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Anyone that didn't see the Firefly series go?

I grilled the one virgin member of our group about it. She enjoyed it, but felt the characters were a bit flat and not well-realized. I can only assume that's because she doesn't know all their backstory the way we fans do.

Other things she didn't pick up on, because they were covered very subtly and very quickly with subversive exposition:

- The fact that Inara was a former crew member who left Serenity because of the unresolved romantic tension with Mal.

- Inara's actual profession.

Which, honestly, were not necessary to the plot.

As for me: This being my second viewing, I picked up on a lot of new things. Most interesting to me was Mal and Zoe's final conversation (exact words approximate):

Mal: So how is she holding together?
Zoe: She's torn up, but she'll fly true.
Mal: It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Zoe: Always is.

The conversation seemed overly melodramatic, over-acted, with too much dramatic pause and too much swooping-camera stuff. Not to mention that the conversation would have been better spoken with Kaylee. Until, of course, you realize they're not really talking about Serenity at all.

Joss Whedon is my master now.
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Tony Fabris