Bring Back Firefly: The Browncoat Rebellion

Did you know that even though Firefly only ran on television for a single year until it was eventually canceled, yet due to the large fanbase it spawned a big screen movie? It's true! It was taken off the air and only eleven of the fourteen produced episodes were aired. The movie is called Serenity, and it takes place a little while after the series ended. Due to the show's popularity and large following it also spawned books, comics, and roleplaying games.

The series takes place in the year 2517, after humans arrive to a new star system. This star system is huge, with dozens of planets and hundreds of moons. The show follows the renegade crew of the Serenity, a Firefly-class ship, which is also why the show is called Firefly, and the movie is called Serenity.

Joss Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".

The concept of the show is that it follows the people from the losing side of a civil war (the browncoats), and they now make a legal and sometimes illegal living doing odd jobs as they drift from planet to planet. The winning side of the civil war was the Alliance, which is made up of the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China. You'll notice throughout the show that they speak both English and Chinese, so it gives you a hint how those cultures mixed together over time.

Joss Whedon mentions, "nothing will change in the future, technology will advance, but we wil still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today".

When I first watched Firefly on television, I saw it out of order due to it being accidentally being shown that way on the network, which is also widely believed the reason why the show's viewership wasn't the best, because it was out of whack a lot of the time, and things didn't line-up correctly.

When I first watched it I liked the space and cowboy hybrid theme, which was unique and enjoyable to watch, but I didn't get hooked quiet yet. I got hooked on the television series when I borrowed a friend's Firefly DVD's and sat down to watch them. Needless to say, I watched all of them in a single day (no, I'm not joking). The cast was superb, the story was excellent, and the show had a lot of humor and wit.

It is strongly believed among the viewership that this will be another "1960's Star Trek" that will spawn future sequels at a later date, at some near distant point in the future. It was my hope that eventually they would at least do some two hour Straight-to-DVD sequels, but that hasn't happened yet. Fortunately, they have made some books, a roleplaying game (pen and paper), comic books, as well as some additional items.

Please note, I didn't list every single product on this page (just too many of them!). If you are viewing the results of one of the products on the right, look at Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought section on Amazon and you'll see more Firefly items!

Did you know that by September 2005, its DVD release had sold approximately 500,000 copies and was also one of the top movers at Amazon.com for months? It's true! A part of this is because the series has a large following, which is continuing to grow to this day.

Recognitions

• Number 25 on TV Guide's list of "The 30 Top Cult Shows Ever"
• Emmy Award: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, 2003
• Winner of the first annual Hulu awards in the category "Shows We'd Bring Back".
• Visual Effects Society: Best visual effects in a television series, 2003
• Saturn Award: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, Male, 2003
• Saturn Award: Saturn Award for Best DVD Release, 2004
• Amazon daily rankings between 1st and 75th in 2003, 22nd and 397th in 2004, 2nd and 232nd in 2005, and 2nd and 31st in 2006.
• Winner of 5 SyFy Awards in 2006.
  

This is probably the closest thing you'll ever get to living the experience, just get a couple friends over and give this game a whirl. It has received largely positive reviews (you can even verify from the reviews on Amazon) which is a definite plus! Usually if a roleplaying game only does moderately well, it will only have 1-2 additional books, but this one is still flying quite high with several resource books and adventure books.

I do recommend that if you get this to get the Serenity RolePlaying Game, The Big Damn Heroes Handbook, and the Game Master's Screen if you want to have an easier time running the game. Even if your not a roleplayer, these books would greatly compliment your Firefly collection!

There are a lot of video clips out there, but I'll only show you a few. Don't worry, they are good ones! The last one is the Firefly Gag Reel which you should enjoy too!