Actually, yes. Since it came AFTER Bebop, Joss Whedon has been accused by many fans of essentially ripping off the basic structure of Bebop for Firely.
Yeah, I mean I heard it not long ago in a game of Command:Modern Operations, but the first time I ever heard it was that movie. I wonder how many people who know that term are around, who didn´t watch it.
There's an Easter egg in the scene where Jayne is interrogating the cop. He's disappointed because he was hoping to get an ear (one of the cop's). In the movie Full Metal Jacket, Adam Baldwin's character, Animal Mother, had a necklace made of ears he had collected from VC/NVA soldiers he had killed.
The first time I watched this was on a friends recommendation. He was always talking about how amazing it was. After Kaylee "died" I was so damn mad that I immediately paused it and turned off my playstation. I called my buddy and really laid into him about it. He just laughed and was like dude I'm telling you, just keep going. If I had just waited another 20 seconds lol
Honestly the hard cut from confused Simon to Mal and his friends just pissing themselves laughing is a Top 3 moment for me in the Pilot, lol so damn hilarious
Welcome to the Firefly Heartbreak Club, to forever ponder "what if this amazing show never got cancelled?" The good news is we got "Serenity" to give us the outline of what the story would have been, and the graphic novels for stories of the before and after.
I honestly don't feel heartbreak whenever I finish a re-watch through the show.... just anger, lol stupid Fox. If this show had come out15 years later it would've been MASSIVE and ran for a god damn decade. The missed potential just infuriates me, lol
What irritates me the most is that every single member of the cast have said that if they ever brought the series back, they'd jump on the chance to do it again.
@@Necro616 be hard to do for some of them since serenity killed off a couple of the main characters. Be nice though, if they could bring this series back and kind of retcon the Serenity movie.
What they originally promised NBC that Star Trek would be - "Wagon train to the stars" ... perhaps if NBC got THIS kind of show in 1966, instead of FOX getting it in 2002, it wouldn't have been cancelled after only so many episodes
_"Firefly is the definition of Space-Western. Still unmatched."_ Well, technically Bravestarr, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs are a tad closer to being the definition in that they have aliens, robots and cyborgs but of course that's debatable.
“It’s getting awful crowded in my sky” That is worth remembering for Mal’s character throughout this series. He fought the Alliance for the right to freely choose his lifestyle and not be under their control but he lost. He got a ship and left his life behind to life a difficult life but a free one. The theme song tells his viewpoint on his current life, especially the ‘you can’t take the sky from me’ part. But he is slowly squeezed between larger powers whilst trying to survive and keep his crew safe.
@@alexhanley933 There's dozens of us! Dozens! But yeah, would be nice to see more Babylon 5 reactions. Maybe VKunia someday? I know even some hardcore scifi fans who don't know much about it and haven't seen it, but every single person I know who's ever started watching Babylon 5 seems to get quickly sucked in and falls in love with it. It really suffered from having been on a fairly obscure (and failing) network at a time when science fiction wasn't really that popular. It deserved to be much bigger than it was.
OMG Firefly! Shiny! This show could have been as big as StarTrek if the studio had allowed it to go on. Get ready for overwhelming despair when it ends!
Yeah, it’s a shame that Fox didn’t care about Firefly. They aired the episodes out of order and placed it at a time that was dubbed the Friday Night Death Slot
Lets also not forget, Star Trek was originally pitched to NBC as "Wagon train to the stars" This is probably what NBC was hoping they would get. Maybe if NBC had this in 1966, instead of FOX in 2002, it would have stayed on the air longer
@@k1productions87 as Jayne would say "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak" NBC cancelled Star Trek twice... If it wasn't for Star Wars, and Paramount Studios looking for something in the same vein - Star Trek would also be a just a bunch of old shows in re-run.
@@Sillydogification Not quite. The second TV series was in pre-production at the time. Even though Paramount's fourth network plans had failed, the show was still intended to happen regardless. Star Wars is what caused them to scrap the TV series plans and go for a major motion picture instead. The script for The Motion Picture was in fact the "Phase II" premiere episode, with a re-written ending to be more theatrical, as opposed to something made for TV.
@@k1productions87 Kinda. Star Trek Phase ii was 'in pre-production' since 1975. It was never going to be made. This why ST:TMP sucked - it can be watched mostly in FFWD - Its also very much a re-warmed TOS episode "The Changling".
It’s often described as a Space Western, but I find the words Space Frontier seem to fit better. It’s about people pushing out from civilisation and becoming more basic due to rules and education being less important than just survival at the moment. The Alliance is civilisation catching up with them (and basically forcing itself on them).
Alan Tudyk who plays Wash the Pilot was the voice of K-2SO in Rogue One. (the droid) He's also done many different voices from Frozen, Zootopia to video games. He's really good at voice acting.
"Take my Love, take my Land. Take me where I cannot Stand. I don't care, I'm still Free. You can't the the Sky from me." 3:27 Spike Spiegel and Jett Black thank you!;) The Serenity Valley Browncoats welcome you to their tattered/battered ranks.;)
The reason there is a "Western" feel to this show is that there are a whole bunch of planets that were recently terraformed (made like Earth). There really isn't enough people to fill up all these worlds, they are expanding out into them. So there is a bit of a frontier vibe to everything, the laws, the people, etc. The Reavers wouldn't set foot on a military planet without getting obliterated but a newly formed one, yes.
@@phoenixfire124 I dunno. If they were just straight crazy with aggression, they'd be a lot less dangerous. And you don't tend to last long in space without some logic; the vacuum don't care how scary you are.
Inara is played by the exquisite Morena Baccarin, who you may know from her role as Vanessa in the Deadpool movies. She's so beautiful in every episode. My favorite main character, just above Shepherd Book and Wash.
But it was an accurate thought from VKunia, a single Reaver ship would have much more trouble fighting on land than in the tight space of an ship. The ones that sacked a town was either a very small town or a fleet of reaver ships.
@@Henrik_Holst Reavers don't 3ven seem to speak language...so I find it REALLY hard to believe that they coordinate multi-ship ground assaults ! They DO stick to the Rim, and therefore almost entirety small towns and villages. That Reaver cutter was HUGE compared to a Firefly... Might be 50 Reavers on her. And they also aren't known for being timid, I'm sure they'd hit a village of 300 or less by surprise attack.
I dunno that Mal is 'glass is half full' just more that he's been in worse places so this still feels like freedom to him. It reminds me of a sentiment that Michael Mann puts in his movies from time to time - "Life is short, time is luck."
Yeah, and he's a romantic who has been beaten down by the world until he resembles a cynic much of the time, but ultimately he remains a romantic idealist at heart. At moments like that it's clear.
@@Kai-fb1ol Ha! When she said "he's an optimist" I said to myself "nah, he's a pragmatist with the soul of a poet". I think my outlook and yours are pretty similar!
Love this show. If I think of it as a mini-series (along with the movie Serenity), it makes me happy. If I think of it as an undeservedly canceled regular TV series I get a bit upset. 🤨
Great reaction of a great show. I really like this motley crew and Malcolm Reynolds is a fantastic character. I spotted that big leopard stalking around your room again; watch out!!!
This damn show will have you laughing, crying and screaming.. sometimes all at once. Great show, good movie to end it, but ... it is such a fun ride to get to the end.
Yeah. But for someone who's never seen it before, VK has more than her fair share of insight. And it's as close as we'll ever come (except for total amnesia) to the awesome experience of watching for the first time again. And being outsmarted by the writers, delighted by the wisecracks, & drawn into a lifestyle like no other, ever.
@@dexterpoindexter3583 I agree. I think that's why i watch reaction videos: 1.helps me relive nostalgic movie moments 2.if somesone likes what i like, I can **praise them for having good taste,** but really, it's a chance for me to pat myself on the back.
I love the little details. Like Jayne, despite being a jerk earlier, crouched outside the medbay nervously during Kaylee's treatment, showing how much he cares. Or the fact that the "lovely robe" River was wrapped in when she came out of cryo is Inara's and you can actually see her taking it off shortly after she first emerges naked, already preparing to give it to her. Every character is so well done even when they're not getting focused on or saying the iconic lines that everyone remembers.
If you liked this episode you're going to love the rest of them. This show is very character driven and we learn so much about them as the show goes on. You'll notice that they have a very particular way of talking - including swearing in Chinese. I absolutely love this show!
Yes, I don't like that she thought he was being full of himself. He was just being truthful and trying to create a way to explain how advanced River is.
Welcome to Firefly. I LOVE that you're watching this. No spoilers here, but I will tell you one thing. Everything you need to know about Mal is revealed in the conversation he had with Simon at the end of the episode.
I remember when this first aired. I watched the first 15 minutes of it and thought "Nope. Not for me". .. Then, about 10 years later, house sitting for relatives, board out of my skull, I found the entire series on DVD at the local video store. So I rented it. .. Forced my way through the first episode. And was, like you, pleasantly surprised! :) Watched the next, and then binged all of them that day. Firefly became one of my all-time favourite "sci-fi series". .. After this one, if you want another REALLY GOOD sci-fi... check out "The Expanse". .. (no, it's not 'cowboys in space', much more science fiction...but it has a very "reality grounded" style and backdrop).
You're going to love this series. I find that for most people, it takes a few episodes (3 or 4) to really get into the series. Once you get a feel for the 'verse and the cast of characters you'll going to really enjoy it.
So glad you've started the Firefly experience. I consider this series part of what made the early 2000s such a benchmark for TV creativity, at least on the regular networks.
Ms. V, I am so glad you're reacting to this. Welcome to the 'Verse. Having watched you for a while, I think you might need the occasional tissue, but I'm so glad you are doing this. I look forward to your adventure.
Term originates from cold war submarines - Russian boomers (ICBM launchers) were shadowed by US attack subs ready to launch torpedos, should the boomer go to launch position... W/o a towed sonar array, a sub is pretty much deaf/blind directly to the rear, so the boomer would periodicallyexecute an as tight as possible turn in order to get the bow sonars pointing back towards anyone following, trying to detect them.
@@michaeltempsch5282 What made it a "Crazy" Ivan was the fact that, if a US hunter/killer was tucked-in real close in the pocket, there wouldn't be time to avoid a collision that would likely destroy both subs.
@@michaelccozens Yep, as it turns, say left, the rear end tends to kick out to the right, while it slows down quickly wrt the original direction of travel, effectively placing a wall in front of the following, now approaching, attack sub - which of course doesn't want to show itself by harsh noisy manoeuvres (like max reverse thrust)
@@Fredzerra2 you're absolutely right... He even physically slapped the actor that played Cassian when he was pretending to be Imperial, when Cassian covered his face it was actually to hide him giggling cuz it was unscripted
I liked Dodgeball. Steve the pirate after his role in Firefly just enhanced it. One interaction between Ben Stiller's character and his wife's character was a great in-joke.
You will soon be a Browncoat, V!!! Welcome to the fold of fans of 'Firefly'. We're so happy to see you here!!! Alan Tudyk (Wash) has been in tons of things both in front of the camera and as a voice artist. He was the voices of King Candy in 'Wreck-it Ralph', The Duke of Wesleton in 'Frozen'. Haihai in 'Moana' and was the droid K-2SO in 'Rogue One'. Onscreen...'A Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger, 'Dodgeball', and '28 Days'. He is an accomplished and amazing scene steeler without trying to. Basically, Joss Whedon came up with the idea of the show after reading the novel 'The Killer Angels' by Michael Shaara, which was entirely about the three days of The Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. He thought about what a sci-fi show set after a galactic civil war would look like. Also, another influence for this was a western from 1939 called 'Stagecoach' starring John Wayne. It didn't happen in this episode, but be on the lookout for when characters start speaking Chinese...there are reasons. One...the show is set after the unification of the last superpowers of Earth-That-Was joined to take humanity to the stars after the ecological collapse of the planet. The nations were the US and China. Everyone speaks both English and Chinese...usually using Chinese for their really foul cussing. And when you find out some of what they say in the episodes...Two...yeah, it's stuff they would not be allowed to say in English on network tv. To really understand a "Crazy Ivan", it comes from the submarine thriller 'The Hunt For Red October' starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. While submerged, Russian submarine captains will sometimes turn suddenly, to "see" if anyone is behind them using their sonar. It's called a Crazy Ivan. In the case of 'Firefly', it's because the ship has two engines that can move, making the ship turn real fast. Thanks for the awesome reaction!!!!
I remember falling in love with the universe and dialogue from this show the first time I saw this episode, and nothing has changed since. Also, what happened when they escaped the Reavers at the end is normally a ship uses thrusters to move beyond the atmosphere before engaging the main engines When they engaged them before leaving atmo(sphere), it ignited the atmosphere causing the huge firestorm that we saw as they left the planet.
Always interested to see which characters people like immediately and which ones take a while to grow on them. (Not hard to guess you'd love Kaylee right away, though.) Since this was aired last instead of first, the opening credits are the same as the rest of the episodes, which unfortunately gave away all of the surprises/twists. It also meant that the second episode features re-introductions of all the characters.
Yay! Thank you so much for doing Firefly - this is such a good series and you are a great reactor! I just love the insanely good worldbuilding Joss Whedon manages to accomplish in 14 eps. BTW, the backstory is that Earth's resources got "used up" so humanity moved to another solar system, one with a lot of planets. At this point the dominant world cultures were American and Chinese, so the language is a mixture of English and Mandarin. The outer planets rebelled against the Alliance of the inner planets, and in the war shown in the beginning of this episode the inner planets crushed the rebels ("Browncoats") and extended power to the outer planets. However out on these "frontier" planets the Alliance doesn't have as much presence and there is more freedom, so defeated browncoat rebels like Mal and Zoey prefer to live there.
SHINEY!!!! This is one of my all time favorite shows! Would have been one of the best in history if the network and killed it before it got started. Get ready for a heck of a ride. It may be a single season, but it is the best season EVER! Please watch this in DVD order! And yes, order is very important. DO NOT, repeat do NOT watch this in the original release order, its wrong and what killed the show! (among other things)
Alan Tudyk is one of the busiest "voice actors" around today, while still working as a "real" actor. He played Wat in "A Knights Tale," "Steve the Pirate" in "Dodgeball," King Candy in "WreckIt Ralph," Sonny (the robot) in "I, Robot," the droid K-2S0 in "Rogue One" (the Star Wars prequel.) "Elroy" in the TV Series "The Rookie," playing along-side Nathan Fillion (Malcom Reynolds in Firefly,) The Joss Wheedon show "Dollhouse," and the list goes on and on...
Glad you enjoyed the first ep! Firefly holds a special place in the hearts of many people around the world, and now you get to experience it and become part of that family - welcome aboard fellow Brown Coat! (that'll make more sense soon ;) )
07:16 The captain's quarters with the retractable plumbing is the starting point of walking through from fore to aft. Gives a working understanding of the space that you inhabit through the series and movie.
Hmmm, I wouldn't exactly call Mal's view as 'glass half full' kind of guy. Glass half full is seen as optimistic. Mal's not really an optimistic type. He doesn't say it's good. He says it's enough. To Mal everything is bad. It's a big bad universe and they end up with the short straw most of the time. But still flying is at least something. It's not optimistic because it's "we didn't win one, but we're still flying" or "we didn't come out ahead, but we're still flying" and Serenity and flying is Mal's freedom from the Alliance control. Those lines have actually gotten me through some hard times. Things get really bad sometimes. Still Flying, it's enough.
Welcome to the Browncoat family. Your reaction to the horse being shocked after saying "I like that no horses were harmed" had me rolling with laughter! Great responses! Enjoy the rest of the show! To this day it's still the best show in Verse.
I was hoping for Mando season two, but there's no way I can complain about this. Firefly is another favorite show of mine. Glad you're enjoying it so far. And you've got a similar vibe to Kaylee, so I'm not surprised she's your favorite.
Journey... "Don't Stop Believing"... :) Firefly is an epic series, and the 2005 movie Serenity, is a must see obviously. You remind me a lot of Kayle (Jewel Staite)... "Be loyal to their crew..." 🙄 Reevers are awesome terrifying characters. The only ones that didn't like Firefly were the Fox studio executives that cancelled the show.
I’m so glad to see you watching this and that you are enjoying it as well. One of my favorite shows which was ended too soon. I look forward to seeing you watch more. ❤️❤️
Joss Whedon said he got the inspiration for the show after reading a book about Confederate soldiers returning home after the Civil War and how hard it was for them to try returning to normal lives. Especially when the North had seized many of their farms and homes and were rigging local elections to punish the South after the war.
I read somewhere that it's also based on his old college tabletop RPG campaign for a game called "Traveller." I even looked up the specific modules that supposedly influenced it and I have to say that it does seem that way.
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Is this live action Cowboy Bebop?????
If you look at the Serenity, it's basically the Bebop turned upside-down! It's even got the ring of rotating lights. =)
Actually, yes. Since it came AFTER Bebop, Joss Whedon has been accused by many fans of essentially ripping off the basic structure of Bebop for Firely.
@@Xoferif you just blew my gorram mind
Speaking of Cowboy Bebop. When are we getting more Cowboy Bebop?
Literally yes!!
I swear on my pretty floral bonnet that you will enjoy this show as much as us Browncoats do!
You can always tell whose never seen The Hunt for Red October because they don’t immediately know what a crazy Ivan is.
So true...
Yeah, I mean I heard it not long ago in a game of Command:Modern Operations, but the first time I ever heard it was that movie. I wonder how many people who know that term are around, who didn´t watch it.
Con, Sonar. Crazy Ivan!
@@brezgatnik Which way is he turning??
@@notsureyou he always goes to starboard in the bottom half of the hour.
When I watch Firefly and Serenity, it's the best 12 hours and 15 minutes of my life
What about that one part in serenity still happy vibes? Lol
Right along side the Lord of the Rings extended cut.
There's an Easter egg in the scene where Jayne is interrogating the cop. He's disappointed because he was hoping to get an ear (one of the cop's). In the movie Full Metal Jacket, Adam Baldwin's character, Animal Mother, had a necklace made of ears he had collected from VC/NVA soldiers he had killed.
Not the last time they toss in a Full Metal Jacket reference either.
I always took Jayne's naming his gun to be one.
@@distinguishedflyer I'll be quick I'll skip the foreplay/ that's why I never kiss'em on the mouth.
The first time I watched this was on a friends recommendation. He was always talking about how amazing it was. After Kaylee "died" I was so damn mad that I immediately paused it and turned off my playstation. I called my buddy and really laid into him about it. He just laughed and was like dude I'm telling you, just keep going. If I had just waited another 20 seconds lol
"The man is psychotic"... then, "You're psychotic... I know, I'm a bad, bad, man" - such PERFECT timing, though!
Honestly the hard cut from confused Simon to Mal and his friends just pissing themselves laughing is a Top 3 moment for me in the Pilot, lol so damn hilarious
@@paulfeist That is seriously one of the best scenes/transitions in TV history
Welcome to the Firefly Heartbreak Club, to forever ponder "what if this amazing show never got cancelled?"
The good news is we got "Serenity" to give us the outline of what the story would have been, and the graphic novels for stories of the before and after.
I honestly don't feel heartbreak whenever I finish a re-watch through the show.... just anger, lol stupid Fox. If this show had come out15 years later it would've been MASSIVE and ran for a god damn decade. The missed potential just infuriates me, lol
#Browncoats
What irritates me the most is that every single member of the cast have said that if they ever brought the series back, they'd jump on the chance to do it again.
@@Necro616 be hard to do for some of them since serenity killed off a couple of the main characters.
Be nice though, if they could bring this series back and kind of retcon the Serenity movie.
Firefly is the definition of Space-Western. Still unmatched.
What they originally promised NBC that Star Trek would be - "Wagon train to the stars"
... perhaps if NBC got THIS kind of show in 1966, instead of FOX getting it in 2002, it wouldn't have been cancelled after only so many episodes
_"Firefly is the definition of Space-Western. Still unmatched."_
Well, technically Bravestarr, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs are a tad closer to being the definition in that they have aliens, robots and cyborgs but of course that's debatable.
I would say cowboy bebop more than match it. In fact they actually complement each other.
Unmatched in ridiculously bad Joss Whedon dialogue, maybe
“It’s getting awful crowded in my sky”
That is worth remembering for Mal’s character throughout this series. He fought the Alliance for the right to freely choose his lifestyle and not be under their control but he lost. He got a ship and left his life behind to life a difficult life but a free one. The theme song tells his viewpoint on his current life, especially the ‘you can’t take the sky from me’ part. But he is slowly squeezed between larger powers whilst trying to survive and keep his crew safe.
Take my love
Take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me.
I don't understand how the reavers are violent enough to tear people to death, but calm enough to pilot a ship.
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Berserkers, basically
And the ranks of the 'brown coats' keeps growing. Your going to fall in love with this series!
No, you’re not getting a feel of the “universe”, you’re getting a feel of the ‘Verse.
In Valen’s name.
Well played, old man.
@@johneyton5452 I don’t see many B5 fans in the wild.
I'm gonna say universe, because I aim to misbehave.
@@alexhanley933 There's dozens of us! Dozens!
But yeah, would be nice to see more Babylon 5 reactions. Maybe VKunia someday? I know even some hardcore scifi fans who don't know much about it and haven't seen it, but every single person I know who's ever started watching Babylon 5 seems to get quickly sucked in and falls in love with it. It really suffered from having been on a fairly obscure (and failing) network at a time when science fiction wasn't really that popular. It deserved to be much bigger than it was.
OMG Firefly! Shiny! This show could have been as big as StarTrek if the studio had allowed it to go on. Get ready for overwhelming despair when it ends!
Yeah, it’s a shame that Fox didn’t care about Firefly. They aired the episodes out of order and placed it at a time that was dubbed the Friday Night Death Slot
Lets also not forget, Star Trek was originally pitched to NBC as "Wagon train to the stars"
This is probably what NBC was hoping they would get. Maybe if NBC had this in 1966, instead of FOX in 2002, it would have stayed on the air longer
@@k1productions87 as Jayne would say "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak" NBC cancelled Star Trek twice... If it wasn't for Star Wars, and Paramount Studios looking for something in the same vein - Star Trek would also be a just a bunch of old shows in re-run.
@@Sillydogification Not quite. The second TV series was in pre-production at the time. Even though Paramount's fourth network plans had failed, the show was still intended to happen regardless. Star Wars is what caused them to scrap the TV series plans and go for a major motion picture instead. The script for The Motion Picture was in fact the "Phase II" premiere episode, with a re-written ending to be more theatrical, as opposed to something made for TV.
@@k1productions87 Kinda. Star Trek Phase ii was 'in pre-production' since 1975. It was never going to be made. This why ST:TMP sucked - it can be watched mostly in FFWD - Its also very much a re-warmed TOS episode "The Changling".
As I was watching this I realized VKunia looks like she could be Kaylee's sister.
ROFLMAO
Absolutely.
Also love the name! The Vicious Chicken of Bristol. Monty Python kicks ass.
It’s often described as a Space Western, but I find the words Space Frontier seem to fit better. It’s about people pushing out from civilisation and becoming more basic due to rules and education being less important than just survival at the moment. The Alliance is civilisation catching up with them (and basically forcing itself on them).
Alan Tudyk who plays Wash the Pilot was the voice of K-2SO in Rogue One. (the droid) He's also done many different voices from Frozen, Zootopia to video games. He's really good at voice acting.
So glad you're starting this show! Hope you enjoy and save the film "Serenity" for last!
I loved how many guesses you got right, half-right, and completely wrong... God, I love this show! The actors just worked SO well together!
"Take my Love, take my Land. Take me where I cannot Stand. I don't care, I'm still Free. You can't the the Sky from me." 3:27 Spike Spiegel and Jett Black thank you!;) The Serenity Valley Browncoats welcome you to their tattered/battered ranks.;)
The reason there is a "Western" feel to this show is that there are a whole bunch of planets that were recently terraformed (made like Earth). There really isn't enough people to fill up all these worlds, they are expanding out into them. So there is a bit of a frontier vibe to everything, the laws, the people, etc.
The Reavers wouldn't set foot on a military planet without getting obliterated but a newly formed one, yes.
I don't see Reevers being logical about anything.
@@phoenixfire124 I dunno. If they were just straight crazy with aggression, they'd be a lot less dangerous. And you don't tend to last long in space without some logic; the vacuum don't care how scary you are.
I don't know how you came about this but I am so glad you're going to discover Firefly!!!!
Gorram shiney!!!
"Iam so glad no horses got hurt" -- yup, give it a minute... The pilot episode is the longest - the rest are normal tv episodes about 46 minutes long.
It's OK.. they were highly trained stunt-horses. None of them were hurt... they were professionals.
@@paulfeist Yes... The Animal Rights Activists raise such a stink anytime a critter is hurt while filming ...
Little Known Fake Fact: this episode was Bojack Horseman's acting debut ! 😘
@@paulfeist These horses were told that if they didn't behave and do their job, they would be handed over to the reavers.
@@theloneranger8725 Specifically, handed over to the Reavers HORSES... There were horses on Miranda too!
this show is criminally underrated, the movie was really cool, but I would have liked to see the series continue,
More like wildly overrated by fanboys, but the network still undermined it at every opportunity.
The comics do a really good job of continuing it, though it's not quite the same
Inara is played by the exquisite Morena Baccarin, who you may know from her role as Vanessa in the Deadpool movies. She's so beautiful in every episode. My favorite main character, just above Shepherd Book and Wash.
Reavers can and do land from time to time. Mal mentions early on that they sacked a town.
But it was an accurate thought from VKunia, a single Reaver ship would have much more trouble fighting on land than in the tight space of an ship. The ones that sacked a town was either a very small town or a fleet of reaver ships.
@@Henrik_Holst That's fair. "Town got hit by Reavers" doesn't give a lot of context.
@@Henrik_Holst Reavers don't 3ven seem to speak language...so I find it REALLY hard to believe that they coordinate multi-ship ground assaults !
They DO stick to the Rim, and therefore almost entirety small towns and villages.
That Reaver cutter was HUGE compared to a Firefly... Might be 50 Reavers on her. And they also aren't known for being timid, I'm sure they'd hit a village of 300 or less by surprise attack.
@@snarflcat6187 To be honest I don't even understand how they can manage to man a ship at all :-)
@@Henrik_Holst True Dat !
I dunno that Mal is 'glass is half full' just more that he's been in worse places so this still feels like freedom to him. It reminds me of a sentiment that Michael Mann puts in his movies from time to time - "Life is short, time is luck."
Yeah, and he's a romantic who has been beaten down by the world until he resembles a cynic much of the time, but ultimately he remains a romantic idealist at heart. At moments like that it's clear.
@@Kai-fb1ol Ha! When she said "he's an optimist" I said to myself "nah, he's a pragmatist with the soul of a poet". I think my outlook and yours are pretty similar!
@@princess20-sideddie95
Yeah, pragmatic is what I was thinking too.
Feed the crew. Keep the ship fueled. Can't afford to worry about anything else.
He's more "glass quarter full and it's enough for now"
Alan Tudyk (pilot) also voiced K-2SO in Star Wars Rogue One
Love this show. If I think of it as a mini-series (along with the movie Serenity), it makes me happy. If I think of it as an undeservedly canceled regular TV series I get a bit upset. 🤨
You've gone and done it now. You started Firefly! SO HAPPY!!!
Talk about must see TH-cam!
Great reaction of a great show. I really like this motley crew and Malcolm Reynolds is a fantastic character. I spotted that big leopard stalking around your room again; watch out!!!
This damn show will have you laughing, crying and screaming.. sometimes all at once. Great show, good movie to end it, but ... it is such a fun ride to get to the end.
this is a bad ass show. though it was short lived, great chemistry with everyone.
At least it didn't overstay its welcome. The short run also makes it amazing to marathon.
it is just sooo fun to see her be so wrong about so much. i love this.
i was thinking the same thing. "so wrong about so much," well said.
Yeah same lol
There was one point where I even said out loud “was she not just listening…?!”
Yeah. But for someone who's never seen it before, VK has more than her fair share of insight.
And it's as close as we'll ever come (except for total amnesia) to the awesome experience of watching for the first time again. And being outsmarted by the writers, delighted by the wisecracks, & drawn into a lifestyle like no other, ever.
@@dexterpoindexter3583 I agree. I think that's why i watch reaction videos:
1.helps me relive nostalgic movie moments
2.if somesone likes what i like, I can **praise them for having good taste,**
but really,
it's a chance for me to pat myself on the back.
It's like she watched it first just so she could be so inaccurate.
The cast of this show bonded into a familial relationship, and have kept in touch since then.
Welcome to the 'Verse! Stay awhile - the local Browncoats will be happy to have you!
Skies are never too crowded. Not for another Browncoat.
I love the little details. Like Jayne, despite being a jerk earlier, crouched outside the medbay nervously during Kaylee's treatment, showing how much he cares. Or the fact that the "lovely robe" River was wrapped in when she came out of cryo is Inara's and you can actually see her taking it off shortly after she first emerges naked, already preparing to give it to her. Every character is so well done even when they're not getting focused on or saying the iconic lines that everyone remembers.
If you liked The Mandalorian, you’re gonna love Firefly. You’ll be a Browncoat in no time.
It is the way ... of the 'Verse.
Oh, you are going to experience such a range of emotions watching this show! And it will be nothing like you ever expect it will be.
One of my favorite TH-cam reactors reacting to one of my favorite shows. Can my day get any better? :D
If you liked this episode you're going to love the rest of them. This show is very character driven and we learn so much about them as the show goes on. You'll notice that they have a very particular way of talking - including swearing in Chinese. I absolutely love this show!
Ok, time for bed. Oh, no, wait, VKunia's started watching Firefly...
Same here
Mal has some of the best dialog on this show by a long shot. Some thought-provoking and some just kickass. It really made me love this show so much.
I anticipate you getting a whole new bunch of browncoats (Firefly fans) to see you watch this excellent series!
Simon's "I am very smart." speech is a fantastic bit of acting and the best way to establish the characters of both Simon and River.
Yes, I don't like that she thought he was being full of himself. He was just being truthful and trying to create a way to explain how advanced River is.
Welcome to Firefly. I LOVE that you're watching this. No spoilers here, but I will tell you one thing. Everything you need to know about Mal is revealed in the conversation he had with Simon at the end of the episode.
I remember when this first aired. I watched the first 15 minutes of it and thought "Nope. Not for me".
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Then, about 10 years later, house sitting for relatives, board out of my skull, I found the entire series on DVD at the local video store. So I rented it.
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Forced my way through the first episode. And was, like you, pleasantly surprised! :)
Watched the next, and then binged all of them that day.
Firefly became one of my all-time favourite "sci-fi series".
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After this one, if you want another REALLY GOOD sci-fi... check out "The Expanse".
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(no, it's not 'cowboys in space', much more science fiction...but it has a very "reality grounded" style and backdrop).
One of my favorite reactors watching one of my favorite shows of all time. Sweet!
So happy when I see great reactors finally get around to Firefly.
IT IS ABOUT TIME!!! lol you are going to loooove this series. And everyone adores Kaylee.
Kaylee and Inara are the best.
You are going to fall in love with this.
And you'll be singing the theme tune by episode 3.
You're going to love this series. I find that for most people, it takes a few episodes (3 or 4) to really get into the series. Once you get a feel for the 'verse and the cast of characters you'll going to really enjoy it.
Yes.
The best of the Whedon-verse.
I agree. It takes a few episodes to get fully immersed into the show and to begin to understand their personalities.
So glad you've started the Firefly experience. I consider this series part of what made the early 2000s such a benchmark for TV creativity, at least on the regular networks.
I'm so glad you've decided to react to this particular show. YOU WILL become invested in all of the characters!
Ms. V, I am so glad you're reacting to this. Welcome to the 'Verse. Having watched you for a while, I think you might need the occasional tissue, but I'm so glad you are doing this. I look forward to your adventure.
Now you've gone and done it V...get ready for the Browncoat invasion!!!😉
I'm waiting LMAO
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Brown coats unite!
Brown Coat reporting in!
Brown Coat here
"the crew is too tight to turn on each other" - oh, my sweet, little innocent butterfly. You have no idea:)
SHINY!!!
Also, the Crazy Ivan was the way they used the reversed engine to turn the ship around so fast.
Also known as a bootlegger turn (on the ground, anyway).
Term originates from cold war submarines - Russian boomers (ICBM launchers) were shadowed by US attack subs ready to launch torpedos, should the boomer go to launch position...
W/o a towed sonar array, a sub is pretty much deaf/blind directly to the rear, so the boomer would periodicallyexecute an as tight as possible turn in order to get the bow sonars pointing back towards anyone following, trying to detect them.
@@michaeltempsch5282 What made it a "Crazy" Ivan was the fact that, if a US hunter/killer was tucked-in real close in the pocket, there wouldn't be time to avoid a collision that would likely destroy both subs.
@@michaelccozens Yep, as it turns, say left, the rear end tends to kick out to the right, while it slows down quickly wrt the original direction of travel, effectively placing a wall in front of the following, now approaching, attack sub - which of course doesn't want to show itself by harsh noisy manoeuvres (like max reverse thrust)
The pilot episode is about an hour and one half long. The ones that follow are about 45 minutes each. Then a movie released in theaters in 2005.
If you end up enjoying this you should give Buffy a try it’s where the writer of this got his TV show start.
Welcome to the Browncoat family, recruit! This is gonna be shiny!
One of the best sci-fi shows ever
You asked who the pilot was... He's played by Alan Tudyk who voiced K2-SO in rogue one
And a gazillion animated voice overs since this.
@@SGlitz yeah he really is great isn't he
Not just voiced, he also played k2so with motion caption devices on him, as far as I know
@@Fredzerra2 you're absolutely right... He even physically slapped the actor that played Cassian when he was pretending to be Imperial, when Cassian covered his face it was actually to hide him giggling cuz it was unscripted
@@coreymoore2719 one of finest but underappreciated actors, I think
"...apparently was a show..." - investigators are gathering the data. We suspect that it did indeed exist.
This show was YEARS ahead of its time!
“Who is that? Who is that?” It’s Steve the pirate
Yarr!
It’s also K2-S0
I liked Dodgeball. Steve the pirate after his role in Firefly just enhanced it. One interaction between Ben Stiller's character and his wife's character was a great in-joke.
it's Mr. Nobody
@@Clinton_The_Trekkie The bestest Imperial droid from Rogue One. Alan Tudyk
Mal Reynolds, played by Nathan Fillian, AKA "James Frederick Ryan, Minnesota"...
“ I aim to misbehave…” just wait till the seasons done and follow it up with Serenity.
You will soon be a Browncoat, V!!! Welcome to the fold of fans of 'Firefly'. We're so happy to see you here!!!
Alan Tudyk (Wash) has been in tons of things both in front of the camera and as a voice artist. He was the voices of King Candy in 'Wreck-it Ralph', The Duke of Wesleton in 'Frozen'. Haihai in 'Moana' and was the droid K-2SO in 'Rogue One'. Onscreen...'A Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger, 'Dodgeball', and '28 Days'. He is an accomplished and amazing scene steeler without trying to.
Basically, Joss Whedon came up with the idea of the show after reading the novel 'The Killer Angels' by Michael Shaara, which was entirely about the three days of The Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. He thought about what a sci-fi show set after a galactic civil war would look like. Also, another influence for this was a western from 1939 called 'Stagecoach' starring John Wayne.
It didn't happen in this episode, but be on the lookout for when characters start speaking Chinese...there are reasons. One...the show is set after the unification of the last superpowers of Earth-That-Was joined to take humanity to the stars after the ecological collapse of the planet. The nations were the US and China. Everyone speaks both English and Chinese...usually using Chinese for their really foul cussing. And when you find out some of what they say in the episodes...Two...yeah, it's stuff they would not be allowed to say in English on network tv.
To really understand a "Crazy Ivan", it comes from the submarine thriller 'The Hunt For Red October' starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. While submerged, Russian submarine captains will sometimes turn suddenly, to "see" if anyone is behind them using their sonar. It's called a Crazy Ivan. In the case of 'Firefly', it's because the ship has two engines that can move, making the ship turn real fast.
Thanks for the awesome reaction!!!!
I remember falling in love with the universe and dialogue from this show the first time I saw this episode, and nothing has changed since.
Also, what happened when they escaped the Reavers at the end is normally a ship uses thrusters to move beyond the atmosphere before engaging the main engines When they engaged them before leaving atmo(sphere), it ignited the atmosphere causing the huge firestorm that we saw as they left the planet.
I've rewatched Firefly so many times, I really wish the network would have let it continue
You, me and every other fan wishes for more Firefly!!
Me TOO.
"And no horses were harmed in the making." I rofld knowing what was coming next.
Always interested to see which characters people like immediately and which ones take a while to grow on them. (Not hard to guess you'd love Kaylee right away, though.)
Since this was aired last instead of first, the opening credits are the same as the rest of the episodes, which unfortunately gave away all of the surprises/twists. It also meant that the second episode features re-introductions of all the characters.
“The ducks have chiggens.”
- VKunia
Lol
oh good it wasn't just me
"It's Brendan Frasier-- as The Mummy." 😂🤣
Yay! Thank you so much for doing Firefly - this is such a good series and you are a great reactor! I just love the insanely good worldbuilding Joss Whedon manages to accomplish in 14 eps.
BTW, the backstory is that Earth's resources got "used up" so humanity moved to another solar system, one with a lot of planets. At this point the dominant world cultures were American and Chinese, so the language is a mixture of English and Mandarin. The outer planets rebelled against the Alliance of the inner planets, and in the war shown in the beginning of this episode the inner planets crushed the rebels ("Browncoats") and extended power to the outer planets. However out on these "frontier" planets the Alliance doesn't have as much presence and there is more freedom, so defeated browncoat rebels like Mal and Zoey prefer to live there.
You are in for such a ride. Welcome to the Browncoats!
SHINEY!!!! This is one of my all time favorite shows! Would have been one of the best in history if the network and killed it before it got started. Get ready for a heck of a ride. It may be a single season, but it is the best season EVER!
Please watch this in DVD order! And yes, order is very important. DO NOT, repeat do NOT watch this in the original release order, its wrong and what killed the show! (among other things)
this is my favorite show of all time and I till rewatching it from time to time and I love introducing it to other people
"Where's he from?"
Me: He was a pirate on the film "Dodgeball".
He also voices Heihei from Moana. (As well as the villager who suggests they cook Heihei. :) )
Also stars in a brand new show called "Resident Alien' that just ended the first season.
Alan Tudyk is one of the busiest "voice actors" around today, while still working as a "real" actor. He played Wat in "A Knights Tale," "Steve the Pirate" in "Dodgeball," King Candy in "WreckIt Ralph," Sonny (the robot) in "I, Robot," the droid K-2S0 in "Rogue One" (the Star Wars prequel.) "Elroy" in the TV Series "The Rookie," playing along-side Nathan Fillion (Malcom Reynolds in Firefly,) The Joss Wheedon show "Dollhouse," and the list goes on and on...
Umm, just about everything. But you may not see his face in all of them.
Don't forget Tucker from Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Glad you enjoyed the first ep! Firefly holds a special place in the hearts of many people around the world, and now you get to experience it and become part of that family - welcome aboard fellow Brown Coat! (that'll make more sense soon ;) )
Your comments were hilarious, as usual. "She's dead. I called it!" "No horses harmed in the making"
My favorite Space Western. Hope that you enjoy the show and can appreciate it as much as the rest of us Browncoats out here in the Verse.
My sister used to watch this show on Fox, but was cancelled due to budgeting concerns. The series was aired out of order, as well.
It was canceled because someone at Fox wanted to kill it.
07:16 The captain's quarters with the retractable plumbing is the starting point of walking through from fore to aft. Gives a working understanding of the space that you inhabit through the series and movie.
Hmmm, I wouldn't exactly call Mal's view as 'glass half full' kind of guy. Glass half full is seen as optimistic. Mal's not really an optimistic type. He doesn't say it's good. He says it's enough. To Mal everything is bad. It's a big bad universe and they end up with the short straw most of the time. But still flying is at least something. It's not optimistic because it's "we didn't win one, but we're still flying" or "we didn't come out ahead, but we're still flying" and Serenity and flying is Mal's freedom from the Alliance control.
Those lines have actually gotten me through some hard times. Things get really bad sometimes. Still Flying, it's enough.
Welcome to the Browncoat family. Your reaction to the horse being shocked after saying "I like that no horses were harmed" had me rolling with laughter! Great responses! Enjoy the rest of the show! To this day it's still the best show in Verse.
And we welcome another Browncoat into the group. Can’t wait for you to enjoy the rest of the show and the movie
She's seen the pilot, no power in the verse can stop her now. =-)
You are in for an incredible journey in only 14 episodes (and one movie.) Enjoy the ride!
I was hoping for Mando season two, but there's no way I can complain about this. Firefly is another favorite show of mine. Glad you're enjoying it so far. And you've got a similar vibe to Kaylee, so I'm not surprised she's your favorite.
Yes, been a sub for a while now and I know your going to enjoy this half a season of a show that is pure shiny
Journey... "Don't Stop Believing"... :) Firefly is an epic series, and the 2005 movie Serenity, is a must see obviously. You remind me a lot of Kayle (Jewel Staite)... "Be loyal to their crew..." 🙄 Reevers are awesome terrifying characters. The only ones that didn't like Firefly were the Fox studio executives that cancelled the show.
Firefly lasted only one season....which is a damned crime. It was really good .
Shiny! A double dose of Firefly between VKunia and Shan
edit: I also got Cowboy Bebop vibes when this show came out
...My next hope is Nova & Mom reacts ...
LOL I didn't get the vibes, until I tried to synopsize both shows to my sister, once, and realized I said about 85% the same words.
I can't really imagine Joss Whedon having *not* seen CB prior to this, especially with his interest in Asian-Anglo fusion futurism.
I’m so glad to see you watching this and that you are enjoying it as well. One of my favorite shows which was ended too soon. I look forward to seeing you watch more. ❤️❤️
one minute in and I already know that vk is going to identify as kaylee and its gonna be one great twist
Your reactions to this are priceless! I think you will love this classic.
Such a cool show. Kick-ass cast. Great story. I love it.
The only thing missing from this Shiny show is about 10 more seasons.
as a long time fan of the show it was weirdly enjoyable to see someone else's first time reactions to it
I'd say comparing this to Cowboy Bebop and Star Wars is probably the simplest way to describe the show.
I’m so excited you found this!!
Joss Whedon said he got the inspiration for the show after reading a book about Confederate soldiers returning home after the Civil War and how hard it was for them to try returning to normal lives. Especially when the North had seized many of their farms and homes and were rigging local elections to punish the South after the war.
And the word "inspiration" is key here. Far too many reddit incels falsely believe that Firefly is some kind of "the south was right" show.
@@Henrik_Holst You're absolutely right.
I read somewhere that it's also based on his old college tabletop RPG campaign for a game called "Traveller." I even looked up the specific modules that supposedly influenced it and I have to say that it does seem that way.