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Product Description
Five hundred years in the future there's a whole new frontier, and
the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a
claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep
fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more
complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new
totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run,
desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers
who live on the fringes of space.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5 in DVD
- Brand: Firefly
- Released on: 2003-12-09
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language:
English
- Subtitled in:
English, Spanish
- Dubbed in:
Spanish
- Number of discs: 4
- Dimensions: 1.20 pounds
- Running time: 675 minutes
Features
- Four Disc Box Set Must Have Collector Edition
- Includes All 14 Series Episodes!
- Includes 3 Never-Aired Episodes!
- Audio Commentary on Selected Episodes
- Includes 4 Deleted Scenes!
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
As the 2005 theatrical release of
Serenity made clear,
Firefly
was a science fiction concept that deserved a second chance. Devoted
fans (or "Browncoats") knew it all along, and with this well-packaged
DVD set, those who missed the show's original broadcasts can see what
they missed. Creator Joss Whedon's ambitious science-fiction Western
(Whedon's third series after
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel)
was canceled after only 11 of these 14 episodes had aired on the Fox
network, but history has proven that its demise was woefully premature.
Whedon's generic hybrid got off to a shaky start when network executives
demanded an action-packed one-hour premiere ("The Train Job"); in
hindsight the intended two-hour pilot (also titled "Serenity," and oddly
enough, the final episode aired) provides a better introduction to the
show's concept and splendid ensemble cast. Obsessive fans can debate the
quirky logic of combining spaceships with direct parallels to frontier
America (it's 500 years in the future, and embattled humankind has
expanded into the galaxy, where undeveloped "outer rim" planets struggle
with the equivalent of Old West accommodations), but Whedon and his
gifted co-writers and directors make it work, at least well enough to
fashion a credible context from the incongruous culture-clashing of
past, present, and future technologies, along with a polyglot language
(the result of two dominant superpowers) that combines English with an
abundance of Chinese slang.
What makes it work is Whedon's
delightfully well-chosen cast and their nine well-developed
characters--a typically Whedon-esque extended family--each providing a
unique perspective on their adventures aboard Serenity, the junky but
beloved "Firefly-class" starship they call home. As a veteran of the
disadvantaged Independent faction's war against the all-powerful
planetary Alliance (think of it as Underdogs vs. Overlords), Serenity
captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) leads his compact crew on a
quest for survival. They're renegades with an amoral agenda, taking any
job that pays well, but
Firefly's complex tapestry of right and
wrong (and peace vs. violence) is richer and deeper than it first
appears. Tantalizing clues about Blue Sun (an insidious mega-corporation
with a mysteriously evil agenda), its ties to the Alliance, and the
traumatizing use of Serenity's resident stowaway (Summer Glau) as a
guinea pig in the development of advanced warfare were clear indications
Firefly was heading for exciting revelations that were precluded
by the series' cancellation. Fortunately, the big-screen
Serenity
(which can be enjoyed independently of the series) ensured that
Whedon's wild extraterrestrial west had not seen its final sunset. Its
very existence confirms that these 14 episodes (and enjoyable bonus
features) will endure as irrefutable proof Fox made a glaring mistake in
canceling the series. --
Jeff Shannon
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