Firefly first-time/rewatch (NO SPOILERS, please) - Page 2

teacake · November 13 2012, 11:24 AM

Spock/Uhura Fan wrote:

I forgot how long the first episode was, but I saw it.

Yeah I had to double my tea consumption. I'd forgotten that completely. I did so enjoy it though and I'm looking fwd to the actual first review post, discussion and subsequent series!!

Forbin · November 13 2012, 02:12 PM

Deckerd wrote:

Forbin wrote:

Deckerd wrote:

It's kind of hard to have a marathon about that many episodes. Grumble grumble grumble.

Um. What?
13 episodes. The marathon ran all day from moring until the special at 10PM. What was hard about that?

My point exactly. What special?

The cast reunion roundtable discussion and panel at ComicCon, shown as a 1 hour special at 10PM on the science Channel.

Still not sure what you're driving at - was it too many episodes or too few for a marathon?

Miss Lemon · November 13 2012, 02:31 PM

My DVD arrived today, yay!

I will watch the pilot on Thursday night.

Carcazoid · November 13 2012, 03:23 PM

I have the series and movie on a Zune and often let the series play while I'm working.

The marathons are great because I'll occasionally catch something that I've missed. One thing that I only noticed a few months ago was in the pilot, close to the beginning ... Nice little detail.

I have the reunion show (Firefly: Browncoats Unite) on the DVR.

Here's a nice little promo music video that SCI did for the marathon. If you're spoiler-averse, please don't watch ...

http://youtu.be/QbNRYSnh41Y

jespah · November 13 2012, 06:22 PM

Hulu just has "Safe" for free, so I'm watching that. Funky language, but it can be followed fairly readily.

Forbin · November 13 2012, 07:20 PM

jespah wrote:

Hulu just has "Safe" for free, so I'm watching that. Funky language, but it can be followed fairly readily.

Dang. Not the best episode to start with. Not really representative of the show. I thought the whole hillbilly thing was just... well, stupid.

Carcazoid · November 13 2012, 08:45 PM

I looked earlier. Several episodes are available free, including Our Mrs Reynolds and Out of Gas.

teacake · November 13 2012, 09:56 PM

Huh when I looked they were all there, but maybe I wasn't looking closely enough.

Miss Lemon that's great!! I look forward to the review kicking off once you've watched it.

jespah · November 13 2012, 10:07 PM

Okay, I should go back and watch some more. Thanks for the info re "Safe". It was ... huh ... funky.

lurok · November 13 2012, 10:40 PM

We shall all await Miss Lemon. No pressure, what.

Miss Lemon · November 13 2012, 11:05 PM

I'm sorry lurok, I had no time to watch my new DVD this evening, because I had some urgent business to attend to... buying new light switches.

But seriously, I wouldn't mind at all if you decided to post a review of the pilot before Thursday.

BTW, my Pinot Grigio was a bit blant.

sojourner · November 13 2012, 11:41 PM

Carcazoid wrote:

The marathons are great because I'll occasionally catch something that I've missed. One thing that I only noticed a few months ago was in the pilot, close to the beginning ... Nice little detail.

Care to share or do we have to guess?

lurok · November 14 2012, 12:58 AM

Miss Lemon wrote:

I'm sorry lurok, I had no time to watch my new DVD this evening, because I had some urgent business to attend to... buying new light switches.

But seriously, I wouldn't mind at all if you decided to post a review of the pilot before Thursday.

BTW, my Pinot Grigio was a bit blant.

No worries (a trifle antipodean but you discern the sentiment

)

sojourner wrote:

Carcazoid wrote:

The marathons are great because I'll occasionally catch something that I've missed. One thing that I only noticed a few months ago was in the pilot, close to the beginning ... Nice little detail.

Care to share or do we have to guess?

Some people are sooo selfish.

Shawnster · November 14 2012, 03:35 AM

For the life of me, I'll never understand why Fox chose to show "The Train Job" first instead of the Pilot. That's probably one of the reasons I didn't give this show much attention when it originally aired. "Cowboys in space with wooden furniture and trains..." seemed a bit silly.

The Pilot - Serenity - does quite a bit to establish the necessary details of the series. Settlements on numerous worlds hosting colonists with literally nothing more than the clothes on their back (thus explaining the simplistic furniture), a defeated soldier turned smuggler, and the whole Simon/River story which is the real core of Firefly.

One thing I caught last week (or was it 2 weeks?) when I watched "Serenity" was Book's reaction at the end of the episode. Book is noticeably disturbed, as any good religious Shepherd would be, at the killing of the Fed agent and how Mal and the crew live just outside the law. Yet, later, we'll learn that Book wasn't always a noble religious shepherd. He's had a dark life. The later fleshing out of his character kinda contradicts this scene in "Serenity." Book shouldn't be having a crisis of conscience.

Of course, he could be acting in order to preserve his cover.

Carcazoid · November 14 2012, 04:21 AM

lurok wrote:

Miss Lemon wrote:

I'm sorry lurok, I had no time to watch my new DVD this evening, because I had some urgent business to attend to... buying new light switches.

But seriously, I wouldn't mind at all if you decided to post a review of the pilot before Thursday.

BTW, my Pinot Grigio was a bit blant.

No worries (a trifle antipodean but you discern the sentiment

)

sojourner wrote:

Carcazoid wrote:

The marathons are great because I'll occasionally catch something that I've missed. One thing that I only noticed a few months ago was in the pilot, close to the beginning ... Nice little detail.

Care to share or do we have to guess?

Some people are sooo selfish.

Trying to avoid spoiling things, but hey.

November 13 2012, 02:31 PM	#18
Miss Lemon Fleet Captain Location: Miss Lemon is chasing dwarves in Middle-earth	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch My DVD arrived today, yay! I will watch the pilot on Thursday night. __________________ Loyalty, honor and a willing heart... I can ask no more than that - Thorin Oakenshield Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

November 13 2012, 03:23 PM	#19
Carcazoid Captain Location: Planet Carcazed	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch I have the series and movie on a Zune and often let the series play while I'm working. The marathons are great because I'll occasionally catch something that I've missed. One thing that I only noticed a few months ago was in the pilot, close to the beginning ... Nice little detail. I have the reunion show (Firefly: Browncoats Unite) on the DVR. Here's a nice little promo music video that SCI did for the marathon. If you're spoiler-averse, please don't watch ... http://youtu.be/QbNRYSnh41Y __________________ =Carcazoid=

November 13 2012, 06:22 PM	#20
jespah Commodore Location: Boston, the Gateway to the Galaxy	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch Hulu just has "Safe" for free, so I'm watching that. Funky language, but it can be followed fairly readily. __________________ Honk if you love silence http://www.jespah.com (includes fanfiction with most ratings). TU Publishing Adult Trek Anthology

November 13 2012, 08:45 PM	#22
Carcazoid Captain Location: Planet Carcazed	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch I looked earlier. Several episodes are available free, including Our Mrs Reynolds and Out of Gas. __________________ =Carcazoid=

November 13 2012, 09:56 PM	#23
teacake Admiral Location: Militant Janeway True Path Devotees Compound. With Sehlats.	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch Huh when I looked they were all there, but maybe I wasn't looking closely enough. Miss Lemon that's great!! I look forward to the review kicking off once you've watched it. __________________ Rider: I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes. J'onn: It's all I have. ■ ■ ■ Janeway does Melbourne

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November 13 2012, 10:07 PM	#24
jespah Commodore Location: Boston, the Gateway to the Galaxy	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch Okay, I should go back and watch some more. Thanks for the info re "Safe". It was ... huh ... funky. __________________ Honk if you love silence http://www.jespah.com (includes fanfiction with most ratings). TU Publishing Adult Trek Anthology

November 13 2012, 10:40 PM	#25
lurok Commodore Location: Lost In The EU Expanse	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch We shall all await Miss Lemon. No pressure, what. __________________ “Between ennui and ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.”

November 13 2012, 11:05 PM	#26
Miss Lemon Fleet Captain Location: Miss Lemon is chasing dwarves in Middle-earth	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch I'm sorry lurok, I had no time to watch my new DVD this evening, because I had some urgent business to attend to... buying new light switches. But seriously, I wouldn't mind at all if you decided to post a review of the pilot before Thursday. BTW, my Pinot Grigio was a bit blant. __________________ Loyalty, honor and a willing heart... I can ask no more than that - Thorin Oakenshield Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

November 14 2012, 03:35 AM	#29
Shawnster Captain Location: Clinton, OH	Re: Firefly first-time/rewatch For the life of me, I'll never understand why Fox chose to show "The Train Job" first instead of the Pilot. That's probably one of the reasons I didn't give this show much attention when it originally aired. "Cowboys in space with wooden furniture and trains..." seemed a bit silly. The Pilot - Serenity - does quite a bit to establish the necessary details of the series. Settlements on numerous worlds hosting colonists with literally nothing more than the clothes on their back (thus explaining the simplistic furniture), a defeated soldier turned smuggler, and the whole Simon/River story which is the real core of Firefly. One thing I caught last week (or was it 2 weeks?) when I watched "Serenity" was Book's reaction at the end of the episode. Book is noticeably disturbed, as any good religious Shepherd would be, at the killing of the Fed agent and how Mal and the crew live just outside the law. Yet, later, we'll learn that Book wasn't always a noble religious shepherd. He's had a dark life. The later fleshing out of his character kinda contradicts this scene in "Serenity." Book shouldn't be having a crisis of conscience. Of course, he could be acting in order to preserve his cover.