Firefly & Serenity

So, I've completed (for the first time...for now, it will be watched again) the TV show "Firefly" on DVD and it's subsequent feature film "Serenity" and honestly I'm not satisfied. Read on, and I'll explain what I mean before those of you who have seen it crucify me.

What I mean is that FOX, being the brilliant people they are, decided to can the series after airing only 11 of 14 episodes---OUT OF CORRECT ORDER, MIND YOU!---and did not let this gem of a series properly develop. Does't thou need to count how many shows FOX has done this to? I think you can just pop in the first episode of 'Family Guy' season 4 to hear a partial list. Oh, actually that episode was probably produced BEFORE "Arrested Development" got canned. I think that says it all.

I'm simply stating that I'm not satisfied that there are a few more seasons of stories of the Sci-Fi Space Western that could be told. Although, the film "Serenity" kinda wrapped it up b/c there were a few things done in the film that ends the story for a few of the characters. But no spoilers.....no, not from me.

Oh my, I realize I haven't told what it is to you newbies (teehee) out there:

"Firefly" is basically Han Solo meets the old west. Yeah pretty much sums it up. If you like Han Solo---and who doesn't?----and you like space and you like westerns it's all here. It's 500 years in the future, and in another galaxy The Alliance is THE government, but there are border planets that aren't as civilized, exactly like the old west. The main guy is a smuggler, like Han Solo, and there's cool stuff like horses and pistol shootouts and carrying cattle across space in the cargo hold and cool shuck-and-jives. Yeah, kooky, huh?

Anyway, if you've never seen either, I think just about everyone would recommend watching "Firefly" [the TV show] before seeing "Serenity" [the movie]. Unless, if you don't feel like devoting 15 hours of your life to the show, the movie would do just fine, although you'll miss out on coming to love the characters and just see it as a slam-bang film. Plus, the last half-hour or so will kinda ruin some parts of the show.