"15 broadcast hours were produced. It appears that Fox network executives then decided to throw them all into a giant hat, reach in while blindfolded, pull out twelve entirely at random, and broadcast them in the order they were pulled. The DVD release fixes this, by putting all of the episodes in their proper order.
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The acting has no learning curve. There are nine central characters, all of whom seem to have been completely defined by their actors before the cameras began to roll. Any change in the behaviour of the actors in the course of the series is a result of character growth and development. Sean Maher as Simon Tam never seems to belong. Summer Glau as River Tam exudes Cassandra Syndrome. Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds is always competant and guarded, falling only for situations that demand sympathy of others. Adam Baldwin's Jayne Cobb is generally pretty stupid, crude, and violent, but even he has his moments of clarity (such as when he was the only crewmember to recognize the name "Lasseter," or the first crewmember to pick up on inconsistencies in Shepherd Book's cover story.) Every actor had his or her role laid out and performed from the start. I give it 6 out of 6."
I had the good fortune to see the show shown in proper ep order in the UK (including the last three) and I thought it was really good. But it did have character arc, and if you shuffle the eps up that looks like random characterization instead.
I hope the film gets made and ties up a few of the loose ends :)
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