March 21 2017
Does Firefly's appeal partly lie in its limited run?
Den of Geek asks the question.
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wldmr | March 21, 07:58 CET
SuperScuba | March 21, 09:15 CET
TallMichaelJ | March 21, 09:27 CET
NYPinTA | March 21, 11:48 CET
Bluelark | March 21, 15:02 CET
Matt7325 | March 22, 04:19 CET
I agree with Bluelark that there's no reason to think that they couldn't have kept up with the quality: if the show would have gone on, Joss and his fellow writers would have likely gotten in several episodes of groundbreaking quality such as Buffy's 'Hush' and 'the Body' (and, you know, another musical maybe?). Joss is indeed known for slow built-ups, it might even have gotten better and better.
But what we got is great; the movie makes it a complete story; it can all be watched in a relatively short space of time which makes it easily accessible for newcomers.
Plus, I'm convinced that one single epsiode more would mean the end of either Simon or Kaylee (probably Simon), as they somehow managed to make it to the end of a Whedon series as a couple...
Valentijn | March 22, 06:54 CET
So yes, I think there's some truth to both perspectives: cancelled before it started to suck, but also cancelled before it hit its greatness.
A potentially-unpopular opinion: perhaps the "cut down before its time" narrative allowed fans to overlook some gaping failings (no Asian characters, the somewhat dubious nature of Inara's empowerment, the fact that we're basically rooting for a post-US Civil War southerner). The romance of the unjustly-canceled show might have blinded some of us (me absolutely included!) to those problems, and those of us who did see them might have let them go by on the grounds that "Surely they would have been addressed later on."
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | March 23, 21:39 CET
Here is my thing: Buffy is still my favorite of the Joss shows. That may be partly due to the fact that it was the first...But I also think it has something to do with the fact that it lasted 7 seasons. I grew to know and love those characters, I was invested; I tend to think that if Firefly had lasted longer, I would have felt that same investment. I hated that Firefly was cancelled, but it was a whole different thing when Buffy came to an end and I felt like there suddenly something missing from my life.
Candace | March 28, 14:50 CET