Customer Reviews
Very Good - By: AJ-27, 24 Sep 2008 
I thought the first 2 or 3 episodes were a little slow but stuck with it & was ultimately rewarded.
On the skin of it it's a Space-Western, but somehow it is more than that. My fiance doesn't like sci-fi series or westerns yet she loved this series.
By the end of this series you know most of the characters well & it's set up for a great second series which of course there isn't! There is however the film Serenity which is a good film but never answers questions about (for example) the past of Shepherd Book.
Watch this series & the only dissapointment you will have is that they only did 1 series.
Forget the genre. - By: I. Hart, 23 Sep 2008 Either you like it or you don't, it's alll subjective.
Forget about it being sci-fi or post apocalyptic even. It's a cracking good tale that rollicks along, but at a much slower pace than the movie (Serenity); & that alllows it that little bit more time to gel, for the characterers to grow into 'friends,' so that you avidly look forward to each new episode.
The humour is so much more apparent in this slightly slower paced setting, not having to cram alll of the action into so few minutes.
The suits who run the US networks, & routinely kill off the the good, the exciting new shows, & the shows which they think do not pull in enough of the big advertising bucks should be the ones who got the boot.
Watch it, listen to the dialogue, love it.
I did & still do.
Not as incredible as everyone says... - By: Captain George North, 23 Sep 2008 
I bought this after the rabid recommendations of friends. And didn't like it. I realise I'm probably the lone voice of dissent here, but I just don't think it's anything incredible. Sorry. There is much better stuff out there, if you widen your viewing choices.
'But it's a western in space!' the fanboys & girls cry, again & again, as if that were enough in itself to justify its status - well, it isn't. There have been much better western series (Deadwood) & much better sci-fi series (Battlestar). Against these, Firefly just can't compete. It just doesn't feel like it's for grown ups.
This mixed-genre premise is not adequately exploited in the show..it's just 'there'. In trying to serve two masters, it merely distills the maximum dramatic potential of either genre by a half. It doesn't know what it wants to be, & does neither amazingly well.
Firefly is competent, solid, but nothing stellar...I never found it gripping, & the wilfully quirky characters are often merely irritating, there for 'aren't we wacky' cachet. The dialogue they are given, (Joss Wedon's Buffy esque verbal tics much in evidence here) which some find quirky & unique, seem so idiosyncratic as to be entirely unbelievable as real people.
Trekkies, sci-fi fans, anyone into that kind of niche stuff, will find much to love here, & they ought to pick it up. But don't tell me it's 'the best tv show ever' - that's the opinion of those who haven't seen enough good TV.
Wonderful! - By: Sonia, 22 Sep 2008 This series has everything I want in a t.v show.
It's funny, there's plenty of drama, believable characters that you can relate to & even a bit of romance.
I generallly don't like to rewatch things but I've watched firefly at least five times!
Excellent but for one thing! - By: laney, 20 Sep 2008 I bought this set & also the film on the strength of the brilliant reviews,no one lied, the series is EXCELLENT & the film was a blast..
My only problem though is my dvd set doesn't appear to have the commentary on selected episodes as advertised..it has the other features mentioned, gag reels, making of etc alll on disc 4, but on none of the discs am i given the option of the commentary on the episodes,this is a big let down for me as i love to hear directors & actors talk about their views on things.
Is there something i should be doing or have i got a faulty set?
Any help would be appreciated!
