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Release Date:
20 September 2002 (USA) morePlot:
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small, mobile, spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them. full summaryAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(203 articles)
Firefly star Nathan Fillion in talks for DC Comics superhero role? (From The Geek Files. 13 July 2009, 5:50 AM, PDT)
San Diego Comic-Con Schedule: Saturday, July 25
(From Screen Rant. 11 July 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
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Excellent, unique DVD moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 14)| Nathan Fillion | ... | Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Gina Torres | ... | Zoë Washburne (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Alan Tudyk | ... | Hoban 'Wash' Washburne (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Morena Baccarin | ... | Inara Serra (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | Jayne Cobb (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Jewel Staite | ... | Kaylee Frye (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Sean Maher | ... | Dr. Simon Tam (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Summer Glau | ... | River Tam (14 episodes, 2002-2003) | |
| Ron Glass | ... | Shepherd Book (14 episodes, 2002-2003) |
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42 min (15 episodes)Country:
USAColor:
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1.78 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The DVDs of Firefly were flown up to the International Space Station by astronaut Steven Swanson on board the shuttle Atlantis during its June 2007 STS-117 mission. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The Chinese characters for "Blue Sun" change from episode to episode. On Jayne's T-shirt, "Blue Sun" is "qing ri", but in logo signs, it's "lan ri". "Qing" and "lan" refer to different hues of blue (sky blue vs. indigo). moreQuotes:
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you? moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "The Big Bang Theory: The Terminator Decoupling (#2.17)" (2009) moreSoundtrack:
The Ballad of Serenity moreFAQ
How does "Firefly" relate to the film "Serenity?"I think I missed something - What's 'Blue Sun?'
What is a flan?
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Never heard of Firefly? Get your hands on the DVD.
Saw some, weren't that impressed? Get your hands on the DVD.
Loved it? Well, you don't need convincing.
Fox did an incredible disservice to this show by showing the episodes out of order. They still made sense on a very low level, i.e., there weren't a lot of plot points that were part of the continuing arc that ended up being out of order in the order they were aired, but this show is so much better if you see it in the order intended. In the aired episodes, characters would sometimes do things that either seemed out of character or really weird, or sometimes even just boring, that make so much more sense on the DVDs, even though there's a grand total of one scene (and only about 3 lines of that scene) that's different between the DVD and the aired version.
That said, this show is the most innovative thing I've ever seen on TV, even despite its mistreatment. It has nine main characters, all of which are fairly well developed in the pilot episode, who then grow and change but remain true to their characters as originally conceived throughout the rest of the series. I could talk about the incredible attention to detail for the special effects, etc., but special effects are getting really good, so that doesn't really set this apart from a lot of movies out there. The concept seems odd at first, but is amazingly well done, with each world they go to having its own quirks, charms and dangers, but it always comes back to the characters and their relationships with each other.