Here's some nuance on Jayne I noticed you might seem to have missed. Sure, he's a (mostly) amoral thug and isn't very bright, but he cares about the crew almost like a surrogate family. His main issue with Simon and River is that they are a threat to his family, even if said family doesn't see it the same way. His betrayal of Simon and River wasn't just a chance to collect the bounty, it was an effort to get them off the ship before either River went nuts and started hurting the more vulnerable members of his surrogate family or the Alliance caught up to them and things went badly for them all. Evidence of this is the fact that he could have jumped ship at any time and turned them in. It's not like he was raking in the loot working for Mal--although I have to admit he appeared to be doing a lot better with Mal than when they first met.
@hub53437 ай бұрын
I am a man who does not cry much, but I did indeed cry at the conclusion of your video about Kaylee. Yes - she is the point of the whole world, and is worth defending. She represents the worthiness of the truth and the good. Well done indeed.
@manganoid74262 жыл бұрын
Canceling the show just showed what kind of material the tv networks would avoid in the days to come. No wonder there aren't any great scifi series that actually brought everything to the table and brought it perfectly as Firefly did. Best show ever definitely. Great video
@crackedpince-nez1315 ай бұрын
This video succeeded in scratching an itch I didn’t even realize had been there. This analysis is fantastic and comprehensive - anything more granular would’ve been excessive. Well, well done and thank you for the hard work that went into this!
@justanothermaid11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the hard work that obviously went into this. You really nailed a lot of the nostalgia for me personally.
@celestial_outsider2 жыл бұрын
Great analysis but I love the fact that no one is acknowledging the fact that this was done from the prospective of someone from 2039 were everyone is living in bunkers and there was an *attempted reboot in 2032* that was just glossed over lol. Love it
@MrAtncc1701 Жыл бұрын
What? Please explain...
@hayberdasher8625 Жыл бұрын
@@MrAtncc1701 I think what @celestial_outsider is saying, is that since we are living in 2039, there was no mention of the 2032 reboot of the series. It's a valid observation.
@NNFaNRacingАй бұрын
Honestly the 2032 reboot wasn't as bad as the 2036 version with the rock...
@thelordofcringe5 күн бұрын
@@NNFaNRacing I disagree. I think it was a courageous attempt by a man who has three heads. Sure, he might have done a better job before the thermonuclear fallout exposure, but I still was impressed.
@tobygagnon1443 Жыл бұрын
A really excellent explanation and love letter to Firefly. An wonderful way to spend an hour. Thank you.
@jeffwright66162 жыл бұрын
Alright dude, you got to keep this up. This was the most enjoyable Firefly overview/discussion/etc I've seen yet.
@eyewitness45602 жыл бұрын
Okay, a little ramble; so, about a month ago Aldi had some mangos 50% off and I went "oooh, mangos!" reflexively in Kaylee's voice, even though I haven't really thought of Firefly in the last couple of years. Then KZbin threw up your vid about Max Headroom while eating said mangos, and after liking it very much (both the vid and the mangos) I checked out your channel and found the first two parts of the Firefly analysis and started watching, reigniting my love for this little show. Finished re watching it yesterday evening and right after you uploaded the combined analysis. Still agree with all of it, I think it's very well thought out, and very witty. Keep up the good work!
@MW-kf9rf2 жыл бұрын
same dude
@MatthewCobalt2 жыл бұрын
I reflexively did the same thing (minus the mangos though.)
@ericepperson84092 жыл бұрын
I always like to think of this show in terms of the line: "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." How many shows had intriguing, if not great, first seasons, only to become something you watched out of compulsion or habit 2 or 3 seasons later? It's hard to know what would have become of this show if it had more seasons, but I enjoy it for what it is. Its not often that I will watch an entire hour long video essay here, but ya got me here.
@dezmo12182 жыл бұрын
"It's better to burn out - than fade away!" *gets head chopped off*
@VoIcanoman Жыл бұрын
@@dezmo1218 "Thank-you Neil Young for your enduring poetry. Sincerely: Kurt Cobain" *(shoots self in the head)*
@Cynycal Жыл бұрын
I sure wish it had gotten a proper first season, but yeah I agree.
@blisterbill8477 Жыл бұрын
@@dezmo1218 Happy Halloween ladies.
@goldencherry90335 ай бұрын
‘He was a punk, she did ballet’🤣 Amazing!!!!
@Chocomint_Queen2 жыл бұрын
17:53 "My theory that good worldbuilding allows an environment to be a character" Reminds me of reading an interview with the cast of the original Star Trek, where they said the main character wasn't Kirk or Spock, but the Enterprise herself. Really gave me a new angle on things. I wouldn't say Serenity was the _main_ character, but she was definitely _a_ character.
@jamespfp Жыл бұрын
Strictly speaking, a State. This is a very old question, "Ship of Theseus" old at the very least and international naval law old in the modern sense.
@monovision566 Жыл бұрын
The more somber, dark movie and its lack of goofiness is precisely why it works so well for me. It’s partially a meta-level thing, commenting on how the comforting thing wasn’t allowed to thrive. The movie itself is about killing the franchise. It’s grim but it feels like exactly what needs to happen. I also love dark Mal. People go through seasons. The whole arc is him finding something to believe in again.
@Danielle-zq7kb Жыл бұрын
I always felt that the brown coats were more like the people who would have existed if America lost the Revolutionary War and was not based on the Civil War. You eloquently explained why I felt that way even though I didn’t spend anywhere near the amount of time analyzing this. Thank-you so much for this.
@readMEinkbooks11 ай бұрын
NEVER noticed the lack of 'steering wheel' in that shot! Bwahahaha. Makes me love the show more! And...there will never be enough Dr Who!
@jessicasteytler2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I’ve been mourning my Whedonesque fannishness for a few years. It loved it all so much and so much didn’t age well across his creations. This reminds me why I was in love in the first place
@BruceHurley5 ай бұрын
Somebody asked me recently what the best thing about the internet is and I sent them to this video. It's informative, fun, amazingly produced, expertly narrated, and uniquely insightful. It's literally my favorite thing on the internet and I'm not even a big fan of the show. You know that when Josh Whedon is having a bad day, he comes back to watch this video. I'm a playwright and if anybody honored my work with a 50th of the energy you put into this, I would die happy.
@LaylaTheWheeledOne2 жыл бұрын
This is the shiniest gorram retrospective on the entirety of Firefly that I've seen. Well done. Will you be doing something similar for Serenity?
@danlscan2 жыл бұрын
I'm in awe of the accuracy of your analysis. Thanks for that and all the laughs.
@TheDace792 жыл бұрын
That was very good, your arguments won me over!
@rickgallo43232 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You hit the nail on the head...and exposed our hearts at the same time.
@malcolmrowe9003 Жыл бұрын
Not sure that Mal's willingness to shoot the unarmed Operative is a change from or a contradiction of his speech to the doctor. The Operative is not a member of his crew. We also see him during the series, happily kicking an unarmed thug into a rocket engine. Otherwise great discussion of the series.
@sethr.c10658 ай бұрын
Wash holding nothing like a joystick after a complicated maneuver was immediately noticed by most. We took it as honest depiction of the stress he was under.
@atgcytosil4 ай бұрын
35:10 Yes!! I started screaming "Jubal Early" at my computer dude, I was researching the civil war ages ago and knew I recognized the name, and I'd never seen anyone bring it up til now!
@BinturongGirl2 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for your insights. I've long said that the first episode has the best set of character introductions of any series I've seen, which makes the crime of dumping it at the end of the broadcast run even more baffling and unforgivable. Kaylee is definitely the best ❤️
@welkinator2 жыл бұрын
I CANNOT believe (!) that I have just watched TWO hour long reviews - back to back - of old TV shows that I loved - and you do it MASTERFULLY!!
@artisan0022 жыл бұрын
Okay. This was fantastic. And, I hadn't thought about Kaylee being quite the kind of pivot point for the show, but you're right. Pair any other characters up, and there's a way they can clash with each other. But, no one fought with Kaylee. Basically, no one dared!
@missiesmith57922 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This is one of the best videos that I have ever seen on this platform! It's amazing and is everything I thought about such an miraculous show. Plus a few more things that I hadn't considered. We all would do well to try and live/love as Kaylee does!
@lordmondegreen14952 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the very hard work and skill in putting this together. I am happily crying.
@erikgrowe26162 жыл бұрын
Damn good vid! Particulary the part about the significance of the Southern vs Civil war elements of the show, because for Non-Americans that's an aspect quite hard to get in its whole dimension...
@Bushviper Жыл бұрын
Well, while the video is very good in most parts, he kind of misses the mark on the civil war aspect. While slavery takes a very big overtone in the way people view the war, the real reason the war was fought is the North wanted the Federal government to have more power than the State governments and South thought the State governments should have the ultimate say on the laws of each individual state. With this in mind, Malcom fits quite well into the Confederate box, especially when you consider his aversion to the Aliance (the Federal government) vs his value in his control over his own ship and the people on it (his state).
@franciscopozole Жыл бұрын
@@Bushvipergood old historical revisionism. It was about slavery. The confederate government was no more pro states rights than the federal government. They wanted slaves. Thats it, cut and dried, unequivocally, straight from their own mouths.
@ruthspanos2532 Жыл бұрын
@@BushviperThe Union/North fought to preserve the country, and only later to end slavery when it seemed like a good strategy to win. The Confederacy/South fought to preserve slavery. Read what states wrote when they seceded.
@calorion2 жыл бұрын
So I spent ten minutes reviewing your chart at 7:55, and I was surprised to learn some things, like how few members of the crew Wash had meaningful interactions with.
@TheDanishGuyReviews Жыл бұрын
I don't pick up on things often, but this was something I actually noticed watching Firefly. Wash rarely interacts with the others, since so many others are better for things like brotherhood, going against authority, and sibling dynamics. To the point where I can't tell with certainty how he'd act with people other than Zoé.
@TWM712 ай бұрын
I agree, and I think that chart would have gained some complexity with a second season. I noticed some gaps too, but the potential among the characters is there. If you read about Shepard Book's secret past in the comics, that "practical asset" facet of his personality might have strongly endeared him to Jayne, Zoe, and Malcolm as someone else they could rely on when things got dicey.
@Kingweasle101 Жыл бұрын
Well written, well presented. Amazing job.
@robertritchey65772 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent retrospective, awesome job.
@MQplasma2 жыл бұрын
These were really great mate, thanks for making this.
@delavan91412 жыл бұрын
Six months and only 9,000 views! Criminal.
@davidfroehlich27023 ай бұрын
You're now part of my regular Firefly rewatch. Just finished Ff and Serenity and as last time, your analysis. Great work
@historymarshal27042 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. This channel is so good and criminally underrated. Keep up the the good work!
@mightycaine82542 жыл бұрын
Hello from the UK, and thanks for an absolutely frigging awesome video. Cheers.
@pabrowncoatbrewer7154 Жыл бұрын
Ironically, Jewel Staite does not like strawberries at all.
@kettchuk9182 жыл бұрын
That web is the best description of anything, ever.
@TheH00ple2 жыл бұрын
I love your personality shown In a thorough passionate well thought out perspective.
@labfire8964 Жыл бұрын
I love the documentaries styled as if they were made in the future it’s a really cool concept that I personally haven’t seen before and I love it
@jennifercockrill63564 ай бұрын
This was utterly brilliant, expertly produced, sharp, funny, insightful. Kind of a mini-Firefly. Now I want to go watch the series again.
@LycoLoco2 жыл бұрын
Just chef's kiss, all of this. Subscribed in case you release any more top tier, must see videos. Even about things I'm unaware of in the year 2039.
@ghostridergale Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved FireFly! I even bought the series along with the movie Serenity too! I still have to watch the shows every so often and I still love to watch them over and over! Just a sad shame it didn’t get to run least a couple more seasons though! Liked Serenity, but hated seeing characters killed off!
@Calaban619 Жыл бұрын
My favorite character Interaction is Jaynes protectiveness of Kaylee. Several times when Kaylee is in distress, Janye can be found wondering who to wreck. My biggest frustration/regret is that Jayne never confronted Juble over a terrified Kaylee
@DugTheDog2 ай бұрын
Excellent, excellent video! So glad it appeared on my feed out of nowhere. Time for a Firefly rewatch!
@Existntlangst2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done. Bravo.
@larrystuder85432 жыл бұрын
You touch on the importance of "The Message." For me, "The Message" is almost a classic tragedy. Tracy is right up there with Oedipus- a flawed character brought to a bad end to evoke an emotional response in the audience.
@shensat46812 жыл бұрын
So glad "The Message" was highlighted too!
@zimriel Жыл бұрын
he's a bad mutha-
@obredaanps32 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. This deserves more views.
@kathiewoll39082 жыл бұрын
A masterclass in character development. Truly excellent. Thank you.
@poneill65 Жыл бұрын
On a practical level, what really boggles my mind is how exquisitely ALL the characters are dialed in (by the writers) from the very "first" show (the real first, Serenity), and how utterly inhabited those characters are by the cast. I don't think nine actors, of varying experience (including nil), have ever grasped their brief so masterfully so quickly. (although I suspect the astonishing characterizations of the actors and their dynamic helped the writers immensely in creating compelling real characters)
@ryanbrandt33746 ай бұрын
This show has left a hole in my heart if feel incomplete
@Chocomint_Queen2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'd never heard of you before and then just as I finished watching your Max Headroom video, this went up.
@versebuchanan5125 ай бұрын
We got what we got, which was a window into these characters lives over a year or two in setting. We aren't owed anything. Yes it'd be great if the show kept going, but I'm thankful for what I got.
@CybershamanX2 жыл бұрын
Love your long form videos, Space Feather! Subbed! 😎
@scottpethybridge6503 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic, amazing, nuanced analysis of this show. It's more a love letter to Firefly, than anything....and I'm totally here for it. Hard to believe I got to see this for free. Thank you kindly.
@SethFisher1 Жыл бұрын
You nailed this. From every angle, especially the landing. How are you not famous? That's the first video of yours I've watched and the first time I was ever moved to donate. I cannot wait to see what else you have created. Thank you for whatever insane sleep or life deprivation it cost you to produce this.
@gK-ih2ct Жыл бұрын
One of the best video analysis ever!
@danlscan Жыл бұрын
This video is very well crafted. GOOD JOB! Yes, I've commented here before. About a year ago.
@gregbanks56243 ай бұрын
Well. That was absolutely wonderful. Thanks for putting this together.
@XenaKaur2 жыл бұрын
I followed the same path as András. And so glad I did. firstly it caused me to realize that Endgame's Morena Baccarin was also fabulous in Firefly. 2ndly it has been both edifying and entertaining. I would love to see your analysis of, the also short lived, "Pushing Daisies".
@theapocalyvid2 жыл бұрын
This is so good as a big video, I've been obsessed with your Max Headroom video, and this on top of it is fantastic. Hope what you have next is wonderful as well!
@garypotter5569 Жыл бұрын
We are each here for just a few moments. Kaylee got that.
@MMastro2 жыл бұрын
Literally the best video I’ve seen. Love your video style man it was incredible, also double win as it’s my favourite show, except I recommend it to everyone
@JagLite Жыл бұрын
Excellent series review! I really like your answer to all the Firefly Questions - Kaylee I love the series but didn't like the movie nearly as well, until... I realized why River and Simon's characters were so different from the series. Because the movie Serenity was a dream, just one of River's nightmares. That explains why Simon was able to penetrate into the top secret lab and rescue her, and why she is now a super assassin instead of a timid, although genius girl. Her nightmare has her friends die and makes her the hero to save her brother instead of him taking care of her. If we view the movie Serenity as a dream, the series could begin again with her waking up crying until she realizes it was just another nightmare.
@Otokichi7862 жыл бұрын
I watched "Firefly" all through it's "Redheaded Stepchild" mistreatment by Fox TV. (These Teenage Mutant Fox TV Programmers treated "Futurama" the same way once their short-term memories were exhausted.) I didn't "see" all of it until I bought the DVD set. It makes me wonder how Fox TV, with it's 12-25 target audience was able to start/nurture/support "King of the Hill," "Bob's Burgers" and "The Great North." (Does this make Fox TV a "cartoon network"?;) I have started watching far too many Fox TV "live action" shows that were tossed in the dumpster just when they were starting to get interesting. So, I have "voted with my feet" and left that benighted network for other high-numbered cable TV channels with more varied content. As far as Zombies go, I'll take ONE "Train To Busan" (2016) over "The Walking Dead" any day.;)
@scoonestube2 жыл бұрын
You're very good at these. I hope you keep it up 👍
@t3hd0n2 жыл бұрын
the relationship between malcom and the doctor felt like they stripped away the character building of the show. the doctor and river went from crew back to square one of randos tagging along on the ship
@Nick-ce6lt2 жыл бұрын
Yes. This was the worst part of the show. Otherwise really good but that let it down. Also the sexual assault themes were handled with the tact of a gorilla.
@JustaCarpenterToo2 жыл бұрын
Really good stuff, Cameron. I truly enjoyed watching this!
@jerryfick613 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy the analysis, and i agree with most of it. Minor critique on your assessment of Jayne. Early on in "The Message" we learn that greedy, mean loner Jayne sends money home to care for hia kid brother who has a debilitating illness.
@themechanicalgirl66692 жыл бұрын
Also, fun side note is that in ANY SHOW in his early career Badger (Mark Sheppard) played a similar character that just happened to dress similarly, just about all the shows had Joss Whedon ties, they happened to be named Badger BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE WAS A CROSSOVER! HMMMM!
@jessejennings3828 Жыл бұрын
Even though Mal said that the doctor was his hero in a sarcastic way, i dont think he was lying.
@melefth2 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this fine channel: the guy's fab!!! More, please. Mikey from Greece.
@bozimmerman Жыл бұрын
So much I liked here, but my fav is the nuanced view of character. 95% of youtube show reviewers hold the opinion that character portrait is the entire point of cinema. This dude smashes that in the face, and I couldn't agree more.
@bozimmerman Жыл бұрын
I did have one quibble though: None of those actors got within a country mile of a southern accent. It's cute that people think they were trying though.
@jasonkemp6301 Жыл бұрын
You made me laugh, get argumentative, laugh, tear up and ultimately agree. Great video!
@hkpew Жыл бұрын
Interesting analysis. I agree with a lot of it, even if your favorite episode is my least favorite and your example of a not so good episode is one I like a lot more. But I especially agree in not really understanding why someone would tell people not to watch it even though they love it themselves. I may relate to that viewpoint more than you do, though - as someone who experienced the show before the movie existed, or was even likely to ever exist, I was a lot more understanding of it back then. The truth is that while the characters and their relationships were always most of what made this show enjoyable, and it's true that the episodes are largely self-contained, there is a lot more of a continuous story than was normal at the time. Not that it was unheard of - Babylon 5 arguably had more of a continuous story and it came out almost a decade earlier. Firefly had evolving relationships in which the events in previous episodes affected how characters related to each other in subsequent stories and at least three characters outside of the crew who showed up more than once. The beginning (at least) of many episodes contained references to the situation at the end of the previous episode, which often provided the motivation for whatever was happening at the beginning of the episode. If all of this weren't true, the reordering of the episodes by FOX wouldn't have been such a big problem. But even more, there were multiple hints at larger stories which promised to be really cool but were not likely to have been advanced all that far by the end of the first season even if Firefly hadn't been cancelled mid-season. As it was, there was very little movement on any of them. The movie ties together and provides a satisfactory explanation and conclusion for at least two of those. It progresses and hints at the future for a couple of others. It fails to even acknowledge at least one I can think of and acknowledges but then purposely refuses to otherwise address at least one other. But having a coherent end to some of the story makes it easier to accept that some things remain unresolved.
@apparition132 жыл бұрын
This is some Passion of the Nerd level stuff, but I'll throw out a couple points of personal - alternate takes. :) Trash is awesome, so is YoSafBridge. I think 'Our Mrs. Reynolds" through "Trash" is one great episode after another, with the bookends of "Serenity" and my persona favorite "Objects in space" also great, but the others between the bookends and the Christina Hendricks episodes, while good, I don't think quite rise to the level of great. I have particular difficulty with "the Message", since there's a bit of idiot-ball miscommunication at play the could have been avoided with "Tracy! I have a plan!", and I'm not cool with Nandi getting "fridged", both because it's removing a potentially recurring character that fit into an intriguing space in the Mal-Inara web as you've drawn it, and because where Whedon is concerned killing characters off has gotten old. Gender-flippped Jayne: both Patience and Saffron fit. Speaking of Jayne, not all bad. He's entirely sincere when he says (referring to Saffron) "damn it Mal, I'd treat her right", which we can see when he's sitting there brushing his new friend's hair in "Heart of gold". I suspect he has a strong female presence in his family. I would have liked to have met them. And Kaylee's for that matter. I can see Gina playing Mal and Nathan playing Zoe, though the former more than the latter. Which would give the Mal-Inara relationship a bit of a dynamic. And Wash's bit about the legs and the part just above it works just as well with Captain Tight-Pants. :D Inara is pretty much the only one I can't see flipped. While I am also frustrated at the lack of a Book episode, which I assume would have come between "Objects in space" and the season finale, I would really like to know more about the role companions play in Alliance high-society that gives them such status. I'm not sure Whedon et al. actually thought that out much beyond "space Geishas are cool", but nevertheless. Oh, and following up on what Jeff Thomsom wrote previously, the inspiration may have come from southern veterans after the war, but the dynamic is more like revolutionary veterans if the British had won, distant government in London and all. IMO, at least. But that's the fun thing about these kinds of videos. You don't have to agree with everything to gain insight from them. Well done.
@larrystuder85432 жыл бұрын
Brilliant insight. Less Civil War than a lost American Revolution.
@schlumbl849 ай бұрын
I also love this show ❤ I binge watch it and the movie at least once per year. And I always knew why I love it so much: It feels warm, cozy and very human. Sure, you can deep dive into all of it, like yot did. Great job by the way. But I always saw the essence of it. Warmth, heart and character. It always feels like reuniting with friends and revisiting a place where you feel comfortable. Joss Whedon created something great with wunderful characters and dynamics. Im happy to know Firefly. It will always have a special place in my heart.
@XVlTrey18 күн бұрын
Very well written!! Very, very, very well written.
@duncangibson7172 жыл бұрын
Can I just give this 1 million likes?
@themechanicalgirl66692 жыл бұрын
Also, look up Green Mansion Girls or basically the Chinese version of the top hierarchy of their Geisha system. To shorten it, I used "Geisha" as a way to describe Inara but no the Green Mansion society girls is more or less literally Inara's description down to all the girls on the outer worlds that left the guild and went "freelance". Fits in with the Chinese theme far more even though I have no evidence to prove how much of a direct basis it was! You can make what you will looking it up!
@AliceI7764 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video and your breakdown of the show and the characters and the interplay. Very well done.
@abzlore96402 жыл бұрын
amazing video. I am glad that I found your channel.
@VultureCulture Жыл бұрын
This is an incredibly well done tribute to a great show! Thank you for the hard work you put into this!
@JosephBoeke2 жыл бұрын
You should really put a "sorry, not sorry" spoiler alert on this for the 52:53 comment about the Mouse's 2032 re-boot (curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, lol). Thanks for a great follow-up to your Max Headroom essay. Looking forward to future analyses... (how about one on the Princess Bride?!).
@hfranke07 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video.... Thanks. You are on my crew.....
@dictatorgarfield37662 жыл бұрын
Happy to see you’re posting again!
@lazaruslong6972 жыл бұрын
"Metaphorically, don't actually go outside." I actually lost it right there. :D
@theknave4415 Жыл бұрын
KZbin algos got one right. Great vid.! Great craftsmanship, all the way - through and through.
@Shasta--1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@pierce64562 жыл бұрын
Alright fine I'll watch it, jeez
@ChordYogaGuitar2 жыл бұрын
My linguistic proficiency can't completely address all the layers of awesomeness of this presentation. If there was only content like this on the internet AI would come into being by itself. Probably the good kind, as in morally conscious. Please keep this up!
@kurtbarks6270 Жыл бұрын
Lots of great insight. At first, I was a bit peeved at the generational differences between the narrator and myself, but it has added to the flavor
@mcelravys Жыл бұрын
I always thought of Firefly as The Outlaw Josey Wales in Space rather than Texas. This review is definitely a product of our times. “It can’t be about the US Civil War because the confederacy “bad”. Hilarious. It’s not about the US Civil War, it’s a about a conflict that was similar and the spirit of the confederacy lives in Reynolds, like it or not, or more importantly, GROK it or not.
@mattirealm Жыл бұрын
Oh man, this is gold! This is the best retrospective I have seen on this show, hands down! Loved this one since the DVD set came out; now have the Blu Ray, point remains. As a huge fan of Western movies, I see some of that in this. You can definitely see nods to Shane, High Noon, The Searchers and perhaps The Good The Bad and The Ugly, among other movies. I see a lot of horror and science fiction as the basis. I don't see Man of the West, or The Wild Bunch, or even the amazing Once Upon A Time In The West. I see a lot of....everything! Not really much Leone or Peckinpah and even John Ford is not really seen here, but what I see here, I really like. Yes, Ridley Scott and George Lucas can be seen here, and Gene Roddenberry. I have lost count of how many times I have watched the 14 episodes. I have watched the movie probably 3 times in full; which should tell you how much I adore the show, over the movie. I don't want a reboot, a sequel nor a prequel. The show said what it had to say. Fox fucked it up! Matt Groening SAVAGES Fox Network over their mishandling of Futurama. But leave it lie. Leave it be! We live in such a lame era of TV and cinema. We have more access to media than ever before, yet so much garbage goes along with that. They need to leave it alone, IMO! I love the nod to Nietzsche in one of the quotes: "They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that’s what they became." Reminds me of the famous "When you fight monsters, take care lest you become a monster. And when you gaze into the abyss long, you will find the abyss gazing back into you (paraphrase)." Top 3 TV shows of all time for me. But they need to not touch it.
@NicholasSouris2 жыл бұрын
It should be no surprise that Joss Whedon stages Shakespeare plays in his home for fun.
@tobygagnon1443 Жыл бұрын
Okay. I'm 3/4 through and "Sam Gamgee and his assistant" had me rolling on the floor and shooting coffee out of my nose.
@wombatpandaa97742 жыл бұрын
This needs more views
@mariongillon62082 жыл бұрын
What happened Space Feather? Why have you stopped posting? Please continue. We love your insight and the amount of research you’ve done into the shows and characters you review. If you feel that no one appreciates you…DON’T! We do, and that is important, because my husband is as knowledgeable as you are. The two of you would have great conversations. He researches things that interest him ad nauseam. Please carry on. We love your stuff and we are not weird.