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ok, first things first. the firefly theme song has begun haunting my dreams. it plays as mick mars and matthew barney in his cremaster-satyr suit make out. gah!
the theme song pretty much sums up what i feel was terribly wrong with the pilot. namely, all of hollywood has been sucking joss's cock. and then they told him he could make a show about whatever he wanted, however he wanted, and they would give him great production values, and he could even write the theme song! however, joss's ego swollen to exploding proportions now, actually went and did it. the result is "serenity", the 2-hour pilot. joss went totally self-indulgent, and it's what fucked the show forever. the pace is plodding. the actors don't have a real sense of their characters yet. there's tired misdirection (that may have been tim minear's contribution). that war scene at the beginning goes on too long. the line "gettin' mighty crowded in my sky." WE GET IT. we're supposed to think that kaylee is the SENSUAL character because she sucks on that strawberry. WE GET IT. i actually sympathized with the network for once. they gave joss free reign to do whatever he wanted -- and he did whatever he wanted. and "serenity" is what came out. and i think when fox expressed its tempered dissatisfaction with the pilot, joss went all diva on them. something he learned at the feet of the very definition of undeserved divaness herself, ms. sarah michelle gellar. (all this is speculation based on rumor, of course.) so they finally got him to write essentially a new pilot, but he was notably put out about it, and probably a little whiny, so fox said "fuck you, we're putting your show on in an unwinnable timeslot and giving it no promotion. see ya!"
this is all very unfortunate. because the show? is good. the pilot? not so good. "the train job," the second pilot? also not that good. the rest of the show? basically got better and better.
i am now going to compare the shows episode by episode -- all of joss's work. note that i am placing the firefly episodes in the order they were meant to be aired, not the way they were aired.
( episode comparison )
the theme song pretty much sums up what i feel was terribly wrong with the pilot. namely, all of hollywood has been sucking joss's cock. and then they told him he could make a show about whatever he wanted, however he wanted, and they would give him great production values, and he could even write the theme song! however, joss's ego swollen to exploding proportions now, actually went and did it. the result is "serenity", the 2-hour pilot. joss went totally self-indulgent, and it's what fucked the show forever. the pace is plodding. the actors don't have a real sense of their characters yet. there's tired misdirection (that may have been tim minear's contribution). that war scene at the beginning goes on too long. the line "gettin' mighty crowded in my sky." WE GET IT. we're supposed to think that kaylee is the SENSUAL character because she sucks on that strawberry. WE GET IT. i actually sympathized with the network for once. they gave joss free reign to do whatever he wanted -- and he did whatever he wanted. and "serenity" is what came out. and i think when fox expressed its tempered dissatisfaction with the pilot, joss went all diva on them. something he learned at the feet of the very definition of undeserved divaness herself, ms. sarah michelle gellar. (all this is speculation based on rumor, of course.) so they finally got him to write essentially a new pilot, but he was notably put out about it, and probably a little whiny, so fox said "fuck you, we're putting your show on in an unwinnable timeslot and giving it no promotion. see ya!"
this is all very unfortunate. because the show? is good. the pilot? not so good. "the train job," the second pilot? also not that good. the rest of the show? basically got better and better.
i am now going to compare the shows episode by episode -- all of joss's work. note that i am placing the firefly episodes in the order they were meant to be aired, not the way they were aired.
( episode comparison )
