Buffy speak often wasn't repeated episode to episode, though, whereas Firefly vocab was. The Firefly thing was obviously a deliberate play on language, to try to invent something progressive and believable, and in many ways I thought it worked -- it annoys me that in nearly all television and movie science fiction, the galaxy 132904290 billion years in the future is shown speaking current generic American.
The fact a lot of Firefly fan fic authors feel the need to use the word gorramn every 4 words, though, does grate.
Buffy speak often wasn't repeated episode to episode
The exact words, no. But the grammar and rhythms were very consistent throughout the series. My sister found it as offputting as the language in Firefly.
Maybe no so much accents as speech cadence.
This. It's all about the speech pattern and how the words fit together.
I can't stand
Gilmore Girls
because of the speech pattern.
I can't stand Gilmore Girls because of the speech pattern.
That's funny, because I can't either, and yet I loved the speech patterns on Firefly and Buffy.
The further I get away from Firefly, the less I like it. OTOH, I really miss Wonderfalls.
I find Firefly easier to come back to, becuase I didn't like any of the rumours I heard about the next season of Wonderfalls.
The further I get away from Firefly, the less I like it. OTOH, I really miss Wonderfalls.
Interesting. I probably rewatch Firefly and Wonderfalls more often than any of the other shows.
I think the only thing I've liked less with distance was Angel season 4, and about half of 3. Angel season 2 still owns all for me.
I find Firefly easier to come back to, becuase I didn't like any of the rumours I heard about the next season of Wonderfalls.
Heh. It doesn't bother me because I am certain someone would have smacked the bad crack out of Fuller's head. Of course, with Firefly, I know all that's next is Serenity and YOU CANT STOP THE SIGNAL!
And then I laugh until I cry, but not in the way I think Whedon intended.
Sorry. Didn't mean to get all bashy, but dear loward. Everytime I catch it on cable, and there's the seriousness, and the reavers, and the big secret is that everyone died of apathy, and then YOU CANT STOP THE SIGNAL! I just. It's. OMG so funny.
I can't really put my finger on why Firefly got stale/sour to me over time. There's a few fantastically written episodes/scenes of television in there. I just don't think they were enough to carry the concept for me in the long term, maybe?
