Firefly 1x01 Serenity

[oyceter]

Just watched Serenity for the first time.

It did drag a bit. But damn, so much better than Train Job.

I want to be in this universe more, and it irks me to no small extent that I can't. Well. Twelve more episodes at least.

And I heart Simon. And Kaylee.

Comments

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

You know, I really disliked "Serenity." I think part of the problem was that I was trying to hook my mom on the show, and I thought "Hey, what better episode than the *real* pilot?" But I think "Train Job" does a much, much better job of summing up everyone's background succinctly, and getting right into the action/humor/cliche-twisting that I loved the show for. I convinced her to watch it last night, actually, and when it was over she said "That was much better! Let's watch more!"

I think "Serenity" is probably best viewed by people who've seen the show through, and want to have some more background on the characters, rather than as a pilot. I should probably sit down and watch it again without the nagging worry that it's boring my mother AND not being funny like I expected. :)

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[oyceter]

Really? I think you may be right... a lot of why I enjoyed it was just seeing how all the tensions that have been in the episodes I've seen were set up. Mal kissing the cross in the beginning, Jayne's mercenariness (is that a word? oh well), his dislike of Simon and River on the ship, Wash's uneasiness with Zoe and Mal...

Plus, they shot Kaylee!