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"Ariel" was excellent, probably the best show of the series to date. It easily deals with one of the major plot points of the series arc so far (and yes, there IS an arc, kinda), while still including some believable character drama and some very suspenseful action. Not to mention a couple of plot twists that you could easily see coming but were actually more interesting because you COULD.
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Thought 'Ariel' was good. Not great, but good. Glad to see that arc revisited. A couple great lines, some pretty good situations. There were also some good creepy aspects of this story, and you had to love that A-Team flavor. But it was predictable in what I thought was kind of an irritating way, and I felt like a couple of the sequences could have been punched-up a bit.
So far my favorite episode has been 'Out Of Gas'. Hooray for non-linear storytelling! Good performances, good characterization, good setting, compelling drama, etc. Would have made a perfect second or third episode.
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You know I've never watched Firefly, even though I've heard great things about it. The truth is, I don't want to get caught up in another scifi show that'll be cancelled half-way through the overall story arc. I've become a little bitter because of this. I also have seen so much crappy scifi lately (e.g. Enterprise, Andromeda, Voyager, etc.) that it pains me to think of what my progeny will be watching for entertainment in 20 years or so. I'm sure that Firefly is a fnatastic show, probably worthy of much more fanfare than it is attracting, but I must admit, I can't do it anymore.... science fiction is a dying genre. Don't believe me? You will, give it another year or so at this rate and I promise you notice fewer scifi programs than last years, and the year before that, and before that. Less Scifi, and poorer quality. (Maybe this is the entertainment equivalent to the Great Extinction)
The reason for all this? Fanboy writers, cliche plots and characters, Akiva Goldsman, bad timeslots, Enterprise, Really retarded corporate execs...(no REALLY retarded) I can go on, but the hour is late and I am weary from a long day of watching myself waste away in front of a textbook cleverly titled "Physics, Einstein, and You!"
Oh the humanity. God Save the Breen.
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