Firefly is a rip-off of the Battlestar Galactica episode 'Lost Warrior'!

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, October 22, 2007 06:13
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Apollo crash lands on a planet that has an oddly western feel to it, and has to have a shoot out with a malfunctioning Cylon. Besides that, there is the ficticious slang (Frak!), and the accepted whore (socialator), and the displaced-from-their-home-planet race - holy crap! Joss got every idea for FF right from Glen Larson!!!!

Chrisisall

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I just watched that episode today, and I disagree. Everything about BSG and FF are different. BSG is a group of people on the run from enemies who want to destroy them, searching for a lost branch of their people. The use FTL, laser guns, improbable technology and contrived divisions. FF has extrapolated tech, people who are home, normal divisions(rich and poor still exist) and even the language can be traced to proper roots. Don't get me wrong, I love BSG, both then and now, but there is really no comparison between that and FF. Very different ideas.

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Originally posted by gorramgroupie:
I just watched that episode today

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Funny, I just watched it last night
I'm mostly just tryin' to get a discussion going, I'm not REALLY sayin' Joss ripped anyone off.
But the 'socialator'/'companion' thing is a pretty funny coincidence, don't ya think?



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Thats funny, I always thought it was a rip-off of that movie Serenity. I just gave Joss credit for ripping himself off before he actually did something. Genius, that one.
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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Genius, that one.

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Time-bending Chrisisall

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Funny thing is, I've seem discussions about River bein' "The final cylon!"

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Originally posted by Raycheetah:
Funny thing is, I've seem discussions about River bein' "The final cylon!"

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But unlike #6, there was a PLAN for River!

They have no plan Chrisisall

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I thought this the last time I went through the original series. Whilst the shows aren't alike that episode definitely has some comparisons.
The socialator was obvious along with the scifi/western mix. Even the bad guy in BSG could be referenced in Rance Burgess from FF with running the town and the advanced tech each had.

Whether Joss had ever seen it - well who knows?? I think it would be kind of nice if it inspired him in someway, even subconciously.



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Originally posted by chrisisall:

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Originally posted by gorramgroupie:
I just watched that episode today

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Funny, I just watched it last night
I'm mostly just tryin' to get a discussion going, I'm not REALLY sayin' Joss ripped anyone off.
But the 'socialator'/'companion' thing is a pretty funny coincidence, don't ya think?



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So, if we got a soliciator and a companion in the same room, would there be a fight, or trading pointers?


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