Firefly - kickass sci-fi serie
Kort NB:
Serenity, der foregår et halvt år efter
Firefly sluttede, har premiere på fredag, og man kan nu bestille billetter til bla Cinemaxx og Palads. Check anmeldelser på
imdb, hvor den ligger på et gennemsnit på 8.3/10! Pas på spoilere!
Jeg vil bare dele min begejstring over Firefly, en science fiction serie jeg har købt på dvd og slugt - virkelig intelligent, sjov, spændende, anderledes og frem for alt underholdende! Serien kombinerer sci-fi med western tilsat en sund dosis førsteklasses action, drama og humor. Handlingen udspiller sig ca. 500 år ude i fremtiden, hvor menneskeheden har spredt sig over mange solsystemer, og hovedpersonerne er en bande
small time crooks, der prøver at klare sig og holde deres rumskib, af typen Firefly, i luften. Disse elementer giver tilsammen serien en helt anderledes og frisk
feel, hvor heltene ikke er selvhøjtidelige arketyper i spraglet trikot, der tager beslutninger, som menneskehedens eksistens afhænger af, men realistiske og komplekse personer med meget nærværende og forståelige problemer, som samtidig bevæger sig i et farverigt og velkonstrueret univers.
Den mere detaljerede anmeldelse herunder har jeg skrevet på amazon. Jeg havde egentlig oversat den, men da jeg ville poste den, syntes systemet ikke, jeg var logget ind, så det besluttede sig til at slette min post og istedet vise mig login-siden. Rasende irriterende! Men I læser formentlig ligeså godt engelsk som dansk, så det var vel nærmest ikke ulejligheden værd - i hvert fald ikke to gange
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Drama, action and wit - a show can't get better than this
I had my doubts about the wisdom of blending western (a genre I don't particularly fancy) with sci-fi, but as this show had Joss Whedon (of Toy Story, Angel and Buffy fame) at the helm I had to check it out when it became available on dvd - and I'm almost sorry I did. You get drawn into this series incredibly fast, it's over far too soon and you're left with an insatiable hunger for more. And not just me - this is one show (the only, I think) my husband and I are equally fascinated by.
There are too many aspects I love about this show to list them all, but let me highlight a few:
The Setting
Firefly is a small space ship, smuggling and doing odd jobs under the radar of the Alliance, the rulers of this future world. That's how the Firefly crew get to meet high and low in the different worlds. But often the ship is just traveling in the empty space between worlds, just a tiny fleck in the void. This solitude yet beauty of space is conveyed better here than in any other sci-fi series where the usual impression is that you can't turn your ship in a new direction without bumping into other space crafts or inhabited planets. It also puts the focus solidly on the interaction between the characters, which brings me to the series' strongest point.
The Characterisation
The people aboard Firefly are real people, with their strong and weak points, hopes and fears, world views and difficult decisions. The way they're disclosed to the viewer through their reactions to the different worlds Firefly visits, the problems they face and even more to each other is the show's strongest attraction, punctuated by the sparkling dialogue.
The Look
Firefly's world spans from the high tech you expect from a science fiction to the grit you know from a western and both are equally engaging and real to the watcher. The judicious use of hand held camera draws you into the world, but doesn't distract. Colours are used to great effect to signal the different worlds the crew move in - the yellow of the high noon prairie, the blue of high tech facilities and the deep empty blackness of space.
Firefly is an awesome show. I can't wait to see the movie, and my dearest hope is that the movie will spawn a series. Firefly is a thoroughly adult show with all the best things from Whedon's other shows - Buffy and Angel: The witty yet poignant dialogue, the way the characters' inner life is brought out in the main plot, the unexpected twists and turns of a great story arc. Get it at your own risk - you'll be sorry when it's over!
Check også de over 1800 andre anmeldelser på
amazon.com. Det billigste sted, jeg har fundet den, er
her (søg på Firefly, de har gratis forsendelse, og pakken kommer fra Sverige), men fra midt i april kommer den på region 2 fra
amazon.co.uk og
choicesdirect.co.uk. Så rigeligt pengene værd - og hold øje med filmen (
Serenity efter rumskibet), der skulle komme op næste år. Snyd ikke dig selv for denne oplevelse - jeg ville ønske det var mig, der skulle se den for første gang
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