Firefly

We’ve seen the future, and it ain’t pretty. You can imagine our excitement when we heard that Serenity (the spaceship the show follows around the galaxy) included a space-age prostitute on board among its ragtag crew of outlaws and degenerates. Then we got to watching this Spaceballs-meets-Young Guns mess, and a bunch of lame, Old West–style holdups dominated (a botched train robbery? C’mon, guys). The more we watched Serenity get itself into and out of trouble in the post–galactic civil war space world of the year 2500 (don’t ask), we couldn’t help but dream of John Candy dressing up as a dog alongside Bill Pullman for some real laughs.