I sure wish it had been revived. But, I guess sometimes we need these short bursts of creative excellence.

On a related note (and you’ll get to this when you review the feature length film), I think that naming the movie “Serenity” was a colossal marketing blunder. It was an excellent space/action/comedy and I think most of the movie-going public *might* have enjoyed it had they had any idea that a movie with the title of “Serenity” might be an awesome space/action/comedy.

The western angle is growing on me, but I’m already cooking a “why did
Firefly fail?” post. I think for new viewers the western angle likely had
something to do with it. I could imagine chanel flippers being confused
about what to expect. Maybe too unique / clever for its own good.

Now as for hottest crewmember I’ll politely abstain until I get through the
series…

One of my favorite aspects of Firefly is the dialogue. I love all the wonderfully colorful phrases that get written into the script. It’s a really cool combination of old-school Westernisms and made-up colloquialisms. Definitely one of the highlights of the show.

You’re right about Mal being something like a Han Solo type.

I really dug the Western angle. It struck me as fresh given all the sci-fi shows in which you have dudes in fancy uniforms and stuff all over the galaxy and spend a lot of time talking about the technology they’re using (a la Star Trek). Fortunately the civilized counterpoint to the colonists and settlers and renegades is the Alliance. So there’s a balance.

The real question is…who do you think is the hottest crewmember? I’m a Kaylee fanboy in that dept through and through fwiw.