No aliens in the 'Verse...How do you feel?
POSTED BY: BWare42
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 03:25
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A question to the group: How do you feel about Joss's vision of a non-alien future? Does he mean we still haven't met any in 500 years, or there are none out there? And either way, how do you feel about it?
Personally, I think there has to be intelligent life in the univeerse besides us. When you look into the black, see all those shiny stars and think: "this is only one galaxy of millions and look at all those stars!" (like I do)
How can we possibly be alone? Far from each other, sure. But alone? No way. When you look at the diversity of life on this planet, and then think of all the stars that may have earth-like planets revolving around them...How can the 'Verse NOT be teeming with life - sentient and otherwise?
What do you think?
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I have no problems with the idea of aliens in general, but one of the reasons I like Firefly and Serenity was because there were no aliens. I especially liked that the Reavers weren't an alien race, but actually human beings who had been destroyed.
There are more than enough shows out there with aliens (god know star trek has more than enough for all of them). Why not explore a different universe (or 'verse if you prefer) for once.
Aliens sometimes allow for really sloppy writing and cop-outs in my opinion.
Crew gets in a pickle = instead of using ingenuity, a crew member uses mysterious alien power.
Instead of dialogue and character development = crew member uses alien telepathy to reveal plot points
I dunno - I think there are more than enough stories about the human dynamics on the show without making it confusing and watered down with aliens.
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Originally posted by nirvana:
I dunno - I think there are more than enough stories about the human dynamics on the show without making it confusing and watered down with aliens.
You nailed it.
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Joss means that we're it. I kinda like it, I'm bored with the make-up and muppets anyway. I feel there may be something more than us out there. I forget who said it, and this may not be a direct quote but, "I think the biggest proof that there is intelligent life out there, is that they haven't tried to contact us."
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Relived......It was soooooo god just to see a show about people living and traveling in space and not coming across some Alien race. Humans came up with there own “Space Travel” theory and other stuff that is one the show.
Plus, the show is really human and I do not think that some "Little Green Man" type would fit into that really human vibe.
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The 'verse is big enough for the aliens to see us coming and say, "there goes the nieghborhood," pull up stakes and move on. I see no need for aliens in FF. I believe they are still out there. Should we have them later? Hey first things first.
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I love the concept. Aliens have gotten to be such a tired concept, and they could ruin the personal feeling and connections people feel with the show. Simple reasons: aliens aren't humans. They don't have the same problems, the same history, none of that.
Being able to realistically envision a world like that of Firefly, and seeing the kinds of problems us humans have always had, is what endeared me to this show more than anything else I've ever been interested in. That's no mean feat.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed Star Trek (particularly late TNG and DS9 around the Dominion Wars). But, the aliens and all that kills my ability to truly connect with it. KF
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I see no problem with it, besides its only "intelligent" alien life that we dont see.
There are many references to other alien life, not so intelligent.... so it does fit and work well imho.
If I were to guess, I would say Joss didnt want to distract from the characters, and probly because every other story told in space has aliens, and Joss if anything is original.
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There are many references to other alien life, not so intelligent.... so it does fit and work well imho.
Huh? Besides the upside-down (well, really rightside-up) cow fetus, what alien life do you mean? I don't recall any references to non-Earth-that-Was life. KF
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