Fun Friday: Give The Gift of Firefly
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If you are looking for a last minute gift idea, why not give the gift of Firefly? 
If you aren’t familiar with Firefly, the show was created by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog) and features the crew of “Serenity” in a “Space/Western” setting. While the show only lasted fourteen episodes (Fox canceled the show after only eleven aired) The show remains a consistent top-seller on DVD and will be a cult classic for years to come.
Firefly also resides in the International Space Station as part of their permanent “entertainment” library.
If you are even remotely interested in sci-fi shows, you won’t be disappointed by Firefly, or the follow-up film made possible by a grass-roots campaign to save the show after cancellation, Serenity.
The cast included: Nathan Fillion (Castle, Dr. Horrible, Buffy), Alan Tudyk (Dodgeball, 3:10 to Yuma, I, Robot, a Knight’s Tale), Adam Baldwin ( Independence Day, Full Metal Jacket, Chuck) Summer Glau (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles), Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis), and Christina Hendricks ( ER, Angel, Mad Men) – several of whom have gone on to shows which, still, eight years after Firefly aired, reference Firefly on occasion (One notable example is Castle)
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:05:25
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2010/12/17/fun-friday-give-the-gift-of-firefly/
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