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[pigeon_of_doom]

Also, a better word to describe Inara's profession would be "courtesan." You could also use "hetaera," which was the word given to such women in ancient Greece, or even "professional prostitute" would work.

Just a quick note on this point. I think "courtesan" is the best description out of that lot for a high class prostitute like Inara. "Hetaera" is quite an obscure word, while the professional" in "professional prostitute" is redundant, and besides, the word doesn't really convey the nuances of a prostitute's status in the Firefly world.

Been meaning to comment on this review as I'm a fan of the show, and after seeing the OP give sound advice to other posters, he probably deserves some. I've been beaten to it, it seems, but I may as well reiterate one of Maet's points.

More analysis is needed. For instance, you say Nathan Fillion is stellar. What makes him so? You didn't elaborate on the degenerate, wild west setting enough. From this review, I got what you liked about it, but not how it made you like it. An example or two of these quotables lines and entertaining scenarios could have been illuminating (that scene where Mal is chucked through the holo-window summed up the series' vibe for me).

I reckon it was somewhat inconsistantly written as well. There's some odd/cumbersome phrasing, but the general style was, not erratic but kinda unfocused. For the most part, it seems fairly serious but then there's some absurd hyperbole ("bazillion", "pew pew").

Might be worth paying attention to the sound of your writing as well. I mean, look at this.

Firefly is 2002 sci-fi series created by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel). Aired by Fox, starting September 20th, the show gained little viewers, though many enthusiastic followers. After 14 episodes (Only 11 of which made it to the tv-screens) the show was cancelled. Fans, however, felt so strongly about it that DVD sales rocketed right past everyones expectations, eventually leading to the creation of Serenity, a motion-picture partly concluding Fireflys storyline.

Ignoring minor errors in it, just read it and feel the sound of it. Read it outloud if you must. It should be apparent that the last sentence a bit too long and could have been trimmed down. The punctuation makes it work, but it's stretched. The first sentence is flat (sentences built around flavourless verbs like "is" often are). The "sonic shape" (no, I can't think of a better term) seems a bit abrupt too. I read poetry, on occasion,and under duress, so I may be more sensitive to that than most. But it did strike me as a problem. Although I rarely take my own advice on that count: my sentences either make sense or sound good.

Decent job, but could have been better. Just practise, and proof read next time.

And because nobody answered this question earlier...

I'm gonna go on a limb here and assume Buffy eventually ended up having a huge amount of characters with their individual backstories and that knowing those and exploring those deeper became overwhelmingly more important the longer it lasted?

I've been watching the show recently (I'm up to season four) and it seems like that was pretty much the case from the second season onwards (out of seven). It even got to the point that half the cast split off into their own show.

 

[xHipaboo420x]

Bottom Line: Buy It.

Yes.

Yes indeed.

I'll just go out and say it.

Jewel Staite is a goddess.

You get one (1) internet high five.

 

[Jaegermonster]

"Someone ever tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back!"

Great show. Got the dvds a couple years ago after i watched all the episodes from netflix. Too bad more shows don't blend characters you love and hate, great humor, some actions bits and a really hot government sanction prostitute.

 

[Zydrate]

Firefly didn't *have* to go, Fox is full of morons who aired the episodes incorrectly.

At least they're treating House well enough. But that's not a Scifi.

 

[Srkkl]

1. I love the "Buwah" reference. "Sorry I scared you." "you didn't scare me, it's my battle cry, strikes fear in the heart of my enemy" *Holds gun up* "Buwah"

2. I've convinced my self that along with Serenity it's a really long movie, I still cry myself to sleep every night though.

 

[Paradoxicles]

Great show. Great Review. Well worth the money for the complete box set.

 

[Therumancer]

Hmmm, well in response to one comment one of the things that impressed me about the series was that there DID seem to be some lasting impact from their injuries. I remember Mal getting a knife thrown into his chest in a fight scene, and in another episode he took off his shirt and had a scar from it.

However, I think the bottom line to it's cancellation was the fact that Joss Whedon was in fights over creative control of his ideas. While we'll probably never know for sure, I believe it came down to him being told he had to insert certain kinds of characters and give them so much time. The last season of Buffy, which wraps things up but is considered weak, has generated a lot of rumors and speculation. For example there was a certain rather dumpy looking black slayer (who Buffy picks up at a bus stop) who gets a decent amount os screen time and an unnessicary inconveinence of a subplot. Not to mention the "son of a slayer" principal who contributed very little to the Storyline except one pretty good fight with Spike. Allegedly Joss was told he needed more black characters and minorities since the show was "too white" and he was forced to write those characters in, and even off that issue do a lot of other things that happened based on committee based on the desires of the network. He wound up getting it on the "Angel" front to, and pretty much wound up with a bad rep and a lot of network enemies and an unfinished body of work with a massive fanbase, as well as seeing another potentially great project killed in the crib (Firefly) because people figured a potential success wasn't worth having to let a creator have unquestioned control which is what he wanted... or that's the gist of it.

Joss Whedon also apparently likes to work with a specific group of people, and re-use actors he likes. Nathan Fillion for example was a major villain in the last season of Buffy, Gina Torrez was a major villain in the second to last season of Angel. Summer Glau had an appearance in Angel (briefly) as a Ballerina being held prisoner by an obsessed evil wizard. All three of these people went on to major roles in the Firefly project. Summer Glau seemed to be the one who came away most unscathed because she wound up getting a recurring role in Sci-Fi channel's "4400", and then later went back on Fox in "Sarah Connor Chronicles" as one of the stars (and to be fair held up her end very well, it's cool to see she can do a very terminator-like fight choreography as opposed to martial arts and dance based stuff). She however does not seem to have much continued involvement with Joss sadly enough.

 

[DeadpanLunatic]

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