First I saw some bits and pieces of the show and thought it was awful (sci-fi western, um, no!). Then I saw Serenity and thought it was the best goddamn sci-fi film I've seen in years (dunno what you guys are talking about, it can totally stand on its own). So I decided to go back to the show, and was thrilled by it. Then I watched Serenity again over the holidays stoned and decided it's one of the smartest films I've ever seen. Whedon is a freakin' genius.

Oh and Buffy was really great, primarily because of the humor.

I thought the movie was good, I just was blown away by it after seeing the show, which I hadn't been at first watch. To be fair I saw it at a party, so who knows...
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Is that James Franco in your avatar adidass?

Indeed...<3

Great show. Tragedy that the cancelled it.

Of topic slightly but I am a huge fan of Lexx. I know that it is not as serious as Firefly but still find it oddly riveting.

Really liked the show even though I generally don't like sci-fi! The movie was like a straight continuation/ending, so it was also great. ^^

I've tried Buffy though since some people have said that it's good in a similar way, but I just can't stand it. =/ It's just too cheesy/dorky/teens/90's. It's impossible to take it seriously, even though I *know* it supposedly gets better and deeper, and that it's got a great mythology/story.

Oh well. :)

Same experience here with Buffy so far. Hulu only has the 1 and 2nd seasons, any other good places to watch it online?

Firefly is absolutely amazing. Whedon did such a fantastic job creating full, rich characters in just a few episodes. needless to say, i was devestated when it was cancelled. then along came Serenety - a very forced closure that really didn't tie up any of the interesting loose ends. he just killed off half the characters and called it good. what a sad, sorry ending to what could have been the best show on TV for many years running.

i'm a huge Buffy fan as well. i've got all seasons on DVD, and i've watched through them at least five times. i even like the later seasons. it's great from beginning to end.

never saw a single episode of Angel. he and Cordelia were some of my least favorite characters from Buffy, so i had no desire to follow their story. though i really do enjoy Boreanaz in Bones, which i watch every week!

then there's Dollhouse. Dushku always put me off in Buffy, but i was still thrilled to experience another Whedon project. i grabbed the first episode the night it aired - what a disappointment! it was so damned superficial. seemed completely different from his other shows. i have not been able to bring myself around to watch any more episodes. does it get any better? do the characters develop to the point where you can tell them apart? do you actually begin to care about what happens to them?

New series with the guy who plays the Captain, premieres tomorrow on ABC, it's called Castle.