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As it was MEANT to be seen..... HURRAH!
Monday, May 23, 2005

So, for the first time ever I saw Firefly on TV!! I only became obsessive when given the DVD, but now it has returned to the Sci-Fi channel here in the UK and so, all excited and such, I thought I’d sample the “real thing” on TV at 5 p.m. last night. The Episode turned out to be the Train Job, but I haven’t yet worked out whether this was the first episode they've shown (a la FOX) or whether they’re showing them in the DVD order (if anyone knows, would ya tell me?).

Anyhoo… watching it on TV turned out to be an eye-opener for the following reasons:

1. I have never EVER heard the voice over explanation for the Firefly world at the start before – kinda cool and yet ever so slightly diminishing…

2. I now understand the necessity of the “fade to suede” moments that seemed faintly superfluous on the DVD...

3. I may be wrong but am sure on the DVD episodes, just before the final credits, the word “firefly” lights up momentarily in gold – like the flash you get behind your eyes when you look at something very bright in the dark. On the TV version, this flashing gold symbol turned out to be a picture of a firefly-class spaceship etched in gold. How cool is that!!


On the whole, there is something so retro and so gorram romantic about watching the show as it was first aired – advert breaks and all – I’m lovin’ it!! (eek! how I hate to quote corporate America – Ronald McD be damned!)

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