The film gave audiences closure, but most fans still wanted more - though star Nathan Fillion feels one season was enough. Fox was clearly hoping for the next Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel , and when Firefly failed to deliver that, the network lost faith pretty quickly. Thankfully, Whedon refused to budge on the issue. Firefly was not off to an auspicious start, with Fox choosing to air the series on Friday night, which was considered a death slot.
This might not be an issue for all networks, but Fox has canceled more than 30 shows that played on Friday evenings. In the s and early s, Ron Glass was a cast member of the sitcom Barney Miller , which was set at the 12th precinct of the New York Police Department. Though they didn't share any episodes or scenes together. Jayne Adam Baldwin calls his favorite gun 'Vera'.
This may be a joking reference to the fact that Baldwin was in Full Metal Jacket , where marines in training were drilled to treat their rifles as their spouses, to the point where they had to take it to bed and give it a girl's name. Summer Glau was 19 - 20 years old when the series was in production. Series creator Joss Whedon had previously been the screenwriter of the 20th Century Fox film Alien: Resurrection , in which a crew of space pirates are hired by scientists on a military vessel to kidnap humans in suspended animation, and smuggle them to the scientists to serve as hosts for aliens.
Whedon had written the dialogue with a playful, tongue-in-cheek tone in mind, but was dismayed to find out that the director had made the actors do a straight, deadpan delivery of his lines. He later made Firefly, which is also about a ragtag band of space smugglers on a very old ship, incorporating the tone and humor he had originally meant for Alien: Resurrection. Whedon claimed that he wasn't aware of the similarities until someone pointed them out to him. As coincidence would have it, the Serenity set was built in the same studio as where the underwater kitchen scenes for Alien: Resurrection had been shot.
Spoilers The trivia items below may give away important plot points. In a speech at Harvard University, Joss Whedon said that Zoe and Wash were the only couple in any of his TV shows that he never would have broken up if the show had not been canceled. Morena Baccarin revealed years later that Inara had a terminal illness; a storyline that would have been explored had the show not been canceled. Baccarin always played the role with that in mind.
There were even some moments that foreshadowed this in season 1, but the plot was not developed further. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». See all related lists ». Share this page:. Clear your history. Firefly in the lead! Vote more! I think they are about to write an article. Though it was canceled nearly two decades ago, the Firefly spark has not gone out for many fans.
In fact, the show seemed to gain even more traction after it was off the air. The DVD version of the first season saw tremendous success, creating an entirely new horde of angry fans who hoped for a continuation of the adventure. Leading man Fillion is even on board for a reboot. Edmondson has developed a specialized collection of musical symbolism for the series It was used at the end of the Battle of Serenity Valley, but also helped set up the joke for when Mal tells Simon that Kaylee is dead in the episode " Serenity".
The most memorable use of "Sad Violin, however, is at the end of " The Message", when the crew mourned the death of Tracey. This was also the last scene of the last episode the actors shot, and so this was seen by them, and Edmondson, as Firefly 's farewell.
To denote impending danger, "Peril" was used, which is "a low pulse, like a heartbeat, with deep chimes and low strings. The criminal Niska has his own signature: Eastern European or Middle Eastern melodies over a low drone. Simon and River's signature was a piano played sparsely with a violin in the background.
This is in contrast to the portable instruments of "Serenity": the piano is an instrument that cannot be easily moved and evokes the image of "the distant house and family they both long for. Using and combining all these signatures, Greg Edmondson brought out aspects of Firefly 's story and characters that were never explicitly revealed in the other elements of the series.
Cast member Sean Maher recalls, "So then he just sort of put us all together, and I think it was very quick, like right out of the gate, we all instantly bonded". All nine cast members were chosen before filming began. However, while filming the original pilot "Serenity", Whedon realized that the actress initially cast as Inara Serra Rebecca Gayheart was unfit for the role. He shot her scenes in singles so that it would be easier to replace her. Morena Baccarin auditioned for the role and two days later was on the set in her first television show.
Fillion was called back several times to read for the part before he was cast. He noted that "it was really thrilling. It was my first lead and I was pretty nervous, but I really wanted that part and I wanted to tell those stories.
He was then told to come back in to test with the possible Zoes the character's wife and that it was down to him and one other candidate. The Zoes did not work out and Tudyk was sent home, but received a call on his phone informing him he had the part anyway. Veteran science fiction-fantasy actress Gina Torres The Matrix Reloaded , Xena: Warrior Princess was not at first interested in doing another science fiction show, but "was won over by the quality of the source material.
Canadian actress Jewel Staite has been an actress since age nine. She videotaped her audition from Vancouver and then was asked to come to Los Angeles to meet Whedon, when she was cast for the role of Kaylee Frye, the ship's engineer. Sean Maher recalls reading for the part and liking the character of Simon Tam, but that it was Whedon's personality and vision that "sealed the deal" for him. The veteran television actor Ron Glass Barney Miller , All in the Family , has said that until Firefly , he had not experienced or sought a science-fiction western role but he fell in love with the pilot script and the character of Shepherd Book.
Staff and crew Tim Minear was selected by Whedon to be the show runner, who serves as the head writer and production leader. According to Whedon "[Minear] understood the show as well as any human being, and just brought so much to it that I think of it as though he were always a part of it. Espenson wrote an essay on the writing process with Mutant Enemy.
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