Joss Whedon attempted to follow up his successful series Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the science fiction-themed Firefly. Although the series failed to garner a mass audience, it did have a loyal following. Those fans will be pleased by this box set that contains every episode of the series that aired, as well as three never-before-seen episodes. All 15 episodes are presented in anamorphic widescreen. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Commentaries are available on four of the episodes. Production featurettes, a blooper reel, and a tour of the set with Whedon round out this solid package that should be of interest to genre enthusiasts as well as Whedon's fans.
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FIREFLY, is a sci-fi world cult phenomenon. Written by master story teller Joss Weadon (currently DOLLHOUSE, and formerly BUFFY etc), it tells the tales of the crew of the antiquated but versatile star ship SERENITY. Set in a not too distant "future" it has a rather Western feel as settlers from an over crowded and used up "Earth that Was" colonise planets around another G class star. Rather than another boring Tales of their Adventures, the original series describes with much humour and quirkyness how a group of dysfunctional virtual strangers confront life's challenges, their passage to becoming a great space faring family and their realisation that the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. Cancelled mid first season, it went on through fan pressure to become a full length wide release feature movie (SERENITY), now begging for either a sequel or a second season. As the solid fan base will tell you "You can't stop the Signal..." My favorite Episode: "Out of Gas"
What's great about it: Complete series (my second copy as first is worn out) of the best cancelled tv sci-fi series made anywhere to date.
What's not so great: Fox did an el cheapo job on the DVD format. Tedious to get to episode.