What does each Firefly character represent?
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I know Joss was influenced a lot by John Ford's Stagecoach, so here are some inexact parallels to that cast. First the easy ones:
Mal=Ringo, marginalized by injustice, willing to kill to avenge wrongs against him, but an instinctive gentleman and man of honor.
Inara=Dallas, the prostitute with a heart of gold.
Then some mix and match:
Zoe=the marshal, Curly, who knew Ringo's family and wants to protect him (even though they are on opposite sides of the law.)
Wash=Doc Boone (even though Wash is not a drunk or a doctor), the self-deprecating humanist who always comes through in a pinch. (He and Curly are together having a drink at the end of the film.)
Jayne=Buck, the not-so-bright driver of the coach, mixed in with the motivations of the crooked banker and the marksmanship of the ex-Confederate gambler Hatfield.
Book=the part of Hatfield that is concealing his past and true identity along with the nurturing aspects of Doc Boone.
Kaylee=the sweetness and vulnerability of Lucy Mallory, but not her total helplessness.
Simon=the clueless side of Lucy, the woman from the East, but he's the actual doctor. He also resembles Peacock, the prissy whiskey salesman whose heart is in the right place by the end.
River=There ain't no Rivers in John Ford movies.
And as, the fearsome Apache menace, unseen but lurking through most of the film--the Reavers.
Cardie
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The universe was interesting
the overall characters, not very deep?
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
The universe was interesting
the overall characters, not very deep?
I think they were. They certainly would have been had they been given the proper time to develop that they were robbed of.
Meanwhile, in Dystopia, Batwoman on the CW got 3 full seasons before finally being cancelled. They couldn't even bring in 400,000 viewers for the finale.
I want to live in the timeline where Firefly is still going strong after 21 years.
That probably happened in a lot more than one universe.
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