10/17   Anyone buy Firefly?  I think people will start wanting to bring
        back Firefly after Serenity.
        \_ There is no chance of Firefly getting another network season.
        \_ Serenity's only made $22M
        \_ I bought it.  The first episode (two-hour pilot) was long and kind
           of boring.  I'm seeing the movie tonight for my b-day -- hope it's
           better.
           \_ First two episodes are very dull. The third one is when things
              start to click in terms of story, pacing, actors getting into
              their characters, etc.
           \_ Well, I just got back, and while the theatre had only four
              other people (and two left half way), the movie was an 8/10
              in my book.  Not bad, but the Zephram Cochrane movie was better.
              \_ I hate time travel movies like that. It's like going back in
                 time and forcing your dad to nail yermom at "precisely the
                 right moment" to insure your birth. (Potential porn plot!
                 Added twist: timing off, guy turns to gal! But the threesome
                 continues.)
        \_ I thought Serenity was horrible, there's no way it will spark
           interest in Firefly.  In fact, now I'm certain I'll never watch
           the show after seeing how bad the movie is.  My date hated it
           too.  It's definitely a cult-film and series.  A few things that
           made me want to leave half-way through...
           - Really bad acting
           - Really bad lines (script)
           - Bad action scenes
           - Bad, TV-like cinematography
           - Weak, boring villian
           - Bad, TV-like special effects
           - Weak story (something about [spoiler removed])
           + Girl who knew karate, fight scenes with her
           \_ Uhm, sometimes we see movies that just aren't our thing.  I
              didn't see the TV shows so I'm not a cultist but I really liked
              the movie and so did my date.  Some of the things you say were
              bad about it are the things we liked most.  It just wasn't your
              taste, I guess.
           \_ Interesting.  If you replace "bad", "boring", and "weak"
              in your post with "not cliche", you have my take on it.  The one
              thing you liked was the most mainstream element of the movie,
              I'd say.  Oh, except the special effects, which were indeed
              mediocre... but the movie cost $22M, not hundreds of millions.