XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: sjek@cox.net   
      
   Al Smith wrote:   
   >>> "Firefly" was the most over-hyped series that's ever been on   
   >>> television. The fact is, it wasn't that good. People didn't like it   
   >>> very much, which is why the series and the movie both failed.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> the movie was pretty successful. the show obviously flopped.   
   >>   
   >> but quality? this was the best sci-fi space opera since year 2 of deep   
   >> space nine.   
      
   >   
   > You may want to compare "Firefly" with the original "Battle star   
   > Galactic" or maybe with "Lost In Space" but don't compare it with "Deep   
   > Space Nine."   
      
   the first 2.5 yrs of DS9 were pretty great. firefly was in that same   
   league, although granted who knows if the quality could have been   
   sustained for that long?   
      
   > I saw the movie. It was retarded, and it was not all that   
   > successful in the theaters. It opened strongly but after two or three   
   > days faded away. Some of the stuff in that film made me cringe, it was   
   > so unscientific.   
      
   dude, it's fiction.   
      
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