I suppose everyone has some sort of addiction: coffee, cigarettes, stuffed animal wrestling. Firefly is mine. I've always been a bit of an aimless tv watcher and usually ended up with PBS specials instead of following some show week after week. But Firefly is the first show to ever hook me and keep me. Even though it only went through one season (and not a complete one at that), I love this show. If you have never, ever heard of Firefly then I’m terribly sorry. Its okay though. Here is your chance to find out all about it and geek out with the rest of us Browncoats.
Firefly was created by Joss Whedon and is, boiled down, a scifi western set 500 years in the future. A bit odd at first I know. However it easily melds the two genres and you can actually see how the future of tomorrow may be created today, including swearing in Chinese. It was tragically cancelled by Fox before it really got started but later came back in the movie Serenity last fall. This movie is good folks. If you love scifi, I highly recommend it. I know some people will say I’m crazy or some sort of perverted scifi geek, but I think Serenity is far better than Star Wars Episode III. Superior in so many ways. I could go on about how great Firefly and Serenity are, but then this blog would be huge.
Below you will find enough links to help you create a new geek addiction or, if you are already a Browncoat, help feed the addiction you’ve already got. I’ve also included links to Amazon.com for the box set, the movie, the movie soundtrack, the Firefly tv soundtrack, and the comic. I may post a review of the comic at a later point, but for now I’ll leave everything spoiler-free. Don’t forget to check out a charity screening of Serenity near you June 23rd. It benefits Equality Now! and is a great way to show Browncoat support of a good cause (link for screenings is also below). So go out and Netflix/buy the box set and then watch the movie. I highly doubt you will be disappointed. Enjoy.
Links (I think this is all of them):
The Signal - a Firefly podcast
Firefly Talk - another Firefly podcast
Fireflyfans.net - where you can find tons of things to do
Serenity Movie
PDX Browncoats
Firefly Chinese! Who doesn't need another language to swear in?
Mosquito (A Firefly spoof)
Firefly: The Virtual Season - fan written Firefly season
Fireflywiki: Because everyone has one these days
Can't Stop the Serenity - On June 23rd, check out a charity screening of Serenity near you.
Browncoats.com
Product Links:
Firefly box set
Firefly Soundtrack
Serenity
Serenity Soundtrack
Serenity comic
This has been your Firefly Geek Find of the day.
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