“Firefly” was definitely over way too soon. Whedon’s charmingly esoteric space western (he took that conceit far more literally than anyone probably imagined), was full of wonderful characters and a larger mystery that was never fully explored. But its place in the pop culture pantheon has been somewhat inflated over time, with the release of a feature film (“Serenity” only slightly more watched than the series) and the titular ship’s inclusion in Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia bonanza “Ready Player One.” Yes, it’s good, but it was over almost as soon as it began, leading the question of whether its greatness was inherent or needed to be achieved.
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