Which timeline? Firefly or Serenity....
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Is it too much to ask for both?
"You know, your coat's kind of a... brownish color."
Rob O.
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Interesting thread here.
Go with the old, trusty crew or advance the timeline to a crew with replacements (I know, I know)trying to keep fed and keep flying. A bit of boom and bust here and there, like Train Job, a few assists to needy folk (Nandy could use a revisit), moving along in an unforgiving Whedonverse.
I don't know where to go, but I'd like the writing to be as good as Firefly, the characters as good as Serenity.
"Where's Wash?"
"He ain't comin'."
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Originally posted by HeWhoKicksAlot:
Is it too much to ask for both?
"You know, your coat's kind of a... brownish color."
Rob O.
It seems it was too much to ask for just one... Real shame.
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Originally posted by Freebrowncoat:
I don't know where to go, but I'd like the writing to be as good as Firefly, the characters as good as Serenity.
... I wonder how folk would feel if it ran from Serenity onwards and we had to endure our beloved show without Wash and Book? I must say I couldn't see why so many were upset by the loss of Wash and Book. It would have inevitably happened even if Firefly had continued...
Still Nandy coming back would be good.
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Oh it would have to restart after Serenity. I couldn't accept that they just threw the movie out like it never happened. Though I would rather it start back up as a TV series rather than movies. Serenity is a good movie and all but it doesn't focus on the characters like Firefly did. I like the character focus.
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As much as I love the movie, I'm gonna go with Firefly timeline. It's much more endearing and compelling. In Serenity, Whedon pulled all the stops to make one big damn movie. Very flashy and shiny indeed. Plus, no one's going to fly Serenity if there's no Wash. Just wouldn't be the same.
On a side note, what do you think will happen to Zoe if Serenity continued?
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Well River is the perfect 'new' pilot for Serenity. She's intuative and a reader so she would anticipate danger in flight. That has to be a plus... As for Zoe. I reckon she'd probably die in battle.
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I'd have to agree with those who've pointed out that if Firefly had continued, we would've inevitably encountered the same situation where regular characters died (it is a Joss Whedon series, after all), so my "preference" is to continue the timeline after Serenity, since I think of that as what "really" happened and not a matter of preference.
I know we all love the original cast, but imagine what beloved fan favourites might have emerged in further seasons...?
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I don't know if many here have heard this interview with Joss but it has spoilers for what he planned for Firefly if it continued.
http://www.826nyc.org/
It's from this Sept 24 posting on Whedonesque and the information on the differences between Firefly and Serenity occur about 2/3 of the way through the interview. There was an earlier posting about some of the spoilers, but there are even more if you listen.
Full Joss Whedon and Ira Glass interview available. I'll let Joss and Ira explain: "We did this event hoping to raise money to teach writing to kids. We're kind of, you know, into writing. If you listen, and you're against helping schoolchildren with their homework and expanding their literary horizons, then certainly do not click the donate button. Everyone else, please click." This is one of the best Joss interviews in years.
Hope this isn't old news to you guys, but if it is, my apologies.
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Great interview, Joss is honest and open about his work, really worth a listen and the donations are for a good cause.
Minor spoilers
Minor spoilers
Minor spoilers
I like what he said about Wash's and Zoe's marriage, Mal being the “older dude" or father/mentor to River, and his tendency to have those type of characters and relationships in his work.
Worried over what he said about Mal being extremely emotional, in the future, if the series would have continued...it makes me wonder what would have happened to cause such emotion and Mal’s ensuing arc, if any.
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