Honest Trailers | Firefly

[@crystalrowan]

My all time favorite line from the show: "Well, my days of not taking you seriously just came to a middle."

[@smurfyday]

I'm pretty sure it was "... seriously are coming to a middle."

[@zube410]

Well, my days of not taking you seriously are definitely coming to a middle.

[@fairfeatherfiend]

All these comments repeating lines from the show, apparently I did not watch it enough times.

[@danstheman33]

"are certainly coming to a middle"

[@scheinerchen6471]

my favorite line from the franchise (series+movie) is (oh, i know you all will hate me for it) "I´m a leave on the wind........watch how i soar". Uff, it still hurts.

[@marcoaguilar1664]

“Me and Abed have an agreement: If one of us dies we stage it to look like a suicide caused by the unjust cancellation of Firefly.”

[@tonyeleaglenurmagomedov4550]

They need to do a community honest trailer

[@samy145]

“We’re getting it back on the air, buddy”

[@timhawryluk2436]

@@tonyeleaglenurmagomedov4550 They need to collab with Danny Pudi and have Abed do an Honest Trailer of Screen Junkies doing an Honest Trailer of Community.

[@marcoaguilar1664]

@@timhawryluk2436 Six seasons and a movie... and an honest trailer.

[@adamchristensen2648]

@@timhawryluk2436 They would need Dan to write it

[@joseph-fernando-piano]

Fox: cancels Firefly Fans: "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

[@ramiabdo5953]

Karma is a bitch! They lost their super-hero studios and franchises back to Disney! They fucking deserve it!

[@wolf-ranger]

Haha, that is too perfect

[@jeffohalloran4389]

That's some serious foreshadowing.

[@arkikali5632]

I still haven't forgiven Fox.

[@gabrielledenby]

Too soon! lol

[@brose2323]

Im watching this on Hulu right now 21 years old and this show still holds up. 2023 and still cant stop the signal.

[@zsiraftarolo]

probably you finished the series by now, watch the movie, too!

[@brose2323]

@@zsiraftarolo 2023 and still can't stop the signal.

[@SammaclauseGamgee]

Guy killed me, Mal.

[@foodofdasoul]

​@@SammaclauseGamgee killed me with a sword

[@JVDAWG1]

@@foodofdasoul How weird is that?

[@kevboymich]

“Now remember: If you don’t hear from me in an hour, you take this ship...and you come get me”- Mal at best!

[@jayferguson9968]

What? And risk my ship? :)

[@andrewguthrie7610]

@@jayferguson9968 Yeah! It's cold out there, and I don't want to get left.

[@ЯАга-я4л]

- This is something captain has to do for himself. - No, I really don't! - Oh..

[@monmothma3358]

@@ЯАга-я4л Love the subversion of that particular trope 😄

[@notoriouslybratty]

That is a Serenity reference

[@foxmind2490]

“Mercy is the mark of a great man.” (Stabs opponent) “Guess I’m just a good man.” (Stabs him again) “Eh, I’m alright...”

[@yolandacarroll558]

One of my favorite Mal quotes. :)

[@foxmind2490]

Yolanda Carroll Same here :)

[@Igneous_Hammer]

Underappreciated comment 😆

[@foxmind2490]

If I’m being honest, it’s the only one that has stayed with me from the show or movie this whole time :D

[@schoemannh]

@@foxmind2490 "I'll be in my bunk"...

[@ldavid2]

one of the handful of scifis where they actually had no sounds in space scenes!

[@brettbaxter7882]

You didn't watch Serenity, did you?

[@Clipped_Angel]

@@brettbaxter7882 Do we really count Serenity though?

[@lynettra7818]

ikr! even my new favorite space show The Expanse misses this genius detail.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@brettbaxter7882 Where is there audio in space in Serenity? I'll have to look for that again on my next rewatch, weird

[@brettbaxter7882]

@@ItsAsparageese Space battle at the end.

[@davidissel7980]

How is it possible that we got 20 seasons of The Kardashians... and less than a season of Firefly?! I remember my father used to call the TV the "idiot box"... he ain't far off.

[@kennywowie]

I would say spot on though.... being an idiot for a little while every day seems to relieve a lot of stress, so it has its purpose.

[@LordMaskin]

Have you seen idocracy? It explains modern U.S

[@mrcisgenstraightwhitemale2246]

@@LordMaskin You think it's only the U.S.? That's cute.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@mrcisgenstraightwhitemale2246 sorryNotSorry to point this out, but I think three other nations tried an imitation of the January 6h almost.-coup, and in all three cases the legal system did _not_ take three years to drag the perpetrators into a court. That, and something bad really doesn't get any better by being around a lot.

[@rickstaism]

There are more stupid people than intelligent ones in the world that's why.

[@88porpoise]

You cut off the Castle clip before the best part. “Didn’t you wear that like five years ago” “So?” “don’t you think you should move on?”

[@just1desi]

ooh i dont remember that burn

[@mayowankenobi]

That was epic, but so was the spy episode where Castle suddenly knew how to speak Chinese. I was so disappointed when they hired the Firefly actors to be on Castle and didn’t capitalize on their history.

[@psychodrummer1567]

@Black Ninja Killer? Like Alpha in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse?

[@Melayahm01]

@Black Ninja It's not Firefly but it's pretty good, and again, the story that's in there is more than it seems at the beginning. Two series

[@christopherbacon1077]

@Black Ninja Choppy.

[@braddriver459]

As much as the lingo is mocked in here, it's one the things that young me really loved about this show. It really lent to the feeling that it was set in a different place/time/universe.

[@Call-me-Al]

The annoying firefly fans acting like "Shiny" didn't exist as slang before Firefly poisoned me against watching the show for like a decade :D which is ironic because I've loved space cowboy stuff since my childhood with the cartoon BraveStarr, and sci-fi with cowboy type characters like Star Wars and so on.

[@thomasreese2816]

Shiny! Easy to see how speech could morph a bit over time to sound fairly different

[@cocharles563]

Yeah remember when that band made that song "shiny happy people" that was awesome and shiny.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Co Charles I hated that song so much. It was so non shiny and non happy that it absorbed light like a black hole. And the band was REM.

[@jackcoldstone7235]

Farscape had slang too. I feel like most sci-fi does

[@Digital-Dan]

Among the cosmic disasters that really aren't that important, the premature cancellation of this shiny gem is undoubtedly the greatest.

[@ThisIsMego]

@Setzer K TBF I miss Dark matter a lot more than The Expanse

[@MsCathrynC]

Perhaps we should organize a campaign to get Netflix to take on the show and start producing Season 2?

[@littleredwritinghead3781]

I wish I could go back to the first time I ever saw Firefly. Even the opening credits made me ecstatic.

[@ToniGlick]

The theme song fills my heart with poignant tears.

[@littleredwritinghead3781]

@@ToniGlick stay Shiney! 😭

[@Trevorious2010]

We did the impossible and that makes us mighty!

[@mishunkontrol1874]

Nothing like your first time!

[@monmothma3358]

There is something about that song.. Hard to put into words

[@talonisthedragon]

not even a mention of "I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you?"

[@charlie7mason]

Lets leave some of that stuff to people who might watch it for the first time now.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*pure poetry*

[@sweetmissirish]

Don't forget his convo with Zoe about why he's wearing a dress (and enjoying it)

[@NicKeLas]

That's a claim that sounds like "Why didn't you just show the whole show in this already way too long video for it to be called a trailer?" :)

[@gg5115]

@@sweetmissirish You can't just open the book of my life in the middle.

[@FrozenSolid131]

"I am a leaf on the wind" *Instant sadness* :(

[@rafaelfarias4359]

Watch how I... :'/

[@preacherjohn]

right in the feels, every time!

[@StYxXx]

too soon

[@rob3941]

@@StYxXx How do Reavers clean their spears? They run them through the Wash.

[@pixielarue890]

He was done wrong!!!!

[@coffeeaddict9605]

I'll be honest, the word "shiny" has become a part of my regular vocabulary because of this show

[@davindamico1759]

I say Goram around kids :)

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@davindamico1759 That's similar to my parents. They used Classic Battlestar Galactica swears.

[@pocketpangolin]

Haha, me too! 😆😂 This is still one of my favorites. 💕💕💕

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Then never play Mario Maker because you will hate the word.

[@mari13ssaTheStrange]

I thought they would make a Moana reference xD

[@WKYanks]

There will never be a TV show cancellation that comes close to generating the level of anger in me that this one still does to this day.

[@immortalsofar5314]

Yeah, the exec who did it has acknowledge that cancelling Firefly is going to be her legacy.

[@emrek99205]

For many of us it isn't anger. It is sadness at the loss.

[@CosmoShidan]

The show isn’t that good quality when you compare it to Fasrscape.

[@emrek99205]

@@CosmoShidan I could never stand watching Farscape. While Star Trek decided to show aliens with ears and foreheads, at least they made it believable. Farscape decided to go with wild hair and flamboyant hair colors for their aliens. Firefly got rid of aliens and just made everyone human on different planets so no alien races needed. Dune also had only humans so the idea wasn't unheard of.

[@Sephiroth144]

@@emrek99205 Yes, wild hair colors- not skin colors, tentacles, four armed bugs, a frog in a levitating chair, dino-heads, etc- wild hair is what you noticed. Dude, did you watch Farscape? Though I would give Firefly the edge in quality, I think both shows can appeal. (And if it doesn't for you, cool- but a legit reason to dislike would work better. I mean, its like people complaining about Game of Thrones because the main characters aren't costumed in muddy attire- since there's a war (and most aren't nobility, apparently...), (heard that one before))

[@Nloveru]

Fully agree with Sheldon Cooper for having the president of Fox at the top of his arch-enemies list for cancelling Firefly.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Many years ago I read a story (cough, fanfiction) about how Loki from MCU blew up Fox HQ because he was pissed Firefly was prematurely cancelled. I confess there have been some very dark days when I wished that actually happened in real life.

[@patricklyons794]

Or when Leonard's talking about when he met Sheldon, and Shrldon adds the watching of Firefly to the Roommate Agreement because it will be on for years. 😉😷

[@KruelAidMan]

@@patricklyons794 classic Big Bazinga nerdface gag!

[@veronika4870]

hahhhahahah damn

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 necro'ing your comment, but I just wanted to say that, with Loki Season 2's ending...and the fact that Disney now owns Firefly... That's technically a valid option.

[@shardsofglory2402]

Honestly the part where Mal turns and says "right, we win." With the violin playing is one of my favorite parts in the show.

[@screenjunkies]

It is VERY GOOD

[@Patrioticpawn]

‘Wash tell me I’m pretty.’ ‘If I weren’t married I would take you in a manly fashion’ ‘Cus I’m pretty?’ ‘Cos you’re pretty’

[@AltayHunter]

* 'Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion'

[@moreththerogue6218]

'Why are you still talking about what's already been decided' and ' Jane your mouth is still moving. You might want to see to that.'

[@DirectorsChoice]

A good moment 😂

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@moreththerogue6218 I used that "Your mouth is still moving" bit on a cousin. Had the whole room cracking up.

[@barbarapaine8054]

@@moreththerogue6218 " I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you". Kids loved that one

[@aWorkInProgress11]

Jayne’s song is one of the best moments in the show. At least we got a half decent movie for closure

[@ItsAsparageese]

JAAAAYNE! The man they call Jaaaaaayne! He robbed from the rich, and he gave to the poor! Stood up to the man, and he gave him what for! Our love for him now ain't hard to explain ...

[@Jermeister12]

Hell yeah !!! From my favorite episode.

[@nickolasburns8788]

One of the first songs I ever learned on guitar! 😂

[@TheMacKosh]

@@ItsAsparageese this is what going mad feels like

[@randmiller88]

The movie kinda sucks though

[@GBHanny8]

There two types of people: Those that love Firefly; and those that haven't seen Firefly.

[@nerdlord1408]

yes

[@antonysimpson6288]

Shiny

[@a.dennis4835]

I saw it and didn't like it.

[@noahb4399]

@@a.dennis4835 *(bane voice)* ...then why are you here??

[@a.dennis4835]

@@noahb4399 Because I wanted to see Honest Trailers' take on the series.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Mal: *stubs his toe* Jayne: Reynolds has fallen, I'm the new captain!!!

[@Raincentral003]

"You know what the Chain of Command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in rutten command!" -The Man they call Jayne

[@screenjunkies]

All those hats and he never got a captain hat.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

And we still like the jerk with a heart of gold for it.

[@zube410]

@@michaelandreipalon359 just had to take a moment to acknowledge the excellent reference there. Shiny!

[@timbuktu8069]

@@Raincentral003 A man walks down the street wearing that hat and people know he's not afraid of anything.

[@71775926]

If you're ever doing an honest trailer for Serenity, please say in your epic voice: "No power in the 'verse can stop me."

[@JDspeeder1]

"When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you." My favorite quote from the whole show.

[@dellavie4319]

And the visual that accompanies it - of Nathan running around the camera to appear in the shot 5 times - is also epic in its own way.

[@mjbull5156]

"Take me out To the Black Tell them I ain't coming back"

[@saiga12forme88]

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. Take me out to the black, Tell them I ain't comin back. Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me. There's no place, I can be, Since I've found Serenity. And you can't take the sky from me.

[@butzichen]

goosebumps - just from reading this part

[@zerocentpictures]

Damn it, I miss this show.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Gotta get back Back to the Black Firefly Jack

[@latetotheparty7551]

"Alan Tudyk as himself." Duh, that's why we love him. He's like Nic Cage. "If the ship falls under 50 quips an hour, it's rigged to explode." XD

[@quantumblurrr]

He’s so unlike Nick Cage it’s not even funny lol, almost opposite personality types. Cage is manic

[@myonline1985]

@@quantumblurrr The reference was that Nicholas Cage also only has 1 character he can play, that of himself. Alan Tudyk can atleast play himself convincingly though

[@andrewthezeppo]

Not in Dollhouse though, dude is pretty scary in that

[@myonline1985]

@@andrewthezeppo damn, forgot he was in there.... you are right that was a scary Alan

[@disconer]

@@myonline1985 Like Heihei? - "I went to Julliard for this?"

[@kevinschipper6190]

I never realized how much they said goods and cargo. Shiny.

[@jerodast]

That cracked me up too. Nailed it ending on "it's good to have cargo" haha.

[@mikeharrison1868]

I love shiny, and our family adopted it for a while ;0)

[@facetankhank]

How did you never realise? It's so gorram obvious.

[@jerodast]

@@facetankhank Shiny and gorram are more obvious :P Goods and cargo are at least like, real person words

[@Trevorious2010]

I know it's not from Firefly but from Serenity but it's still my favorite line: "You want to run this ship?" "Yes!!" "Well,....you can't!"

[@Sephiroth144]

Mercy is the mark of a great man (stab) Well, I'm a good man (stab) Eh, I'm alright.

[@warrenpoultney8215]

Mine too! The hesitation Mal has for answer was fun.

[@Oli75]

I loved that they got past censors by swearing in Chinese. This show was badass.

[@Nisshoku]

And by replacing the d's in goddamn with r's hah

[@emotionalsupportostrich2480]

I liked the fact that Chinese in this future had become part of the de facto language.

[@zimriel]

especially since their Chinese was so bad

[@andrewleah1983]

@@NisshokuGoddamn isn’t swearing…

[@mimcduffee86]

​@@andrewleah1983sure. Except for every time it's said.

[@Chasmodius]

"I do believe that woman is planning on shooting me again."

[@screenjunkies]

😬

[@anthonydoll8574]

Two Honest Trailers I want to see: First. An Honest Trailer for the movie of the show (Serenity). Second. An Honest Trailer for Castle which they referenced in this one.

[@justsomeperson5110]

5:12 "And you know what? It works!" Yepperino! Especially for the time, it was everything sci-fi space adventures weren't. It had one heck of a cast that really worked well together. It had all manner of weird depth to its background and setting that they stayed true to that should never have worked, but instead gave it a unique charm. It was somehow both everything wrong and everything right and it was *shiny* !

[@andrewbartczak5941]

Damn skippy! And you are correct, it was shiny.

[@jmnemonic99]

I wonder what Rebecca Gayheart thinks about all of this lauded "actor chemistry"

[@drafezard7315]

@@jmnemonic99 Who the f*ck is that?

[@cirrustate8674]

@@drafezard7315 She was the actress initially cast for Inara.

[@50srefugee]

I absolutely fell for the communal dining table scenes. That sold the one big happy but slightly troubled family idea, and the actors looked like they were honestly having a good time.

[@ho1m]

My favorite Nathan Fillion part is when he makes Firefly callbacks in Castle

[@slewone4905]

Castle? Isn't that the TV show that ripped of Murder she wrote?

[@MrLessthandave89]

Been watching Screen Junkies for years. Most of my favourite films have had the honest trailer treatment. This is the first time I've ever been desparate for you guys to be gentle!

[@vollmond9342]

Please say: "if one of us dies, we stage it to look like a suicide caused by the unjust cancellation of Firefly"

[@mutantceasar1165]

Please if he says this in a future video let me know

[@rafaelfermin4619]

Troy and Abed. You are a man of culture

[@saiga12forme88]

Definitely comment if he ever says this in the future lol.

[@theblankettruth]

Will get it back on the air buddy!

[@pangypirate]

Troy and abed in the morning

[@lovely4087]

So unfair that they cancelled this. I'm all the way in Kenya and I loved this show. Hoping one day they bring it back.

[@MsCathrynC]

Perhaps we should organize a campaign to get Netflix to take on the show and start producing Season 2?

[@graceanne5601]

@@MsCathrynC yea but it wouldn't have the original cast in it, and they are what made the show real special

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

Just heard it's under Disney now. I don't think any true fan of Firefly wants to see their new take on the series now. smh

[@nealm6962]

It’s a gem.

[@irrevenant8724]

@@DLJohnsonHonourofKings Disney's made some pretty great films in the MCU. A Firefly series by the director of the Avengers would be amazing! (Yes, I'm well aware. :P).

[@julianbenabides5974]

Instead of Netflix giving us the live action Avatar remake that literally no one asked for, could we get new Firefly on Netflix? Even if it's with different characters in the same world... I just want to hear someone say "shiny."

[@facetankhank]

Shiny.

[@DiscoRaptor]

If they did anything new with Firefly I'm pretty confident there's no way Nathan Fillion wouldn't want to be involved!

[@eoghanclark165]

No one asked for? 🤣

[@dylmcsmith1001]

I don't Netflix can because Fox legally owns the show, so Fox could sue Netflix if they try and remake it Nathan Fillon was on the darkest timeline podcast with Ken Jeong and Joel Mchale and spoke about it there

[@nilus2k]

I'd be down for Firefly: The Next Generation. Nathan Fillion could be the old wise preacher with a past helping a young grew of criminals

[@erfbeto]

I was half expecting this video to be cancelled before the end.

[@Deridus]

You were not alone in that.

[@disguysn]

That would've been hilarious.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

And the commentary done out of order.

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Would you kindly say, "I aim to misbehave."

[@phoenix0153]

"I aim to do some misbehaving"

[@jmfreestuff73]

Would you kindly

[@kumisz2]

@@jmfreestuff73 Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase?

[@Lurker-dk8jk]

@@kumisz2 A slave obeys. Considering the intended outcome of the Alliance's clandestine efforts on Miranda (and with River in particular), this seems to be more than a coincidence on Matthew's part.

[@anoramoyer3506]

The fact that I was named after a character on this shows proves how much it meant to my parents

[@threearrows2248]

I'm naming my baby River, due next month 😁

[@tehoken]

They know her name is Inara, right? :p

[@ivanangeli]

cool :D

[@goldenlightpictures6223]

Awweee! ☺️

[@jemal999]

We named our 9 year old Kaylee.

[@germaxicus6670]

Jewel Staite was one of the most underrated beauties of the 90's and early 2000's

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

I had such a crush on her in Fast Forward.

[@freakshow1010]

plese comment for making a video on 13 REASONS WHY

[@brianfuller7691]

👍

[@alanhilton3611]

Yeah I agree she was super cute but you can't forget Claudia Black....O...M...G !!!.

[@1958PonyBoy]

Yeah, but her problem in Firefly was, she had to stand next to Morena Baccarin. And nobody stands next to Morena Baccarin. She's one of a kind.

[@nicholaskinkaid]

I'm one of those people that had *no* idea that firefly existed. I watched the movie 'Serenity'. Loved it, and then checked to see if a sequel would possibly be made which lead to me finding out that a tv show was made first and already cancelled =(.

[@Jagerpuppeh]

Same story

[@nykomedes]

that happened to me too and watching the series was blissful... until I discovered it was COMPLETELLY canceled

[@annebeach6630]

Yeah my brother and i saw the trailer for serenity and begged our mom to take us to see it. Wound up renting it, loving it, then finding out it was a sequel to a series. Heart breaking but one of the many to things that my brother and i bond over, our discovery and loss of Firefly/serenity

[@AdamTurnerDrums]

The only way this could have been better is if a "Fox" exec interrupted it one minute in and cancelled the Honest Trailer.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

And the EVG gets a spear through his chest?

[@julesjoy6499]

You’re a genius

[@theoneandonlykk86]

Or they could have shown it out of order. Start with the starring and end with the requests.

[@DirectorsChoice]

😓

[@kdavidsmith1]

That would have been perfect.

[@davidbergfors6820]

"If this ship falls under 50 quips an hour, it's rigged to explode" Now that is how you nail my kind of series!

[@jeffralston1]

Better than 99.9% of the stuff that even gets close to being on TV, of course Fox had to kill it. And yes, I'm one of the gorram few who actually watched it when it came out.

[@facetankhank]

Fox only likes mediocre stuff. Mediocrity sells. Brings low expectations, can't go wrong with that. But yeha it got canceled because it was broadcast too late and no one watched it when it was new.

[@dannyanderson4385]

ok

[@Findalfen]

They can't let on air something that might make their viewers smart and open-minded. You have to keep the pool for voting republicans.

[@ThomB1031]

I saw the first episode when it aired last...

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@Findalfen it _was_ sort of pandering to confederates...

[@atheistforcastiel9376]

Now that we have Firefly, let’s see a Honest Trailer for Serenity!

[@Christian-cz9bu]

They probably will after they get the story all staked out...

[@edrice2621]

"Serenity now!"

[@b.lonewolf417]

YES!

[@huntcd2012]

“Before The Snyder Cut and the redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog for the movie, revisit a time when Nerds were just getting the hang of getting the things they wanted if they demand it long enough.”

[@huntcd2012]

Buckle up for the theatrical return of a classic Sci-Fi series cancelled before its time, but wasn’t quite big enough to merit a full series return like Star Trek. And here’s hoping you were a dedicated fan of the series, because the movie assumes you are fully up to speed and thrusts us right into the meat of the action! Starring: Unresolved Sexual Tension (Malcom and Inara) Resolved Sexual Tension (Simon and Kaylee) Demoted to Extra: (Sheppard Book) River The Reaver Slayer: (River) Aw, man! There goes another one of my favorite characters (Wash) The fans after the movie was over: (Zoe at Wash’s funeral) Jayne doing what’s expected of him at this point: (Jayne) CLOSURE (Honest Trailer Title) ...so the government created something terrible and then did everything it could to keep that secret buried. Umm...hey anyone want to talk about the theory that River is a future Vampire Slayer!

[@respectableaf9061]

Epic voice guy, you have to say it now. "I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."

[@ScrewyGirl]

Even though Serenity was released in 2005, too soon! *cries*

[@cirrustate8674]

No. Just... no.

[@moventur]

Too Soon

[@Danrarbc]

Wait how the hell was this not thrown in for free?

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

TOO SOON!

[@SquishedFaeries]

Firefly was a precious gem of a show. I'm glad they at least gave us a movie for some closure.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Word. Having it end with all those questions unresolved just hurt, and even better: the movie managed to live up to the show. Weirdly enough: I was so heart-broken over some of deaths, but still, the whole crew/family going up against such odds and not losing a single one of them would have felt like disneyfying the show..

[@emilyks6238]

I shouldn't have laughed as often as I did but "that sounds like sci-fi" "we live on a spaceship dear" is great

[@tododalton]

Yeah funny if you're 10. I love sci fi and I've given this show many chances and watches and it's just boring.

[@JAFKennedy]

@@tododalton Funny & I am 60 ! I grew up watching SIFI Westerns & War movies with my dad . I love it !

[@tododalton]

@@JAFKennedy i still love westerns so that's not the issue.

[@k.anderson9576]

@@tododalton sounds like it's just you

[@davidwuhrer6704]

There has been a spaceship in Earth's or it for 30 years now, and one before that. And a new one is being build now. How is that an argument?

[@Cursed_Mark]

"Mercy is the mark of a great man..." (stabs) "...I guess I'm just a good man..." (stabs again) "...Well I'm alright."

[@amaurylaunay]

How come I don't remember the line, but I can hear perfectly in Nathan Fillion's voice because it works so damn well for Malcolm, Buck and Cayde-6 ?

[@goldenlightpictures6223]

Nathan Zimmerman haha yes love that bit! And that’s probably my favorite episode!;)

[@LadyRenira]

@@amaurylaunay From the Shindig episode - duel with Atherton. 😄

[@nathank2289]

My favorite line next to "I disrespect your profession, he was disrespecting YOU"

[@zoro115-s6b]

Remember that time when he was in the Justice League and best friends with a knight?

[@andrewglisson4596]

Kudos to whoever came up with ending the run of "cargo" and "goods" clips with "It's good to have cargo." Nicely done.

[@bnorberg988]

I can't believe it's coming up on twenty years since this show came out and I still think about it almost every gorram day!

[@patricksullivan9681]

“White Trash Starscream” had me rolling

[@martinbuhrer3893]

Might be the greatest observation of any honest trailer ever. :-D

[@screenjunkies]

⭐😱

[@jcspoon573]

At least it's not about gaming journalism.

[@helenl3193]

Too real! Fucking A+ ⭐

[@jeffreypressey8471]

Made me love Jayne more, to be honest

[@masamune2984]

I love how even Screen Junkies is fully self-aware: “We got nothin, guys. It’s Firefly. Don’t expect much at all with this one...if anything...it’s freaking FIREFLY.”

[@TheMrAlexander]

Somehow, this Honest Trailer is longer than the whole series.

[@RJeremyHoward]

Made me spittake perfectly good Mountain Dew. How dare you!

[@miket8830]

And it's also better then the whole series :)

[@williamwall3403]

@@miket8830 No

[@SteveCTheAnimator]

Too soon.

[@froggybug]

😂😂😂

[@floydmills8963]

Personally, this is my go to movie or series. When I'm bored of the same ole thing, I turn this on and just fall in love all over again. Peace and love y'all 🤟

[@TheBattosi]

The "Alan" joke will never get old

[@dbrowdy]

I don't get it.

[@kaszael]

Isn't that from Jurassic Park? (3?)

[@lvyo3694]

Wait I missed it, where was it put in the video lol

[@crowbarscout]

@@lvyo3694 At the Alan! scene. I had to go back and check myself.

[@screenjunkies]

Never

[@joshuabenson6543]

Do an honest trailer for Serenity next! You’ve done Firefly, so now we need to see an honest trailer for the film that follows it!

[@lincalmighty]

"We'll never find out which one of them has a barren womb!" Uh, yes we do? It was Inara. They sterilize Companions as part of their training.

[@Melayahm01]

Yeah, but it wasn't in the one series, I'm pretty sure

[@adamdavis1648]

@@Melayahm01 Was it revealed in a tie-in comic, then?

[@greywolf7577]

I feel like getting pregnant would be a problem for someone in her line of work anyway.

[@jayferguson9968]

That, and she was dying at the time anyways. :|

[@whiteraven181]

@@jayferguson9968 Honestly that plotline alone makes me happy it got cancelled while we still had just the best of it to remember.

[@bigsloggo]

This show is one of the reasons why I would absolutely Rick into an alternative universe where Firefly has not been cancelled in order to bring back the full shows 6 seasons and make the world a better place.

[@jamielondon6436]

Just go over there, quietly purchase the complete DVD set (or three), come back, and enjoy.

[@MistbornPrincess]

Idk folks might be right in saying the quality would have either suffered or perceived to have suffered.

[@davidstorrs]

Why does everyone always hate on season 7-12? Okay, they weren't the *best* of the series, but they were better than 80% of what else was on at the time, and seasons13-27 were gorram amazing.

[@meg1038]

@@davidstorrs 😳😳😳 which reality are you from where they have 27 seasons 🥺🥺🥺 I envyyyy youuuuuuu! Gotta share the secret mate!

[@davidstorrs]

@@meg1038 Whichever reality it is, I wish I was indeed from there. Sadly, it was but a jest.

[@purnimasingh7135]

"We'll never know which one has a barren womb" AAAAAAAAAAHHHH HOW I SCREAMED

[@FlyinyourSoup]

Had I been drinking anything at the time, I would have spit it everywhere XD LOUDEST GUFFAW.

[@screenjunkies]

😎

[@fairycat23]

I recall reading on a wiki that it's Inara? It might have been confirmed in the movie or the comics. Dammit, Whedon! The last time I saw this many ~tragically~ barren wombs, I was reading someone's thinkpiece detailing the misogyny of Twilight!

[@jimmymunz874]

fairycatLJT she wasn’t barren she had a terminal illness.

[@cussundriakneal9904]

@@jimmymunz874 That's unusually how women become barren Marc.

[@Rognik]

I dunno. That joke about Alan Tudyk? Feels like a bit of a Wash...

[@elfaro1607]

Oh FFGSNSKFJDB

[@nellnee72]

Too soon

[@Rognik]

@@nellnee72 No, too soon would be saying he's a Leaf on the Wind. See how he...

[@commandercaptain4664]

'k, 2so.

[@JonnyViper]

I don't know. The joke seemed to be pretty dead on. Really hit the spot for me. It really got to the heart of the matter Okay I'll leave

[@MikeMixtapeMM]

Actually, the Starship Troopers uniforms were used in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy before Firefly. So, it's twice hand-me-down. 😋

[@jerodast]

And with that pedigree how could you go wrong :D

[@KhanMann66]

That confuses the heck out me the first time.😂

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

Best line of the show; “if you take sexual advantage of her, you are going to a very special level of hell. A level reserved for rapists, and people who talk in theaters.”

[@rcslyman8929]

"If you take sexual advantage of her, you are going to a very special level of Hell. A level reserved for rapists, and people who talk in theaters."

[@jayferguson9968]

@@rcslyman8929 *child molesters, and...

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

@@rcslyman8929 I’m gonna edit it so it’s correct. Thank you.

[@cymond]

I never quite knew if he was being serious or sarcastic, what with the "talk in theaters" part

[@Liwet.]

I thought it was lawyers and people who talked in theaters.

[@michaelmartin8446]

You know a show is good when Honest Trailers tries to riff on it, and ends up looking like an advertisement.

[@Mijaw]

Please say: "Coming to a cinema near you... just kidding, you could probably stream it on Netflix"

[@phoenix0153]

Hey, that's not bad

[@kalebrod2823]

Hulu

[@Assarson_Philip]

OR!! Please say: "Coming to a cinema mear you... just kidding.. We're all gonna pirate the torrent out of it!!" 🤘😉🤙

[@rodrigotriana6340]

@@Assarson_Philip Mulan style

[@pogo3750]

I second this!

[@MsBunnyBrains]

When he said "Someone gets 'almost' dead" my throat got tight, my eyes started to tear up and it felt like I got punched in the gut all at the same time. Serenity came out 15 years ago and it still makes me sad.

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

doire aintu no

[@emilysmith2965]

Except for that one time.

[@disconer]

I get that - Some one took the Wash out. :-(

[@kaiwilson5218]

How do reavers clean their weapons? They put it through the washer

[@MsBunnyBrains]

@@kaiwilson5218 Don't! You'll make me cry! Lol! The joke actually goes: "How does a Reaver clean their weapon? They put it through the Wash'

[@shanemccormick3483]

I rewatch this series at least twice a year. I love it.

[@kamagoong]

Please say: "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

[@falamarcao_]

Rip

[@dps8629]

Know how Reavers clean their spears? They run them through the Wash.

[@Sgtspork]

too soon... too soon...

[@joshweber6507]

I'm sure he already did this quite but damned if I can remember which video it was on

[@paulpenna5615]

So, the next Honest Trailer will be Serenity, right?

[@screenjunkies]

Nay ;(

[@tomswiftyphilo2504]

@@screenjunkies boooooo

[@BarbaraEyre]

@@screenjunkies Double boooo!

[@sosadday6819]

Triple boooooooo

[@LaughingGun92]

@@screenjunkies Quadruple booooooo!

[@Poisonedblade]

Fox never aired the 2 hour pilot. Joss and Co had to write the first ep over a weekend and cram all of the world building into that ep. (Train Robbery) Then Fox showed the eps out of order because they wanted to frontload the series with action... Then cancelled it because the story / character arcs didn't make sense... FOR SOME REASON.

[@Oxnate]

You forgot the interruptions from Baseball. So it rarely aired at the same date/time.

[@cirrustate8674]

Fox DID air the 2 hour pilot. They aired it LAST.

[@Poisonedblade]

@@cirrustate8674 I know. hahahaha... and that cleared up a lot of confusion. I pre-ordered the DVDs for the show and it was great when you watch the eps in order. Imagine that same dumbass Fox Exec handling Game of Thrones.

[@Danrarbc]

@@cirrustate8674 Yep. They finally aired it AFTER they cancelled it. How on earth did Fox decide in the span of 3 months that a 2 hour letterboxed pilot wasn't acceptable for a Friday night - but then reverse that decision and air a 2 hour letterboxed episode of a cancelled series?

[@TheMerovingienne]

What in the sphincter of Hell were they playing at??

[@emmitmeyer1368]

It breaks my heart every time I binge watch this series...This was genius.

[@martintimberlake2243]

DITTO, and I watch the series at least four times a year along with the movie

[@Otokichi786]

I don't "binge watch" something rare and grand. One episode a day...makes for better days ahead. A phrase usually associated with fans of "Gravity Falls": "Don't be sad that it ended. Be glad/happy that it existed."

[@Pathoz]

Something that a lot of people forget is firefly was originally disliked but only because fox released it out of order so none of it made sense and therefor got canceled

[@wyrmh0le]

Listening to the director's commentary on all the work they had to put into The Train Job to make it work as a pilot even though they'd already written and filmed a 2-hour pilot was... a lot. At least they Fox told them this was going to happen before it aired, though, unlike the rest of the switch-a-roos.

[@BeL4eNaK-n6r]

why would they do something like that?

[@atheistforcastiel9376]

Because Fox hates good shows.

[@bobbyfeet2240]

Also, a ridiculous number of people I know first saw "Our Mrs. Reynolds", including me. I stopped watching midway because it seemed so formulaic. In context it's brilliant, but not as an entry point. That seems to be a common theme as far as I can tell.

[@JoshBeut]

If I remember correctly they also kept changing the time and day that it was on.

[@into_the_void]

The hero of Canton, the man they call Jaaaynnee

[@spacebearcadet746]

No, *_this_* is what going insane feels like.

[@ingvanya]

*Sings along, holding a glass of Mudders milk*

[@susie9893]

@@spacebearcadet746 Simon was so good in this episode

[@AndyGilleand]

That Zac Efron reaction was exactly me when I watched it recently

[@byusaranicole]

Right?

[@Leikjarinn]

Zac Efron is in Episode 5 of Firefly

[@madmintentertainment6268]

Ive rewatched this show so many times. never noticed. I show my gf, she notices immediately. we spent 10 minutes debating it was him before i googled it lol

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

@@madmintentertainment6268 same thing happened to me

[@KingSadim]

Jayne: I don't like the thought of anyone being in my head Inara: No-one likes the thought of being in your head

[@prashil3k594]

"Im a Leaf on the Wind, watch how I Soar "

[@ormordechay]

too soon man, too fucking soon

[@GraysonJStedmanjr]

Ya man too soon

[@Aphoboth]

chills

[@froggybug]

The best...

[@wolf1066]

That _still_ fucking hurts!

[@bradwolf07]

Alan Tudyk as himself? If I haven't already been a fan of the show and movie, THAT would have sold me...Tudyk is a freaking TREASURE

[@MorganBondelid]

FACTS

[@MorganBondelid]

I hope you've had the opportunity to see ConMan?

[@bradwolf07]

@@MorganBondelid no, unfortunately not

[@brycevo]

Just waiting for Firefly to come back. It's just too gorram good. You can't stop the signal.

[@jbcatz5]

There's an ongoing comicbook title. At this point it'd have to be animation to account for how the actors have aged over eighteen years at this point (fifteen if you include Serenity). Audio Drama could work as well, as most of the main cast have voice acting experience (largely through DC animated projects) and there's a very good audio drama range of rebels fighting against a tyrannical regime in a sci-fi setting in Big Finish's Blake's 7 range. Imagine a story told entirely from River's perspective.

[@screenjunkies]

Fox did...

[@sarahallen6309]

@@screenjunkies Savage. 😂

[@SteveHarrellRally]

@@jbcatz5 I'm 100% here for a Firefly animated series

[@pocketpangolin]

@@screenjunkies 💔😆😂ouch, but it's true. 💔

[@davidscott129]

"Zooey Spacechanel" had me snorting coffee.

[@Statalyzer]

The whole starring section was great.

[@diyah4580]

I saw this show in reverse. I bought the movie on dvd first. Years later, I rented the show and thought it seemed so familiar, but couldn't figure out why. Lol

[@cnashford2]

Me too! I learned of the show from a special feature on the movie's DVD.

[@gorrbaczow]

I even saw the movie in cinemas and found out about the series years later.

[@travisspazz1624]

SAME!!

[@JessicaMacKlein]

SAME! I loved Buffy but Fox did such a shite job of marketing this I didn't even know about it until Serenity came out!!!

[@marcgebbylauron]

Wth it's like I wrote this lmao

[@Arrynek01]

"Do you know what a chain of command is?" gotta be the best oneliner in TV history.

[@dirkwalker9686]

"Its the chain I get and beat your with until you realize Im in ruttin command here."

[@scottmantooth8785]

*chain of command...is that like a chain letter that gives you bad luck if you break it?*

[@maxherbst5602]

Ahh, the pitter-patter of tiny feet in combat boots.

[@jaycievictory8461]

I think River is one of the best sci-fi characters. 😍 Though tbf that show is stuffed with great characters....

[@Shawn4815162342]

We NEED to figure out how to tap into the multiverse...because somewhere out there, this show ran for 6, 8, 10 seasons...and I wanna see every second of it.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Ain't one single example of Mal losing his temper in that montage lol. He got tough on people when he had to snap them out of their preoccupation with things that weren't the survival priority at the time. That said, "A cup of plain yogurt" is the funniest way anyone has ever aptly described Simon XD and I appreciate how long this is. Can tell it's really made with appreciation for the show.

[@TheJerbol]

I dunno, yelling at someone to shut up sounds like losing their temper lol

[@barreloffun10]

@@TheJerbol Unless it's just a way to regain control of the discussion.

[@davincent98]

Please say, "If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back."

[@grantpflum6844]

Fox really did us all dirty with this show.

[@stephkadwell4767]

Ain't this the goram truth 🍃

[@davidbergfors6820]

If this show hadn't been canceled, it would be such a hasstle. I can't start watching an apisode without watching them all! THATS HOW GOOD IT IS!!!!

[@Jermeister12]

You are so right Dave.

[@iDeeSalazar]

Only missed the mention that RIVER IS A SLAYER!!

[@nathank2289]

and Firefly takes place after the world ends in Cabin in the Woods

[@FlackNCoke]

@@nathank2289 Honestly I always saw it as taking place after the world ends in Dollhouse. But then, there are so many Whedon apocalypses to choose from.

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

Whedon originally intended for Buffy and Firefly to have a shared universe.

[@zoro115-s6b]

@@Connor.SG-1Ring That's either the coolest thing ever or we really dodged a bullet when it got cancelled.

[@kaicreech7336]

@another bored commenter Firefly is set far enough in the future that it can coexist with Buffy. Its not complicated.

[@huntcd2012]

The Honest Trailer for Serenity: Before The Snyder Cut and the redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog for the movie, revisit a time when Nerds were just getting the hang of getting the things they wanted if they demanded it long enough. Serenity! Buckle up for the theatrical return of a classic Sci-Fi series cancelled before its time, but wasn’t quite big enough to merit a full series return like Star Trek. And here’s hoping you were a dedicated fan of the series, because the movie assumes you are fully up to speed and thrusts us right into the meat of the action! Starring: Unresolved Sexual Tension (Malcom and Inara) Resolved Sexual Tension (Simon and Kaylee) Demoted to Extra: (Sheppard Book) River The Reaver Slayer: (River) Aw, man! There goes another one of my favorite characters (Wash) The fans after the movie was over: (Zoe at Wash’s funeral) Jayne doing what’s expected of him at this point (Jayne) CLOSURE (Honest Trailer Title) ...so the government created something terrible and then did everything it could to keep that secret buried. Umm...hey anyone want to talk about the theory that River is a future Vampire Slayer!

[@Alex-ki1yr]

+

[@Hulavuta]

That's pretty good!

[@agustinafieiras5739]

I need a Serenity honest trailer now!

[@bishop186]

Welp, now I want to play a game with space vampires.

[@ressljs]

It annoyed me when they killed Wash. Not just because I liked the character, but his death really didn't serve any purpose in the plot. It felt like they were just checking a box for having to kill a main character in the finally.

[@dlein93]

"Y'know it's a shame this got cancelled after one season. We'll never know who has a barren womb!" First, 10/10 roast. Second, we all know it would've been Inara.

[@jackbaxter2223]

We have Word of Joss that she was dying of something, hence her having a syringe of poison handy when they were almost captured by Reavers.

[@jonunya1163]

I think River, and the other children they were probably expiramenting on, were sterilized. Weapons make terrible parents, after all

[@dlein93]

@@jonunya1163 excuse you, Mando is trying his best, ok?

[@goodcorwin627]

@@jonunya1163 you dont really care about parenting, but you do want a convenient way to mass-produce your weapons, you know?

[@zoro115-s6b]

@@dlein93 Shoutout to Mando, Batman, Geralt, and all the other living weapons trying their best to be a good dad.

[@gururaven]

Never going to get bored of this show, even if it's only one season and a movie.

[@benbacharach3977]

You just couldn’t resist that, “Alan!”

[@screenjunkies]

It's a drug.

[@aquam135]

Was looking for that comment

[@NJ-wb1cz]

What was that about?

[@goodial]

@@NJ-wb1cz it started with the honest trailer for Jurassic Park 3.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@goodial thank you, but i still don't get it :)

[@haranguemeringue8957]

“I want to go to the crappy town where I’m a hero!” is one of my fave lines of that show. 😂

[@les4767]

This must be what it feels like to go mad....

[@fatalshore5068]

That one is my favourite episode. "The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!"

[@dakotahrickard]

There's just about nothing I wouldn't do to get into space. This show resonates with me because it's not perfect. Also, that time Mal kicked the dude into the engine. Yep. Gold.

[@davidmcmahon4633]

I was so disappointed that they didn't show that scene. It really showed how Mal was like no other starship captain before or since! What a way to negotiate! Brilliant!

[@tsharabrown3719]

You just know Kaylee had to clean out guts later, though. She probably made him help, though.

[@chrisq3870]

Truth, if the common man ever gets into space everything will be rusty and smell like feet. No Star Trek shiny consoles for joe smoe.

[@jcrprod.co.6973]

Genuinely forgot how much fun i had watching this show. I MUST REWATCH!

[@E3ECO]

I can't believe I missed "ruttin'" the whole time!

[@emerraldx]

same, we still say “gorram” and “shiny” in my family but “ruttin” never caught on, think it was too hard to pick out of the dialogue

[@JasperJanssen]

emerraldx also, “fucking” jut rolls off the tongue better (and you know that’s what they had in the scripts before they did a network television search/replace on it).

[@yumsomeseema3210]

How can ya! I remembered it cuz it sounds the opposite of shiny lol

[@Swenglish]

Ruttin' was even in Fray, the future vampire slayer comic, I think. Along with "For really?", which I still use.

[@desiderata6048]

Well gorram man! That's your ruttin problem!

[@danmorgan3685]

This show also introduced a lot of people - myself included - to Christina Hendricks. That is a truly wonderful thing.

[@3Rayfire]

It was Kevin Hill for me, but it is a wonderful thing.

[@andrewescocia2707]

she was ok untill s2 of madmen then nah

[@glenndowdy4180]

You mean Yosaffbridge?

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

I was really surprised there wasn't a Madmen pun in there somewhere.

[@payeyogarcia1906]

Yep...she outsexied Inara 😍🥰

[@charleskeracher5872]

Now there must be an Honest Trailer for Serenity!

[@huntcd2012]

I can see it now: The Honest Trailer for Serenity: Before The Snyder Cut and the redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog for the movie, revisit a time when Nerds were just getting the hang of getting the things they wanted if they demanded it long enough. Serenity! Buckle up for the theatrical return of a classic Sci-Fi series cancelled before its time, but wasn’t quite big enough to merit a full series return like Star Trek. And here’s hoping you were a dedicated fan of the series, because the movie assumes you are fully up to speed and thrusts us right into the meat of the action! Starring: Unresolved Sexual Tension (Malcom and Inara) Resolved Sexual Tension (Simon and Kaylee) Demoted to Extra: (Sheppard Book) River The Reaver Slayer: (River) Aw, man! There goes another one of my favorite characters (Wash) The fans after the movie was over: (Zoe at Wash’s funeral) Jayne doing what’s expected of him at this point (Jayne) CLOSURE (Honest Trailer Title) ...so the government created something terrible and then did everything it could to keep that secret buried. Umm...hey anyone want to talk about the theory that River is a future Vampire Slayer!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."

[@88porpoise]

I laughed when Book was on screen for the “someone almost dies” line.

[@shahbazfawbush]

Wait, I thought this was Serenity!

[@lukusblack6442]

One good thing about a single season and a movie... I've been able to re-watch more times than I can count, and I'm not bored. "This is the captain. We have a little trouble with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence, then explode."

[@crazypetec-130fe7]

I don't wanna explode!