As some of you may know, I started watching Firefly for the first time a few weeks ago. Now that I’ve finished the series and watched Serenity, I have a few thoughts.
It took about two weeks (plus the 12 years of my just not watching) for me to finish Firefly and Serenity. It honestly would’ve taken me a much shorter amount of time if it weren’t for so-called adult responsibilities, including work.
So, since I shared some of my predictions with the Hypable readers two weeks ago, I thought I’d write a little follow-up letting the world know what I thought about Firefly just because I feel like it’s worth writing about.
I want to start off by addressing everyone’s first few questions: Yes, I enjoyed the series. Yes, I wish there was more. No, I’m not satisfied.
Now that that’s out in the open, I do want to say that I wasn’t as in love with it as I thought I might be. But we’ll get to that in due time. First, a quick recap/follow-up to the predictions that I made at the halfway point of the series.
Confronting my predictions
#1. “It’s a Joss Whedon production, so someone (or multiple someones) is going to die.” Nailed it. While this was definitely my first prediction before I even started the show, I will say that I accidentally spoiled myself on the two Serenity deaths while writing my predictions article. I do that a lot, actually. It’s quite sad.
#2. “River will inadvertently start another rebellion/war.” I feel like it’s pretty safe to say that this was kind of accurate, right? Sort of? There was a pretty big battle over her. And there could’ve been a rebellion after the Miranda footage came out. Maybe I’ll give myself 1/2 a point.
#3. “Shepherd Book is running away from something. Or someone.” I still stick by this prediction. While he was an upstanding gentleman, there was definitely something a bit sketchy about him. But more on that later.
#4. “Something from Mal’s past will come back to haunt him.” Though it didn’t happen in the way I had originally imagined it, this prediction technically came true in “The Message.”
#5. “Both potential on-screen couples will get together but one will be broken apart by tragedy (aka death).” To be fair, this was a pretty good prediction. At least I thought so. Who would’ve thought that an established relationship would be the one broken apart by tragedy? Touche, Whedon! (Also, yay Simon and Kaylee!)
#6. “Regardless of what ends up happening, Kaylee will be the one to save them all (possibly with some help from Simon).” Okay, so this didn’t happen in the show or the movie. But I’m definitely betting that if the series were to have lived on, it totally would’ve happened.
#7. “More of Joss Whedon’s ‘regulars’ will show up on Firefly.” Yeahhhhh, can’t say I was paying too much attention to this as the show progressed. Were there any I should have noted?
#8. “I will never see Alan Tudyk as anyone but Steve the Pirate from Dodgeball.” In a surprising twist, I no longer see Alan Tudyk as just Steve the Pirate! Although, now I kind of see him as dead, so I’m not sure I prefer that…
Continue on to the next page if you’re interested in reading my thoughts on the Firefly TV series as a whole (and then Serenity after that).
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