My son loved this show and we used to watch it togethei. He was disappointed when it didn't continue. The same with the Terminator series.

One of so many good sci-fi TV shows that ended way to soon.

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

EmmaMcG said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

Emma such a good call!!!! Tracking down.

Ofam - def do it its so good but I think its only 12-16 episodes!

Purple thunder you guys should rewatch it together, it hasn't aged one bit

You could start with just the first one. It's called Big Damn Hero. See if you like it before committing to buying the rest. Or you could do what I did and just buy them all in one go

kpowers said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

EmmaMcG said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

I think the networks have something against sci fi. But it's the best. Escape to another world and firefly so Rich and creative! Best thing about star wars to me was seeing other worlds!

The network really fucked over Joss Whedon with Firefly. It was aired in different timeslots from one week to the next. Some weeks it wouldn't even be on and Fox would just show something else instead. And even when it was on, episodes were shown out of order so the plot was almost impossible to follow. So it was doomed from the very beginning. There was some slight hope for a potential new series or possible sequel to Serenity when Disney bought out Fox but unfortunately Joss Whedon seems to be semi-cancelled at the moment so that's probably not going to happen. A new season would be a massive win for Disney+ though so hopefully once Joss Whedon is out of "Twitter jail" we get some sort of continuation.

A lot of Sci-Fi TV Shows were shown out of order which ruined it for the viewer. The show Freaky Links (which was on FOX) had a 2 parter, they didn't air part 2 until several episodes later. Earth 2, a sencondary character was killed off in one episode and the following week she was still alive

kpowers said:

EmmaMcG said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

I think the networks have something against sci fi. But it's the best. Escape to another world and firefly so Rich and creative! Best thing about star wars to me was seeing other worlds!

The network really fucked over Joss Whedon with Firefly. It was aired in different timeslots from one week to the next. Some weeks it wouldn't even be on and Fox would just show something else instead. And even when it was on, episodes were shown out of order so the plot was almost impossible to follow. So it was doomed from the very beginning. There was some slight hope for a potential new series or possible sequel to Serenity when Disney bought out Fox but unfortunately Joss Whedon seems to be semi-cancelled at the moment so that's probably not going to happen. A new season would be a massive win for Disney+ though so hopefully once Joss Whedon is out of "Twitter jail" we get some sort of continuation.

If you want to see it in order, get the box set like my son did.

purplethunder3121 said:

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

A lot of Sci-Fi TV Shows were shown out of order which ruined it for the viewer. The show Freaky Links (which was on FOX) had a 2 parter, they didn't air part 2 until several episodes later. Earth 2, a sencondary character was killed off in one episode and the following week she was still alive

Fox were as good at doing sci fi shows as Warner Bros are at making superhero movies.

Yup FOX has been around since 1987 and they only had 3 sci-fi shows that lasted several seaons and they were the X-Files, Gotham and Sliders (some might say Fringe but to me that was more CSI). ABC was known as Always Being Cancelled for all their Sci-Fi theme shows lasting maybe a season. The only Networks that gave sci-fi shows a chance was UPN/WB which merged to be The CW. Unfortunately Greg Berlanti came along and turn the CW into the PCW and just sucked the life out of everything.

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