RE: Firefly (was: Re: this is a first...)

>From grammar in previous msg, can you tell I had a loog night???
Robert

>From: "Robert Bantly" <bantly_robert@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: RE: Firefly (was: Re: this is a first...)
>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 05:50:14 -0800
>
>Giveth us a comparison of Friefly to B5, John! I didn't watch it here
in 
>the states for the sam reason below.  R/Robert
>
>
>>From: Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
>>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>>Subject: Firefly (was: Re: this is a first...)
>>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:23:15 +0000
>>
>>>--- Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
>>>>  Having just got the Firefly DVD set and watched some of the
extras,
>>>>  Zoe (Gina Torres) springs obviously to mind in this context.... 
;-)
>>>
>>>I never heard of Firefly when it was on, only seen ads for the DVD.
>>>
>>>Is it any good?
>>>
>>>I am suspicious of any sci-fi from the man who brought us "Buffy the
>>>Vampire Slayer" :)
>>>
>>>J
>>
>>
>>Well, personally I think Firefly is excellent. It depends how you like

>>your SF to be; this is a character-driven series where the
personalities 
>>and the dialogue are FAR more important than the whizz-bang effects.
There 
>>are no rubber-forehead prosthetics - in fact there are NO aliens
(sentient 
>>or otherwise) at all. There are also virtually no space battles
(Serenity 
>>gets shot AT a couple of times, but she doesn't even have any weapons
to 
>>shoot back with....).
>>
>>The background is lots of sparsely-settled human frontier colonies,
all 
>>grubby and mostly low-tech. The crew are a mix of realistically flawed

>>characters, each with their own agenda which may or may not match any
of 
>>the others. The "Western in Space" (actually, more 
>>"post-ACW-reconstructionism in space") elements are perhaps a little
heavy 
>>at times, but I think they work. I'd certainly rate it as the
best-written 
>>TV SF I've yet seen.
>>
>>If Star Trek is your vision of how TV SF should be, Firefly will be a 
>>culture shock... but I'd recommend giving it a try!
>>
>>Jon (GZG)
>>
>>
>
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