Firefly - The Complete Series (2003, DVD)

Like many people, I missed this amazing show when it first aired on FOX. I only discovered it recently after seeing a preview for Serenity (the feature film spin-off). I get almost tongue tied when I try to describe the series. It crosses all genres. It's a western, a space fantasy, a drama, a comedy, a love story, a show unlike anything you've ever seen before!!! It's gritty and intense, drawing you into the center of the action. Despite the subject matter, you can't help feeling like this is all real. It must be the way it was filmed, very innovative. And the special effects team are geniuses! I was not a fan of Joss Whedon's other projects, like Buffy or Angel, but I bow down to the man for creating this masterpiece. The show revolves around a captain of a smuggling ship (a Firefly class called "Serenity") and the misfit crew he calls his family. There's the wacky pilot (who loves to play with toy dinosaurs), the first mate (a "warrior woman" who is married to the pilot), the bodyguard (not sure what to call him, but he's in love with his guns, LOL), the mechanic (a sweet girly girl who loves teddy bears and having sex in the engine room), passenger #1: the Companion (prostitution is legal and she gives the ship an air of class and sophistication), passenger #2: the Shepherd (a priest or minister, who hands out philosophical advice), passenger #3: a brilliant doctor (hiding out on the ship to protect his sister), and passenger #4: the doctor's sister River (a small girl with a big secret). Each episode runs the gamut of emotion. Lots of excitement and suspense, mixed with genuine heart. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll be thankful you bought the set so you can enjoy these episodes again and again! Two thumbs way way up!!!

I had never heard of Firefly before the movie Serenity. The movie really got me into the characters and I wanted more. I bought this about a week after seeing the movie and it was well worth the money! The characters are great in there own way and they work together so well. The capitan is so funny! His dry humor would make anyone laugh. The episodes are great (a couple may be a little slow moving, but that is about all I found wrong with this set). This even comes with a never before aired episode! If you like the movie, this is a great set to check out!

My son watched Firefly when the series was on TV and loved it, he was there on the first day to purchase the DVD's, and had me watch them with him. Wow -- It's sad that it was on and off the air before most people even knew it existed - did they even do much advertising for it??? What a fun, funny, suspenseful, and enjoyable series. I want more! Serenity, which is the movie based on Firefly follows up on the life and adventures of the characters. We took a friend who had never heard of Firefly to see Serenity, and he was hooked as well. It is really sad that it's only one season! However, as it's more than just a cowboy, space, adventure or sci-fi movie, you'll watch it again and again. We have!

Firefly was a TV series, cancelled before it could actually make it. The stories were fresh and new, the characters were people we can love and relate to. It made us laugh and made us think. It was the type of show that TV executives dream will come their way and then don't recognize it when it does!

It was not a re-done Star Trek, there were no bumpy/fuzzy aliens, just human people trying to deal with their lot in life. To say it was a western sci-fi, only begins to give you an idea of what it was about. There were excellent and original concepts/dialog/acting.
I remember when Star Trek first came out. Those happy few of us who were fans, had to hide that we liked it because the majority of people failed to get it. Firefly is like that. Right now there are the fans and there are the people who don't get it.
Someday, somehow, if Joss Wheddon can stick to his guns, somehow the series will be revived and many people will then jump on the bandwagon. So be there first, get the series and enjoy!