Firefly (TV show first aired 2002) and Serenity (film 2005)
100 best Science Fiction films Popular Mechanics list #100. Firefly (TV show first aired 2002) and Serenity (film 2005) There are three things you need to understand about “Firefly”: • The TV series bombed. • It should’ve been a monster hit. • Its fans are ferociously loyal, like Whovians and Trekkies. After the huge hits of two Supernatural TV series, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (first aired 1997) and its spin-off “Angel” (first aired 1999) Joss Whedon should’ve been a Golden Boy, and I guess he was, he managed to get this highly unusual SF series produced, but once the money was invested and the episodes already made, the network then abused it with bad scheduling, under-promoting, butchering the pilot episode and refusing to show later episodes in their proper order. It is not a surprise that the series was canceled without even completing its first season, a bit more surprising is what the fans accomplished next (more about that later). One of the g...