I'm the opposite of mexicanonabike. I absolutely loved the series, but I feel a bit lukewarm about the movie. While it was beautifully shot and had a lot of great action sequences, the characters weren't as familiar to me as they were in the series. Mal was at a low point in his career, and Book wasn't with the group for most of the movie. The other characters (except for River and Simon) just didn't get enough screentime to become familiar. The series, on the other hand, had enough time to develop each character and give them wonderful, individual personalities.
It's really a shame that the show was cancelled. I really wish I knew why the exectutives decided to cancel it. It was beautifully shot, for a TV show; it had amazingly interesting and beautiful characters; and it had storylines and writing that were a whole lot of fun. I'm sure that its cancellation was due to low numbers of viewers, but MANY shows don't pick up their fans until the third or fourth seasons. Seinfeld didn't really take off until Season 3, for example.
I pray that good SciFi hasn't been completely lost. I just don't see any other Star Trek: TNGs or Fireflys on the horizon. I pray that I'm wrong.
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