Dude, believe me, people have been telling me that for years, haha! I'm not even sure why I never caught "Firefly" when it first ran on TV years ago, since I'm a sci-fi fan and a Joss Whedon fanboy, but I guess it came and went so quickly that I never got a chance to check it out.
Now that I've seen the flick I'm gonna hit up the local library and see if they have the TV series on DVD.
I never caught it either. I had a friend who talked me into buying the DVD set. it took me through the 2 part Pilot (also called Serenity) and about half way through the first episode (long story, listen to commentary when you get the dvd's) to "get it" and it was on from there. just couldn't get enough and then it was over. still pisses me off it was cut so short.