Firefly’s biggest weakness/strength is the dialog. It was wholly done in the Joss Whedon style and cadence. Every member of the main cast was “the snarky one”, every conversation was a series of verbal setups- and if it was against antagonists they’d be completely witless and walk into verbal traps, and every classic verbal trope would be lampshaded.
If you’ve watched enough of his previous shows it is very easy to predict how a conversation in Firefly will sound.
Back in the day that style of dialog was still somewhat novel, especially to people who weren’t big Buffy/Angel fans. Nowadays this is the baseline MCU style of dialog, which means it is absolutely played out.
Firefly’s biggest weakness/strength is the dialog. It was wholly done in the Joss Whedon style and cadence. Every member of the main cast was “the snarky one”, every conversation was a series of verbal setups- and if it was against antagonists they’d be completely witless and walk into verbal traps, and every classic verbal trope would be lampshaded.
If you’ve watched enough of his previous shows it is very easy to predict how a conversation in Firefly will sound.
Back in the day that style of dialog was still somewhat novel, especially to people who weren’t big Buffy/Angel fans. Nowadays this is the baseline MCU style of dialog, which means it is absolutely played out.