I have really tried with Firefly -- in fact this weekend I watched much of the Firefly Weekend while I painted the living room. It's OK, but I just can't see what's special about it, wish I could.
Buffy on the other hand was *glorious*. Not every episode, and it had long boring bits and very silly bits, but at its best it provided more dark, philosophical story-telling for teenagers than *almost* any programme has ever done for adults. The best of Angel was almost even better, but there was far less of the best. And Angel also had some of the best surreal humour I've seen since Monty Python. (The demon, green Lorne, was one of the most inspired comic characters ever created anywhere.)
It's not really fair to compare anything to Babylon 5, it's a miracle it ever made it to TV. Although I hated it at first, because I couldn't bear that faux-50s poor acting and grainy film. But soon the amazing scripts won me over -- and gradually they updated the look and style.
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Date: 2005-10-03 08:29 pm (UTC)Buffy on the other hand was *glorious*. Not every episode, and it had long boring bits and very silly bits, but at its best it provided more dark, philosophical story-telling for teenagers than *almost* any programme has ever done for adults. The best of Angel was almost even better, but there was far less of the best. And Angel also had some of the best surreal humour I've seen since Monty Python. (The demon, green Lorne, was one of the most inspired comic characters ever created anywhere.)
It's not really fair to compare anything to Babylon 5, it's a miracle it ever made it to TV. Although I hated it at first, because I couldn't bear that faux-50s poor acting and grainy film. But soon the amazing scripts won me over -- and gradually they updated the look and style.