{"id":970,"date":"2008-12-21T08:04:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T13:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=970"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:55:23","slug":"firefly-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/firefly-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly series&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Firefly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0001B3YTM\/?tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-amazonimages=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" title=\"Firefly\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/517JqDl+a3L._SL500_.jpg\" alt=\"Firefly\" width=\"249\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a> This is another review of what I consider a truly delightful show that doesn&#8217;t happen to be a mystery. (Of course, it&#8217;s a mystery to me that it was cancelled after only one season&#8230; although I have a feeling that when a network decides to air the shows of a new series\u00a0out of sequence, that can&#8217;t help establish the show&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0000AQS0F\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\"><strong><em>Firefly<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is really a departure from any one type of genre&gt;&gt;&gt; The best way to describe it is to say that it&#8217;s a western\/science fiction\/dramedy. (If you aren&#8217;t a sci-fi fan, don&#8217;t be put off by that part of the label! The series is set in the far-away future and features the escapades of a rather unconventional spaceship crew. The characters are three dimensional, the special effects are fun and vivid, the plot lines are original, and the acting is more than convincing&#8230; This show really is a delight to watch.<\/p>\n<p>The writer\/director of Firefly is Joss Whedon (whom a lot of you probably recognize.) Firefly follows the adventures on a cargo ship (the Serenity) which is commanded\/owned by a good-guy-sort of captain (played by Nathan Fillion). Firefly breaks the stereotypical rules&#8212; Gina Torres plays both the only wife in the crew and a very tough warrior. It was through Firefly that my family first experienced the\u00a0comedic delivery of Adam Baldwin (not from the Baldwin brother acting family)&gt;&gt;&gt; (You can now see him on the television show Chuck.) He plays the perfect marshmallow tough guy&#8230; a delight to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Firefly originally aired on the Fox network, and a lot of the shows&#8217; fans were greatly disappointed when it was cancelled. Perhaps because it had such a large following, in 2005 Joss Whedon released the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000BW7QWW\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Serenity<\/a>. I would definitely recommend watching the series in its correct chronological order, and then following it with the movie.\u00a0I am not a huge sci-fi fan and I think that I would probably have been a little lost watching the movie without\u00a0knowing all of the characters and the\u00a0ship&#8217;s purpose. I am sure that my adult son and daughter (as well as my husband) could have gone into the movie &#8220;cold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although Firefly is loads of fun to watch&#8230; it is not for young children.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to see more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/tv-movies-dvds\/Cozy-Mystery-TV-and-Movies.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TV and Movies<\/span><\/a> suggestions, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another review of what I consider a truly delightful show that doesn&#8217;t happen to be a mystery. 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