Had Firefly done Seven seasons... What ending would have suited you?

POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 08:38
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KRELLEK

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:58 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
It's not often a TV has the chance to end they way the creators envisage. Such is the case with our beloved Firefly.
So I'm wondering, in an ideal world had Firefly run it's course of the supposed seven seasons, what finalé can you envisage where you as a viewer would have been satisfied with it's conclusion.

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I would prefer they somehow found a way to topple the alliance in some greath battle on the ground and in space.

and then as someone suggested that the Rim Worlds along with the core, found a way to co exist peacefully in a loose commonwealth of independets planetary governments for the good of all. :-)

TWO

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:58 PM

All the comings and goings of couples are what people want to watch on Firefly, but would Joss Whedon make the political dynamics of the Universe far simpler than Earth? After the Unification War peace treaties were signed, the 'Verse might not be unified, even on paper.

Surely there were richer planets that stayed neutral in the Unification War? In this 7 season Universe, where are the equivalents to India, France, and, especially, Russia? Planets that aren't colonies of the Alliance and planets that the Alliance can't shove around?

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

PLATONIST

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:01 PM

Inara leaves Mal with three really obnoxious kids two of them boys and a girl before her condition takes her because Joss is in charge. One of the biggest joys of these little guys bring is that they terrorize Jayne cause it makes Daddy laugh and he never smiles anymore.

This would be hilarious, and something I would WANT to see:)

KCHLIPALA

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:03 PM

GWEK, that was the best thing I read all week. I actually envisioned most of it and it really made my day.

Would you mind if I share your idea if I gave the proper respects that your the originator?

KRELLEK

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:09 PM

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Originally posted by two:
All the comings and goings of couples are what people want to watch on Firefly, but would Joss Whedon make the political dynamics of the Universe far simpler than Earth? After the Unification War peace treaties were signed, the 'Verse might not be unified, even on paper.

Surely there were richer planets that stayed neutral in the Unification War? In this 7 season Universe, where are the equivalents to India, France, and, especially, Russia? Planets that aren't colonies of the Alliance and planets that the Alliance can't shove around?

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

Well ScrewTheAlliance had a good idea of how the Alliance was actually founded, that because Shan Yu the Tyrant, had taken over a Confucian/Tao -Chineese planet that he Yuan had set out to conquer everything. and they grew think tthey should control everything, and that some imperial Faction fougth along with the independents to reestablish the Yuanese Impire for the good of the yuanese people,

try read them if you have not yet read them. starting with kaylee´s Lament, followed by The Treasure of Lei Fong Wu and unfinished buisness.

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:10 PM

Uh, well technically, the whole "colony" issue is exactly the reason the Alliance felt justified waltzing into the border and rim and taking over, according to the Serenity RPG manual.

The one thing I'm not clear on, and the manual doesn't specify, is whether the Alliance was around to oversee the original colonizing, or whether they showed up later and took credit for it retroactively. My suspicion is that Blue Sun and the Alliance have been around for a while, someone had to put the Arcs together from Earth-That-Was, someone had to oversee terraforming the planets, and this would also explain all the "the Alliance is England with a king and parliament and lords" analogies. In that way the Unification War was both the American Civil War AND the American Revolutionary War.

I think that Joss wants to tell people a message, and I think that message is "hey, government is good sometimes, but when it starts to step on your toes, you should overthrow it. Also, corporations are evil, and in cahoots with the government."

In Dollhouse, the story was about killing the Rossum Corporation, which ultimately took out/ took over government when the remote wipe crisis blew up on them (possibly intentionally). Imagine Blue Sun dowsing planets in PAX in a bid to take power, and I think you'd see a similar outcome.

>_> I actually don't think there would be a Unification War fought as the series went on, even after Miranda. Supposedly the Miranda Broadwave only reached less than half the planets in the verse, and according to Mal at the end of the movie the Alliance has already started to spin the Broadwave into a hoax so well that Mal thinks the verse is going to roll right back over and go to sleep. He even seems to think there won't be a war over the broadwave during his fight with the Operative, if Take the Sky is anything to judge by.

But that doesn't mean members of the crew might get involved with anti-Alliance or anti-Blue Sun efforts, here and there, as I doubt they'd stay together for the entire run of the show.

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:12 PM

Hehe, I actually borrowed ScrewTheAlliance's ideas a little, though I put Shan Yu back on Earth-That-Was causing WW3 and precipitating exodus.

TWO

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:38 PM

In a Universe where mankind can ignite gas giants to become dwarf stars, there probably are weapons more destructive than H-bombs, but only if Joss Whedon wants that.

Imagine for a moment that it is very difficult, very costly, and takes a large amount of energy to create artificial gravity for an entire world. Next, imagine that it is easy (easier than making H-bombs) to release all that energy stored as artificial gravity. That would be a Universe where the Alliance would want complete control of everyone on every planet, thus the Paxilon experiment. It would also be easy to retaliate against the Alliance. A very dangerous 'Verse.

The final episode of Firefly could be about half the planets in the 'Verse being converted to heat, light, dust, and asteroid belts. Serenity dodges disaster, somehow. It would be a visually stunning Firefly episode as planets explode like fireworks. "Oh, the humanity!" Our heroes survive.

Joss went halfway to the Apocalypse on Dollhouse and Buffy Season 8 comics. Why not on Firefly?

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

GWEK

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:52 PM

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Originally posted by KChlipala:
GWEK, that was the best thing I read all week. I actually envisioned most of it and it really made my day.

Would you mind if I share your idea if I gave the proper respects that your the originator?

Glad you enjoyed! If you're not familiar with it, might I suggest that you check out www.stillflying.net: 29 episode length scripts, 7 finishing out Season One (ending with a finale adapted from THOSE LEFT BEHIND) and a full 22-episode Season Two (exploring what it might have been like if the movie has been a season instead).

Feel free to share with anyone you'd like. If you don't mind, I appreciate the attribution, and also a reference to www.stillflying.net, for those who might be interested.

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:01 PM

Oooooh. Okay, I'm liking that. Both visually dramatic and horrifyingly bleak.

We gotta have Pax too though. Just so all surviving worlds will still have something to worry about after the end. Season 8 comics can be about trying to figure out a cure for the Pax. :D

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