Firefly Premieres Tonight

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday September 20, 2002 @08:22AM from the stuff-to-lust-after dept.

fm6 writes "Firefly, Joss Whedon's 'anti-Trek drama' premieres tonight, on Fox, 8 E/P. I normally despise hypespeak, but this time it's the only language that fits: this is groundbreaking, mind-boggling, totally original. I've seen a bootleg of the pilot (which, unfortunately, the network is holding back) and I promise you this is the most geek-friendly SF you've seen in a long time. Yes, more so than Star Trek and B5, and way past Star Wars. I've never seen the future so skillfully, realistically, and lovingly portrayed. Here is the Official Site and a leading fan site." This is the single new show this season I have added a season pass for to the old Tivo. But I'll probably watch it live. This looks like it could be as good as we hope.

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And perfectly scheduled by neildogg · 2002-09-20 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

The prime audience has nothing to do on a Friday night ;)

Which is probably why I won't be watching it tonight, but maybe I'll download it later.
1. Re:And perfectly scheduled by unicron · 2002-09-20 08:33 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Yeah, but tonight is the night you play scrabble with your folks, so it's not like your reason for missing it is all that noble.
  
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2. Re:And perfectly scheduled by JordoCrouse · 2002-09-20 08:55 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  AThat would be the Big Blue Room, right? The one with the really bright light?
  
  Yep - the one with the really, really good polygon shading.
  
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Neat Trick... by Myriad · 2002-09-20 08:29 · Score: 5, Funny

I've never seen the future so skillfully, realistically, and lovingly portrayed.
Ermm, I don't mean to nitpick, but how exactly have you arrived at the "realistically" portrayed part? Got a magic 8 ball and a lot of questions? :)

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1. Re:Neat Trick... by foobar104 · 2002-09-20 14:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Uh... hate to point this out (especially when I'm drunk and can barely type) but Fox-- the network-- only programs in prime time. What goes on during the day is the responsibility of your local affiliate station. In my town, my affiliate programs... well, actually, I have no idea what my affiliate programs, because I have a fucking job.
  
  At least I think I do. I may have gotten laid off today. Thus, the drunk.
Will be worth it just for the one-liners by cp4 · 2002-09-20 08:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Keep in mind the best line from X-Men was Whedon's...

"How do I know it's you?"

"You're a dick."

"Okay."

Or something like that....
1. Re:Will be worth it just for the one-liners by Heywood+Yabuzof · 2002-09-20 08:38 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Well, that was good, but I liked the yellow spandex uniform joke even better. ;-)
Portrayal of future? by teamhasnoi · 2002-09-20 08:35 · Score: 1, Funny

Is it a cool future of gadgets and super powerful, helpful AIs, antigravity, alien societies, incredibly advanced technology from mysterious lost races, see-thru tank tops, holographic projection and bionic augmentation, or a dark future where a relative of GW's is still running the rights of the consumer^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H citizens into the ground?
Will there be curfews and indeterminate detention, rampant search and seizure, investigation of private activities, invasion of thought and conviction of free-speech?
Sweet! Count me IN! I want to see what the U.S. is in for!
Let's get a head start this time by Longinus · 2002-09-20 08:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Excellent, another Sci Fi series we get to see canceled prematurely. I say we get a heard start on the "save our show campaign" this time. I'll go start a petition to not cancel it at Petition Online (because those always work, ya know) and someone else go register www.savefirefly.com.

I figure our chances are much better if we start before it actually canceled this time ;).
Can't be better than Lexx by boogershoots · 2002-09-20 08:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Unless US TV has gotten alot more liberal in the past week this show is gonna be a poor man's Lexx.

Naked space chicks = good sci-fi.

Why go into space otherwise?

Of course the greatest sci-fi show of all time is Red Dwarf, hands down.

Rimmer: Need I remind you of Space Corps Directive 914?
Kryten: 914? "No crewmember with false teeth should attempt oral sex in a zero-gravity environment"?
1. Re:Can't be better than Lexx by schon · 2002-09-20 10:11 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  this show is gonna be a poor man's Lexx.
  
  I thought Lexx was a poor-man's Lexx?
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Re:Fan Site? by foobar104 · 2002-09-20 10:21 · Score: 5, Funny

213-555-0088

213 is LA...

Maybe it's just me, but I think there's another clue here that this phone number may be bogus, other than its area code.