Firefly on the Sci-Fi channel

[EddieMcD]

Just letting all the people who've heard of the show that the Sci-Fi channel is airing the show friday nights. Both parts of the 2-part pilot are on tonight, along with an exclusive trailer for the movie. This all starts at 6pm.

For those who've never heard of it, Firefly is a sci-fi/western (the similarities to c.1875 are astounding) created by the maker of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. It takes place after a war in which people trying to break away from an ever expanding government get defeated. Years later, a couple of these Independents, along with a rag-tag crew, are just trying to make a living out in deep space, where the best planets only have cattle, farms, and some small towns. The FOX network aired it in 2002, and after horribly mistreating it (terrible timeslot, airing episodes out of order, preemption, airing the pilot last), cancelled it after 9 episodes. Luckily, there was still a huge fan following, and Universal bought the rights to make a movie (called Serenity, comes out September 30th). So the Universal-owned Sci-fi network is airing all the episodes at 7pm on fridays (with the exception of tonight, which is on at 6pm). And yes, this is my attempt to get more people watching.

For those people who already know all this, make yourself known! I can't be the only Browncoat on CD, can I?