Went to my uncles cabin in the woods for a few days to relax, he’s got the box set of the show and decided to give it a rewatch, was a pretty big fan in college. Got through like 3 episodes and shut it off.
Yes, Whedon is a creepy and maybe knowing that affecting my judgment, but honestly does feel like I’m noticing things my younger brain didn’t. A lot of the dialog seems overwritten, some of the “quirky” shit the characters do comes off more obnoxious than endearing, also the story is giving me weird AnCap vibes. I mean yeah the Alliance clearly is pretty evil but we never get much explanation as to what the Brown Coats political program is, why did they want to succeed? Them being confederate coded sure as shit doesn’t help.
Also, it almost leans TOO much into the whole western asethic sometimes, to the point I find it unbelievable. Okay, sure, humanity hastily colonized some planets and now some have regressed into SciFi Deadwood, I can dig that. But like, people on horses with cowboy hats seems a bit too comic for me.
Idk, just some random observations.
Edit: oh yeah and the intro song fucking sucks. That was something I thought even back when I liked the show.
Same. I’ve always felt it was overrated. I don’t have any particular issue I could point to. I just thought it wasn’t that good. I didn’t watch it when it aired though, I saw it a few years later with a roommate so maybe that’s part of it
Yeah I just couldn’t see what the fuss was all about. I’d rather rewatch Nickelodeon’s Space Cases lol, they at least did some relevant social critique on what it’s like to be part of a formerly enslaved population.
I think the weirdest thing about Firefly was that the characters are slinging around Chinese phrases, but there’s not one Asian character in sight. Also thought it was weird that the people in the outer territories are apparently all voracious cannibals, seemed kind of problematic in a racializing kind of way.
Eventually I put two and two together and realized that’s where they are, Whedon decided that’s where all the Chinese people went, they’re the barbarians in his universe lol
You’re the first person I’ve seen mention Space Cases. That was a cool but really freaky show when I was a small child and hardly anyone else I talk to ever watched it.
Sup fellow space case. I think people don’t remember it because it never occupied a prime slot with Secrets of the Hidden Temple and it probably came off as Fardscape for kids. I enjoyed it when it came on though! It was unique and the characters were played in earnest, i enjoyed it while I was in middle school / early high school, wonder what it would be like watching it today.