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[Melody Oliphant <merriemelody39 AT gmail.com>]

I love, love, love Firefly!  Steve & I have watched each episode at least
twice and quote from it occasionally.  It's awesome!

Melody

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I was surprised how interesting it was.  If you remove the backdrop, it
> could take place just after the Civil War.  Even the names of the
> generals at the ball sounded Southern, like something out of Gone with
> the Wind.
> I normally don't care for Westerns...never saw Lonesome Dove or none of
> that, but this series has me thinking about parallels, wondering if we
> ever truly learn anything from history.
>
> James mentioned Tolkien's love of languages last week.  There have been
> a couple of scenes in the movie where phrases and terms had evolved into
> new uses, which I think is really cool.  The scene foremost in my mind
> is when they pull a 'Crazy Ivan'.  There's another scene that takes off
> on the adage, 'The South will Rise Again', which also has a funny visual.
>
> I somehow missed this series, too.  I think they canceled it before the
> full run of the taped episodes.
>
> For anyone who might be interested, the series takes place in the
> future, after humans have terraformed and colonized other planets and
> moons.  Faster than light travel doesn't exist, so there are long
> journeys to get anywhere.  The main character, Reynolds, is Nathan
> Fillian(who is now Rick Castle on that series-adorably fun to watch) and
> he is a veteran of a civil war in which he fought on the losing side.
> Now, he travels and does whatever he can to make money, including
> piracy, theft jobs, taking on passengers, etc.  His ship, Serenity, is a
> Firefly class vessel(cool special effects on that).  His crew is a
> motley sort, fun to watch as they break stereotypes right and left.  It
> has just enough swashbuckle to be compared to Star Trek and other space
> based shows, but has more of  contemporary or even retro feel to it.  It
> is just an odd combination that works.   Like all Westerns, there is the
> Hooker with the Heart of Gold, and while I haven't seen anything too
> explicit, it is probably more suited to older kids who've taken American
> History.
>
> Bev
>
> rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> > Hi, Bev, A friend also introduced me to that Firefly series, and the
> > movie that followed. My family and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a
> > bit addicting, though.
> >
> > Since we don't watch tv anymore, we had missed the series. It seems
> > that there is occasionallyu something worth watching on TV, but not
> > enough that we will start to watch again...
> >
> > Ray
> >
>
> --
> Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is
> protecting your freedom on the USS Key West, currently deployed
> somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean.  Go Navy!
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
>
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