Firefly

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"Firefly is the shit."
―Summer Glau[src]
Opening logo to the series
Opening logo to the series

Firefly is a science fiction television series that premiered in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative. It was conceived by writer and director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, under his production tag, Mutant Enemy. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.

Contents

[edit] Prologue

When originally aired on the Fox network, each season-one episode of Firefly featured an introductory monologue. These monologues have been removed from the DVD release. Each of these introductions has been transcribed below.(two versions of Mal's introduction were aired, one with additional words inserted, they are in parenthesis)

Note: These passages are currently considered non-canon and contain information contradictory to established elements of the Firefly 'verse.

  • Book: "After the Earth was used up, we found a new solar system and hundreds of new Earths were terraformed and colonized. The central planets formed the Alliance and decided all the planets had to join under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point. After the War, many of the Independents who had fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system, far from Alliance control. Out here, people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies; a ship would bring you work, a gun would help you keep it. A captain's goal was simple: find a crew, find a job, keep flying."
  • Mal: "Here's how it is: (The) Earth got used up, so we (moved out, and) terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths, some rich and flush with new technologies, some not so much. (The) Central Planets, them was formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of the Serenity. (She's a transport ship, firefly class.) Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher (for some reason), and a bona fide companion. There's a doctor, too, took his genius sister from some Alliance camp, so they're keeping a low profile(, you understand). You got a job, we can do it, don't much care what it is."

[edit] Cast

Main article: Main characters

[edit] Episodes

Joss Whedon's Firefly
Main article: List of Firefly episodes

[edit] Theme Song Lyrics

Take my love, take my land

Take me where I cannot stand

I don't care, I'm still free

You can't take the sky from me


Take me out to the black

Tell 'em I ain't comin' back

Burn the land and boil the sea

You can't take the sky from me


There's no place I can be

Since I found serenity

But you can't take the sky from me

[edit] Behind the scenes

  • Though the show had a loyal following during its original broadcast, it was cancelled by FOX in December 2002 after 11 episodes shown in the USA and Canada. Low ratings were blamed for the cancellation. In the hopes of getting another network such as UPN to pick up the cancelled show, fans formed the 'Firefly Immediate Assistance' campaign, but were unsuccessful in promoting the show's continuance. Fans attributed the low ratings in part to some actions of the Fox Network. Firefly was promoted as an action-comedy rather than the more serious character study it was intended to be; episodes were occasionally preempted for sporting events, and the episodes were not aired in the order that the creators had intended. Most notably, the two-hour episode "Serenity" was intended to be the pilot episode, as it contains most of the character introductions and back-story. However, FOX decided that Serenity was not a suitable pilot, and so the second episode, "The Train Job", was rushed into production to become the pilot episode.
  • Firefly won the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.
  • The DVD won the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films' 2004 Saturn award for Best DVD Television Release; and was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in the Best DVD extras category.
  • In the return to prime-time episode of Family Guy, Firefly is one of the 29 shows mentioned by Peter Griffin as having been on the Fox Network during their (FG's) hiatus.

[edit] External links

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