Firefly: Adventures With the Serenity

If there a better reason why i’m been away from blogging, it’s because i’ve found a new distraction.

Yep, I’m caught up with watching Firefly.

It’s a sci-fi TV series that lasted only one season in the US, but just like so many shortlived series, it has its own cultic following. I’ve always been a fan of the creator Joss Whedon, having never missed an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer all through through the seven seasons.

Firefly is a space cowboy adventure about the Firefly-class transporter named Serenity and it’s seven crew members, led by their captain Mal Reynolds. The trademarks of Whedon is evident here – ragtag ensemble of quirky characters with mysterious pasts, strong-willed women, and the dark humor.

(taken from Fireflyfans.Net. Now residing on my desktop… 🙂 )

There were only 14 episodes ever made, plus one movie released in cinemas back in 2005, at the end of the TV run. I’m loving every minute of it. This is the opening sequence, with the theme song ‘Ballad of Serenity’:

Regular blogging will return after series ends, or the elections, whichever comes later.

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Meanwhile, did anyone catch that new gameshow ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’ Very disappointing. We already there are a lot of clueless Americans out there, the show goes to great lengths to prove this, even those with college degrees. There are only a few questions asked in an episode, most of the time is spent waiting for the contestant to answer or the host making fun of them.

Give me a REAL quiz show with rapid fire questions like The Weakest Link.

[tags]firefly, serenity[/tags]

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