Firefly

This post has been a long time coming because there is sadness mixed with the joy this series brings me. I guess I could say I am ambivalent about this series, but so is just about anyone else who likes it. The series is just so good, and the characters are just so great. What causes me a heavy heart about this whole series is the abrupt end it came to because Fox canceled it. The show showed so much promise for either a 3 or 5 year run without having to reinvent itself just to make a story.

Firefly is about Earth's first interstellar wave of colonization to a star system with a lot of habitable planets and moons, or at least planets that will be habitable after they are terraformed. The population of this system, called the Verse, is spread across these different planets, and the culture is primarily a American and Chinese derivative.

The story revolves around River Tam, or at least the first season did, but I really think there was more that was envisioned for the whole series, and the River Story arc was a lead into something larger, possibly dealing with the mystery surrounding Shepherd Book. I might be wrong about this, but the ending provided by the Serenity movie couldn't have been the ending that was meant to be.

The series ended after only fourteen episodes, and was followed by a good movie that didn't really make much sense if you hadn't watched the series before you saw it. The production quality is up from the series, and it has some awesome camera work, but it just doesn't do it as an alternative to six more seasons. I'm not saying it's bad, but compared to what could have been, it's no more than a booby prize.

Before I go, here's a little fan service. I give you Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye.