The image above is now one of my favorite television shows (with one spanking good movie!) and yet it's television life was cut terribly short. As we all know Joss Whedon is the best creator in the history of television (GOD DAMN BUFFY BISHES!!!) and yet the television companies were like "ho ho ho this just won't sell enough EVEN THOUGH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PETITIONED AGAINST IT'S CANCELLATION AND RAISED SO MUCH GOD DAMNED MONEYYYY!!!" they were also like "why is it not attracting enough viewers when its on its prime time slot of 11:30 wednesday nights?!?! BECAUSE ITS SUCH A GOOD TIME SLOT!!" So thus the show was canceled even though it was so very very amazing.
But then (Shock!) they made the "Serenity" movie and everyone was like :O! Does this mean new season?!?!? NO! it just meant movie (which was spankingly good!) but no new season. It broke my heart and now Joss is just left writing the Buffy/Angel comics (which are pretty good - i haven't read the last 6 or so) and occasionally releasing a firefly comic (ONLY 3 GOD DAMNED ISSUES?!?!? WHYYYY!!??!?). I hate everything at the moment. ESPECIALLY YOU TELEVISION!! WHY TAKE MY FUTURISTIC WESTERN SHOW WITH PERFECT CHARACTERIZATION AND EMOTIONAL STORIES AWAY FROM ME!??!?!? WHY!?!??!?
AND DOLLHOUSE. DON'T FORGET DOLLHOUSE.
ReplyDeletethat said firefly did have reaaaaaaaaaaally low ratings, but that's also because they aired them out of order and in a terrible timeslot...but it is a good show! although when you think about it...future space western. it's kind of a niche show, you know...
although it bugs that Serenity was so successful, like, people will watch the movie but not the show WHY?! Turns out it's just the name, apparently, cause Joss was talking about why it was called Serenity instead of "Firefly: the movie...of the tv show...that you didn't watch".
BUT MAAAAAAAAAAAAAL. and jayne! aarghgh AND THE LAST EPISODE AHHH "River's gone." "Then who are we talking to?" "You're talking to Serenity." <----best episode ever
WOW EPIC COMMENT, in conclusion, i vote for epic firefly/serenity marathon sometime
HOW ABOUT NOW??!?! NOW IS GOOD!! I LIKE NOW!!! I'LL JUST DO IT WITHOUT YOU THEN!! (like i have been doing the last 3 weeks).
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