This is the kind of Whedon-fellation that I am talking about. It is an annoying attitude exhibited by much of his fanbase, many of whom refuse to admit that their views of his (extremely hit-and-miss work) are entirely subjective and that maybe, JUST MAYBE, his best stuff is good but not great. Even worse, they assume that anyone who disagrees with them must not know the genre in question very well, or otherwise they would CLEARLY SEE the masterful brilliance of Joss' work.d123456 wrote:Firefly is without a doubt the best sci fi series EVA. People that say otherwise have not seen it or are blind Star Trek fanboys.
Bullshit.
I would guess that I have seen multiple episodes and/or entire runs of 66% or more of all the science-fiction TV series (that survived for more than a year or so) in the history of major network TV. For stuff set IN space, you can bump that to 75% or more. Whedon's Firefly was good, but it isn't the end-all be-all amazing OMG greatness that his rabid fanbase makes it out to be. I think that there are stretches of episodes in Battlestar Galactica (new), TNG, DS9, Babylon 5, and many other series that easily best Firefly. Maybe if Firefly had been renewed we would have had something more interesting and a better argument could be made that it is the "best EVA" but we didn't and, as is, it clearly isn't an obvious pick.
I enjoy Firefly and happily recommend it to people. I have it and Serenity on Blu-Ray and have watched them each twice through. It's very good for what it is, but there's not even enough there to start comparing it to those best sci-fi series in the history of TV.
