The legendary TV series "Star Trek" and "Stargate" fans that actually founded his own religion, no doubt, have become classics of television fiction. However, there is one more project. He did not stay on the screen and two seasons in the world he does not have a lot of fans, but he also managed to become a "classic". This sci-fi TV series "Firefly."

Unusual Approach

The writer and director Joss Whedon (creator of the series "Buffy - the Vampire Slayer") once reflected on how to combine a good American and Western space odyssey. He found a team of like-minded, loyal Jill and Tim Minear, and went to work.

For a good writer, nothing is impossible, so soon to the television channels were granted series "Firefly." It premiered in September 2002 on the TV channel FOX.

From the beginning of the series differs from that format space fiction. The future, as shown in the "Firefly" is not full of scientific discoveries and achievements of enlightened humanity. In the series, there is no place aliens and space battles. Heroes come from a society divided on the basis of the financial situation and heritage. A distinctive feature of the fantasy world is the alliance of eastern and western cultures on the planet Earth, which is why practically all of its residents speak two languages: English and Chinese. In the series are also used neologisms invented that could appear to refer to objects or actions that do not exist in the present, but are part of the reality of the future.

The captain and his ship

The protagonist of the series "Firefly" Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) .  He runs a small space ship "Serenity", industrial freight and smuggling .  Uoshbёrn Zoe (Gina Torres), a faithful and responsible mate .  They fought together in peacetime Zoe remained true to Malcolm and continued to serve under his command .  Hoban Uoshbёrn (Alan Tudyk), the first pilot of the ship and the husband of Zoe .  Jayne Cobb (Adam Baldwin) and a mercenary fighter .  It comes into play when the crew "Serenity" in trouble .  Not easy smugglers often forces heroes to face discontent competitors or customers' claims .  Dr. Simon Tam (Sean Maher) and River Tam (Summer Glau), a brother and sister who had escaped from the Alliance (the local equivalent of intergalactic government) .  River in childhood was an unusual child, and because scientists Alliance put her experiments, it now looks and behaves like crazy, but it is hidden secret that carefully protects her brother, sister stole from the hands of the torturers .

Just a series of fifteen episodes. This is a complete first season. After reaching the screen, "Firefly" failed to gather an audience sufficient to prolong the series for next season. On FOX it was shown only eleven episodes, but despite this, even after the close of the show brilliantly sold on DVD and was popular among fans of science fiction.

Good things come in small packages

"Firefly" is an unusual mixture of genre. The script of the series is created in such a way that one can be a drama series, another comedy, the third thriller. Thus the general outline of the story is not broken, the events are interconnected and lead the viewer to unravel the mysteries of all members of the crew of the spaceship.

The author and director Joss Whedon did a great job of creating the series. The film crew and actors including no random people. Greg Edmonson composer, wrote the music for more than thirty films, wrote the music for the show amazing, combining power and ease, stressing that "Firefly" - is not a "Star Wars" movie and a fantastic new era.

Despite the fact that the show closed in 2003, the idea Whedon lives. In 2005, the publishing house Dark Horse Comics released a comic book titled "Serenity: Left Behind." And, thanks to the support of the fans of the series, in the same 2005 was filmed feature film "The Mission," Serenity ", where some of the storylines of the series have been completed.

Despite his short life in the broadcast TV series "Firefly" I had remembered the audience and became part of the classics of science fiction on television. So different and exciting series is necessary to look, even knowing that the fun will stretch only fifteen episodes.

Anna Chizh

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