How to bring back the firefly series after the major events from the movie - SPOILERS!!!

POSTED BY: an81angel
UPDATED: Monday, October 24, 2005 18:43
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AN81ANGEL

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:36 AM

a new and most plausable theory has been added to the bottom ... theory # 5...PLEASE LOOK and DISCUSS. keep the spirit of firefly and serenity alive.
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hello everyone, i know this is a lot to read, and most probobly wont take the time, but if u do i would really like to know what u think.

after watching the movie "serenity" and seeing the death of 2 crew members, i have been tring to figure out a way to make the show work. in my opinion, joss shouldnt have killed Wash. he is a character that fit so well, and the show would seem empty with out him.

here r my thoughts on how to bring him back to life in one form or another.

theory # 1:
the opperative from the movie in the end learned the truth, the secret that the allience feared most. but not before the death of both Wash and Book. (i dont see an easy way to bring back Book, but i have an idea how to approach his characters past that i will leave for last.) if Joss W. can pull it off, i think that the opperative could, from the shadows, help to bring back Wash. as far as we the audience knows Wash's body was burried, not usable, but if there was a way to clone him with the blood from the wound, Wash could come back. the technology of the day could have advanced a great deal in regards to cloning. his consious and memories could be resotred in teh cloned version of Wash.
it would also be a good way to explore the morning period, and the reaction to having Wash back on the ship.

theory # 2:
similar to the above, but instead of the opperative, have Simon and River get the ball rolling. they r both supper smart, and r invested in the crew of serenity. there could be a few episodes of them trying to work out how to get it done, if they need to get to a lab, if they need to create a special lab, etc. having Wash back would create a lot of drama, similar to a segment from the show Farscape. Wash would have all the memories and personality he had up until he died(he'd be picking up where he left off), and everyone would have to deal with him being alive again. there would be a period of ajustment.

theory # 3:
Zoe is the instigator. no one knows how a person will react in a situation souch as this. the normally calm, cool under pressure soldier Zoe would see another side to herself. being a soldier she understands that death is a part of life, and certainly a part of war. so, in this case to see her so determined to bring Wash back could be interesting. i am not saying to totally change her character, but to just add another dimention. after Wash comes back she would be her normal self again...or maybe through out the corse of the show she would see that recreating him was an act of desperation. and then have to deal with inner demons or something. we would also see the crews reaction to Zoe's resolve to bring back her husband.

theory # 4:
make Wash into an android. maybe true flesh and blood cloning is never succesfull, but usuing the genetic structure and some really advanced computers to creat an artificial clone. all the components to makeing the physical form r in our genetics, so map it out on a computer, and then build Wash. maybe the genetic code also contains the information about how a particular persons brain functioned, and cynthesize a computerized brain. maybe in the future it is possible to extract memories from ones mind even after death, a certain type of brain scan or a tissue sample that could also be recreated in a computer that would have all the memories and personalituy traits of the flesh and blood Wash. i am also not saying to cut open his head to get a tissue sample, but a tiny little hole through the temple maybe that could easily and less invasivly give them access to said brain tissue. etc. plus as an android, kaylee could keep him maintained, or reproduced should something happen to him again.

these r just some thoughts, and i am sure that most wont find them plausable, but maybe Joss W. coul

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:46 AM

You might want to put SPOILERS! in the post title as not everyone that visits here has had the chance to see the movie. Throwing out some major spoilers like you have in this thread could ruin the movie for some & aggrivate others. Just some advise.

Interesting theories, but some are a little too cliche, so much so that I doubt that Joss would use them.

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ENGINEANGEL

Monday, October 3, 2005 10:17 PM

An81angel, i have thought of all the theories you have put out there and think that some of them might work. However, i Also agree with BROWNCOAT1 that many of them are too cliche for Joss to use.

I do have one idea that i don't hink anybody else has thought of - Joss can somehow have Wash come back as a ghost that only River can see. Things can go in all directions from there. Someone can figure out how to coorporialize him, or something else can happen.

River: There's too much snow on top. It's going to cave in. His brain is in grave danger.
Zoe: River, honey, he's putting the hair away now.
River: It doesn't matter. It'll still be there. Waiting...

JASONZZZ

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:16 PM

Hollywood is filled with cliches... might work if you don't *expect* it... Just don't do another one 'ala "Search for Spock"... been there, done that.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 1:20 AM

Is there something fundementally WRONG with you!?! Are you completely fong luh? Son, you must have a leaky brainpan to think using that as your tagline was a good idea! THE FILM DOESN'T OPEN OVER HERE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS YET! THANKS A F***ING LOT YOU FEI FEI DE PI YAN!!!

KNIBBLET

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:57 AM

LOGGERHEAD

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 6:05 AM

Quote:
theory # 4:
make Wash into an android.

I have it on good authority they're going to bring back Wash as Zoe's love-bot.

Sheesh.

INLOVEWITHMAL

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 8:16 AM

As much as Wash will be missed, I don't think he should be brought back. His death opens a whole new story line with Zoe emotionally, as well as giving River a real job on the ship as the new pilot without bringing in some new guy to REPLACE Wash, which would be unacceptable.

As much as Zoe loved Wash she knows how to deal with death and move on, I doubt she would fully trust or want to be with a copy/clone/android version of her beloved husband. She is nothing if not practical and simple. She loved and he is gone, but like Mal she will continue . . .

KIZYR

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:38 PM

I think Zoe, if anything, is more likely to take a step back after these events. During the war, she learned to shut off her emotions to cope with what was going on around her. Afterwards, it took a lot to get her to finally open up again... and Wash was the only one who managed to do that.

After taking such a huge gamble in opening herself up and falling in love with someone, just to have him taken away from her, I think she'll revert back to her emotionless phase. It's like the Buddhist idea of suffering coming from attachment, and relenquishing emotional attachments in this case. KF

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HELL'S KITTEN

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 9:56 PM

First of all, how does that bit in the thread title that reads "after major events from the movie" NOT scream "SPOILERS!" to people?

Secondly, and while I appreciate the ideas going around, maybe y'all didn't hear the oh so categorical "Firefly the series will never come back" from everyone in the know...?

However, for those who were at the Universal Studios Fan Fest Q&A session, did Chris Buchanan's and Adam Baldwin's enthusiastic, emphatic "yes" to the possibility of some sort of Firefly spin-off strike anyone else as... "interesting"? Or was it just me?

Cheers.

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