship in the image of a firefly.[10]

Format

.During filming of the pilot episode, Whedon was still arguing with Fox that the show should be displayed in widescreen format.^ The second pilot was accepted, and production on Star Trek began in earnest with the filming of its first regular episode, “The Corbomite Maneuver.” .

 ^ Indeed, based on the 21 episodes produced for the first season of Stargate SG-1 , it could be argued that this show is significantly better than the 1994 feature it’s derived from.

 ^ John Barrowman will be filming for the show after Christmas 2007, continuing his role as Captain Jack Harkness, and Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler for three episodes.

 .Consequently, he purposely filmed scenes with actors on the extreme edge of both sides so that they could only be shown in widescreen.^ Not only am I a big fan of the anime movie, but there are so many great action scenes, like the futuristic motorcycle chases, that could be amazing in the movie.

 ^ I’m only concerned that they won’t give this duo of films the proper budget that they really need, especially with a first-time feature filmmaker working on them.

 ^ With barely a flaw anywhere, the episodes look so clear, colorful, and detailed that they could have been filmed last week.

 [10] .This led to a few scenes on the DVD (and later Blu-ray) where objects that should be visible (such as the ship's yoke) are not since they would not have been needed in a non-widescreen format.^ I would love to have them restored and on Blu-ray.
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 ^ If there was a more fitting actor who happened to be non-white, they would've cast him.
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 ^ However, Fox needs to make sure this is the last time they re-dip the series; maybe they should release it on Blu-Ray to make the HD fanboys happy.

 .However, the pilot was rejected by the Fox executives, who felt that it lacked action and that the captain was too "dour".[12] They also disliked a scene in which the crew backed down to a crime boss, since the scene implied the crew was "being nothing".[10] Thus, Fox told Whedon on a Friday afternoon that he had to submit a new pilot script on Monday morning or the show would not be picked up.^ With new and extended scenes carefully added back into the film, the 12-disc set also includes hours of bonus features.

 ^ If an actor who isn't a pasty white guy can bring some balls and sorely lacking brains back into Doctor Who, I'm all for it.
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 ^ Within a week, the show was set up Fox and 20th TV. .

 [12] .Whedon and Tim Minear closeted themselves for the weekend to write what became the new pilot, "The Train Job".[12] At the direction of Fox, they added "larger than life" characters[12][13] such as the henchman "Crow", and the "hands of blue" men, who also introduced an X-Files-type ending.^ The manga takes place in a vastly larger timeframe than the film and involves a far wider array of characters and subplots.

 ^ Yoshimitsu Ohashi, who directed Galaxy Angel and Galaxy Angel Z , and the character designs are done by Uno Makoto, the character designer for Stellvia and Daphne in the Brilliant Blue .” .

 ^ Although Pathology isn’t directed by them, they did produce and write it, so it does have their “touch”.

 [13]
.For the new pilot, Fox made it clear that they would not air the episodes in the widescreen format.^ I mean they stop playing new episodes the week before a holiday.
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 ^ The first episode is available for free, with all following episodes priced at 160 Microsoft Points (equivalent to $1.99), and as of February 1, 2008, the first 8 episodes were available for download, with each new episode becoming available for download after it is aired.” .

 ^ It seems strange they would pick the new Who this early, but, I guess the new people in charge have to start early.
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 .Whedon and company felt they had to "serve two masters" by filming widescreen for eventual DVD release, but keeping objects in frame so it could still work when aired in pan and scan full frame.^ There are 11 earlier versions of The Master we've never seen who could be great villains if they ever decide to bring the character back.
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 ^ This sounds like an animated Pixar project – they’re already two years in and have a year and a half to go of actual work as they prepare for its release in December of 2009.

 ^ But it eventually aired and as I said, I still recalled it, as does my then husband, Worth a look and maybe a place in the home library.

 [14] .To obtain an immersive and immediate feel, the episodes were filmed in a documentary style with hand-held cameras, giving them the look of "found footage", with deliberately misframed or out-of-focus subjects.^ Rather than update the franchise to match current styles, Lucas and Spielberg decided to stay true to the prior films’ look, tone, and pace.

 ^ I feel this film deserves a higher viewer rating, and I would give it at least a 6 to 7.

 ^ With barely a flaw anywhere, the episodes look so clear, colorful, and detailed that they could have been filmed last week.

 [10][15] .As Whedon related: "...don't be arch, don't be sweeping—be found, be rough and tumble and docu[mentary] and you-are-there."^ Moreover, there’s a growing sense of unease about the workings of the Millennium Group, so that in typical Chris Carter fashion, you don’t know who to trust.

 [16] Computer-generated scenes mimicked the motion of a hand-held camera. This style was not used, however, when shooting scenes that involved the central government, the Alliance. Tracking and steady cameras were used to show the sterility of this aspect of the Firefly universe.[10] Another style employed was lens flares, hearkening to 1970s television. .This style was so desired that the director of photography, David Boyd, sent back the cutting-edge lenses, which reduced lens flare, for cheaper ones.^ The show’s sets are 90% CGI and shot in the same cutting-edge style as the feature films 300 and Sin City.

 ^ One soldier is sent back to protect her from the killing machine.

 [10]
.Unlike most other science fiction shows, which add sound to space scenes for dramatic effect, Firefly portrays space as silent, because a vacuum cannot transmit sound.^ Perhaps you did so because, well, it looked sort of science-fiction-like with all that monster latex.

 ^ Amazon.com essential video This 1956 pop adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is one of the best, most influential science fiction movies ever made.

 ^ Unlike the other spin-offs,the show as well as the characters evolved in its seven seasons.

 [17]

Set design

The spacecraft Serenity was digitally rendered by special effects house Zoic Studios. The shape was inspired by the shape of the firefly insect, and its tail section lights up in imitation of it.
.Production designer Carey Meyer built the ship Serenity in two parts (one for each level) as a complete set with ceilings and practical lighting installed as part of the set that the cameras could use along with moveable parts.^ The two cunning Luthors continue to circle each other warily, each waiting for the other to make a move that could prove the end for father or son.

 ^ He puts his creativity to use by assembling a bulletproof set of power armor, complete with pacemaker and flamethrowers, and uses it to free himself.

 ^ Product Description For the first time ever find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling’s groundbreaking series in one box set packed with exciting extras!

 [15][18] .The two-part set also allowed the second unit to shoot in one section while the actors and first unit worked undisturbed in the other.^ The current game I'm working on outside of Canvas Software is the first of a 3-part horror adventure called "Ravensmere: Facets of Terror".
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 ^ I set it down on paper, and by the end of the first two pages, I knew I had a novel on my hands.” .

 ^ This is my second attempt – the first, almost done, disappeared into the depths of cyberspace, after a day of work.

 .As Whedon recalled: "...you could pull it away or move something huge, so that you could get in and around everything.^ It'd be a LOT easier if I could manipulate the shapes on a by vertex basis and move the camera around in some intuitive fashion..
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 ^ In any case, you could always tweak it to something like ' Stop The Solar Revolution ', which maintains the neat double-entendre.
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 ^ 'Could it be true', you wonder, 'that objects are created by their names, and not the other way around?'
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 .That meant the environment worked for us and there weren't a lot of adjustments that needed to be made."^ There our nation’s greatest thinkers, the über-geniuses working on the next era of scientific achievement, would be able to live and work in a supportive environment.

 [18] There were other benefits to this set design. .One was that it allowed the viewers to feel they were really in a ship.^ One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his “mother”, Monica.

 ^ I have two real suggestions, ironic though they be: 1) Games For One 2) The Massive Collective .
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 [15] .For Whedon, the design of the ship was crucial in defining the known space for the viewer, and that there were not "fourteen hundred decks and a holodeck and an all-you-can-eat buffet in the back."^ For all that bouncing through space and time there paths must have crossed on many ocassions through many regenerations.
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 ^ ON SHIPS: There were hundreds of workers building the sets for Avatar – MDF was being thrown around like candy to make the sets as realistic as possible – and it was very successful.

 ^ You first of all need a script that’s written in the express lane, and if it’s not, there’s nothing you can do in the editing room to make it move faster.

 [19] He wanted to convey that it was utilitarian and that it was "beat-up but lived-in and ultimately, it was home."[20] .As Joss Whedon discusses in the DVD commentary, each room represented a feeling or character, usually conveyed by the paint color.^ Feature Commentary with Director Joss Whedon and Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass .

 [19] He explains that as you move from the back of the ship in the engine room, toward the front of the ship to the bridge, the colors and mood progress from extremely warm to cooler. .Besides evoking a mood associated with the character who spends most time in each area, the color scheme also alludes to the heat generated in the tail of the ship.^ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… ” One of the most memorable opening lines in the history of film, this is THE SciF movie of it’s generation, and of the century.

 ^ Sigourney Weaver’s character who plays Grace in “Avatar” spends a lot of time in a control room in the bigger one.

 ^ Nowadays DT probably spends nine months solid on Doctor Who, and barely gets time to do anything else.
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 Whedon was also keen on utilizing vertical space; thus, having the crew's quarters accessible by ladder was important.[18] .Another benefit of the set design was that it also allowed the actors to stay in the moment and interact, without having to stop after each shot and reset up for the next.^ We’re very careful to stay as true to the original design as possible but at the same time aging up his voice and the overall tone.

 [15] This helped contribute to the documentary style Whedon strove for.
The set had several influences, including the sliding doors and tiny cubicles reminiscent of Japanese hotels.[18] Artist Larry Dixon has noted that the cargo bay walls are "reminiscent of interlaced, overlapping Asian designs, cleverly reminding us of the American-Chinese Alliance setting while artistically forming a patterned plane for background scale reference."[21] Dixon has also remarked on how the set design contributed to the storytelling through the use of color, depth and composition, lighting, as well as its use of diagonals and patterned shadows.[21]
.Their small budget was another reason to use the ship for much of the storytelling.^ But for some reason it’s just not used much anymore.

 .When the characters did go off the ship, the worlds all had Earth atmosphere and coloring because they could not afford to design alien worlds.^ There are 11 earlier versions of The Master we've never seen who could be great villains if they ever decide to bring the character back.
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 ^ And it is starkly designed – based in part upon Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS – but not a direct lift – it has echoes of that world – this film doesn’t deal with the class warfare – here – the people serve the city because the city is all there is to serve.

 ^ Emmerich goes on talking to Collider about how “undoable” this is, especially considering they’re going to, basically, destroy the entire world.

 ."I didn't want to go to Yucca Flats every other episode and transform it into Bizarro World by making the sky orange", recalled Whedon.^ Others suggest it could go into production this summer if all goes well.

 ^ I needed to show them to Janusz,” Spielberg says, “because I didn’t want Janusz to modernize and bring us into the 21st century.

 ^ Make it The Buster Drake Chronicles: Series 4, Episode 6: That episode where he descends into hell and fights satan with a machine gun and you've got pure awesomeness.
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 [16] .As Meyer recalled: "I think in the end the feel was that we wound up using a lot of places or exteriors that just felt too Western and we didn't necessarily want to go that way; but at some point, it just became the lesser of two evils—what could we actually create in three days?"^ I'm going to have to think about this some more.
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 ^ I considered that, but I actually didn't want it to be controversial.
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 ^ Still, a lot of the footage from the Web series will be used, with some enhancement of the visual effects and the CGI background to play better on the TV screen.

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Music

Firefly
Soundtrack by Greg Edmonson, Joss Whedon
Released November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
Genre Classical, Country
Length 60:15
Label Varèse Sarabande
Professional reviews
Greg Edmonson composed the musical score for the series. He stated that he wrote for the emotion of the moment. However, one reviewer averred that he also wrote for the characters, stating: "... Edmonson has developed a specialized collection of musical symbolism for the series ..."[22] .To help illustrate the collection, the reviewer gave key "signatures" various names, noting that "Serenity" recalls the theme of the show and is used when they return to the ship, or when they were meeting clandestinely; it was "the sound of their home."^ I can also recall meeting and hearing about swedes named Sanja.
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 ^ But he and the others escaped while being transported and they obtained an advanced alien spacecraft named the Liberator, which they used to strike back against the Federation.

 ^ At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship’s computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a call for help.

 The slide guitar and fiddle used in this piece are portable instruments which fit the lifestyle of the crew: "... the music they make calls up tunes played out in the open, by people who were hundreds of miles away yesterday. 'Serenity' conjures the nomadic lifestyle the crew leads and underlines the western aspect of the show."[22] .Another emotional signature was "Sad Violin". It was used at the end of the Battle of Serenity Valley, but also helped set up the joke for when Mal tells Simon that Kaylee is dead in the episode "Serenity". The most memorable use of "Sad Violin", however, is at the end of "The Message", when the crew mourned the death of Tracey.^ And Monica Dawson, another young woman (Dana Davis, “The Nine”) with newfound special abilities, would give up everything to help the people around her.

 ^ Episode one All characters are introduced and we get set up of the story.
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 ^ In addition, for three episodes, Doctor Who ’s Martha Jones (Freema Agyemen) teams up with Torchwood to help solve a series of mysterious deaths in Cardiff.

 .This was also the last scene of the last episode the actors shot, and so this was seen by them, and Edmonson, as Firefly's farewell.^ Special effects include commentary (by directors, writers, and/or actors) for every episode, as well as the occasional behind-the-scenes featurette.

 ^ I've only seen the last episodes of the last two.
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 ^ There are some great behind-the-scenes shots from the original series that I’ve never seen anywhere else.

 To denote impending danger, "Peril" was used, which is "a low pulse, like a heartbeat, with deep chimes and low strings."[22] The reviewer also noted character signatures. The criminal Niska has his own signature: Eastern European or Middle Eastern melodies over a low drone. Simon and River's signature was a piano played sparsely with a violin in the background. This is in contrast to the portable instruments of "Serenity": the piano is an instrument that cannot be easily moved and evokes the image of "the distant house and family they both long for." The various signatures were mostly established in the first pilot, "Serenity", and helped enhance the narrative. "In every episode, the musical score intensified my experience of this intelligent, remarkable show. .Using and combining all these signatures, Greg Edmonson brought out aspects of Firefly's story and characters that were never explicitly revealed in the other elements of the series."^ Some of these I hadn’t heard of, others I have watched all my life, over and over.

 ^ For those who have played STALKER, it's basically the artifact-hunting aspect of it multiplied by a hundred, and all the other aspects taken out.
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 ^ Critics say that Woo left out a lot of the SciFi elements to attract a larger audience, and that left the story less than it should be.

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The musical score expressed the cultural fusion depicted in the show. Cowboy guitar blended with Asian influence produced the atmospheric background for the series. As one reviewer stated:
Old music from the future — the music of roaring campfires and racous [sic] cowboys mixed with the warm, pensive sounds of Asian culture and, occasionally, a cold imperial trumpet, heralding the ominous structural presence of a domineering government. Completely thrilling.
—Steve Townsley, [23]
.The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Serenity", was written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes.^ Just because Eliza Dushku will be an amnesiac with occasional false personalities in Joss Whedon’s new TV show Dollhouse , doesn’t mean she won’t have friends.

 ^ Directed and written by Joss Whedon, and based on the short-lived series.

 .Whedon wrote the song before the series was greenlit and a preliminary recording performed by Whedon can be found on the DVD release.^ A direct to DVD release, one day before Spielberg’s film was released, it never had the following of a big-screen one with a big-name actor.

 The soundtrack to the series was released on CD on November 8, 2005 by Varèse Sarabande, although a 40 minute soundtrack was released by Fox Music in September 2005 as a digital EP.[24]

Casting

(From left to right, top to bottom) Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, and Nathan Fillion: eight of the nine main actors in 2005 (not pictured: Gina Torres).
.In casting his nine-member crew, Whedon looked first at the actors and considered their chemistry with others.^ The actors talk about being cast, about make-up, about the movies, and about the reaction from various ethnic groups, among other things.

 ^ Feature Commentary with Director Joss Whedon and Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass .

 .Cast member Sean Maher recalls, "So then he just sort of put us all together, and I think it was very quick, like right out of the gate, we all instantly bonded."^ I think all the excitement I just had flew out the window.

 ^ Very impressive that he managed to put that together in just 48 hours.
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 ^ And I'm thinking of recording some sketching sounds (like sketching a line, or tapping my pen on the paper) and tracking music out of them.
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 [26] .All nine cast members were chosen before filming began.^ This product, according to Fox, gathers together all nine seasons, the film, and the Mythology Threads featurettes off the Mythology collections.

 ^ Like its predecessors …, the poster features a great mural including all of the cast and scenes from the film.

 .However, while filming the original pilot "Serenity", Whedon decided that Rebecca Gayheart was unsuitable for the role of Inara Serra, and shot her scenes in singles so that it would be easier to replace her.^ Afterwards, the director changed plans again, went back to the original setting and faithfulness to the book, put a new cast together and secretly shot the film.

 ^ However, the film is primarily going to be adapted from anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo’s graphic novel more than the original 1988 anime movie.

 ^ The series’ original pilot, “The Cage,” featured Jeffrey Hunter as U.S.S. Enterprise captain Christopher Pike–a variation of the role that would eventually catapult William Shatner to TV stardom.

 [10] .Morena Baccarin auditioned for the role and two days later was on the set in her first television show.^ For its day, this show boasted some of the best visual effects on television (cheezy by today’s standards of course) with detailed scale models and stop-motion aliens.

 ^ Sanctuary,” which features 90 percent CGI sets, will be retooled for its transition to television, including the creation of a new two-hour premiere episode.

 ^ This is the first of two television adaptations of LeGuin’s novel.

 ."Joss brought me down from the testing room like a proud dad, holding my hand and introducing me,"[27] Baccarin recalled.^ They should have called it "Hold My Hand".
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 ^ So the name means something like "Let us go together" which isn't to far away from "Hold my hand".
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 ^ EDIT: Oh, the 'Hold My Hand' thing?
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.Whedon approached Nathan Fillion to play the lead role of Malcolm Reynolds; after explaining the premise and showing Fillion the treatment for the pilot, Fillion was eager for the role.^ As a veteran of the disadvantaged Independent faction’s war against the all-powerful planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a quest for survival.

 ^ Feature Commentary with Director Joss Whedon and Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass .

 [28] .Fillion was called back several times to read for the part before he was cast.^ It follows the exploit of a man who can travel back in time seven days before the disaster had happened.

 ^ Just before being destroyed, Skynet sends a Terminator back in time to kill Sarah, the mother to be of John Connor, the Leader of the human resistance.

 He noted that "it was really thrilling. .It was my first lead and I was pretty nervous, but I really wanted that part and I wanted to tell those stories."^ I wanted to focus more on the play than the story this time (my games tend to be pretty story-driven) and so I chose a basic love story because it was simple, wasn't distracting and it fit with the game's positive vibe.
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 ^ Well, that was my first try for a subtitle, and I tell you now it was embarrassingly bad.
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 ^ If you have a game which is a gentle love story like ICO, and you think girls could really enjoy it, your title has to tell them that it's not a regular game.
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 [29] Fillion later said he was "heartbroken" when he learned the series had been canceled.
.Alan Tudyk auditioned through a casting office and several months later was called in for a test audition, where he met with Whedon.^ Whedon met with Reilly and 20th TV chairman Dana Walden for several hours Tuesday afternoon talking about “Dollhouse.” .

 .He was then told to come back in to test with the possible Zoes (Wash's wife) and that it was down to him and one other candidate.^ Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.

 .The Zoes did not work out (Gina Torres eventually received the role) and Tudyk was sent home, but received a call informing him he had the part anyway.^ The current game I'm working on outside of Canvas Software is the first of a 3-part horror adventure called "Ravensmere: Facets of Terror".
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 ^ People started hounding him down, calling him in the middle of the night, following his car home, demanding to know his secrets of naming.
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 ^ Here’s the production notice which Fox sent out along with the casting call for Dollhouse , Joss’ new show: .

 [30] .His audition tape is included in the special features of the series' DVD release.^ Special features are again bountiful, including audio commentary on all episodes, various featurettes, and five “directors series” entries devoted to particular episodes.

 ^ The feature film appears to have the same contents as the current DVD release as well.

 ^ Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the landmark series and own all 176 classic episodes in one definitive collector’s boxed set, featuring all-new special features.
Gina Torres, a veteran of several science fiction/fantasy works (Cleopatra 2525, The Matrix Reloaded, Alias, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), was at first uninterested in doing another science fiction show, but "was won over by the quality of the source material."[31] As she recalled, "So you had these challenged characters inhabiting a challenging world and that makes for great storytelling. And no aliens!"[31]
.For Adam Baldwin, who grew up watching westerns, the role of Jayne Cobb was particularly resonant.^ The challenge is to appeal to the non fans while not upsetting those who grew up with this character.

 ^ If I was Ejiofer, and I was going to accept this role, they would have to at least up the budget for Dr. Who to be on par with American series television.
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.Canadian actress Jewel Staite videotaped her audition from Vancouver and was asked to come to Los Angeles to meet Whedon, at which point she was cast for the role of Kaylee Frye, the ship's engineer.^ Samantha Carter) will not be a regular cast member in Season 5, but will return for “…several episodes.” It is not known if actress Jewel Staite (Dr.

 ^ The update comes from the girl who plays Kaylee, named Jewel Staite in real life, who wrote a blog update (via CinemaBlend ) about the whole fiasco.

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Sean Maher recalls reading for the part and liking the character of Simon Tam, but that it was Whedon's personality and vision that "sealed the deal" for him.[26] .For the role of Simon's sister, River Tam, Whedon called in Summer Glau for an audition and test the same day.^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

 ^ Feature Commentary with Director Joss Whedon and Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass .

 .Glau had first worked for Whedon in the Angel episode "Waiting in the Wings". Two weeks later, Whedon called her to tell her she had the part.^ The current game I'm working on outside of Canvas Software is the first of a 3-part horror adventure called "Ravensmere: Facets of Terror".
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 ^ I adore Whedon’s work, and will admit to being a Buffy and Angel fan.

 ^ Product Description This 5-disc DVD set includes all 23 episodes including the two-part pilot episode!

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.Veteran television actor Ron Glass (Barney Miller, All in the Family), has said that until Firefly, he had not experienced or sought a science-fiction or western role but he fell in love with the pilot script and the character of Shepherd Book.^ WordPress.com Tags: Movies , SciFi , Science Fiction , Fantasy , TV , Television , Movie News Categories: Celebrities · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 ^ After all, McG, the captain of this project, said recently in reference to finding someone for the Terminator role: “I’m looking for credible actors.

 ^ Perhaps you did so because, well, it looked sort of science-fiction-like with all that monster latex.

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Production staff

.Tim Minear was selected by Whedon to be the show runner, who serves as the head writer and production leader.^ By most estimates, the writers’ strike will be over by then, but that is not a factor for the show, whose production is strike-proof because it’s based in Canada.

 ^ I have no doubt that you have what it takes to be a great dr who Writer and team leader.
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 ^ For those who don’t want to commit to the full ape head experience, most of the discs in this set–sans the animated series, TV show, and Tim Burton remake–can be had in the Planet of the Apes Legacy Boxset –Ryan Boudinot .

 .According to Whedon "[Minear] understood the show as well as any human being, and just brought so much to it that I think of it as though he were always a part of it."^ Well, I don't think 'The Tower' would need to change direction much in order to become 'Spire'.
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 ^ The characters are for the most part well-defined, and the acting, while perhaps not Emmy-caliber, is just fine.

 ^ Trouble was, I couldn't think of a better one, and I was wasting too much time trying to decide, so I just chose my best candidate and went with it.
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 [36] .Many of the other production staff were selected from people Whedon had worked with in the past, with the exception of the director of photography David Boyd, who was the "big find" and who was "full of joy and energy."^ It's possible that many of the big game companies think the same way when they name their triple-A products (actually, in many cases it's the publishers who name the games).
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 ^ Physicist David Albert, who was interviewed for the film, has accused the filmmakers of selectively editing his interview to make it appear that he agrees with the ideas presented in the film.” .

 ^ Topher Brink, the geek who programs Echo and the other “dolls,” and may enjoy his mind-[effing] work a little too much.

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The writers were selected after interviews and script samplings. Among the writers were José Molina, Ben Edlund, Cheryl Cain, Brett Matthews, Drew Greenberg and Jane Espenson.[37] Espenson wrote an essay on the writing process with Mutant Enemy.
."A meeting is held and an idea is floated, generally by Whedon, and the writers brainstorm to develop the central theme of the episode and the character development.^ Episodes in which the writers move away from the central Ori theme are less than stellar; “200″ exists mostly as an opportunity to make fun of the TV business and is as irrelevant and silly as “Citizen Joe,” the worst episode from Season 8.

 ^ As we the viewer follow the story, it gets expanded, so we meet more characters, which may or may not develope the story.
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 Next, the staff meets in the anteroom to Whedon's office to begin "breaking" the story into acts and scenes. .The only one absent is the writer working on the previous week's episode.^ The name of my previous game is "Assassin Pong" and the one I'm working now is "Get out of my Tomb!"
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 ^ I have been working on it for 2 weeks and have not come up with one thing.
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 ^ The second season of Heroes premiered on September 24, 2007, but only eleven episodes have been broadcast, due to the current strike by the Writers Guild of America.

 For the team, one of the key components to devising acts is deciding where to break for commercial and ensuring the viewer returns. ."Finding these moments in the story help give it shape: think of them as tentpoles that support the structure," wrote Espenson.^ I’d love to get Daniel Day-Lewis, but I don’t know if he goes in for this kind of movie.” With that kind of misguided thinking, he could use all the help Cameron can give him.

 ^ It's still in the planning stages, however I think that a good name would help shape the overall direction in the game.
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 ^ Determined to find the solution to these happenings, she seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, the captain of a mercenary legion of pilots.

 [38] For instance, in "Shindig", the break for commercial occurs when Malcolm Reynolds is gravely injured and losing the duel. As Espenson elaborates: "It does not end when Mal turns the fight around, when he stands victorious over his opponent. .They're both big moments, but one of them leaves you curious and the other doesn't."^ Fucking awful, there's one on the iPlayer now if you're in the Uk and want to see some of the shoddiest animation in years .
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 ^ But you went the other way - instead of choosing a cool-sounding name which doesn't relate to the game's theme, you picked a cool theme and chose a name which matches but sounds uncool.
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 ^ I think Google has this one right, it sounds like you're saying 'fun and vindictive'.
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"Next, the writers develop the scenes onto a marker-filled whiteboard, featuring a "brief ordered description of each scene."[38] .A writer is selected to create an outline of the episode's concept — occasionally with some dialogue and jokes — in one day.^ Special effects include commentary (by directors, writers, and/or actors) for every episode, as well as the occasional behind-the-scenes featurette.

 ^ Bull decided to create the show herself–with the help of some of her writer friends–but as a Web site rather than a TV series or a novel.

 ^ If you look at the way the whole thing was written from day one of RTDs tenure, the one criticism I have is that all the episodes were written with a beginning middle and end.
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 The outline is given to showrunner Tim Minear, who revises it within a day. .The writer uses the revised outline to write the first draft of the script while the other writers work on developing the next.^ They did a detailed outline before the writers’ strike, and now they are in Michael Bay jail, holed up in a hotel and working feverishly,” Bay said.

 ^ It was the first movie to use computer-generated images instead of models and other optical effects in conjunction with live action.

 .This first draft is usually submitted for revision within three to fourteen days; afterward, a second and sometimes third draft is written.^ This is my second attempt – the first, almost done, disappeared into the depths of cyberspace, after a day of work.

 ^ In the early days of January 2008 the first three episodes of the second season leaked on the internet via a DVD screener source.” Wikipedia .

 After all revisions are made, the final draft would be produced as the 'shooting draft'."[38]

Costume

Jill Ohanneson, Firefly's original costume designer, brought on Shawna Trpcic as her assistant for the pilot. .When the show was picked up, Ohanneson was involved in another job and declined Firefly, suggesting Trpcic for the job.^ His witty dialogue sparkles, like an amped up Gilmore Girls in another universe, and so as I loved the series, I know I will love the movie, and I know many fans of the show that love this move.

 ^ Reilly and Fox entertainment chairman Peter Liguori called the decision to pick up the show “a layup.” .
The costumes were chiefly influenced by World War II, the American Civil War, the American Old West, and 1861 samurai Japan. Trpcic used deep reds and oranges for the main cast, to express a feeling of "home", and contrasted that with grays and cool blues for the Alliance.[39] .Since the characters were often getting shot, Trpcic would make up to six versions of the same costume for multiple takes.^ A film fest of all three 2005 versions, along with the 1953 version, and perhaps the Orson Wells radio narrative would make a fine showing.

 ^ That would make for some interesting storylines, especially if she/he met up with past companions like Billie Piper...
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 ^ And since When we're introduced to the Delgado Master he's already on his 12 regeneration they've set up the previous versions as this sort of enigma.
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  • For River, mostly jewel tones were used to set her apart from the rest of the Serenity crew.^ The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV sci-fi predecessors such as Star Trek , whose mood was more convivial.

     .River had boots to contrast with the soft fabrics of her clothes, "because that's who she is — she's this soft, beautiful, sensitive girl, but with this hardcore inner character," recalled Trpcic.^ I know people are rightly passionate about Dr Who because he's a wonderful character etc, but this is a BBC1 Kids' Show.
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    • .
  • The designers also wanted to contrast Simon, River's brother, with the rest of the crew.^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

     Whereas they were dressed in cotton, Simon wore wool, stiff fabrics, satins and silk. He was the "dandy", but as the show progressed, he loosened up slightly.[42]
  • For Kaylee, Trpcic studied up on Japanese and Chinese youth, as originally the character was Asian. Other inspirations for Kaylee's costumes were Rosie the Riveter and Chinese Communist posters.[43]
    • .
  • Inara's costumes reflect her high status, and are very feminine and attractive.
  • Trpcic designed and created the clothes for the minor character of Badger with Joss Whedon in mind, since he intended to play that part.^ None of these parts have been cast yet (as far as we know), but here are the characters Joss has come up with: .

     ^ He qualified for the job because he has high tolerance for pain, he has a good memory, and has had a psychiatric problem that gave him a very flexible mind set.

     ^ Since he's so young he could in fact play the character as long as Baker did or longer.
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     When Mark Sheppard played the role instead, he was able to fit into the clothes made for Whedon.[44]
    • .
  • For the Alliance, besides the grays and cool blues, Trpcic had in mind Nazi Germany, but mixed it with different wars, as the first sketches were "too Nazi".[45] The uniforms of the Alliance soldiers are surplus armor from the 1997 film Starship Troopers.^ Starship Troopers (1997) .

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Plot

See also: List of Firefly episodes

Backstory

.The series takes place in the year 2517, on several planets and moons.^ Back in February, blockbuster director Roland Emmerich revealed that his next big movie would be one titled 2012 , a disaster movie that takes place in the year of the title.

 ^ The SA contained several really cool space shuttles or “Seekers” that allowed them to take off-campus expeditions to nearby planets.

 ^ In “Earthbound,” aliens traveling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn’t take the moon that long to encounter the aliens.

 .The TV series does not reveal whether these celestial bodies are within one star system, only saying that Serenity's mode of propulsion is a "gravity-drive". The film Serenity makes clear that all the planets and moons are in one large system, and production documents related to the film indicate that there is no faster-than-light travel in this universe.^ He is only signed for one series correct?
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 ^ Planet of the Apes is no such film.

 ^ Product Description A science-fiction series with an ecological theme, EARTH 2 only ran for one season on NBC, and all 22 episodes of the program are collected here.

 The characters occasionally refer to "Earth-that-was", and the film establishes that, long before the events in the series, a large population had emigrated from Earth to a new star system in generation ships:[47] "Earth-that-was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many." The emigrants established themselves in this new star system, with "dozens of planets and hundreds of moons." Many of these were terraformed, a process in which a planet or moon is altered to resemble Earth. The terraforming process was only the first step in making a planet habitable, however, and the outlying settlements often did not receive any further support in the construction of their civilizations. This resulted in many of the border planets and moons having forbidding, dry environments, well suited to the Western genre.

Synopsis

Mal and Zoe in the original pilot "Serenity". It depicts the harsh environment and the frontier culture.
.The show takes its name from the "Firefly-class" spaceship, Serenity, that the central characters call home.^ People started hounding him down, calling him in the middle of the night, following his car home, demanding to know his secrets of naming.
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 ^ What makes it work is Whedon’s delightfully well-chosen cast and their nine well-developed characters–a typically Whedon-esque extended family–each providing a unique perspective on their adventures aboard Serenity, the junky but beloved “Firefly-class” starship they call home.

 ^ Product Description Five hundred years in the future there’s a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action.

 It resembles a firefly in general arrangement, and the tail section, analogous to a bioluminescent insectoid abdomen, lights up during acceleration. The ship was named after the Battle of Serenity Valley, where Mal and Zoe were on the losing side. It is revealed in "Bushwhacked" that the Battle of Serenity Valley is widely considered the loss which sealed the fate of the Independents.
.Throughout the series, the Alliance is shown to govern the star system through an organization of "core" planets, following its success in forcibly unifying all the colonies under a single government.^ Meanwhile, the annihilation of the Colonial government on Caprica resulted in the succession of Laura Roslin, the Secretary of Education, to the presidency.

 ^ Product Description In the 23rd century, humanity has spread to the stars and planets in Earth’s solar system.

 .DVD commentary suggests that the Alliance is composed of two primary "core" planets, one predominantly Western in culture, the other pan-Asian, justifying the series' mixed linguistic and visual themes.^ I have two real suggestions, ironic though they be: 1) Games For One 2) The Massive Collective .
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 The central planets are firmly under Alliance control, but the outlying planets and moons resemble the 19th century American West, with little governmental authority. .Settlers and refugees on the outlying worlds ("out in the black" or "heading for the black") have relative freedom from the central government, but lack the amenities of the high-tech civilization that exists on the inner worlds.^ Civilization is a patchwork of a hundred worlds, most with weak governments and weaker laws.

 In addition, the outlying areas of space are inhabited by the Reavers, a cannibalistic group of nomadic humans that have become savage and animalistic.
Into this mix are thrown the protagonists of the show. .The captain of the crew of Serenity is Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and the episode "Serenity" establishes that the captain and his first mate Zoe Washburne (Gina Torres) are veteran "Browncoats" of the Unification War, a failed attempt by the outlying worlds to resist the Alliance's assertion of control.^ As a veteran of the disadvantaged Independent faction’s war against the all-powerful planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a quest for survival.

 ^ Serenity ’s cast is led with well-balanced depth and humor by Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal Reynolds, whose maverick spirit is matched by his devotion to crewmates Wash (Alan Tudyk), Zoe (Gina Torres), fun-loving fighter Jayne (Adam Baldwin), engineer Kaylee (Jewel Staite), doctor Simon (Sean Maher), and Mal’s former flame Inara (Morena Baccarin), who plays a pivotal role in Whedon’s briskly-paced plot.

 ^ Captained by a down on his luck, no faith soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs (legal or not) while avoiding the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe.

 A later episode, titled "Out of Gas", reveals that Mal bought the spaceship Serenity to continue living beyond Alliance control. Much of the crew's work consists of cargo runs or smuggling. .One of the main story arcs is that of River Tam (Summer Glau) and her brother Simon (Sean Maher).^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

 ^ Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau (the current Terminator in The Sarah Conner Chronicles.

 .River was a child prodigy, whose brain was subjected to experiments.^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

 As a result, she displays schizophrenia and often hears voices. It is later revealed that she is a "reader", one who possesses telepathic abilities. .Simon gave up a highly successful career as a trauma surgeon to rescue her from the Alliance and as a result of this rescue they are both wanted fugitives.^ The easiest group to repel are grown females, but they supposedly make up over 50% of the casual games market, so be careful if you are making a Zuma clone.
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 ^ But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime.

 .In the original pilot "Serenity", Simon joins the crew as a paying passenger with River smuggled on board as cargo.^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

 .As Whedon states in an episodic DVD commentary, every show he does is about creating family.^ Special effects include commentary (by directors, writers, and/or actors) for every episode, as well as the occasional behind-the-scenes featurette.

 ^ Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs–and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about.

 [10] By the last episode, "Objects in Space", the fractured character of River has finally become whole, partly because the others decided to accept her into their "family" on the ship.[10]

Signature show elements

.The show blended elements from the space opera and Western genres, depicting humanity's future in a manner different from most contemporary science fiction programs in that there are no alien creatures or large space battles.^ Earth’s last battle will be fought in space.” This was a long-time favorite of mine, and ‘lost’ during the years of only 3-4 channels and no VCRs.

 ^ I vote for no assistant, just a different alien love interest every so often as per Kirk.
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 ^ There is no future until you settle the past.” This is a much more sumptious Dune than it’s prequel Pitch Black.

 .Firefly takes place in a multi-cultural future, primarily a fusion of Occidental and Chinese cultures, where there is a significant division between the rich and poor.^ The plot and storyline of the film takes place after the events of T3 around 2014 and focuses mainly on the war between humanity and Skynet in the post-apocalyptic world.

 As a result of the Sino-American Alliance, Mandarin Chinese is a common second language; it is used in advertisements, and characters in the show frequently use Chinese words and curses. .According to the DVD commentary on the episode "Serenity", this was explained as being the result of China and the United States being the two superpowers that expanded into space.^ Still, the sets are a vast improvement both in terms of shelf space and bonus features compared to the old two-episode discs , which were released before full-season boxed sets became the model for television DVDs.

 ^ Dark Matter delves into the world of Liu Xing (Chinese for “Shooting Star”), a Chinese science student pursuing a Ph.D. in the United States in the early 1990s.

 ^ Now the new young recruits of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Calvary are heading for the front lines of space in the toughest battle the world has ever faced.

 [48]
The show also features slang not used in contemporary culture, such as adaptations of modern words, or new words altogether. .For example, "shiny" is frequently used in a similar manner as the real world slang "cool". Written and spoken Chinese as well as Old West dialect are also employed.^ Cool, well I was inspired to make the game when I watched a bunch of old-ass cartoon intros in a row.
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 As one reviewer noted: "The dialogue tended to be a bizarre purée of wisecracks, old-timey Western-paperback patois, and snatches of Chinese."[7]
.Tim Minear and Joss Whedon pointed out two scenes that, they believed, articulated the mood of the show exceptionally clearly.^ Joss is not only one of the more innovative show creators out there, he is an unbelievably accomplished showrunner,” Liguori said.

 ^ Just because Eliza Dushku will be an amnesiac with occasional false personalities in Joss Whedon’s new TV show Dollhouse , doesn’t mean she won’t have friends.

 ^ Here’s the production notice which Fox sent out along with the casting call for Dollhouse , Joss’ new show: .

 [10] One scene is in the original pilot "Serenity", when Mal is eating with chopsticks and a Western tin cup is by his plate; the other is in the "The Train Job" pilot, when Mal is thrown out of a holographic bar window.[12] The DVD set's "making-of" documentary explains the series' distinctive frontispiece (wherein Serenity soars over a herd of unshod horses) as Whedon's attempt to capture "everything you need to understand about the series in five seconds."
.One of the struggles that Whedon had with Fox was the tone of the show, especially with the main character Malcolm Reynolds.^ The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV sci-fi predecessors such as Star Trek , whose mood was more convivial.

 ^ The structure mimics the makeup of the main character; each of the first five chapters is told from the point of view of one of the members of the pod.

 ^ Unless the main character is a famous, instantly recognizable one (like Mario or Santa), don't use their name in the title.
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 .Fox pressured Whedon to make Mal more "jolly", as they feared he was too dark in the original pilot.^ They might be trying to make him more militant.
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 ^ I'm making a more atmospheric game where the sun gets extinguished and the entire world goes dark.
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 In addition, Fox was not happy that the show involved the "nobodies" who "get squished by policy" instead of the actual policy makers.[10][13]

Cast

Main characters

.Firefly maintained an ensemble cast that portrayed the nine crew members of the ship, Serenity.^ After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore the area.

 .These characters fight criminals and schemers, Alliance security forces, the utterly psychotic and brutal Reavers, and the mysterious men with "hands of blue" — who are apparently operatives of a secret agency which is part of the mega-corporation referred to in the DVD commentary only as The Blue Sun Corporation.^ None of these parts have been cast yet (as far as we know), but here are the characters Joss has come up with: .

 ^ Jake 2.0 was an American television series about Jake Foley, a computer technician for the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) and became a secret agent after a freak accident at the Agency.

 ^ Yoshimitsu Ohashi, who directed Galaxy Angel and Galaxy Angel Z , and the character designs are done by Uno Makoto, the character designer for Stellvia and Daphne in the Brilliant Blue .” .

 .The crew is driven by the need to secure enough income to keep their ship operational, set against their need to keep a low profile to avoid their adversaries.^ Captained by a down on his luck, no faith soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs (legal or not) while avoiding the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe.

 Their situation is greatly complicated by the divergent motivations of the individuals on board Serenity, but complex characterization was hampered by the show's brief run.
.
  • Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) is the owner of Serenity and former Independent sergeant in the pivotal Battle of Serenity Valley.^ As a veteran of the disadvantaged Independent faction’s war against the all-powerful planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a quest for survival.

     .Very little is known about the enigmatic Captain; the little he reveals about his past life betrays nothing of his character (a mystery of its own).^ Quote Quote Too Many Isotopes It's over 20 years since the game 'Critical Mass' came out, and it's not well known in any case (AND it had very little to do with nuclear reactions).
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     ^ Due to the highly secretive nature of the project, very little is known about the movie’s plot.

     ^ Told retrospectively, many of the mysteries revealed gradually in the main series are recounted, making the show a collection of spoilers for newcomers while adding little for established fans.

     Malcolm reveals that he grew up on a ranch, and was raised by his mother and the ranch hands. The only other scenes of his past life that are shown are about the Unification War, in which he and Zoe fought for the Independent Army, the "Browncoats", as a platoon sergeant in the 57th Overlanders. He is an efficient leader and is skilled with guns as well as in hand-to-hand combat. Mal's character is full of contradictions. He is constantly fighting his demons, and his true self remains something of a mystery.
  • Zoe Alleyne Washburne (Gina Torres) is second-in-command onboard Serenity, a loyal wartime friend of Captain Reynolds, and the wife of Wash. Described by her husband as a "warrior woman", she has great knowledge of combat. .Her past is a mystery; the only thing known is that she was born and raised on a ship[49] and served under Mal during the war as a corporal.^ After resigning from a top-secret position, a man is abducted from his London home and taken to a mysterious place known only as The Village.

     ^ Is this only an American thing where there is no past beyond the last fifty seconds?
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     [50] She demonstrates an almost unconditional loyalty to Mal, the only exception noted being her marriage to Wash, which the captain claims to have tried to prevent. .Her maiden name is Warren, seen in a Serenity DVD Easter Egg.
  • Hoban "Wash" Washburne (Alan Tudyk) is Serenity's pilot and Zoe's husband.^ The guys over at Moviehole.net have a quote from Alan Tudyk (who plays Wash) where he claims that the recent buzz regarding the re-release of the Serenity DVD is causing Universal to consider making another one.

     .Wash expresses jealousy over his wife's "war buddy" relationship and unconditional support of their captain, most particularly in the episode "War Stories", in which he confronts Mal regarding their relationship.^ The mythos element is still present, but season 3 is a definite return to the look and feel of season 1 where most of the episodes are individual dark crime stories.

     .While more of Wash's past is disclosed than most other characters, his background is still sparse: he joined pilot training just to see the stars, which were invisible from the surface of his polluted homeworld, and he joined Serenity despite being highly sought after by other ships.^ And no other cast of characters lasting more than one ep?
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     ^ The Steampunk Cyber men looked more like their earlier incarnations than the most recent.
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     ^ But in RTDs tenure, we just had dr plus assistant and no other cast of characters that ever lasted more then one episode.
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     He is very light-hearted and tends to make amusing comments, despite the severity of any situation.
  • Inara Serra (Morena Baccarin) is a Companion, which is the 26th century equivalent of a courtesan or oiran. Like her Renaissance counterparts, Inara enjoys high social standing. Her presence confers a degree of legitimacy and social acceptance the crew of Serenity would not have without her on board. .She and Mal have a strained relationship, with unspoken romantic tension playing a significant part in several episodes, as well as in the movie.^ Tapping, who co-starred on that series last season, will return for several episodes.” Categories: Sci Fi · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction .

     Inara arguably represents Mal's heart, and Mal is a noticeably darker character when Inara is absent (as during the first half of "Serenity"). She rents one of the ship's two small shuttles.
  • Jayne Cobb (Adam Baldwin) is hired muscle. He and Mal met on opposite sides of a rivalry; Mal, while held at gunpoint, offered Jayne his own bunk and a higher cut than his current employer, so he turned coat and shot his then-partners. .In one episode, he admits freely to Mal that he would have sold Mal out to an Alliance agent if the money was good enough.^ A good pun would work perfectly here, but I'm not familiar enough with Lode Runner's gameplay to invent one myself.
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     ^ A good name would have tried not to shut out girls.
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     ^ Patterson was already in one of the previous episodes of Doctor Who (The one with the Big Brother house and The Weakest Link IIRC) and he wasn't particularly good, and I was glad he got exterminated!
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     He is someone who can be depended on in a fight.[51] .He tends to act like a "lummox" who thinks he is the smartest person in space, but occasional hints of intelligence peek through this façade, giving the impression that he acts dumber than he is.^ Personally I think it's an outstanding move that takes Doctor Who away from the "see?
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     ^ Great for any armchair traveller who likes a deep-space adventure, and educational for the whole family.

     ^ I'd like to be wrong, but i bet the 2010 scripts will aim exclusively at the Tweenies, with 'soapy', love-struck story arcs that are more Hollyoaks/90210 than Who...
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     [10] .As Whedon states several times, Jayne is the man who will ask the questions that no one else wants to.^ I'd recommend to any Who fan renting one story from each Doctor, and you'll know which one you want to follow.
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     ^ Beliving Riddick is a Furian warrior, Aereon decides to hire Riddick believing he is the one man who can stop The Lord Marshal and the Necromongers.

     ^ It follows the exploit of a man who can travel back in time seven days before the disaster had happened.

     [52] .Even though he is a macho character, he has shown a particularly intense fear of Reavers, more so than the rest of the crew.^ Trekkers were even more ecstatic when The Wrath of Khan (1982) revived the spirit of the original series, even though director Nicholas Meyer was a Trek neophyte.

     ^ I think I may be even more bummed out now than I was earlier.
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     ^ I'll need more time to think of the character/place names before I move onto the title though...
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     .Despite his amoral mercenary persona, he sends a significant portion of his income to his mother.
  • Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye[53][54] (Jewel Staite) is the ship's mechanic.^ The update comes from the girl who plays Kaylee, named Jewel Staite in real life, who wrote a blog update (via CinemaBlend ) about the whole fiasco.

     .In the episode "Out of Gas", it is established that she has no formal training, but keeps Serenity running with an intuitive gift for the workings of mechanical equipment.^ He is hunted for something he has no recollection of doing and has only a little time to work it out.

     ^ Captained by a down on his luck, no faith soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs (legal or not) while avoiding the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe.

     .Jewel Staite explains Kaylee's character as being wholesome, sweet, and "completely genuine in that sweetness", adding "She loves being on that ship.^ It would be fun to find out that a former supporting character is really the timelord, or even a Villain (with the reasons for his or her actions being explained).
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     ^ The update comes from the girl who plays Kaylee, named Jewel Staite in real life, who wrote a blog update (via CinemaBlend ) about the whole fiasco.

     She loves all of those people. .And she's the only one who loves all of them incredibly genuinely."^ I tend to hoard, and once it is gone, it’s gone forever, and this is one series I loved with all my heart.

     ^ Fans will also enjoy the appearance of old-school Cylons, and the revelation that Gaius is not the only one who fell for the wiles of Number 6 (Tricia Helfer).

     [55] She has a crush on Dr. Simon Tam. Kaylee is the soul of the ship: according to creator Joss Whedon, if Kaylee believes something, it is true.[10]
  • Dr. Simon Tam (Sean Maher) is a medical researcher and trauma surgeon of the first caliber (top 3% in his class at a top core-planet institution), who is on the run after breaking his sister River out of a government research facility. In the episode "Safe", it is revealed that he and River had a privileged upbringing with access to the best education and that Simon sacrificed a highly-successful future in medicine, over his stern father's severe objections, when he rescued River. .His bumbling attempts at a romantic relationship with Kaylee are a recurring subplot throughout the series, and at every turn he seems to find a way to unwittingly foil his attempts at romance.^ I’ve been checking for news, and have posted what I found, but it seems no firm decisions have been made on any of the series that I can find, except perhaps Journeyman .

     ^ With Transformers turning out to be a huge hit, they’re out finding every last nostalgic 80’s “whatever” and revisiting it again, from G.I. Joe to The Last Starfighter to Akira .

     ^ He IS The Doctor and he seems like he'll make it his own in the way that people here have been talking about the ones from the original series.
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     His life is defined by caring for his sister.[10]
    • .
  • River Tam (Summer Glau) was smuggled onto the ship by her brother.^ River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River’s brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity.

     .River was a child prodigy of unparalleled genius, but she was experimented upon at the hands of Alliance doctors, leaving her delusional, erratic, and at times violent.^ Apparently The Doctor/River Song relationship was going to form a big part of Steven Moffatt's fifth season, but he's had to rethink things now that Tennant is leaving.
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     ^ But when things get out of hand with the true extent of River’s powers, the Alliance sends a new Operative to make sure what River knows doesn’t get out.

     .Her personal journey of self-discovery is a running theme throughout the series and the movie.^ Astro’s journey of self discovery and acceptance is directly linked to the hardcore killer robot fights, and to the rejection by his creator, Dr. Tanner.

     ^ Ultimately, it’s Jaime’s journey of self-discovery and inner strength that will help her embrace her new life as the Bionic Woman in this new action-drama series.

     ^ Century Fox packaged the entire run–movies, TV series, animated series, and the 2001 Tim Burton remake– in Caesar’s head .

     River is constantly at war with her own demons. She sees and hears things that others do not, and experiences waking dreams of her memories of the Alliance "academy" experiments. .Opinions of her vary among the crew: some value her, Jayne fears her, and the rest just want her to stay out of trouble.^ SIMON Pegg has ruled out playing the next Doctor Who – he just wants to watch it.
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     ^ Just to understand what G and IMPACT are about: G gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H0NtSRZ8dk) However i like your suggestion, i will think about some variant.
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     ^ I tired to stay within the Sci-Fi genre, but some paranormal/fantasy ones just begged to be included.

     She is also telepathic.
  • Derrial Book (Ron Glass) is a Shepherd (equivalent to a pastor). Although presented as a devout Christian man,[56] Book demonstrates a depth of knowledge about the activities of criminals (in "Our Mrs. Reynolds") and corrupt police (in "The Message"). He is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. When questioned on his non-Biblical intentions during the rescue in "War Stories", Book replies somewhat ironically that while the Bible is quite specific about killing, it's "somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps." In "Safe," he was shown to have sufficient status in the Alliance to receive medical treatment from the military with no questions asked. Book represents Mal's guide, conscience, and lost spirituality, while his hidden backstory was to have been gradually revealed, had the series continued.
.Except for Book being absent from "Ariel", with the explanation that he was meditating at an abbey, the nine regular characters appear in every episode.^ Casting black or female WILL require some explanation, if only to explain how if the Doctor ISN'T only limited to being white and male, he HAS BEEN for EVERY INCARNATION of his existence!
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Other roles

.Five members of the Firefly cast appeared on Joss Whedon's other TV series as major villains.^ Dollhouse,” from 20th Century Fox TV, is Whedon’s first TV project since his 2002 Fox drama “Firefly.” .

 ^ Just because Eliza Dushku will be an amnesiac with occasional false personalities in Joss Whedon’s new TV show Dollhouse , doesn’t mean she won’t have friends.

 ^ Directed and written by Joss Whedon, and based on the short-lived series.

 Fillion was cast as Caleb in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and later as Captain Hammer in the internet series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, while Torres and Baldwin took on recurring roles on Angel in its fourth and fifth seasons respectively, as the characters of Jasmine and Marcus Hamilton. Tudyk portrayed the rogue character Alpha in Whedon's latest series, Dollhouse. Glau also portrayed a villain role in the second season of Dollhouse, in the role of scientist Bennet Halverson. .She had appeared in the third-season Angel episode "Waiting in the Wings" before she was cast in Firefly.^ Colin Baker was in an episode of Doctor Who before he got cast as the Doctor.
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 ^ The SCI FI Channel has announced that it has ordered a third season of all-new episodes of its most-watched show, Eureka .

 ^ On October 5, 2007 TV Guide reported that ABC family has renewed Kyle XY for a third season of 10 episodes.
.Baccarin was originally intended to portray Eve in Angel's final season, but in the end was unable to commit to the role due to other pursuits.^ The film finally goes too far with a woefully misguided ending that pays weak homage to the original, but everything preceding that misfire is astonishingly right.

 [57] .In addition, Jewel Staite appeared in several episodes of Wonderfalls, which was produced by Tim Minear.^ In addition to her producing and starring turns on “Sanctuary,” Amanda Tapping will also make guest appearances on several episodes of SCI FI Channel’s “Stargate Atlantis” during its 5th season.

 ^ Samantha Carter) will not be a regular cast member in Season 5, but will return for “…several episodes.” It is not known if actress Jewel Staite (Dr.

Recurring characters

Main article: List of characters in the Firefly universe
Despite the short run of the series, some recurring characters emerged from the inhabitants of the Firefly universe:
  • Badger (Mark Sheppard) is an established smuggling middleman on the planet Persephone. He provided jobs for Serenity on at least two occasions. .In the DVD commentary for the episode "Serenity", it was revealed that this part was originally written with the intention of Whedon himself playing the part.^ Product Description This 5-disc DVD set includes all 23 episodes including the two-part pilot episode!

     .Badger appeared in the original pilot "Serenity" and in "Shindig", with a return in the comic book series Serenity: Those Left Behind.
  • Adelei Niska (Michael Fairman) is a criminal kingpin who has a reputation for violent reprisals, including severe, prolonged torture, against those who fail him or even irritate him.^ Tapping, who co-starred on that series last season, will return for several episodes.” Categories: Sci Fi · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction .

     ^ Shit I feel old, even the BBC's Merlin series has him as a sixteen year old kid.
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     ^ The fan-favorite comic-book heroine will initially be on the opposite side of the law, working for Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum).

     He appeared in "The Train Job" and "War Stories".
  • "Saffron" (Christina Hendricks) is a con artist whose real name is unknown. .In the series she also used the aliases "Bridget" and "Yolanda", leading Mal to jokingly address her as "YoSaffBridge", a portmanteau of her three aliases, in the episode "Trash". She has a habit of marrying her marks during her scams.^ The series was created by Chris Brancato and it has three (3) seasons with sixty-six (66) episodes.

     ^ The series was created by Christopher and Zachary Crowe and it has three (3) seasons and sixty-six (66) episodes.

     ^ The series was created by Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik and it has two (2) seasons with twenty-three (23) episodes.

     She first appeared in the episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds" as Mal's involuntarily acquired wife.
  • "The Hands of Blue" (Jeff Ricketts and Dennis Cockrum): Two anonymous men wearing suits and blue gloves who pursue River, apparently to return her to the institute she escaped from, as shown in "The Train Job", "Ariel", and the Serenity: Those Left Behind comic. They kill anyone, including Alliance personnel, who had contact with her, using a mysterious hand-held device that causes fatal bleeding to anyone in its proximity, except them.

Reception

Critical review

The Boston Globe described Firefly as a "wonderful, imaginative mess brimming with possibility." The review further notes the difference between the new series and other programs to be that those shows "burst onto the scene with slick pilots and quickly deteriorate into mediocrity..."Firefly" is on the opposite creative journey."[58] Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle felt that the melding of the western and science fiction genres was a "forced hodgepodge of two alarmingly opposite genres just for the sake of being different", and suggested that calling the series a vast disappointment would be an "understatement".[59]
.Carina Chocano of Salon.com notes that the series lacks the psychological tension that made Whedon's other series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, successful.^ Creator Joss Whedon’s ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon’s third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature.

 ^ Angel, the tortured vampire destined to walk the earth with a soul, got his own series after three seasons on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and did what any new star might do: he moved to L.A. (the City of Angels–get it?

 ^ NOTE: The other series are in Parts II & III. .

 She points out that while the 'space as Wild West' metaphor is fairly redundant, neither genre connected to the present. Chocano concedes that this might be attributable to the episodes being aired out of order.[58]
.In contrast, Jason Snell called the show one of the best on television, and one "with the most potential for future brilliance."^ Amazon.com essential video This 1956 pop adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is one of the best, most influential science fiction movies ever made.

 ^ For its day, this show boasted some of the best visual effects on television (cheezy by today’s standards of course) with detailed scale models and stop-motion aliens.

 ^ It might have something to do with the fact that a lot of these people are barely known in the USA and many have at most only been seen in one or two shows.
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 [60] .TV Guide's Matt Roush called the show "oddball" and "offbeat", and noted how literally the series took the metaphor of space operas as Westerns.^ DDR/Guitar hero hit-the-notes-as-they-fall-down crap) and we're calling the series DISCOGRAPHY .
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 ^ IDW series "Doctor Who: The Forgotten"is in cannon, Doctor used something called De-Mat Gun to wipe both Time Lords and Daleks from time and space) .
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 .Roush opined that the shift from space travel to horseback was "jarring", but that once he got used to this, he found the characters cleverly conceived, and the writing a crisp balance of action, tension and humor.^ The series offered a timelessly appealing balance of humor, imagination, and character depth.

 [61] Emily Nussbaum of the New York Times, reviewing the DVD set, noted that the program featured "an oddball genre mix that might have doomed it from the beginning: it was a character-rich sci-fi western comedy-drama with existential underpinnings, a hard sell during a season dominated by Joe Millionaire."[1]
.MSN points out that after viewing the DVD boxed set it was easy to see why the program had attracted many die-hard fans.^ Fortunately, The X-Files was still going strong at the time and fans got a bit of closure with The X-Files ’ season 7 tie-in episode “Millennium” (included on this DVD set).

 ^ Witchblade DVD is a collection of 12 DVDs in a 3 box set as shown above, all episodes are organize from pilot to finale.

 ^ Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs–and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about.

 ."All of Whedon's fingerprints are there: the witty dialogue, the quirky premises and dark exploration of human fallacy that made Buffy brilliant found their way to this space drama."^ For all that bouncing through space and time there paths must have crossed on many ocassions through many regenerations.
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 ^ Although Astro is a robot, there’s a deep dark human struggle that we’re exploring.

 ^ There is nothing there that suggest he should be any particular (human) race at all."
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Fandom

.Firefly generated a loyal base of fans during its three-month original broadcast run on Fox in late 2002. These original fans, self-styled Browncoats, first organized to try to save the series from being canceled by Fox.^ Being a fan of the Runman series, I personally really like "Race Around the World" :D .
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 ^ It would have been unthinkable for the original series to have tackled most of these.

 ^ Each movie will be based on three of the six volumes from Katsuhiro Otomo’s graphic novel that was first published in 1982.

 Their efforts included raising money for an ad in Variety magazine and a postcard writing campaign to UPN. .While unsuccessful in finding a network who would continue the show, their support led to a release of the series on DVD in December 2003.[6] A subsequent fan campaign then raised over $14,000 in donations to have a purchased Firefly DVD set placed aboard 250 U.S. Navy ships by April 2004 for recreational viewing by their crews.^ Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 22 Rating: Studio: Paramount DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004 Run Time: 4117 minutes Editorial Reviews .

 ^ Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 4 Rating: Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: December 9, 2003 Run Time: 675 minutes Editorial Reviews .

 ^ Fortunately, The X-Files was still going strong at the time and fans got a bit of closure with The X-Files ’ season 7 tie-in episode “Millennium” (included on this DVD set).

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.These and other continuing fan activities eventually persuaded Universal Studios to produce a feature film, Serenity.^ A cinematic Doctor Who film today would have to be within continuity featuring either the "current" Doctor or a popular former Doctor.
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 [7] (The title of Serenity was chosen, according to Whedon, because Fox still owned the rights to the name 'Firefly'). .Numerous early screenings were held for existing fans in an attempt to create a buzz and increase ticket sales when it was released widely on September 30, 2005.[7] The film was not as commercially successful as fans had hoped, opening at number two and making only $40 million worldwide during its initial theatrical release.^ Fans will also enjoy the appearance of old-school Cylons, and the revelation that Gaius is not the only one who fell for the wiles of Number 6 (Tricia Helfer).

 ^ We love that about it.” Still, the film was barely in theaters, grossing only $273,420 on a nearly $18 million budget.

 ^ BoingBoing.net posted “Shadow Unit: award-winning sf writers create “fan site for a show that never existed” .
.On June 23, 2006 fans organized the first worldwide charity screenings of Serenity in 47 cities, dubbed as Can’t Stop the Serenity or CSTS, an homage to the movie’s tagline, "Can’t stop the signal."^ One Rule: Stay in the light.” This is the first of the Riddick movies, and is pure terror, heart-stopping suspense, with plenty of popping aliens.

 [64] The event raised over $65,000[65] for Whedon's favorite charity, Equality Now. In 2007, $106,000 was raised,[66] with a goal of $150,000 in 2008.
Another campaign on June 23, 2006 referred to the date as Serenity Day,[67] on which fans bought—and got others to buy—copies of the Serenity and Firefly DVDs in hopes of convincing Universal that creating a sequel was a good business decision. On this day, Serenity and Firefly were ranked second and third, respectively, on the DVD Best Sellers list. .The dates for both campaigns were chosen because it is series creator Joss Whedon’s birthday.^ Just because Eliza Dushku will be an amnesiac with occasional false personalities in Joss Whedon’s new TV show Dollhouse , doesn’t mean she won’t have friends.

 ^ Directed and written by Joss Whedon, and based on the short-lived series.
In July 2006, a fan-made documentary was released, titled, Done the Impossible, and is commercially available. .The documentary relates the story of the fans and how the show has affected them, and features interviews with Whedon and various cast members.^ It's the current name because it's the first line of text, and there won't be a title screen for various reasons (related to the gameplay & story).
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 ^ The special features include commentaries by writer Jason Katims, the directors, and various cast members as well as featurettes.

 ^ Most of the surviving cast members (Kasznar passed away in 1979, and Heather Young is not included) is featured in interviews about their experiences on the show, and there are several home videos of producer Allen directing the program and interacting with the over sized props and sets.

 Part of the DVD proceeds are donated to Equality Now.
.NASA Browncoat Astronaut Steven Swanson[68] took the Firefly and Serenity DVDs with him on Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 mission, which lifted off on Friday, June 8, 2007. The DVDs will permanently reside on the International Space Station as a form of entertainment for the station's crews.^ The SA contained several really cool space shuttles or “Seekers” that allowed them to take off-campus expeditions to nearby planets.

 [69]
.A fan-made, not-for-profit, unofficial sequel to Serenity, entitled Browncoats: Redemption, completed filming in August 2009 and is currently in post-production, with initial editing scheduled for completion by the end of March 2010.[70] According to the movie's web site, Whedon has given "his blessing" to the project.^ Title: Re: Game Name Clinic - I will rate your game's name Post by: Inanimate on August 18, 2009, 04:59:10 PM .
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 ^ Title: Re: Game Name Clinic - I will rate your game's name Post by: Pencerkoff on August 17, 2009, 02:49:21 PM .
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 ^ Title: Re: Game Name Clinic - I will rate your game's name Post by: KittenEater on August 18, 2009, 07:24:33 PM .
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 .No theatrical screenings are planned, but the completed production will be made available for sale on DVD at Dragon*Con 2010, with all proceeds being distributed between five (as of January 2010) charities.^ All of them are available in DVD on this list.

 ^ Alan got his info from Nathan, and all that was is that they (read Universal) are talking about a possible (key word) sequel, depending on the sale of the Collectors Edition of the DVD. Alan never said it was greenlit, NO ONE has said it was greenlit.

 ^ Now we really have the complete series available on dvd.” .

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Cult status

.In 2005, New Scientist magazine's website held an internet poll to find "The World's Best Space Sci-Fi Ever". Firefly came in first place, with its cinematic follow-up Serenity in second.^ The third season of the new Doctor Who averaged 1.3 million weekly viewers on SCI FI. .

 ^ The first episode is available for free, with all following episodes priced at 160 Microsoft Points (equivalent to $1.99), and as of February 1, 2008, the first 8 episodes were available for download, with each new episode becoming available for download after it is aired.” .

 ^ WordPress.com Tags: Movies , SciFi , Science Fiction , Fantasy , TV , Television , Movie News Categories: Celebrities · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 [72] .Also, as of May 2007, it was the most popular science fiction show amongst users of tv.com.^ WordPress.com Tags: Movies , SciFi , Science Fiction , Fantasy , TV , Television , Movie News Categories: Celebrities · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 ^ And at least one episode (Harlan Ellison’s “The City on the Edge of Forever”) ranks among the finest science fiction stories in any popular medium.

 ^ Categories: DVD · Sci Fi · Television · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: Collectors , DVD , fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction , Television , TV .

 [73]
.On May 9, 2006, the Firefly episodes were added to the iTunes Music Store for download as part of Fox Television Classics along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lost in Space.^ In May 2007, it was announced that Lost would continue for its fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons, concluding with the 117th produced episode in May 2010.

 ^ Creator Joss Whedon’s ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon’s third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature.

 ^ Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon is returning to television with “Dollhouse,” a new sci-fi project starring “Buffy” alumna Eliza Dushku that has received a seven-episode commitment from Fox.

 The episodes were initially listed in the order Fox originally aired them, but due to comments from fans in the Store, the episodes were listed in the order in which Whedon originally intended. Also, Hulu.com listed five consecutive episodes, with a newer one added and the oldest removed once a week, as of September 2009.
Brad Wright, co-creator of Stargate SG-1 has said that the 200th episode of SG-1, is "A little kiss to Serenity and Firefly, which was possibly one of the best canceled series in history." In the episode, "Martin Lloyd has come to the S.G.C. [Stargate Command] because even though "Wormhole X-Treme!" was canceled after three episodes, it did so well on DVD they're making a feature [film]."[74]
.The follow-up film, Serenity, was voted the best science fiction movie of all time in an SFX magazine poll of 3,000 fans.^ Tapping, who co-starred on that series last season, will return for several episodes.” Categories: Sci Fi · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction .

 ^ Between them, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have made 13 of the 100 top-grossing movies of all time.

 ^ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… ” One of the most memorable opening lines in the history of film, this is THE SciF movie of it’s generation, and of the century.

 [75]
Firefly was later named as number 25 on TV Guide's list of "The 30 Top Cult Shows Ever".[76]
The name for the Google beta app Google Wave was inspired by this TV series.[77]

Awards

Firefly won the following awards:
  • Emmy Award: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, 2003
  • Visual Effects Society: Best visual effects in a television series, 2003 (episode "Serenity")
  • Saturn Award: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, Male, 2003 (Nathan Fillion)
  • Saturn Award: Saturn Award for Best DVD Release (television), 2004
  • SyFy Genre Awards: Best Series/Television, 2006[78]
  • SyFy Genre Awards: Best Actor/Television Nathan Fillion, 2006
  • SyFy Genre Awards: Best Supporting Actor/Television Adam Baldwin, 2006
  • SyFy Genre Awards: Best Special Guest/Television Christina Hendricks for "Trash", 2006
  • SyFy Genre Awards: Best Episode/Television "Trash", 2006
The series was also nominated for the following awards:
  • Visual Effects Society: Best compositing in a televised program, music video, or commercial, 2003
  • Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, "Golden Reel Award": Best sound editing in television long form: sound effects/foley, 2003
  • Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2003 (episode "Serenity")
  • Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2004 (episodes "Heart of Gold" and "The Message", which at that time had not been shown on television in the USA)
  • Golden Satellite Award: Best DVD Extras, 2004

Ratings

(Ratings at time of cancellation.)
Season U.S. ratings Network Rank
1 2002 4.48 million[4] Fox #125[4]

Broadcast history

Main article: List of Firefly episodes
.Firefly consists of one two-hour pilot and thirteen one-hour episodes.^ Sanctuary,” which features 90 percent CGI sets, will be retooled for its transition to television, including the creation of a new two-hour premiere episode.

 ^ Now, as the two-hour “Rising” pilot details, a new team has gained access to the legendary city.

 ^ Talks shifted into high gear when the trio came back with a DVD containing two one-hour blocks of webisodes.

 .The show originally aired in the United States in 2002 on Fox, although Fox aired the episodes out of the intended order and did not air three of the fourteen episodes.^ The SCI FI Channel has announced that it has ordered a third season of all-new episodes of its most-watched show, Eureka .

 ^ The show Reaper stopped airing after the tenth episode when the writers went on strike.

 ^ The dispute has also led to the postponement of a six episode spin-off, Heroes: Origins , which was originally expected to air in April and May 2008.” .

 .These first were aired with the rest of the series during repeat broadcasts on the Sci Fi Channel.^ SCI FI Channel is a television network where “what if” is what’s on.

 ^ Tapping, who co-starred on that series last season, will return for several episodes.” Categories: Sci Fi · fantasy · movies · science fiction Tagged: fantasy , movies , Sci Fi , science fiction .

 ^ Both series are slated to premier on SCI FI in April 2008.

 [citation needed]
.Although Whedon had designed the show to run for seven years,[79] and the show had a loyal following during its original broadcast,[80] low ratings resulted in cancellation by Fox in December 2002 after only eleven episodes had aired in the United States and Canada.^ However, the series suffered from low ratings, and NBC allowed its option for a full season order to lapse by the December 11, 2007 deadline for renewal.

 ^ Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 4 Rating: Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: December 9, 2003 Run Time: 675 minutes Editorial Reviews .

 ^ Creator Joss Whedon’s ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon’s third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature.

 [81] .Prior to cancellation, some fans, worried about low ratings, formed the Firefly Immediate Assistance campaign whose goal was to support the production of the show by sending in postcards to Fox.^ The show’s comic approach masked some smart plotting and involved thinking about the mechanics of time travel.

 ^ By most estimates, the writers’ strike will be over by then, but that is not a factor for the show, whose production is strike-proof because it’s based in Canada.

 ^ Never a ratings success despite a growing population of devoted fans, Star Trek was canceled after its second season, prompting a letter-writing campaign that resulted in the series’ third-season renewal.

 .After it was canceled, the campaign worked on getting another network such as UPN to pick up the series.^ Though the producers seemed confident that the program would be picked up for a second season, the series was initially cancelled by CBS in May 2007.

 ^ I’ll hit the ground running, and I’ll work until I’m supposed to, then I’ll stop dead in my tracks and will pick up my picket signs,” he said.

 ^ His witty dialogue sparkles, like an amped up Gilmore Girls in another universe, and so as I loved the series, I know I will love the movie, and I know many fans of the show that love this move.

 The campaign was unsuccessful in securing the show's continuation.[82]
The Onion A.V. Club cited several actions by the Fox network that contributed to the show's failure, most notably airing the episodes out of sequence, making the plot more difficult to follow.[83] .For instance, the double episode "Serenity" was intended as the premiere, and therefore contained most of the character introductions and back-story.^ It was a mixed blessing, since Roddenberry had departed as producer to protest the network’s neglect, and Star Trek ’s third season contained most of the series’ weakest episodes.

 ^ Bull and company started creating story and character arcs in August 2007, examining character backstories, outlining and assigning episodes for each of the authors to write.

 ^ Episode one All characters are introduced and we get set up of the story.
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 .However, Fox decided that "Serenity" was unsuitable to open the series, and "The Train Job" was specifically created to act as a new pilot.^ Instead of an adaptation of the original story, the producers decided to create an entire new setup, with all new characters.

 ^ If the film is well received, NBC will use it as the pilot in a new Knight Rider series.

 ^ The article also mentioned that Fox has decided to take a look and then decide whether or not to order new episodes, something considered unlikely.

 [12] .In addition, Firefly was promoted as an action-comedy rather than the more serious character study it was intended to be, and the showbiz trade paper Variety noted Fox's decision to occasionally preempt the show for sporting events.^ And no other cast of characters lasting more than one ep?
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 ^ But the way it's presented in the game, instantly shows that you mean the dream kind of dream rather than the ambition kind of dream.
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 ^ Radnom) As for you, Radnom, I think you can come up with something a bit more interesting than a straight main-character's-name sort of title.
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.A box set containing the fourteen completed episodes (including those which had not yet aired in the United States) was released on region 1 DVD on December 9, 2003, region 2 on April 19, 2004, and region 4 on August 2, 2004. The box features the episodes in the original order in which the show's producers had intended them to be broadcast, as well as seven episode commentaries, outtakes and other features.^ Just as I have not yet watched those remaining un-aired episodes from the DVD set I own.

 ^ It’s hard to believe that after 30 years BCI-Eclipse will finally release the complete series on DVD featuring all 15 episodes of this rarely-seen vintage 70’s Saturday morning show on 4 discs including audio commentary on two episodes “Phantom Planet” and “Countdown” with Filmation producer Lou Scheimer and stars Ric Carrott, Brian Tochi, Eric Greene, and Special Effects Supervisor Chuck Comisky, and hosted by Andy Mangels.

 ^ The three 2004 DVD sets collect all 79 episodes of the show, including “The Cage” in both a restored color version and the original, never-aired version that alternates between color and black and white.

 .The DVDs feature the episodes as they were shot in 16:9 widescreen, with anamorphic transfers and Dolby Surround audio.^ Nothing would completely satisfy this crowd except giving them the 16 episodes they were promised (and even then, satisfying them is far from a sure thing).

 ^ Also featured on the discs are galleries of publicity shots, episodic photos, show merchandise and of the photogenic Ms. Lund, and the MAD Magazine parody.

 ^ Burgess Meredith (himself a veteran of the original TZ ) provides narration; the widescreen DVD features no extras save for the original trailer and a remastered digital transfer.

 .By September 2005, its DVD release had sold approximately 500,000[84] copies and was one of the top movers at Amazon.com for months.^ It would have sold 500,000 copies in a week.
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 ^ Amazon.com “The extended editions of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings present the greatest trilogy in film history in the most ambitious sets in DVD history.

 ^ Amazon.com essential video If a top-level spy decided he didn’t want to be a spy anymore, could he just walk into HQ and hand in his resignation?

 At Amazon.com the DVDs had average daily rankings of between 1st and 75th in 2003, 22nd and 397th in 2004, 2nd and 232nd in 2005, and 2nd and 31st in 2006 as of June 27, 2006.[85]
Fox remastered the complete series in 1080i hi-definition for broadcast on Universal HD, which began in April 2008.[86] The series was re-released on Blu-ray Disc on November 11, 2008, comprising three discs; exclusive extras to the Blu-ray release include extra audio commentary from Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass for the episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds", as well as an additional featurette, "Firefly" Reunion: Lunch with Joss, Nathan, Alan and Ron.[87]
On March 12, 2009, the series was the winner of the first annual Hulu awards in the category "Shows We'd Bring Back".[88]
Episode # Title Original Air Date Broadcast # Production #
1 "Serenity" December 20, 2002[89] 11 1AGE79
2 "The Train Job" September 20, 2002[89] 1 1AGE01
3 "Bushwhacked" September 27, 2002[89] 2 1AGE02
4 "Shindig" November 1, 2002[90] 6 1AGE03
5 "Safe" November 8, 2002[90] 7 1AGE04
6 "Our Mrs. Reynolds" October 4, 2002[90] 3 1AGE05
7 "Jaynestown" October 18, 2002[90] 4 1AGE06
8 "Out of Gas" October 25, 2002[91] 5 1AGE07
9 "Ariel" November 15, 2002[91] 8 1AGE08
10 "War Stories" December 6, 2002[91] 9 1AGE09
11 "Trash" June 28, 2003 12 1AGE12
12 "The Message" July 15, 2003 13 1AGE13
13 "Heart of Gold" August 19, 2003 14 1AGE10
14 "Objects in Space" December 13, 2002[92] 10 1AGE11

DVD and Blu-ray release

Firefly: The Complete Series
Set details:
  • 14 episodes
  • 4 disc set (3 disc Blu-ray)
Features:
  • Anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio)
  • Dolby Digital Surround (DVD)
  • 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (Blu-ray)
  • Subtitles vary depending on region
 Bonus features:
Release dates: Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
December 9, 2003
November 11, 2008 (Blu-ray)		 April 19, 2004 August 2, 2004
December 3, 2008 (Blu-ray)

Media franchise

Main article: Firefly media franchise
.The popularity of the short-lived series served as the launching point for media franchise within the Firefly universe, including a feature film Serenity which addresses many plot points left unresolved by the cancellation of the series.^ Special features are again bountiful, including audio commentary on all episodes, various featurettes, and five “directors series” entries devoted to particular episodes.

 ^ Eventually expanding to encompass five separate TV series, an ongoing slate of feature films, and a fan base larger than the population of many third-world countries, the Star Trek universe began not with a Big Bang but with a cautious experiment in network TV programming.

 ^ Directed and written by Joss Whedon, and based on the short-lived series.
.Additionally there were two comic-book mini-series, Serenity: Those Left Behind (104 pages, 2006), and Serenity: Better Days (80 pages, 2008) in which Whedon explored plot strands he had intended to explore further in the series.^ Pocket put out 8 Alien Nation novels and novelizations back in the day, so we had those to get over the cliffhanger when the complete series set came out a couple of years ago.

 ^ He takes the quite defensible course of focusing on those “normals” left behind, on the assumption that everything on the far side of the Singularity is unintelligible to us mere mortals.

 ^ Fortunately, the big-screen Serenity (which can be enjoyed independently of the series) ensured that Whedon’s wild extraterrestrial west had not seen its final sunset.

 .The comics are set, in plot terms, between the end of the TV series and the opening of the feature film.^ With new and extended scenes carefully added back into the film, the 12-disc set also includes hours of bonus features.

 ^ The show’s sets are 90% CGI and shot in the same cutting-edge style as the feature films 300 and Sin City.

 ^ The film is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind.

 The mini-series were later published in collected form as hardback graphic novels.
A role-playing game has since been produced in book form.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nussbaum, Emily (December 21, 2003). "A DVD Face-Off Between the Official and the Homemade". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/arts/television/21NUSS.html?ei=5007&en=c508df9532d71a84&ex=1387342800&adxnnl=1&partner=USERLAND&adxnnlx=1152994428-SRzXGWQ2CEWBejqgzRixZQ. Retrieved 2006-07-15. 
  2. ^ Brioux, Bill. "Firefly series ready for liftoff". jam.canoe.ca. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/F/Firefly/2002/07/22/734323.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  3. ^ Whedon, Serenity: Relighting the Firefly, DVD extra
  4. ^ a b c "Fox Squashes "Firefly"". E! Online. 2002-12-13. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b44314_fox_squashes_firefly.html. Retrieved 2009-12-30. 
  5. ^ Whedon: "This movie should not exist," he continues. "Failed TV shows don't get made into major motion pictures—unless the creator, the cast, and the fans believe beyond reason. ... It is, in an unprecedented sense, your movie."Russell, M.E. (June 24, 2006). "The Browncoats Rise Again". The Daily Standard. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/757fhfxg.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-16. 
  6. ^ a b Chonin, Neva (2005-06-08). "When Fox canceled 'Firefly,' it ignited an Internet fan base whose burning desire for more led to 'Serenity'". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/08/DDGQJD4D2O1.DTL&hw=firefly&sn=001&sc=1000. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  7. ^ a b c d Russell, M.E. (June 24, 2006). "The Browncoats Rise Again". The Daily Standard. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/757fhfxg.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-16. 
  8. ^ a b Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, p. 8
  9. ^ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 6
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Serenity" commentary
  11. ^ Whedon, "Interview with Joss Whedon", Done the Impossible
  12. ^ a b c d e f Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 1
  13. ^ a b c Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 7
  14. ^ Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 6
  15. ^ a b c d Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 3
  16. ^ a b Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 12
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  • Firefly: the official companion, volume two. Abbie Bernstein, Bryan Cairns, Karl Derrick, Tara Di Lullo. London, UK: Titan Books. April 2007. ISBN 139781845763725. 
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     ^ Now we really have the complete series available on dvd.” .

     20th Century Fox.
  • Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of Firefly & Serenity [DVD].

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This article is about the television show, for the beetles that can produce light, see Lampyridae
Firefly
Format Science fiction
Created by Joss Whedon
Developed by Joss Whedon
Starring Nathan Fillion
Gina Torres
Alan Tudyk
Morena Baccarin
Adam Baldwin
Jewel Staite
Sean Maher
Summer Glau
Ron Glass
Opening theme "The Ballad of Serenity"
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 14
Production
Executive producer(s) Joss Whedon
Tim Minear
Running time about 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel FOX
Original run September 20, 2002 – August 19, 2003
External links
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Firefly is an American science fiction television series. It first aired in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. It is set in the future, but also has many things about it which would be expected in a story of the American Old West. This combination of past and future gives a unique science fiction setting for the story. It was created by writer and director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. He created it with his production company, Mutant Enemy. Whedon was the executive producer, along with Tim Minear.

Firefly was first broadcast on the FOX network. It was cancelled after only eleven of the fourteen episodes were shown. Even though the show did not last long, it sold very well when it was released onto DVD and had great fan support.[1][2] Because of this, Whedon and Universal Pictures made a movie based on the series, titled Serenity. The movie was named after the fictional spaceship in the show.[3] It won an Emmy in 2003 for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series".

The series is set in 2517 AD. It follows the adventures of the crew of Serenity, a Firefly-class spaceship. The cast play the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon described the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".[4] The show looks at the changing lives of people who fought on the losing side of a civil war. It also shows the pioneer culture that is on the edges of their star system. It is a future where the only two superpowers, the United States and China, joined to create a single government. This government was called the Alliance. This also caused the two cultures to blend into each other. Whedon said that nothing has changed in the future. There are more people with better technology, but they still have the same problems politically, morally and ethically.[5]

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Production

Creation

Whedon came up with the idea for the show after reading The Killer Angels, a novel about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He wanted to follow people who had fought on the losing side of a war. He wanted to look at their lives after the war on the edges of civilization.[6] It was meant to be the kind of drama with a lot of people trying to figure out their lives in a pioneer environment.[7] Whedon wanted to have a show that was about when life was physical and things did not come easy to people.[8] Whedon was also very interested in science fiction and wanted to make something for television that was character-driven and dirty.

For the name of the show, Joss Whedon wanted something that had strength and movement. He felt that the word "firefly" had both. The fact that it was also something small with a powerful name made him like it more. From there, he created the ship in the image of a firefly.[8]

Format

While making the first episode, Whedon was arguing with FOX that the show should be shown in widescreen format. Because of this, he filmed scenes with actors on the edge of both sides so that they would have to show it that way.[8] However, the pilot was turned down by the FOX executives. They thought that it did not have enough action. They also did not like the captain.[9] FOX told Whedon on a Friday afternoon that he had to make a new script by Monday morning or they would not do it.[9] Whedon and Tim Minear spent the weekend writing a new episode, "The Train Job".[9] In this new episode, the captain was more "happy" and they added "larger than life" characters.[9][10] These characters were the henchman "Crow", and the "hands of blue" men, that also introduced a X-Files-type ending.[10]

Set design

Production designer Carey Meyer built the ship Serenity in two parts. It was built as a complete set. It had ceilings and working lights built in as part of the set that the cameras could use. It also had movable parts.[11] This helped with moving the camera around inside the set. There were other good things about this set design. One was that it let the people watching feel that they were really in a ship. For Whedon, the design of the ship was very important. It defined the known space for the viewer. He wanted to show that it was simple and that it was "beat-up but lived-in and ultimately, it was home".[12] Each room had a feel to it, usually shown by the paint color.

Their small budget was a reason to use the ship for much of telling the story. When the characters did go off of the ship, the worlds all had Earth atmosphere and colors. They could not afford to build alien worlds.

Music

See also: Firefly soundtrack

The theme song, "The Ballad of Serenity", was written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes. Whedon wrote the song before the series was approved by Fox. An early recording done by Whedon can be found on the DVD release. The soundtrack to the series was released on CD on November 8, 2005 by Varèse Sarabande. The musical score matches the blending of cultures in the show. Cowboy guitar blended with an Asian feel was the musical background for the series. Greg Edmonson wrote the music for the series. He said that he wrote for the emotion of the moment.

Casting

, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, and Nathan Fillion at the 2005 Serenity "flanvention".]] In casting his nine-member crew, Whedon looked first at the actor and how they got along with others. All nine cast members were chosen before filming began. However, while filming the original pilot "Serenity", Whedon saw that the actress cast as Inara Serra (Rebecca Gayheart) was not right for the role.Morena Baccarin auditioned for the role and two days later was on the set in her first television show.

Whedon asked Nathan Fillion to play the lead role of Malcolm Reynolds. After telling him the idea for the show and showing him the pilot, Fillion wanted the role.[13] Fillion was called back several times to read for the part before he was cast.

Alan Tudyk auditioned and was told to come back in to test with the possible Zoes (the character's wife). It was down to him and one other person. The Zoes did not work out and Tudyk was sent home. He got a call telling him he had the part anyway. [14]

Veteran science fiction-fantasy actress Gina Torres (The Matrix Reloaded, Xena: Warrior Princess) did not at first want to do another science fiction show, but "was won over by the quality of the source material."[15] As she recalled, "So you had these challenged characters inhabiting a challenging world and that makes for great storytelling. AND NO ALIENS!"[15]

Adam Baldwin grew up watching westerns. The character of Jayne Cobb was a role that was perfect for him.[16]

Canadian actress Jewel Staite has been an actress since age nine. She videotaped her audition from Vancouver. she was asked to come to Los Angeles to meet Whedon, where she was cast for the role of Kaylee Frye, the ship's engineer.[17]

Sean Maher remembers reading for the part and liking the character of Simon Tam. He said it was Whedon's personality and vision that "sealed the deal" for him. For the role of Simon's sister, Whedon called in Summer Glau for an audition and test the same day. Glau had first worked for Whedon on an episode of Angel. Two weeks later Whedon called her to tell her she had the part. This was Glau's first speaking role.[18]

The veteran television actor Ron Glass (Barney Miller, All in the Family), has said that until Firefly, he had not thought about a science-fiction western role but he fell in love with the pilot script and the character of Shepherd Book.[19]

Plot

Back story

The series takes place in the year 2517, on several planets and moons. The television series does not say if these are in one star system. The movie Serenity makes clear that all the planets and moons are in one large system. The characters refer to "Earth-that-was" and in the movie, it is said that long before the events in the series a large population had left from Earth to a new star system: "Earth that was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many." The people settled in this new star system, with "dozens of planets and hundreds of moons." Many of these were terraformed, a process in which a planet or moon is altered to resemble the Earth. The terraforming process was only the first step in making a planet livable. Only the most central planets got more treatment. This caused many of the border planets and moons to have environments that fit the Western setting.

Synopsis

The show takes its name from the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity that the main characters call home. It looks like the lightning bug, Firefly in shape. Its tail section even lights up during acceleration.

The Alliance is shown to control the star system through an organization of "core" planets. DVD commentary suggests that two main "core" planets make up the Alliance. One is mostly Occidental in culture, the other is Asian. This explains the series' mixed linguistic and visual themes. The central planets are under Alliance control, but the outer planets and moons resemble the 19th century American West, with little government control. Settlers people on the outer worlds have relative freedom from the central government. The outer areas also have Reavers, a cannibalistic race.

The captain of the crew of Serenity is Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion). The episode "Serenity" shows that the captain and his first mate Zoe Washburne (Gina Torres) are veteran "Browncoats" of the civil war. A later episode, titled "Out of Gas", shows that Mal bought the spaceship Serenity to continue living beyond Alliance control. Much of the crew's work is made up of cargo runs or smuggling. One of the main story arcs is that of River Tam (Summer Glau) and her brother Simon (Sean Maher). River was a child prodigy. Her brain was experimented on. She seems to have schizophrenia and often hears voices. It is later found out that she is a "reader", someone with psychic abilities. Simon gave up a very good career as a surgeon to save her from the Alliance. They join the crew in the original "Serenity". Because of this rescue, they are both wanted criminals.

Signature show elements

Firefly takes place in a multi-cultural future. Because of this, Mandarin Chinese is a common second language. It is used in advertisements, and characters in the show often use Chinese words and curses.

The show also has slang not used in today's culture. There are changes to modern words, or new words ("shiny" is a synonym of "cool"). The Japanese katakana and an Old West dialect are also used.

One of the problems that Whedon had with FOX was the tone of the show, especially with the main character Malcolm Reynolds. FOX wanted Whedon to make his character more "jolly". They felt he was too dark in the original pilot.

Cast

Main characters

Firefly had an ensemble cast that played the nine crew members of the ship, Serenity. These characters fight criminals, Alliance security forces, the insane Reavers, and the mysterious men with "hands of blue" - who seem to work for a secret agency which is part of the huge corporation, The Blue Sun Corporation. The crew needs to get enough income to keep their ship working. While doing this, they must stay hidden from people looking for them.

  • Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, played by Nathan Fillion, is Serenity's captain and former sergeant in the Battle of Serenity Valley during the war.
  • Zoe Alleyne Washburne, played by Gina Torres, is second-in-command of Serenity. She is a loyal wartime friend of Captain Reynolds, and wife of Wash.
  • Hoban "Wash" Washburne, played by Alan Tudyk, is Serenity's pilot and Zoe's husband. He is jealous about his wife's "war buddy" relationship and total support of their captain.
  • Inara Serra, played by Morena Baccarin, is a "Companion". A companion is the 26th century version of a courtesan or geisha. Inara has high social position. She and Mal have a hard relationship, with romantic tension playing a big part in several episodes.
  • Jayne Cobb, played by Adam Baldwin, is the hired muscle. He joined the crew for mercenary reasons. He is often the "main gun" for jobs and is someone that can be counted on in a fight.[20] He thinks he is the smartest guy in space but he is just the opposite. As Whedon says several times, he is the person that will ask the questions that no one else wants to talk about.[21]
  • Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye, played by Jewel Staite, is the ship's mechanic. In the episode "Out of Gas", it is shown that she has no formal training. She keeps Serenity running with an intuitive gift for the workings of mechanical equipment. A very happy young woman, Kaylee has a romantic crush on Dr. Simon Tam. Kaylee's character is the soul of the ship: according to Joss Whedon, if Kaylee believes something, it is true.[8]
  • Dr. Simon Tam, played by Sean Maher, is a very good doctor. He is on the run after getting his sister River out of a government facility. His lack of social skill in a relationship with Kaylee is shown many times in the series. His life is defined by caring for his sister.[8]
  • River Tam, played by Summer Glau, was smuggled onto the ship by her brother. River was a child prodigy of unmatched genius. She was experimented on by Alliance doctors. This made her delusional. It also caused her to act very strangely. Her trying to figure out what became of her is a theme shown throughout the series and the movie.
  • Derrial Book, played by Ron Glass, is a "Shepherd" (much like of a reverend, minister or pastor). In the episode "Safe", it is shown that he has very high status in the Alliance but it is never said why. Throughout the series, he shows an unusual knowledge about firearms and criminal activities.

All nine major characters are in every episode, with one exception: Book is absent from "Ariel".

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References

  1. ↑ Whedon: "This movie should not exist," he continues. "Failed TV shows don't get made into major motion pictures--unless the creator, the cast, and the fans believe beyond reason. ... It is, in an unprecedented sense, your movie."Russell, M.E. (24 June 2006). "The Browncoats Rise Again". The Daily Standard. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/757fhfxg.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-16. 
  2. ↑ Chonin, Neva (2005-06-08). "When Fox canceled 'Firefly,' it ignited an Internet fan base whose burning desire for more led to 'Serenity'". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/08/DDGQJD4D2O1.DTL&hw=firefly&sn=001&sc=1000. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  3. ↑ Russell, M.E. (24 June 2006). "The Browncoats Rise Again". The Daily Standard. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/757fhfxg.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-16. 
  4. ↑ Brioux, Bill. "Firefly series ready for liftoff". jam.canoe.ca. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/F/Firefly/2002/07/22/734323.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  5. ↑ Whedon, Serenity: Relighting the Firefly, DVD extra
  6. ↑ Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, p. 8
  7. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 6
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Serenity" commentary
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 1
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 7
  11. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 11
  12. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 10-11
  13. ↑ "Interview with Nathan Fillion - Dreamwatch Magazine 107". whedon.info. September 9, 2003. http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=1531&img=. Retrieved 2006-07-11. 
  14. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 60
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 40
  16. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 94
  17. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 114
  18. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 142
  19. ↑ Whedon, Firefly Companion, Vol 1, 166
  20. ↑ Whedon, Firefly: the complete series: "Train Job" commentary, track 10
  21. ↑ Whedon, Serenity: Director's Commentary, track 7 "Mr. Universe"
  • Jane Espenson, ed., with Glen Yeffeth, ed (2004). Finding Serenity:Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's "Firefly". Dallas, Texas: Banbella Books. ISBN 1-932100-43-1. 
  • Joss Whedon (2005). Serenity: The Official Visual Companion. UK: Titan Books. ISBN 1-84576-082-4. 
  • Joss Whedon (2006). Firefly Official Companion, Volume One. UK: Titan Books. ISBN 1-84576-314-9. 

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