oh

[rm]

Just watched two hours of Firefly.

Why is it so good?

And where is the Mal/Simon slash?

ETA: Where is the good Mal/Simon written by people who aren't writing "and then, like OMG, they have this totally great date so now they are thinking about when they can totally see each other again."

NO.

Please, decent plots, decent voices and an interest in the culture of the universe which means the trapped on a ship together factor, the moral codes of the larger society, the class differences between the characters etc.

Yes, I've only seen two episodes.
Yes, I'm this picky.
Because yes, I've already seen the sucktacular, and I don't mean cock.

Comments

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

I love "Firefly." I have never liked any other Joss Whedon thing, but I like that show. I never saw it until a friend brought the DVD set over last year and the first couple of eps got me so hooked I stayed up all night to watch every episode in one go.

It has a lot of elements that appeal to me personally, which is definitely part of my love for the show. But also, one thing I don't like about Whedon is that he usually NEVER misses a chance to go for the cheap, stupid, unwashed laugh, along with the cheap, stupid, unwaashed plot, and "Firefly" is more intelligent and sophisticated than his other shows. Still a few dumb laughs, but I can overlook them.

I didn't like "Serenity," it's just not as good as the show.

[sphinxie.livejournal.com]

I didn't like "Serenity," it's just not as good as the show.

I absolutely agree. It was ultraviolent, and also largely dropped the "Western in space" conceit of the show which I had enjoyed.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. I loved the "Western in Space" angle, not only because that's one of the elements that resonated with me, but also because it was subtle and very very well done... it didn't overwhelm the show. "Serenity" was a bad SF/Action film a la "Event Horizon."