Re: this is a first... Firefly

Yeah, on the DVD the first two eps are collectively called "Serenity"
and do
a damn good job on the series~
A pity Fox seemed to want the series dead.

> Well, after all the buzz about Firefly on the list I decided to check
it
> out.	I remembered I still had a Borders gift card left over from my
> birthday.  So I picked up the DVD set for 39.99 plus tax.  Just got
done
> watching the first two episodes (the pilot?).  What can I say?  It's
great.
>
> Thanks to all for bringing it to my attention.  I had never heard of
the
> show before.	It sure does remind me of all those hours I spent
playing
> Traveller.  I was trying to explain this to my teenager as we watched.
 He
> said he'd like to play Traveller sometime... like tomorrow.  I said
I'd
dig
> the books out of the basement so he could read them.	He said, "Oh no,
I
> don't want to read all that.	You just explain it to me."  Kids.
>
>
>
> At 10:00 PM 1/1/04, you wrote:
>
> >It was at 330 reviews two days ago. In two days it has also moved
from 14
> >to 11 in the DVD sales rankings.
> >
> >
> >Jon Davis wrote:
> >
> >>Another resource and a list of reviews are at Amazon.com for the
> >>Firefly DVD set.
> >>
> >>I ordered the set this morning and the ratings had it at 5 stars and
over
> >>350 reviews.  A number of reviews go into more detail regarding the
series,
> >>the depth of the characters, and tension, excitement, and humor of
the
> >>show.
> >
> >
> >--
> >We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this
decade
> >and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they
are
> >hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best
of
our
> >energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are
willing to
> >accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to
win,
> >and the others, too.
> >
> >http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/j091262.htm
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bob Yeager
> ahclem@adelphia.net
>
>
>