Joss Whedon and "1984", the movie plays like a critique of contemporary society, with the Alliance as Big Brother, enemy of discontent". The film received the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Script, the 2006 Prometheus Special Award, and was voted the best sci-fi movie of all time in a poll set up by SFX magazine. There have since been multiple rumors regarding sequel possibilities. The limited three-issue comic book series called "", the story of which was written by Whedon, was released in 2005 as a tie-in to "Serenity". Set between "Firefly" and the film, it was intended connect the two storylines.
U.S. television science fiction completely new story would be presented in each episode, with new actors, settings, and situations. The only continuing link was the producers, the genre, and the series title. The first series of this kind was "Tales of Tomorrow" running for 85 episodes, between 1951–53, it was meant to be the first science fiction show for adults. The next popular series was "Science Fiction Theatre", a syndicated series that ran for 78 episodes between 1955–57. Two years after its run finished, a much more popular and influential program in the same vein debuted on the CBS Network: "The Twilight Zone", hosted