Firefly: The Series [Region 2]

Actors: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Category: DVD

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Sales Rank: 142990

Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 2
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1

EAN: 5039036016025
ASIN: B0001B3YTM

Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 2002
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25 out of 25 found this review helpful

I got both "Firefly: The Series" and the movie "Serenity" for Christmas. The former is the late lamented television show that was the brainchild of Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" (which explains why the title "Joss Whedon's 'Firefly'" appears a lot). The four-DVD set "Firefly: The Complete Series," includes all 15 episodes of the series, which is set 500 years in the future and reminds those of a sense of television history that "Star Trek" was originally sold as "Wagon Train" to the stars, because the western elements of this series are as strong as the science fiction elements.

Since this is a Joss Whedon creation the obvious question is what sort of twists did he put into this one? The most obvious is that this is a science fiction series without aliens. Apparently there was nobody out there after all (or else they are hiding really well). The other major twist is that in the future there were just two superpowers, the United States and China, which explains why the characters tend to curse in Chinese now and then. I think if more people had known that there was a television show that was more explicit that "South Park" that would have meant high enough ratings for "Firefly" to survive. Finally, you have to appreciate that if this is Western set in outer space it is one that existed after the Civil War. Clearly Captain Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) has the die-hard spirit of a bitter Confederate veteran.

From my perspective the only real problem with "Firefly" is that it lacks a strong story arc for this abbreviated first season. I might be making too much of this, but one of the strengths of Whedon's other shows was that he always makes excellent use of story arcs, using by wedding a first half story arc to another one in the second half of season. The closest things we have to driving story arcs are (1) the mysterious Alliance forces trying to capture River (Summer Glau) and her brother Simon (Sean Maher) and (2) Mal and Irana (Morena Baccarin) wasting time insulting each other instead of getting on to business (so to speak). Both of those are clearly there, but things were progressing too slowly for my taste. I know Whedon had some big payoff for the first one, but he was keeping it awfully close to the vest and if this revelation is not a major part of the planned movie, I will be totally surprised.

The strength of the series is in the characters of the crew, all of who are realized with some degree of depth. My favorite was Kaylee (Jewel Staite), who was smart as she was cute, a killer combination in my book. Captain Mal Reynolds was the most fully realized of the crew, mainly because he had a pivotal role in most of the episodes, but with the rest of the crew of "Serenity" you know there was more to come. We got a little of the back story on what Mal and Zoë (Gina Torres) did during the big war, and there was a flashback that told how Jayne Cobb (Adam Baldwin) and the rest of the crew were hired on by Mal. But it is the secret behind River Tam's strange condition that is is going to be the key in everything that happens next, which you will now when you watch "Serenity." It was also great to see Ron Glass as another familiar face in the regular cast.

Of the 15 episodes collected here eight of them have commentary by various cast members (Fillion, Baccarin, Tudyk, and Staite) and writers (Whedon, Tim Minear, and Jane Espenson) and others. The additoinal special features include three behind the scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, Alan Tudyk's audition, Joss Whedon singing the "Firefly" Theme, and a gag reel (the last three are actually three separate things). Each DVD comes with its own thin plastic CD box with shots of Mal Reynold, Shepard Book, Jayne Cobb, and Zoe Washburne posing in front of assorted nebulas on the respective covers (Notice that the alien landscape continues inside the slipcase).

The more I watch "Firefly" the more it grows on me (Kaylee is currently my favorite character with her combination of cuteness and competence, although after watching "Serenity" it is hard not to be totally captivated by Summer Glau's River). I just wish "Firefly" had not come at the expense of "Dark Angel" in terms of FOX's willingness to spend money on a show with a big special effects budget. The irony that both shows were gone before the 2002-03 season was half over is not lost on me either. In a much better world than this one both shows would have survived, but having neither is really the short end of the stick for fans of science fiction on television.