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Whistle Stopper - Firefly - The Complete Series
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List Price: $49.98
Our Price: $22.51
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Directed By: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Vern Gillum
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543089292
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-12-09
Running Time: 675
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-09-20
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: A Sci-Fi Soap Opera.
Comment: The basic concept and the production are very good. The actors stay fateful to their characters. But the characters are odd and not well developed or integrated. In particular the characters of the happy-hooker promoting pay-for-sex and homosexuality, and the mental-case playing the professional victim. They soon become a burden to the storyline to the point I did not finish looking at all episodes. There is a reason for the $22 new-price for a 675 minutes series...
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Summary: Firefly - Buy it - Don't worry
Comment: Firefly, is a diamond in the rough. A hidden gem. The beautiful moon behind the clouds of a stormy night. Once you have discovered this beauty, it will not let you go.
Straight up, the characters, and the story of firefly will suck you in. This show is set in a sci-fi future world, but that's not what it's about. So you sci-fi geeks - come to Firefly! While at the same time if you are scared about a sci-fi show... don't be. It's about the people and their relationships with each other, and their journey in life, which so happens to be in space on the same ship. You will laugh, you will be on the edge or your seat, you will hurt when they hurt.
It takes a REALLY good story that is done REALLY well with REALLY good actors that play REALLY good characters to get me to like a show, but when it does...man it's magic. And that's what Firefly has done. By far - my #1 favorite show now. I will do whatever it takes if it is ever possible, to bring Firefly back. THIS is how to tell a story through a live action show.
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Summary: FireFly
Comment: This is an excellent, action packed series! It has added light humor and
is well worth the watch! You'll be hooked and wanting more!
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Summary: What was Fox thinking?
Comment: I was living overseas when this series aired, and never heard of it until I was sorting through my brother's DVDs a few weeks ago. I saw this, and figured that since it was only 14 episodes it probably wasn't that good of a series, but decided to go ahead and check it out...after watching other stuff first. Dumb mistake. Had I known anything about it, it would have gone to the top of the list.
Firefly is a great show. A network gets a gem, then cancels it after just a few episodes. Honestly, Fox, what were you thinking when you cancelled this show?
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Summary: A Science Fiction Western?
Comment: Somehow I missed Firefly when it was aired on TV. When the movie Serenity came out I got a DVD copy and watched it. I must not have been reading the cover very carefully as I did not make a connection with the TV series Firefly.
While browsing the Amazon web site for DVDs I noticed the Firefly set that contained all of the TV episodes. The review intrigued me so I decided to order it and the Collector's Edition DVD.
One of the reviewers said it was best to watch the TV series before watching the movie so I decided to do just that. Although I had seen the movie in the past, it had been a fairly long time so I started the TV series; I didn't know what was in store for me.
If one thinks about it, the premise is reasonable; the frontiers of space could have parallels with the frontiers of the old West. The farther you got away from civilization the more rugged life could become; especially after a major war which had divided civilization.
To a substantial degree it helps to check your brain at the door and just relax and accept the story line. The characters are sufficiently developed to generate some feelings of concern for them as the stories progress. The stories themselves are in one way stereotypical, and yet in another way very original; I guess you would have to watch them to see what I mean.
I'm pleased with them and look forward to seeing them again; a lot is going on and it's hard to absorb all of the action on a first viewing.
If you're a sci-fi fan and have not seen the series and the movie, you should go ahead and treat yourself.
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Editorial Reviews:
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As the 2005 theatrical release of Serenity made clear, Firefly was a science fiction concept that deserved a second chance. Devoted fans (or "Browncoats") knew it all along, and with this well-packaged DVD set, those who missed the show's original broadcasts can see what they missed. Creator Joss Whedon's ambitious science-fiction Western (Whedon's third series after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel) was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature. Whedon's generic hybrid got off to a shaky start when network executives demanded an action-packed one-hour premiere ("The Train Job"); in hindsight the intended two-hour pilot (also titled "Serenity," and oddly enough, the final episode aired) provides a better introduction to the show's concept and splendid ensemble cast. Obsessive fans can debate the quirky logic of combining spaceships with direct parallels to frontier America (it's 500 years in the future, and embattled humankind has expanded into the galaxy, where undeveloped "outer rim" planets struggle with the equivalent of Old West accommodations), but Whedon and his gifted co-writers and directors make it work, at least well enough to fashion a credible context from the incongruous culture-clashing of past, present, and future technologies, along with a polyglot language (the result of two dominant superpowers) that combines English with an abundance of Chinese slang.
What makes it work is Whedon's delightfully well-chosen cast and their nine well-developed characters--a typically Whedon-esque extended family--each providing a unique perspective on their adventures aboard Serenity, the junky but beloved "Firefly-class" starship they call home. As a veteran of the disadvantaged Independent faction's war against the all-powerful planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a quest for survival. They're renegades with an amoral agenda, taking any job that pays well, but Firefly's complex tapestry of right and wrong (and peace vs. violence) is richer and deeper than it first appears. Tantalizing clues about Blue Sun (an insidious mega-corporation with a mysteriously evil agenda), its ties to the Alliance, and the traumatizing use of Serenity's resident stowaway (Summer Glau) as a guinea pig in the development of advanced warfare were clear indications Firefly was heading for exciting revelations that were precluded by the series' cancellation. Fortunately, the big-screen Serenity (which can be enjoyed independently of the series) ensured that Whedon's wild extraterrestrial west had not seen its final sunset. Its very existence confirms that these 14 episodes (and enjoyable bonus features) will endure as irrefutable proof Fox made a glaring mistake in canceling the series. --Jeff Shannon
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Stills from Firefly (Click for larger image)
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