I bought the set the day it hit the stores and have been kind of picking my way through them at my leisure. I watched all the episodes as shown on TV first, in the order they are presented and, man, I miss this show!
The added commentary by cast and crew is terrific. I liked the way they pointed out things obvious to themselves about their performances, etc., that I never would have picked up on any other way. Morena Baccarin talking about how difficult it was to dance and speak her lines at the same time sounds like a joke until you take into consideration the camera angles. She was dancing with the cameras as much as with her human partners while trying to speak her lines when the camera could see her face. Alan Tudyk's commentaries were hilarious. Loved the "Headless Wash" scene, and the magical three switches.
I ended up re-watching the entire 4 disks again after the revelation by Joss in "Serenity" that Jayne was intended to have a little crush on Kaylee from the beginning. I remember that scene where he is crouched carefully out of sight just outside the infirmary as Simon operates on her. I used to think "What's he doing there?" That one whizzed right past me! There was more to his dislike of Simon than I originally thought.
My only complaint is the gag reel was missing a lot of the scenes that were included in the version that was available for download on the internet last spring. The very funny 360 spin of the camera in the cargo bay, for instance. We hear it mentioned in commentary made by Alan Tudyk and Jewel Stait, but it's missing from the gag reel! Also the scenes of Sean Mahar calling the character of his sister by the name of the actress who played her. I think Joss mentions that in a comment and so it's deleted from the gag reel. Too bad. They also took out Nathan Fillion's muttering of "f**kety f**k f**k!" in scenes whenever he blew a line.
I'm also very intrigued by the order of the episodes as determined by Joss and not the network. The unaired episodes were, apparently, not intended to be the last episodes in the series. "Objects in Space" was supposed to be aired last - in continuity to the others. Very interesting.......
It just makes me wish all the more for a set of DVDs, with at least a partial cast participation, to be made available of "Earth 2." The more time passes, though, the less likely that might be. I hope the petition for a DVD set lights a bulb over somebody's head soon.
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