Hehe. The episode after that took place in a sci fi convention, and there was a few Firefly references in it as well.
I was actually late to the Firefly world. I saw Serenity in the theater, and even after that had no idea it was from a TV show, it was 2-3 years later before I actually watched Firefly. Was sad it got cancelled so early.
The random bits of Chinese were generally meant to represent profanity, so including subtitles would have just ruined the effect; this was on broadcast TV, mind you, so swearing was explicitly forbidden. If you include subtitles, I no longer get to assume that Mal just told someone to "fuck off" in Chinese.
Is it really that good? I hear about it all the time.
I fear it's overhyped and only liked by 'nerds' who like Star Wars/Trek stuff.
From a guy who likes Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones, is it on par in quality and entertainment value?
Is it really that good? I hear about it all the time.
I fear it's overhyped and only liked by 'nerds' who like Star Wars/Trek stuff.
From a guy who likes Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones, is it on par in quality and entertainment value?
As with anything, it's personal preference...I just recently watched it again and still enjoy it. I think most of it is simply it is a niche that just isn't filled very often. It's really not like many of the other space shows that have been out over the years. It's exactly what it tries to be, a western in space.
I do enjoy Cowboy Bebop (bounty hunters in space) and Starcraft lore (admittedly inspired by Firefly).
Is it good? I get a feeling it's cheesy and campy.
Is it really that good? I hear about it all the time.
I fear it's overhyped and only liked by 'nerds' who like Star Wars/Trek stuff.
From a guy who likes Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones, is it on par in quality and entertainment value?
I do enjoy Cowboy Bebop (bounty hunters in space) and Starcraft lore (admittedly inspired by Firefly).
Is it good? I get a feeling it's cheesy and campy.
Is it really that good? I hear about it all the time.
I fear it's overhyped and only liked by 'nerds' who like Star Wars/Trek stuff.
From a guy who likes Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones, is it on par in quality and entertainment value?
I would say Firefly is above average compared to typical TV dramas; there are good episodes and so-so ones. And Morena Baccarin plays a whore--What more do you need? :biggrin:
The movie, Serenity, was good too.
I do enjoy Cowboy Bebop (bounty hunters in space) and Starcraft lore (admittedly inspired by Firefly).
Is it good? I get a feeling it's cheesy and campy.
"I'll be in my bunk", funniest goddamn line ever uttered on TV! 'nuff said.
Sir Warwick Harrow: You have to finish it, lad. You have to finish it. For a man to lay beaten... and yet breathing? It makes him a coward.
Inara Serra: It's humiliation.
Mal: Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man.
[stabs Atherton with the sword]
Mal: Guess I'm just a good man.
[stabs him again]
Mal: Well, I'm all right.
Zoe: "No one's gonna force you to go, Jayne. As has been stated -- this job's strictly speculative."
Jayne: "Good. 'Cause I don't know these folks, don't much care to."
Mal: "They're whores."
Jayne: "I'm in."
god I wish fox wouldn't have screwed over this show.
Sadder was the way Fox treated the show. Truely puzzling. I mean why fund a project then fuck it over?
Zoe: "No one's gonna force you to go, Jayne. As has been stated -- this job's strictly speculative."
Jayne: "Good. 'Cause I don't know these folks, don't much care to."
Mal: "They're whores."
Jayne: "I'm in."
god I wish fox wouldn't have screwed over this show.
I watched a lot of the marathon yesterday...I did not get much done yesterday. I like the show but am not really fanatical about it...watched the series once on DVD, always meant to watch again. It was pretty damn foreign to me yesterday; major plot turns were surprises again.
Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion fucking made the show. Some of the dialog, like the examples posted, plus their delivery, made for some freakin' great moments.
Frankly Inara's character is a throwaway. All the others have a place, and the 'balance' of the cast would be affected without them. Inara? Nah. If anything, Mal could've had some better bits written in without her. Never got why anyone liked the character that was literally written in as 'the pompous whore.' She ain't that fuckin' pretty. I'd rather do Kaylee.