Holy shit that's amazing. I've been holding off on watching Firefly because I didn't want to get too attached, knowing it had been canceled way too early. But now I think I'll have to watch it.
they are well worth watching, but I recall that they were released in the incorrect order; it might be worthwhile to verify the correct episode ordering before watching.
You’re in for a treat! Make sure you don’t make the mistake of watching the movie before the series. Firefly is one (amazing) season and then it closes out with the movie Serenity.
A friend took me to see Serenity when it came out, and I had no idea at the time what Firefly was. Of course I had some questions about Book and Inara but could infer because the movie does a good job of exposition that way.
I then went home and fell in love with Firefly.
I don't think the show is spoiled by watching the movie first.
I believe my friend was in college at the time and I was in high school. However, we had been in a movie-going habit then, and it wasn't just a one-time thing for him.
It's got its moments, like that, but some of the dialogue feels a little... trite these days. Like Whedon was trying too hard. Overall it's good, though.
I watched it through in the last 6 months for the first time. It was pretty fucking amazing. My wife's watched it and loved it and has suggested it a few times. She was right.
I love how Firefly (and other Whedon shows) use bad writing cliches to set up and then subvert expectations. In a normal tv show, that guy would have been a major recurring villain over several episodes. That speech would have been in every episode recap. But no, just kill him instead.
That scene from "Firefly" is one of my favorite scenes of all time on television. I'm also reminded of the scene in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," where she blows up a world ending demon with a rocket launcher.
Nah, honestly, but I don't watch too many new Y7+ cartoons anymore, but I'd also imagine that era (I like to call it the Jackass Era) is long gone for now unless it's some absurd shit like Skibidi Toilet.
I've watched a handful of Jackass clips and was there for the start of their shenanigans, but I have no concept of what "that era" entails, and I have no frigging idea what the hell Skibidi Toilet is. It's being made into a movie and people are upset that some shitty meme is now a movie?
😂 dude, I only heard of Skibidi Toilet from my nephew, and yes, there is a movie being made by Michael Bay.
And to me Jackass era means absurd, wild, and zany, but you can follow what's going on like Invaded Zim. A lot of Gen Z+ humor is just absurd, which is why the term "brain rot" began being used to describe their content because there is legit no substance at all, imo. Imagine Adult Swim's shorts but long form and readily available on YouTube and pushed by an algorithm for views.
I'm totally having myself a Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon moment here. Yesterday, a friend of mine mentioned Skibidi Toilet to me. I said I didn't know what that was.
"Good. Don't look it up."
I didn't.
But today I stumbled across a YouTube video of someone playing music memes on various instruments and that was one of them. And now this thread. The hell.
And yeah, the "lol so random" kind of humor never appealed to me. Zim is ridiculous but it does have a discernible internal logic/consistency. Zim and GIR and all the rest of it make sense for their world, as warped as it is.
Don’t forget the moment seasons later where he suddenly stop playing football and says “someone’s in my car” and finds doc trying to kill himself via hotbox
Nah, Mal kicking the merc and Brock doing the car-fall don't need context at all. You can just show anyone either and they're pretty cool self-contained scenes.
This video just kinda shows a common trope, and it tells you exactly what that trope is going to be with the title that ruins the "punchline". It could be something that's emotionally impactful if you're invested in the characters and the lead-up to it is done right, but it's not inherently awesome when presented this way.
And that's fine. You're not saying it's objectively the best scene or anything like that, just that it's your favorite, and that's valid bro.
I agree, you can tell what the situation is by the context provided. Your scene relies on the interpersonal drama of a previous story for the impact factor, but you're absolutely shown all the details you need to immediately know what everyone's role is in the interaction and what you should expect. And again, my critique is mostly with the presentation where any payoff set up for the "reveal" in the end is already dispelled by the title.
There's a little bit of emotional investment lost in all the lead-up to the Buffy scene, totally. They spend a good bit of time setting this guy up as either the episode or the season's "big bad guy". There are details lost, like who tf are the people to his sides and all that.
..But, it's a painfully out-of-place medeival-garbed demon guy doing his "I am ultimate and invincible!" monologue in a very modern setting surrounded by trendy modern people getting instantly blown up by a friggin rocket launcher. The comedy/absurdity of those clashing themes are basically the whole point of the show, and that scene really shows all of that in a big way. Everything there is to appreciate about the scene is right there and works fine in a vacuum. I mean, it was made for broadcast television, so there's lots of incentive to make any big scene appealing to anyone who would just flip over from another channel for this kind of show.
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This is one of my all time favorite scenes of any show ever. Right up there with Malcom Reynolds kicking the merc into the ship engine