What became of what was left of Earth-that-was?

POSTED BY: Caitlyn
UPDATED: Thursday, May 20, 2004 04:13
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CAITLYN

Monday, January 19, 2004 9:25 PM

What became of Earth-that-was? Humanity used it up. That much we're told. OK, what happens to a used up planet? Is it an abandoned rock in space? Is it still there? Might at least a few people still live on it?

Seems to me like this is a thing Jos could have explored. Does Mal or anyone in the crew even know where Earth-that-was is or was? What's there in the present time in the 'verse? Could something sinister be there, like whoever is really behind Blue Sun?

Just thinking... which could be dangerous.

"Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something
must've been living in here. "

CAITLYN

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:44 PM

C'mon! Some of you must have done more than take "Earth-that-was" at face value. A creative lot like you must surely have all sorts of ideas.

"So, are you enjoying your own nubile little
slave girl? "

SHADOWKATE

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:58 PM

Its a cliche (and we all know what Joss thinks about those) but I think something would have happend that would have required them to head that way.

CAITLYN

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:02 PM

Perhaps, but would it force the whole population to leave or die? Let's say it did. OK, would it still be that way today? Could something be at the dead Earth-that-was now? See what I mean about possibilities?

"Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other
significant glances and laughing incessantly.
Is that cider? "

BARNEYT

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:12 PM

I could believe that there are still people living on 'Earth-that-was' - there are different levels of Earth being used up, and even if the governments of the day decided that there had to be an exodus for the survival of mankind, I figure there's bound to be a few who insisted on staying behind, and it's possible that they've been able to replenish the world.

Of course, the whole planet could have blown to smithereens in an asteroid crash...

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

STEVE580

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shadowkate:
Its a cliche (and we all know what Joss thinks about those) but I think something would have happend that would have required them to head that way.

Something *will* happen you mean. Don't lose faith in the show...

SHINY

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:40 PM

It's a Blue Sun amusement park.

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:00 PM

If using up the earth means the same thing in the future as it does now, then 500 years from now, in Joss' 'verse, earth-that-was (etw) most prolly ran out of natural resources.
Like fossil fuels that can't be easily renewed in a quick time period, air (possibly due to deforestation) and viable soil due to overuse. We could easily have turned etw into a barren semi-lifeless rock, and we still could.

BARNEYT

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
If using up the earth means the same thing in the future as it does now, then 500 years from now, in Joss' 'verse, earth-that-was (etw) most prolly ran out of natural resources.
Like fossil fuels that can't be easily renewed in a quick time period, air (possibly due to deforestation) and viable soil due to overuse. We could easily have turned etw into a barren semi-lifeless rock, and we still could.

This is what I was thinking of, and I reckon that in this situation you'd probably get a few die-hard 'Save Earth' folks who'd want to stay behind, in bio-domes maybe...

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

CAITLYN

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:05 PM

No matter how bad off Earth was when most of humanity left (will leave?) there would be something left behind and that something could still have folk on it one way or another. I like the idea of something sinister being on Earth-that-remains and Blue Sun being behind it or an extension of it. Lots of plot ideas there...

FWIW, I think if we have another generation or two of goverments with as much concern for the environment as the current ones in the U.S. and China (the roots of the Alliance) the dead rock theory could well become the living (or dead) truth.

Don't want to turn this into politicin'. I surely don't.

"Okay, we're not killing folk today,
on account of our very tight
schedule."

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