THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIREFLY! Firefly 1x1 Reaction! 'Serenity' (First Time Watching)
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Hi, my name is Elie Moses and I am a 22 Year-Old Law and Film student here in Sydney, Australia. I have decided to watch Joss Whedon's FIREFLY for the FIRST TIME! Here is my first time watching and reaction to Episode 1 of Firefly 'Serenity'! MALCOLM REYNOLDS STEALS THE SHOW IN A BANGING OPENING EPISODE!
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To explain the random Chinese: In the history of the series, the United States and China ended up being the two major superpowers before humanity took to the stars, and over the years, people ended up speaking both languages. Obviously, the show was made in English, so they mostly use that, but they add Chinese phrases to show that history (and get away with saying things they wouldn't be allowed to say otherwise).
Also the elites speak more Chinese, and those lower down speak more English. We don't really know all the different dialects, but it's possible they're just speaking English with some Chinese slang, or they're switching languages all the time.
It was also the studios way to get away with swearing.
@@ariesrcn Like I said: 'get away with saying things they wouldn't be allowed to say otherwise'. 😜
The Chinese phrases are not 100% accurate. I've seen Chinese creators try to analyse it and they said some was just gibberish
@@davidabercrombie5427but do they speak Chinese from hundreds of years in the future?
This is a joke btw, the logic breaks down pretty quick.
River was also on Angel the ballerina that danced forever when Angel and crew went to the ballet
I’ll guarantee you, you’ll be singing the Firefly theme before the end of this season. I am not big on Western music but we all fall in love with it. Joss wrote that song.
It actually took me quite some time to enjoy the theme. It is not my kind of music at all. I fell in love with the show right from the first episode but mostly fast-forwarded the credits/theme. It was only after I finished the whole show and went back to rewatches where I pushed myself to listening to the theme and ever since then it is stuck in my head and gives me warm, fuzzy feelings of home everytime I hear it.
@@evatesche I agree, it took me several months to start enjoying the song. At first it struck me as something they got from a guy playing music and panhandling in the streets - not bad for a homeless guy, but not great.
Obviously, it does grow on people, perhaps partly become they love the show and the association helps the song.
@@MrVvulf I grew up listening to Country music and had mostly moved on to other genres by the time I watched Firefly, but it grabbed me immediately.
@MrVVulf not bad for a homeless guy busking? No lie, some of the best musicians I've heard were homeless buskers
Disney+ version or not doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is to get the episodes in the order Joss Whedon intended!
Yeah. Buffy was filmed in the 4:3 aspect ratio. The HD version attempts to make it wide screen but fails miserable. Firefly was shot in widescreen. The network was not for it (very few shows were shot in widescreen at the time), but Joss "tricked" them into allowing it by filming a scene in the pilot, where Mal confronts Simon on the walkway, and placing the two character on the outermost edges of the frame so that they could only be seen in widescreen.
@@adorkability Whedon did many scenes that way, shooting in both aspects. He also wanted longer gaps between scenes but the network cuts to commercial any time it registers total darkness. Joss worked with several people to find the darkest tone possible before the automatic commercial break.
This is a world building episode that got cut by the network and aired last. The network thought is was too slow and wasn’t engaging enough and forced Joss Whedon and Tim Minear to write a new pilot that is episode 2. At the end of the next episode, you should comment on which episode you preferred as a “pilot” episode.
Keep in mind, the requirement to write the new pilot came in on Friday afternoon for a table read Monday morning. He had to repurpose the next script with shorter exposition, attitude changes, regular episode length, and continue the worldbuilding.
All of this while riding herd on Buffy AND Angel, 3 shows simultaneously.
One thing to bear in mind is that the "one season" of Firefly wasn't even a full season. The idiot executives at Fox cancelled the show while the crew were still shooting, so we ended up with probably half of what we could have had. Immense pressure from the fan base pushed them into allowing Joss to make the film "Serenity" to wrap up some of the loose ends.
Funnily enough, it was this mishandling of Firefly that allowed Dollhouse to get 2 full seasons and an actual conclusion despite being cancelled, because the executives didn't want a repeat of the fans coming after them demanding resolution.
I love Firefly for the characters, but to be honest I personally prefer Dollhouse. It's nothing against Firefly, and I'm not saying Dollhouse is the best show ever, but the kind of story it tells is more appealing to me. It's such a shame that Dollhouse has been more or less forgotten in the mainstream; fingers crossed you'll check it out at some point in the future 🤞
its the only joss whedon property i never watched
Don't give FOX too much credit. Dollhouse was renewed because the most expensive and most used set was already paid for in season 1 and season 3 of Terminator would've been more expensive.
There was a nice page of a webcomic. You see a guy in a business suit coming out of the first 'Avengers' movie repeating the sentence 'It has to flop' over and over. One of the characters from the comic asks another
"Who is that?"
"The exec that cancelled Firefly".
it was a different studio that funded the movie
Nathan Fillion put frequent references to _Firefly_ into _Castle._ One was that every once in a while he would either speak or understand a phrase in Chinese, saying that he'd picked it up from a TV show that he used to love.
In the future Firefly reflects, the United States & China grew to form an "Anglo-Sino Alliance". The series takes place in 2517, mankind having headed to the stars after depleting Earth of all its resources. Most of the character will dip into Mandarin in times of crisis, the way some folks dip into profanity nowadays when angry or upset. There's a number of great Firefly terms that you'll come to learn of through-out the series.
It speaks volumes how Inara's presence as a Companion lends an air of diplomatic leniency to Serenity, allowing the ship to land on planets that normally wouldn't welcome her crew. Plus the training and education that these women get when studying to become Companions is impressive (psychology, music, fencing, and languages, as well as unarmed martial arts). Have so much respect for Mal except when he resorts to calling Inara the "W" word, but that's discussed later in the series.
Really hope you enjoy this single season-and-a-movie ride! Thanks for reviewing this show!!!!!
YES YES YES!
I am sooo happy I annoyed you enough in your livestreams to start looking into Firefly. Hope you enjoy it enough to watch the whole Season.
Serenity has so many of my favorite moments in it. Just a few examples:
We see Mal wearing his cross in the beginning and kissing it for good luck. Then later while talking to Book he says God is not welcome on his boat. In Firefly they don’t spell things out for you. You don’t have to see Mal giving a whole long speech about why he lost faith and how God let him down - seeing his face while his troops got bombed into ashes in Serenity Valley is enough to know exactly why he has turned away from faith.
While Mal and Simon are arguing about if he is going to let Kaylee die, Inara tries to reason with Mal but he shouts at her to never tell him what to do. One second later we only hear a single painful wailing from Kaylee and that is enough to immediately change his mind and run for it. We see in that moment how dear Kaylee is to the Captain.
Jayne being the one who is always making fun of Kaylee, patronizing and embarrassing her, is also the one sitting anxiously at the window to the infirmary following every second of the operation. We see in that moment how dear Kaylee is to Jayne.
While pointing guns at each other we hear Dobson talking to Simon saying: „I just got a job to do, nothing personal“ - Camera panning over to Shepherd Book whose bloody head is a reminder of Dobson beating him repeatedly and unnecessarily in cold blood before. No further words are needed here to justify it to the audience when Mal is shooting the lawman only seconds later.
Also a really nice touch: all around Serenity we see drawings of flowers. It makes the ship feel more comfortable, more home. And we already know the characters so well in such a short amount of time that without any explanation we know exactly that it was Kaylee who drew all those flowers.
THAT is perfect storytelling for me.
Excellent rundown Eva!
That fake out with Kaylee dying is very, very reminiscent of the fake out with Cordelia at the end of Lovers Walk. When she passes out and then it cuts to a funeral scene. Joss got you (and us) twice with the same cruel joke, the bastard.
The production design IS awesome... The character dynamics are as well. Joss W certainly knows how to put together an ensemble cast.
I could never understand why Firefly got cancelled, it's so good on so many levels. It would be great to have an update episode and see the characters again but it would have to be the same actors, including Wash. Joss Wheadon at his best.
Also I'm glad to see you watched the right episode first......to add to the fox confusion they actually aired episode 2 first after some fights between joss and fox on how they wanted to open the show (this was how joss wanted it)
Exactly I remember it first airing and being so confused that I lost interest in the show. I also have never liked dusty westerns. So even trying the show out was a me trying. I'm still mad at the fox network for that because this show is amazing.
For all fans of The Buffyverse Firefly and Dollhouse are just packed with a constant stable of Whedon actors. Here of course we have Nathan Fillion, Caleb in BTVS, and Gina Torres Jasmine in Angel as two of the main characters. As well as that we have Adam Baldwin the evil Marcus Hamilton from Angel playing Cobb. We also have of course from BTVS S3 E1 Anne, Carlos Jaycot who played Ken in that show as well as playing Richard in Angel episode Bachelor Party. Of course in the Firefly pilot the eagle eyed would have spotted as well Dortmunder Captain at the start played by Andy Umberger, the evil doctor who detached his body parts in Angel, I Fall to Pieces, as well as playing recurring character D'Hoffryn in BTVS. Alan Tudyk from Firefly also pops up in many episodes of Dollhouse. All this being said it really is a great show in its own right, melding all these different scenarios together for a really interesting mix of styles. I always felt it was a more serious Red Dwarf, with the strange crew assembled on an old spacecraft endlessly travelling. Interesting to see how Elie reacts to the show as it very much a departure from The Buffyverse, but has that great Whedon style about it. Personally I much preferred Dollhouse as a show but this of course is just a matter of opinion.
and Summer Glau (River) played the Prima Ballerina in Angel's season 3 episode, 'Waiting In The Wings'
@@roonarific1086 That's right well mentioned.
Please continue to watch this series. You're beginning an epic journey you will not regret.
Never watched Firefly, but still coming on here to drop a like and give our boy some support!
I had the same problem as you coming over to Firefly from Buffy and Angel. I'm not a fan of westerns at all and I HATED Caleb (cuz Fillion acted that guy too well!) so hard that I fought my son on watching this show for months. When I finally did, I had to eat a lot of crow. This show is so awesome! I'm hoping I can convince you to watch another Whedon show after you finish this one. It's called "Dollhouse". It's only 2 seasons so it's not a huge commitment but as with all things Whedon, it's written and acted well. And the main character is played by Eliza Dushku (aka Faith). ☺️
This was me too. As for Dollhouse, I don't want to spoil anything but the way Whedon uses so many actors from his other shows is *chef's kiss*.
I know I'm being annoying because I keep hoping and praying Elie will do Dollhouse. It's such a great show and it really shows off how talented these certain actors are. Also, twists a'plenty!
But on topic, Firefly is an excellent show that could've been a hit if the network kept their fingers out of the show and let Joss do what he wanted to do. And I love the theme song much I still sing it randomly to this day.
@@Suzismymom One word: Alpha. 😁
@@Anjalena ❤️😍😂 I just know Elie will love Dollhouse ❤️ It's the only show I've ever bid on something from wardrobe and won. Let's just say I've been in Topher's pants 😂 (I don't think it's a spoiler to mention a name of a character, not the actor's name, but feel free to delete if any mods think it should be deleted, it's all good)
@@Suzismymom 🤣 OMG you made my lesbian brain blush... Especially since Topher is my fav character from the show.
@@Anjalena My brain is half of this and half of that, so I blush quite frequently 😂 The pants came with a tshirt and a vest, so our brains shall do what they will 😉😂
There's another TH-camr from Australia that I'm watching who's doing reactions to FireFLy.
Channel Name: Jules Reacts
Glad you guys like the show so far. I love this series. Shame it only had one season and a movie as the finale, but oh well. That just makes it more special.
Jules is amazing!!!! ❤
@@notoriouslybratty she's a total sweetheart. 😍
Remember in Buffy S5 Ep14 Crush when Dawn tells Buffy that Spike is in love with her and Buffy answers with a confused and disbelieving „Huh?“ ?
This and Mals puzzled „Huh.“ in this episode when he opens Rivers crate, are my two favorite "huhs" of all time.
It's been ages since I first watched this, but damn that dialogue is so good to hear again. Glad you enjoyed it Elie!
As other comments have explained, by the time humans left earth most people spoke a mix of Chinese and English and at this point Chinese has survived mostly as profanity. This allows Whedon to have his more rugged characters swear a lot, which is in character, without getting censored.
Well, it survived as a main language on many planets. Given this is an American TV show, we're also just following the American type characters
The idea of the strawberries and you see it was nutritional supplements they were selling .....if you think about it getting supplies to planets on the outer rim would take time. It's still hard to grow things out there. Especially when as scavengers you spend most of your time on the ship traveling its hard to keep fresh ingredients. I love the lore and world building it does as you go along. It's not dumped in a background monologue or such but you experience it as you go along.
Also, Kaylee loves food, but Jewel Staite hates srrawberries. She had to let fans know because every public appearance from the beginning she was receiving strawberries and strawberry dishes from invested cans.
I haven't seen this series before so I just watched the pilot before coming back to this.
There's Rever's running around the facility at the end of Cabin In The Woods. They were one of the monsters released. 🙂 Once you know what they look like, you'll spot them every time.
Joss Whedon said that he envisaged this post apocalyptic world, (USA v China) where Chinese was the sort of street language that everyone spoke. The Chinese used is meant to be obvious what is meant even though we don't (most of us at any rate) understand it. So instead of swearing the cast use the Chinese phrases. I loved Firefly and was so sorry it got cancelled.
So many people say the show ended "after one season" -- no, it ended halfway through one season. That's a big difference which makes whoever killed it even more culpable.
The chinese is not meant to have subtitles as it is mostly swearing. Usually you can guess quite well what it means just by how the person delivers the lines.
Also, Mal told Simon that Kaylee was dead to see his reaction. Would he run to get his stuff, would he fall on his knees and beg for his life? No, the first thing he did was running to Kaylee. Medical kit in hand. That tells you a lot about his character.
Firefly didn’t have a huge budget, so all the planets the crew visits are gonna look suspiciously like Southern California🤣
Note, the Alliance and Border Planets are all part of a huge planetary system, when they say "galaxy" they really mean the awesome mess that is the one system. No FTL travel, so the shipping is just between all the various planets and moons.
The Border Planets are kind of like the Western frontier areas of the US (or perhaps the Outback down under) after the Civil War. :)
Yay Firefly! Nice job noting the 'this guy looks sus but Joss W likes to subvert expectations and use misdirects' regarding Simon. :)
Every reactor seems to not realize that space is the final frontier, the last untamed space. It is literally the only wild west left. It makes perfect sense that an unaffiliated ship (as opposed to a government or military ship) would feel and act very much like the outlaw gangs of the 1800's in the west of North America when it was territories and not states as yet.
Fruit... I was in the US Navy aboard submarines, a ballistic missile sub to be exact. We would go out on patrols for 3 months at a time. The fresh fruit and vegetables last a few days, milk a little longer. Everything else is canned or powder. So, yes, I'm sure that fresh fruit is something of a scarce commodity for the crew either because they can't keep it or may not even be able to find it at remote ports.
I got out just as we were converting boomers to marine sardine cans.
Whedon was interested in the American Civil War, and this show is an allegory for it. The main characters were on the losing side of the war, and they have to learn to live in a world where they lost.
Welcome to the browncoats - your channel popped up on my recommended list probably because I am in the habit of joining reaction channels when they view Firefly, so here I am.
The trick Mal played on Simon was sure savage and I'm glad you appreciated it :P
After this season watch Serenity, The movie the was made to end the show.
This is amazing Elie, seeing this review pop-up made my day. Want this show to knock your socks off. Enjoy sir!
You've finished Buffy and still have a season or two of Angel to finish - Adam Baldwin (who plays Janye Cobb) might be another Whedon alum showing-up. ;)
Both Sean Maher (Simon Tam) and Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye) cameoed in an episode of a woefully underrated show called Warehouse 13 together - due to the love that fans had for those two characters. Ron Glass ("Shepherd" Derrial Book) has been in so much. his IMDB listing is impressive, think the last thing I remember seeing him in was Agents of SHIELD.
Can you please remove the Adam Baldwin spoiler? It’s more exciting when people show up and you aren’t expecting it.
Your reaction was fantastic, I cannot wait for you to keep going through the series. I will investigate your other videos. Well done.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
When the crew are laughing at Mal's joke about Kaylee dying, I swear they are laughing at the audience.
I saw a story that Jewel doesnt like strawberries irl, but after this episode people would always bring her Strawberries since Kaylee LOVED them
One note: the Chinese in the show isn't subtitled or shown in closed captions, but there are fan websites that provide translations. And contrary to popular myth, it isn't ALL swearing. Some of it is just common words, or colorful (but not profane) phrases.
I think Inara was actually on Perephone.... in the "city" part. not out near the spaceport.... so some of the worlds are both, modern and rural (hmmm, sounds a bit like earth?). Great reaction tho. I'll be watching for the rest of the series!
Breaking your heart from the beginning, there is a countdown from first to last.
All the best.
Cheers.
Y'all Browncoats better not freaking spoil Revers.for this reactor this freaking early.
Joss whedon even wrote the theme song to this show
It's a great show, or would have been if Fox were competent. The movie that got made a couple years later is great as well. If there is a 'down period' it's in this early stretch, though it's still very good. Once you reach episode 5 it's all bangers.
The Star Wars vibe isn't an accident. In an interview, Whedon cited the Han Solo character as an inspiration for this show. He wondered what it would have been like to see the adventures of Han Solo prior to the events of the 1977 Star Wars movie (A New Hope), and the ideas for this show flowed from there.
Another great reaction Elie! You seem to really enjoy the show already.
I hope that if for some reason the views are low you’ll keep going since it’s such a short show.
Also, it was really nice watching along with you! It’s been years since I watched the show and it was great to remember why I loved it the first time around so much.
And you’ll always have a viewer in me!
Fresh foods are a high value commodity for the rich in developed worlds. On the frontier, you have to plant and raise crops meaning it is something you have to work for. Most people have to rely on canned and prepared foods. Spaceships might grow small items in a hydroponic bunk, but it is meager harvest.
Good job Elie - I found you thanks to the ever mysterious yt algorithm. I'm a huge Firefly fan, so watching you get drawn in was great fun. I'm looking forward to joining your Firefly journey.
Welcome aboard! letss gooo
im glad you caught on to the fact that Mal didnt give af about the lawman now that the reavers are in play... one thing at a time like he said... but he sisnt say it would take long to sort out what to do next lol
Reacting to this just got you another sub. ;) Enjoy the ride!
It's interesting seeing this show from a first time viewer's perspective. Its one of my favorite shows and its awesome that more people are experiencing it. While this episode probably technically isn't perfect, it is almost there; in the worldbuilding, the character building, the setup, and the mass of questions that it leads with, and building trust by giving a small but steady trickle of answers. It sucks that fox originally aired it last, its almost like they wanted the show to fail. If the show was a man, they basically took him to the top of mount Everest, then when he started to die from lack of oxygen they said "Look, he's dying. Never were going to live!"
I think the Terminator series definitely had a huge impact on Joss Whedon, especially if you also factor in Connor and the time distortion of interdimensional travel in Angel Season 04, so good call picking up on those elements right off the bat. As for westerns in space, Gene Roddenberry said in his Star Trek pitch that he wanted a "Wagon Train to the stars." That was also a huge inspiration on George Lucas along with the serials of Flash Gordon, but if you go scene by scene many of the most iconic moments of Star Wars were taken from westerns he had loved and studied before and during college. I haven't checked but I'm sure there are TH-cam videos that probably do shot by shot comparisons to the original source of inspiration. There has been a HUGE link and comparison in film and media between exploring the old west and exploring the recesses of outer space. It's one of my favorite aspects of space operas and science fiction.
Subscribed just to see another person become a brown coat. This series is well worth the investment in time and emotional attachment and frustration over what could have been had some executive nitwit not set out to sabotage it from the beginning.
There is talk that they are planning a reboot but considering Disney's track record with Star Wars I'm skeptical they can repeat what made Firefly so special.
We're always glad to see somebody new...
this is the first but not the last time in the show that Kaylee eats a strawberry with great gusto. this was an understated but great piece of acting by Jewel Staite who in real life hates strawberries.
I think the other guy on the ship they captured was from season 1 of Angel, the half demon that married Doyles ex wife. "I'm sorry that was rude, I'd be honoured to eat your brains"
He was also the creep from 'Anne' - one of the few buffyverse actors who played multiple characters!
After _Firefly_ was canceled (literally while they were in the middle of filming the final episode of the season) Joss Whedon made a movie so that loose threads could be tied off. It isn't perfect - several things went against the original plan for the series, either for casting reasons or because there just wasn't enough time - but it really is a very good movie. Its name is _Serenity_ (matching the name of the pilot episode, which kind of brings things full circle). Please finish the series by watching _Serenity;_ you'll miss a lot if you don't.
Got ourselves a new Browncoat, I see.
And I wouldn't worry about making the Reavers mad. That's pretty much their default setting.
Beware Elie, if you like the true pilot, you're well on your way to becoming a Brown Coat. That's what we hardcore firefly fans call ourselves. Also,
as I try to tell all reactors, you should obtain and watch the DVD box set. It has voice-over commentary for several episodes as well as deleted
scenes that make the show an even richer experience. My favorite deleted scene is where Zoe explains to Simon how terrible the battle of
Serenity was and why they named the ship after it. Enjoy the ride.
It's 500 years in the future, and Chinese is a very wide spread language. It was also a good way to be able to curse on television without the censors blowing a fuse.
Good, entertaining reaction. You'll be rewarded with this choice.
"Why is Kaylee so adorable?" Kaylee is adorable. Innocent? Well....
Hhehhehheh u will like my next episode title then
we are to assume based on much evidence shown over time that food is somewhat scarce in space which makes sense since there isnt any dirt unless you are on a station or a planet..
Found your channel looking for Firefly. I enjoyed your reaction. Looking forward for more
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"I'm still confused about it." You're going to be saying that for 14 episodes. You'll get answers, of variable quality, continuously. Joss doesn't stop to explain, but he'll give you AN answer fairly quickly. On the other hand, there are some questions that remain a mystery.
Kaylee enjoying the strawberry was one of her best acting since Jewel the actress hates them.
Every time a TH-cam viewer watches "Firefly," the "Serenity" gets a panel/part replaced.;) One viewer ends the series a Browncoat, and a newbie starts looking for "something brown" to wear. 4:48 "Spaceballs"? 5:50 Here's a Chinese-speaking TH-cam viewer on the "colorful metaphors" in "Firefly": th-cam.com/video/L-wbpZ7-5gQ/w-d-xo.html 6:48 You have trouble with a "Space Western?" Have you seen "Cowboy Bebop" (1998)? 8:30 Inara Sera is a "Companion," which (sorta) translates into "Geisha," but she's much, much more. 17:25 The "Star Wars" effect. 17:50 Fresh food of any kind is a rarity on the "Serenuty" as you will find out. 36:13 Engineer Brett: "Right." 39:22 The "Serenity" is in the outer rim worlds; think "Tatooine," with locally-sourced gunpowder weapons instead of a "Han Solo blaster" that runs out of power when most needed. 49:33 This statement sums up Mal Reynolds in a nutshell, as you will find out. Wouldn't those idiots at Netflix have gotten farther if they rebooted "Firefly," which is as close to a "live action 'Cowboy Bebop" that network TV made in 2002?
I never watched firefly when it first came out cause I couldn`t stand seeing the lead actor for years after his character poked xander`s eye out on buffy. took watching him play the novelist detective character on that show he was on- which I can`t remember the name of, before I could get rid of that memory and I watched the firefly movie.
You have it backward; Buffy came first then Firefly. I was unhappy with Firefly because they cancelled Dark Angel to make room for Firefly. Why doesn't anyone react to Dark Angel? That was a great show!
The first season, anyway. Then it got weird, lol.
@@GoodOldGamer So true!
Its better to watch this series before buffy as you don't see the usual whedon tropes coming. But awesome nonetheless!
I would highly suggest watching dollhouse if you found firefly lack luster
Wasn't that military guy that shot Kaylee in Buffy episode Anne as Ken the demon other world dimension leader and also Doyle's wife new husband?
Yes! You got it right! 👍
I was hunting for this to see if anyone else mentioned it.
Network had little faith in the show, it aired on Fridays. Friday is usually the death knell for shows at the time.
"The term is Companion." :)
This is a fusion of Western... and cyberpunk. There are worlds being terraformed for future settlement and resource exploitation. More than eighty planets and moons. Space stations, multiple stars in one system. The original colonies became the Establishment with the highest technology and social barriers. The farther out the colonies are, the more rustic the gear as the tech must be reliable and/or cheap. English and Mandarin are used in the polyglot, but there are communities that keep other languages and traditions alive.
As an American who is a bit over saturated with gun violence these days, I LOVE that the guns go pew-pew in this instead of bang-bang.
COYG!
I'll just say it up front, welcome to the "brown coats".
subscribed for firefly
Looking forward to your becoming a Browncoat!
1. Shepherd Book gave the strawberries to Kaylee; she has every right to eat them.
2. Notice that most of the worlds they visit seem to be short on water. Fresh strawberries would be a rarity and a luxury. For that matter, fresh food of any kind would be rare on a small tramp freighter like Serenity. Did you see a hydroponics bay? No? That's because they don't have one. They have no way to grow their own food.
3. In the Firefly universe, Companions are extremely respectable people. Yes, they're paid for sex (among other things), but to call a Companion a "whore" is a deliberate insult and not really accurate - "courtesan" would be a better term. Companions are members of a guild. They train for years to do their jobs properly, and can be kicked out of the guild if they violate the rules or prove to be incompetent. Companions have the right to choose whom they will accept as a client, and if a client attempts anything the companion hasn't agreed to she can not only refuse to serve him (or her) but put the client on a blacklist so that no companion will ever agree to serve that client again. As for why Mal is insulting Inara, it becomes fairly obvious later in the series that there's a good deal of attraction between them and neither one wants to admit it. They spend most of the season skating around the issue, even while it's obvious to the entire crew and the viewers.
4. Mal is a very conflicted character. The opening scenes of this episode were a depiction of the Battle of Serenity Valley, the final battle of the war Mal and Zoe fought in, when the Alliance crushed the rebellion. Mal had faith that God would save them because their cause was just, and God didn't, so Mal lost his faith in God. (And note that he named his ship "Serenity," for the battle of Serenity Valley.) Now he's just doing what he has to in order to get by, most of it illegal. He's a smuggler and a scavenger. He has no compunctions about killing people. At least, that's what he tells himself, but his conscience keeps getting in his way. The smuggling doesn't bother him; it truly is necessary, and while it's illegal it isn't immoral. But he hates it when innocent people get caught in the middle, and he refuses jobs that are likely to endanger innocent bystanders. He also refuses to smuggle things that he knows will be used to hurt people, and he won't steal from those who can't afford to lose anything. And it bothers him a lot that he *isn't* the villain he likes to portray himself as. Think Han Solo and you won't be far off.
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I know you are new, but due to your accent, I can't tell if you are saying Mel or Mal with an accent. If the latter, I just have to get used to it.
I actually appreciate you hitting pause as too many people talk over scenes missing important info.
You have seen Carlos Jacot, aka The Fed, in Buffy in S3 Ep1 Anne as the youth counselor/head demon. He also appears on Angel. He later appeared on and then wrote for the non-Whedon, but still great show, Psych!
The Chinese I don't think is ever explained, but it was because on "Earth-that-was," basically the US and China merged, so everybody knows Chinese. Bit it's really so they can curse and avoid the censors. Tough, usually the curses are bizarre things like may monkeys flynout your butt. But others are pretty straightforward curse words. Not the actors' favorite part of the show. LOL
I don't know if there is a fruit shortage as much as they spend so much time in space that fruit would al go bad, so they usually eat stuff like the food bars they were selling. So, yes, rare, but probably more rare for them than for the galaxy. They also tend to avoid the nice areas where you would get fruit to avoid the feds.
If you are concerned about episode order, look up a copy of the DVD. That has the proper order. Also, once done, I recommend watching the brief web series, "The River Tam Files," and, if you are a fan, the gag reel. Then Serenity.
the people who don't like firefly, don't like to think and want everything handed to them on a plate (so they don't have to think)
The guy you recognized is Ken from Buffy season 2 episode 1. Anne.
Season 3. But yeah, that's him, and also he's the guy who had a bachelor party in Angel S1.
@@cerrobueno yes. Season 3. That was a test. Hahaha. He may have been a vampire somewhere along the way too. Don’t remember. But we can look for him on rewatch.
You've probably been told this already, but in the Firefly universe, the future is a mixture of American and Chinese cultures, because they're the two cultures that held dominance when the human race left Earth. Or, as they call it, Earth-That-Was.
Also, if you ever get an interest in checking out a video game that you might not be familiar with, give RimWorld a try. It's a colony-building game, and the aesthetics of the game were highly influenced by Firefly.
Yessss! Kaylee is such an adorable girl.
And when you're done watching all the episodes of Firefly, you have to watch the movie that came out after, called "Serenity". Since the show itself wasn't really allowed to have closure, being cancelled before they managed to finish a full season (boo Fox), the cult following allowed them to have the money to make a full-on movie to finish it all off.
"The Alliance" is the alliance of the two superpowers of earth: USA and China.
That's why the Chinese is so common, is one of the official alliance languages.
Have you watched "The Expanse" yet?
Yepppp
do you have patreon?
Nope a lot have asked hahaha. Not big enough for that yet. Dont want people to pay.
@@eliemoses lol rats. i'd pay to watch your full reactions of Buffy lol
@Michael Short hahhahah thank you but I don't think im ready or big enough for that yet
@@eliemoses lol no worries
The only TV series better than Firefly in terms of sheer quality of writing, is Star Trek: The Next Generation. Enjoy the show man!
the chinese must be tactical + still getting used to this music with this genre == I've not had much exposure to either of these things in my daily life
sounds to me like you're experiencing culture clash, which means the show is doing its job with world building.
You keep getting it backwards. They went from Buffy and angel to Firefly not from Firefly to Buffy and angel. 🤣
Fun fact this show aired it's episodes out of order so when I first watched it premiered it was confusing and I lost interest in it due to confusion also I have never liked westerns or been into space shows so this was a big leap of faith I was taking but hey Joss made it I trust Joss I had no idea at the time that Fox and Joss were fighting over which episode to air first the network won and they ruined everything I'm still mad at the networks for that. They robbed me of watching a great show stupid networks. Never the less we have this season and a movie and I also believe their are comics as well.
not even one complete season.
Watch the movie "The Postman" (1997) and you'll see where they lifted this esthetic from. Not a flick Hollywood wants you to see, too many themes of freedom and patriotism and rejection of thug rule.
Too much of your logo over the screen. Other viewers reverse the image, or occasionally turn it off, or blur the image, I guess so it doesn't violate TH-cam rules. But your choice is bad.
Getting the right order makes me curious what guide you went off of. 14 episodes makes that odd to say.
Certain foods are harder to come by the further away from The Alliance control characters get. Including strawberries.
Chinese and English are both used, in-universe, by characters because the United States and China were the two major superpowers humans left what is known, in-universe, as Earth-that-was behind. The abandonment happened because of depleted resources, overpopulation, and a compromised ecosystem.
What FOX Executive thought this wasn't a good pilot? 🙄
I don’t know if I’m right but, when it ended and was about to play the next episode it said it was ready to play episode 2. So perhaps Disney loaded them in the order Joss meant them to be viewed in 🤷🏻♀️ which would be cool!
Hey Elie - What's up with your name flashing on the screen every 3 or 4 seconds. I had to stop watching after a few minutes because it was very distracting. I understand that there has to be some editing for these reaction videos, but having such a huge visual distraction (that completely covers the screen) throughout is just too much. Any way you could flash your name a lot less? Would be better for the viewers. I just know you're gonna love this show; seems that everyone watching it for the first time loves it as much as those of us who have known about it for years. Enjoy !!!!
Unfortunately i cannot cos of copyright I've tested how long i can multiple times with Buffy and experimented over the past year. Hope u understand 😊
Dunno .... so maybe the copy writing issue is different in Australia? There have been several other "Firefly" reaction videos on TH-cam (American and British) and yours is the only one I've seen done that way (with the name being constantly visible). Anyway, welcome to the world of the Brown Coats .... whose numbers are worldwide and in the millions. It's one of the best shows I've ever seen and I hope it will become one of your favorites as well. Enjoy !!!!
Sorry, your reaction was relatively good. But what in the green hell was the Thumpnail? At least wear the same clothes as in the video if you make fake outrageuos faces!
He's a busy college student... its just a thumbnail
I've said before but this is my least favorite of the Joss Whedon shows. It has that Joss Whedon, snappy dialogue but I'm just not a big fan of Westerns in general and I think Dollhouse asks questions about technology that are very relevant in todays society. I don't think Firefly is bad by any means but I dont think it lives up to the hype at least for me.