When I moved back to SD to start school in 2005 I was told I had a week to watch some series I hadn't heard of before we would go see the movie that came out of it. So then I watched Firefly and my life was improved.
Super cool style and fun characters. I read one of the graphic novels at some point too. I remember watching it a second time in Stockton in a theater on UOP campus. That was the summer I had the construction job, so it probably made having some fun on a weekend trip even more enjoyable and memorable.