Sci-Fi Channel Picks Up Firefly

An anonymous reader writes "Firefly, a science fiction series that was canceled midway through its first season on Fox, has found a new home on the Sci Fi Channel. Fans of the cult-hit series Firefly will be pleased to learn that the show has been picked up by the Sci Fi Channel--just two months before the release of Serenity, a Universal Pictures film based on the series. Looks like they'll be airing all the ones we've already seen, plus 3 that never got aired the first time around. A bonus - They'll be seen in the correct order."

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"Fans of the cult-hit series Firefly"

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Fans of the cult-hit series Firefly

Cult hit, yes ? Wow. Did I say, wow ? :P Seriously, who's arse are ya licking here ?

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After reading the same "overwhelmingly positive ejaculations" I downloaded the whole series. Yes it is a space western, Yes the swearing in Chinese struck me as an attempt to retain the G rating, Yes the sexual tension between the captain and the companion is sophomoric, Yes the token lesbian scene was lame.

But the thing that struck me as the most improbable was the "loot" they stole or smuggled. OK the meds were probably pricey but COWS and energy bars!? What the fuck is that all about.

I enjoyed watching the series, I thought "Out of Gas" was good. But, as with the rest of Television content, it all strikes me a stupendously lame and quite honestly I'm baffled by the numbers of people that get so wrapped up in it. It all sucks! A friend gave a DVD of the Stargate TV spin-off: Sucked. He made me watch an episode of Babylon 5: sucked worse. I saw an episode of some Star Trek something: Sucked as well. I downloaded the Earthsea series that the SCI-FI channel did: it egregiously sucked.

I've read graphic novels which have more compelling plots than ALL of TV programming. I have thousands of books, and none of them suck as bad a what passes for entertainment on television.

The good part about Firefly: It sucks less.