PS-As far as Kevin Smith goes…why would Joss "The Man" Whedon be jealous of a hack like him???!!!

Please.

"2001" had no sound in space decades before Firefly. Heinlein, among many others, was writing space stories without aliens since the 50's. "Star Wars" was the first big screen movie to show a grittier, seamier side to the future. Whedon owes them all.

In fact, Whedon himself has said on many occasions that he was moved to create "Firefly" after reading "The Killer Angels," a book about the Gettysburg War, and after thinking about the Millenium Falcon. My God, what a ripoff artist! The Civil War should totally sue that bastard!!!

I'm also a bit confused about the actors and staff. They can't work in the industry ever again, because that would be stealing from Firefly? Tim Minear may as well get that 7-11 job, Jewel Staite and Morena and Summer can all just knock off that "acting on TV for a living" thing and start selling happy meals? Or should they all just create a Firefly shrine and sit around worshipping it all day?

Yes, the SFX house took many of the techniques they developed during Firefly and used them elsewhere. More than a few of those techniques were their ideas, why not? The BSG people have said they were inspired by Firefly, and I'm glad to hear it. I want every show on TV to aim for that level of quality, damn few do. Whedon did not create every single aspect of the show and movie singlehandedly. Many talented people brought their full game to that show and that movie, and it is absurd in the extreme to assert they should never use anything they learned in future jobs.

Whedon's genius is in understanding people. That's why he writes the way he does, and that's how he pulls together amazing crews of insanely talented people and inspires them to create art. And then they move on to their own projects, and they take that fire and the lessons they've learned about creating art despite budget and studio restrictions and they apply it to other shows, other movies. And this makes me happy. I love it when Whedony writers and actors get jobs on other shows. I'm happy for them and I'm happy that the level of quality on TV just went up a notch. I'd be happier if Firefly had stayed on the air, leading the way, but I blame FOX executives for that, not Ron Moore.

I am very aware of the works of both Joss and Kevin. I'm a fan of both, for different reasons, and I can't think of anything in Smith's work that could have been "stollen" from Joss. Is Kevin jealous of Joss? No clue, but I wouldn't assume. I don't know the man, can't see into his heart. For all we know Joss was jealous of Kevin because Kevin could get movies made regularly. Until one of them out and says it, we don't know, and saying it doesn't make it true. Doesn't surprise me a bit Kevin hasn't seen "Firefly." I've never seen an episode of "Lost," not one, and I've never watched "24." Or seen the movie "Titanic." I've also haven't watched a single sitcom from last year (with the exception of two "How I Met Your Mother" shows, for Alexis). They just don't interest me, but friends look at me as if I've been in a coma and tell me how great the shows are. I'm sure they are, but they're not to my tastes and there are plenty of other shows for me to kill my time with.

Please understand, outside of our community Joss isn't that well known. He's a god to us, but to the rest of the TV community he's the Buffy guy. They're finally starting to perk up and take notice, and yay for that, but I doubt others hows sit around and wonder What Would Joss Do? I kinda wish more of them would.

Kevin Smith is just a two bit jealous hack who's somewhere right now plotting his own Joss Whedon rip-offs, hence the reason why he is pretending like he's never seen an episode of the show or seen the movie Serenity. Negro Please!!! I'm certain he's watched each episode 3 and 4 times over and over again…as Ron Moore and his Galactica crew and writing team were reported to have obsessively watched the Firefly DVD set…stealing as they went, episode by episode. That's a well known industry fact!!!

Now, as far as Kevin Smith's false claims that he has never seen so much as an episode of Firefly goes…could this have something to do with long held rumors that Kevin Smith is involved with the upcoming Star Wars live action tv series??? I mean, if he's planning to steal some stuff from Joss Whedon in that regard, he certainly would want to distance himself in case of a lawsuit or two!!! Or perhaps he just wants to gain good publicity from his stealthy stollen work without having to give props to Joss Whedon, a man he clearly despises simply because Whedon is so brilliant…and Smith, well…all he can write is poo jokes…the same that any 5 year old can make up off of the tops of their heads!!! That's really got to sting the talentless Smith.

He's as transparent as hacks come…and Joss even knows that!!! Kevin Smith is a liar and has no integrity to speak of…and quite frankly…that interview can be viewed as a psyche test that Smith failed…by way of inferences that can be drawn from his obviously bogus answers as related to Firefly/Serenity!!! Another deserved spanking…another day!!! Kevin…you and your professional apologists can pull up your pants now.

Not down with Firefly because of a fear that you won't like it? Come on. How many people could say that about Clerks. "Nah, I don't like black and white movies".

Watched a few episodes of Buffy and didn't like it? Maybe that's because you watched a FEW episodes. Television works differently than movies. You don't tell your story in 120 minutes. You tell it in more like 120 hours. In percpective, it would be like someone watching approximately 5 minutes of one of Kevin Smith's movies and already making their mind up about it. It doesn't work that way.

You can't force people to watch things that they don't want to watch. You can't make people do what they don't want to do. But, when it comes to Whedon's TV shows, they are the ones missing out. And because of that, I can sleep knowing that I tried something that Kevin Smith is afraid to try (Firefly and Buffy).

I love Kevin Smith. He's an inspiration to me when it comes to writing. But Whedon takes the cake, hands down. I know this because I was open-minded. I watched everything by Smith and Whedon. Even if I was skeptical to begin with. It's entertainment, let it entertain.

Kevin Smith has little reason to lie about this, and he's known for being very open about his opinions. He was… disinterested. Since I feel the same way about BSG — totally not my cup of tea, no matter how great others tell me it is — I can't come down on him for it. Nor should anyone else, as that's one of the reasons he avoids it.

Someday he'll catch an episode and maybe things will change. In the meantime, comments like the one above aren't going to help convince him, or anyone else, at all.

PS: Did I mention, that Kevin Smith is a liar???!!!

It is a shame to be that way, to actively FEAR being let down by something, just because EVERYBODY else has built it up, but that is life. I have been there!

So everyone that knows KS well enough for him to drop by, needs to have Firefly playing AS ALL TIMES. There are worse things for people to do!

I like Kevin Smith. But I'm disappointed.
What did he think? That Firefly was about a vampire fighting chick just because Joss Whedo wrote it?
For shame, Kevin.
I thought you were more open-minded and smarter than that.
Trust Mewes.
And borrow his Firefly DVD set.
Then see Serenity.
Damn.