Same. I've always felt it was overrated. I don't have any particular issue I could point to. I just thought it wasn't that good. I didn't watch it when it aired though, I saw it a few years later with a roommate so maybe that's part of it
Yeah I just couldn't see what the fuss was all about. I'd rather rewatch Nickelodeon's Space Cases lol, they at least did some relevant social critique on what it's like to be part of a formerly enslaved population.
I think the weirdest thing about Firefly was that the characters are slinging around Chinese phrases, but there's not one Asian character in sight. Also thought it was weird that the people in the outer territories are apparently all voracious cannibals, seemed kind of problematic in a racializing kind of way.
Eventually I put two and two together and realized that's where they are, Whedon decided that's where all the Chinese people went, they're the barbarians in his universe lol
You're the first person I've seen mention Space Cases. That was a cool but really freaky show when I was a small child and hardly anyone else I talk to ever watched it.
Sup fellow space case. I think people don't remember it because it never occupied a prime slot with Secrets of the Hidden Temple and it probably came off as Fardscape for kids. I enjoyed it when it came on though! It was unique and the characters were played in earnest, i enjoyed it while I was in middle school / early high school, wonder what it would be like watching it today.
Its really old at this point, I thought it was sooooo cool when I was a teen? Im 31 now. I dont want to sound like an old person but there just wasnt as many entertaining shows back then, maybe the standards were a lot lower. Plus its cancellation really boosted it in the lore, so to speak.
Last time I watched it i found it underwhelming.
it's good that it got cancelled, really
this is the first time i have ever seen this opinion expressed online. huge turning point for the culture.
Couldn't really get into it the first time around tbh, and I've enjoyed a lot of different space-themed stuff
Same. I've always felt it was overrated. I don't have any particular issue I could point to. I just thought it wasn't that good. I didn't watch it when it aired though, I saw it a few years later with a roommate so maybe that's part of it
Yeah I just couldn't see what the fuss was all about. I'd rather rewatch Nickelodeon's Space Cases lol, they at least did some relevant social critique on what it's like to be part of a formerly enslaved population.
I think the weirdest thing about Firefly was that the characters are slinging around Chinese phrases, but there's not one Asian character in sight. Also thought it was weird that the people in the outer territories are apparently all voracious cannibals, seemed kind of problematic in a racializing kind of way.
Eventually I put two and two together and realized that's where they are, Whedon decided that's where all the Chinese people went, they're the barbarians in his universe lol
You're the first person I've seen mention Space Cases. That was a cool but really freaky show when I was a small child and hardly anyone else I talk to ever watched it.
Sup fellow space case. I think people don't remember it because it never occupied a prime slot with Secrets of the Hidden Temple and it probably came off as Fardscape for kids. I enjoyed it when it came on though! It was unique and the characters were played in earnest, i enjoyed it while I was in middle school / early high school, wonder what it would be like watching it today.
Its really old at this point, I thought it was sooooo cool when I was a teen? Im 31 now. I dont want to sound like an old person but there just wasnt as many entertaining shows back then, maybe the standards were a lot lower. Plus its cancellation really boosted it in the lore, so to speak.