On Showing Firefly at School...

POSTED BY: GorramZero
UPDATED: Monday, September 18, 2006 14:41
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GORRAMZERO

Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:52 PM

Howdy.

I'm trying to put plans together for showing Firefly for an entire week at College of DuPage, as backed by the sci-fi/fantasy club. The idea is basically to introduce a whole bundle of folk to Firefly and Serenity.

Plans and such are all laid out, but I'm wonderin'... how would I get permission to show Firefly in a public setting? We wouldn't be making any money, so it's theoretically O.K.... but we're also not technically using it for educational purposes. Technically.

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SHROUDED

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:16 PM

Well... there's Simon's brief history on Egyptians in Jaynestown... And in Safe, it has some Puritan beliefs, which I learned in English last year...you can talk about how Firefly is one of the only shows that take into the scientific fact that sound doesn't carry through space...

If you search hard enough, I'm sure you'll find more.

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When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't do that you sit still and watch episodes of Firefly.

SHROUDED

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:16 PM

EDIT: Ai ya, double posts.
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When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't do that you sit still and watch episodes of Firefly.

YINYANG

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:27 PM

Hey, it's educational - I learned the dual meaning of sanguine from Firefly! And, you could talk about how the possibility of a real laser gun like the Lassiter, and the type of fuel they might use for Serenity. Then, there's the parallel between Serenity Valley and the Battle of Gettysburg - you could touch on that.

There's more, but it's fun to let other people (or yourself) find them.

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GORRAMZERO

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:34 PM

Haha.. okay yeah, I guess there are some educational values of Firefly and perhaps Serenity. But is it enough to be able to show it at school without permission?

P.S. Terribly sorry about the double post.

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"I had an out - hell, I had every reason in the 'verse to leave her lay and haul anchor."

"It's not your way, Mal."

YINYANG

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:38 PM

Like you said, you're not charging any money for it, right? So I'd think that would be all right. If not, couldn't you do it somewhere else (someone's house, maybe)? Or are there too many people?

EDIT: Oh, the double-posting is okay (took me a while to figure out what you were talking about). It helps the pirates and hippies.

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11THHOUR

Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:49 PM

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Original Quote by GORRAMZERO
Haha.. okay yeah, I guess there are some educational values of Firefly and perhaps Serenity. But is it enough to be able to show it at school without permission?

There's a lot of educational value about Firefly. Speculation about where humans will be in 500 years is a rich field for discussion.

Then there's ~

• The mix of different cultures ~ the more that cultures interact, the more they cross-pollinate. In the days before telecommunication and ease of travel over long distances, cultures remained isolated without any outside influences. But the longer that humans can travel to any part of the globe, and the type of access that television, and now the Internet provides, cultures are being exposed to each other.

So what happens? Do some aspects stay separate, but together like different foods on the same plate? Or will we toss everything in a big blender and hit "frappe"?

• Goverment in the future ~ What type of government would most like take form when humans inhabit multiple planets?

• Social Caste System ~ At present our democratic society stresses equality. Yet in the Firefly 'Verse it is made quite clear that Companions occupy a high "caste" in society. Also, there is an obvious underclass and even slaves in the future... though not slaves as most Americans may automatically think... because it isn't about race, it's about being poor and not having the power. There were plenty of white folk shown as indentured workers.

• Science ~ In the Firefly 'Verse, humans are terraforming planets the same way we clear a tract of land to make way for a new development today. The science of terraforming, and all it's ramifications, is a fascinating subject.

There's much more to discuss of course. But as you can see, there's PLENTY about Firefly that provides a great springboard for discussion, exploring and learning.

11th Hour

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Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:30 AM

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Originally posted by GorramZero:
I'm trying to put plans together for showing Firefly for an entire week at College of DuPage...

CoD could use some Firefly. I attended there myself.

All the shiny people who posted above me are right, imho. You are using it for educational purposes.

Thank you for sharing the 'verse!

WOLFARCHER

Sunday, August 27, 2006 2:03 AM

Hey, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do it. I just joined this site; I 'discovered' Firefly about 4 months ago when my uncle told me to watch it. Regretabbly, I bought Serenity first, so I didn't see it in order. But, after I watched that, I went right out and bought the box-set. Now I'm a Browncoat and I've made one of my friends watch all of it, and now he's one too. Anyway, back to that, I go to High School in CT and me and my friend are going to try to get the word out somehow. I guess we could try to start a Browncoat club.... that'd be shiny.

Use the Force. Drink some rum. Hunt some Orc.

YINYANG

Sunday, August 27, 2006 2:20 AM

Hey, wolfarcher! So, you say you just joined, eh? That means I must say hello to you!

Welcome to this shiny Browncoat family! Hope to see you around, and enjoy your stay in the 'verse!

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I'm a trouble-maker; Kaneman said so!

::points to 'I'm a trouble-maker' sticker on shirt and makes a platypus noise::

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