Shark Bytes

Firefly is and remains to be one of the best shows ever produced, in my opinion. We all know that it suffered at the hands of its network (FOX), as have many other shows. I think the reason I enjoyed it the most is the concept of going out to the "Border Planets" and starting a new life - a concept completely foreign to modern day life. Firefly resembled sort of an interstellar "Oregon Trail", though nobody died of dysentary, that I know of. Kudos to FOX for finally giving the show its due, in planning a Blu-Ray box set of the shows entirety. Now, I just need a Blu-Ray player. :P

In response to the Outlaw Star comment. Everyone knows that Outlaw Star was a second rate Cowboy Bebop and Firefly is really the live action Cowboy Bebop. Not too mention one of the greatest television series ever. Unfortunately I didn't become an advocate of Firefly until after the show was on DVD. It is sorely missed.

DId it jump on TV? No. How could it, with so few episodes? However, I think the movie is such a significant shift from the series, that it could be said Serenity was a Jump the Shark moment. Not that it matters, given that it's over, but if they were to make more based upon the events of the movie, I think those new episodes would be less engaging.

My only comment is its FICTION. i was bored and read alot of posts. some people were hitting on the idiotic appeal and the human culture wouldnt go to that... well there are still people that live like that now days, they are called Omish. probably spelled wrong.

This is posible one of the best Sci-fi tv show's/movie (Serinity) to ever air. Everyone is right FOX jumped the shark. but also in making the movie Joss killed all posibility to make Firefly live again. even in the TV show , the reavers were never fully brought into light as they were in the movie

All i have to say left is RIP Firefly, and FOX you should die

re the "outlaw star" comment. Does the writer really think that they are clever by writing this? What a doofus.

I remember growing up watching Firefly as a kid. Every season seemed to get better and better, as the characters were developed more and more. After about the eighth season, I began to wonder if it was going to eventually jump, but Joss kept it true to itself and never let it go off into deep space.

Oops, there I go daydreaming again...

The entire series can be obtained on DVD for a very small investment -- now under $20 at many stores. The DVD set gives you an opportunity to watch the eps in the order in which Joss originally intended them to air, including the pilot. Things make much more sense when shown in the order they were meant to be in...

Never, ever, ever, jumped the shark. The best show NOT on television.

Firefly is just, well, shiny.

Buffy and Angel - riveting! Firefly - the best! Bring on Dollhouse - Joss' stories and his take on 'life, love and the universe' have been absent from our screens for too long.

Doesn't matter if it debuted today or next year. FOX had a grudge against it for whatever reason (conspiracy theorists, unite!). FOX has a long, proud history of this sort of stupidity -- bringing a show to life and then snuffing it out before it has a chance to make it. I guess my ultimate feeling about the situation is that I have something that means a helluva lot more to me now (my Firefly DVD set along with my Serenity DVD) than what the show might have morphed into after a couple of seasons on the air. It's more fun thinking about what this show MIGHT have been than having had to sit through the sometimes frustrating and annoying real-time play-out if the show had continued on. What I mean to say is that I find it doubtful that Joss and team could have maintained the quality of Firefly over a long period. The show would have eventually broken and I would have been upset -- but now I don't have to worry about being upset by any potential downturn in it because I can just watch my treasured few episodes and dream about what might have been instead of being pissed off about what was.

I don't know if that makes any sense whatsoever...

Fox sucks. It was ahead of it's time. If it debuted now, it would be a hit, no doubt.

I can watch it over and over and over and over. DVD, UHD, SCI FI. Great characters: great plots; great actors.

We care about them BECAUSE of their flaws.

Serenity is one of my very favorite movies, and TV episodes.

FOX = Suck_Big_Time

Saying this show had "too many characters" is like saying that Star Trek had too many characters. None of the main characters on Firefly were superfluous... each of them served a distinct purpose and were needed to advance the storyline at various points. It would have been a much weaker show were any of the characters to go missing.

The reason it may have "felt" as though there were too many characters is thanks to FOX refusing to show the pilot before the other eps. Through the convenience of the DVD set, we're able to play the series in the order in which it was originally intended, starting with the pilot first. The pilot neatly introduces each of the main characters and makes it very easy (at least for me) to keep track of who is who in the 'verse. The other eps fall relatively neatly into order after that.

Fox messed this show up from the beginning. Not airing the pilot as the first episode, airing other eps out of order, not giving it half a chance to build an audience...

Was Firefly one of the best shows to hit the airwaves? YES. Did it deserve better treatment than it got? YES. Given the climate at FOX, was there a chance in hell that Firefly would survive? NO.