Joss interview

POSTED BY: LizWhiz
UPDATED: Monday, February 7, 2005 06:48
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LIZWHIZ

Thursday, February 3, 2005 6:53 PM

I'm not sure if anyone's posted this here before, but I'd never seen it.

http://chud.com/interviews/980

Edit: Just read a bit of it, and there are a few spoilers. Mild so far, though.

ZOID

Friday, February 4, 2005 1:37 AM

LizWhiz:

Thanks a bunch for the link. I'd seen pieces and parts of that conversation, but not the whole thing. It has some very interesting bits of (non-spoilery) info, for those who'd care to read it.

To wit:

One planetary system, not a galaxy.

Serenity is not faster than light.

Joss is a Fight Club and Unforgiven fan, just like me. I thought so. I mean, how could the "terrifying space monkeys" line have been anything but an homage to Fight Club?

Heh, heh, heh... Thanks again for stirring the pot, Lizzie.

Gleefully,

zoid

P.S.
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WILDBILL

Friday, February 4, 2005 2:39 AM

Thanks for the link,

Last I heard, there are multi-star systems with as many as six stars. So, maybe a planet or two for each star, some large moons...

Any Browncoat-Astronmers out there? Although the science isn't really the point.

SERENITY NOW!!

ZOID

Friday, February 4, 2005 11:01 AM

wildbill wrote:

Quote:
...Last I heard, there are multi-star systems with as many as six stars. So, maybe a planet or two for each star, some large moons...

And then Joss spake, ending all argument:

Quote:
...Q: Does Serenity go faster than light?

Joss: I don't think so.

Q: Are the planets really close together?

Joss: They’re really close together. You’ve never seen a planet cluster like this one. It’s a little planet village. If you start asking my (sic) science questions I’m going to cry...

Game over. Unless the argument is that Joss himself doesn't know the universe in which his story is set. Or that he's being intentionally misleading for some abstract reason. I don't think he is.

This debate has raged on this website for at least a year, based strictly on supposition by both sides. Now, The Man has spoken...

v/r,
-zed

P.S.
Do we really emotionally need the Star Trek methodology so much that we can't accept the 'single system' truth? We've accepted 'no lasers' and 'no aliens': What does one more break with traditional TV sci-fi mean to Browncoats?

P.P.S.
The only question that should remain is: "In which 'single system' is the story set?" I think it's set in Sol system; terraformed moons and possibly planets. I don't think we've gotten out of our own solar system in the intervening 500 years. We've just gotten better at utilizing our local resources, especially since we didn't have a choice (Earth-That-Was).

GROUNDED

Friday, February 4, 2005 11:15 AM

This has been posted before, including in the infamous 'Solar System vs. Galaxy' thread. It didn't stop any arguments ;)

ZOID

Friday, February 4, 2005 11:21 AM

Grounded wrote:

Quote:
This has been posted before, including in the infamous 'Solar System vs. Galaxy' thread. It didn't stop any arguments ;)

You must be kidding.

...Or maybe not. After all, I've never been truly convinced that the world isn't flat. Evidence-schmevidence.

v/r,
-zed

RABIT

Friday, February 4, 2005 1:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
I've never been truly convinced that the world isn't flat. Evidence-schmevidence.

It isn't?!?

As to what system it is... Uh, I doubt that it's Sol. They would use the same names we currently have for the moons and planets, if it was. We've had these names for millenia; why would we change them all in a couple hundred years?

But that's just my opinion...

Rabit

XENOCIDE

Friday, February 4, 2005 2:01 PM

Well, folks do like to pick there own names for the places they live. Sure, I don't care if you name that obscure rock in the sky after some obscure roman god, but I want the name of the rock I call home to be named something that has meaning to me. Know what I mean?

-Eli

If voting mattered, they'd make it illegal.
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CYBERSNARK

Friday, February 4, 2005 4:04 PM

Yeah, but how could anyone not want to live on moons named Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Dread)?

I'm not joking. I want a big, gothic-looking fortress on Deimos, with gargoyles, and stained-glass windows, and indirect lighting, preferably surrounded by a moat of lava. . .

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GROUNDED

Friday, February 4, 2005 6:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
Grounded wrote:
Quote:
This has been posted before, including in the infamous 'Solar System vs. Galaxy' thread. It didn't stop any arguments ;)

You must be kidding.

...Or maybe not. After all, I've never been truly convinced that the world isn't flat. Evidence-schmevidence.

v/r,
-zed

Just to be clear, I was advocating a single system/no FTL 'verse in said thread.

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