Firefly sometimes traffics in ideas, and sometimes doesn't; it sometimes feels more like a western than science-fiction show. But its world is believable, its characters irresistible. The production values, despite what look like a limited budget, are excellent. Josh Whedon is a student of finding different ways to keep narrative pulse throbbing. It's just pop--that is, it doesn't hold out the possibility of getting a sophisticated viewer to see the world differently than he or she did before-- but it's pop with a commitment to being as excellent as it can be as story-telling. Comparing it with the original Star Trek creates an example of how an understanding of how much audiences can process has increased.
The image above is from the movie/after the fact pilot, not the show; actual stills from the show didn't come up on my google image search.
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