Alex Frantz, the Public Nuisance, has his first thoughts on Joss Whedon's Firefly. I'm pretty much in line with him. A lot of mainstream critics hated it; I think they had trouble getting around the idea of an SF/Western cross. It made me wonder if they'd ever heard Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch: "Wagon Train to the stars."

Speaking of Whedon, Meryl has the Buffy Blogburst running on Tuesday. I'm proud to say my contribution will be particularly long and pointless.