The story of how Fox murdered Firefly is a sad one.
Fox came to Josh Whedon for a show, and he wrote the 2 hour pilot for Serenity. The pilot was a brilliant show that did a great job of introducing the characters and the universe they inhabit. But in a show of stupifying... stupidity, they decided that the pilot didn't have enough action in it.
So Josh made a comprimise, he wrote the second episode and made it both more action oriented. Titled "The Train Job", it was by far the most "space western" of the series. Dumbing things down a bit worked perfectly, and Fox took the show. But here's where the tradgedy starts. Fox didn't air the Pilot episode first. They aired The Train Job first, putting many viewers off with the space western concept, and confusing them at the same time because the first episode didn't actually introduce the characters.
After that, they aired the pilot in 2 segments, so the characters met and were introduced in the second episode, not the first.
Subsequently, they bumped the show out of it's timeslot numerous times for sports events, and then canned it after 11 episodes, despite 14 being filmed. Yup. Fox is stupid. Stupidly stupid...
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Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
