Worst case scenario if Firefly starts up again
POSTED BY: Bytemite
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 14:13
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Most of my dreams are lucid dreams. When it finally got too stupid, which was about when Inara-rewritten-as-a-clingy-lovesick-ditzy-ingenue declared her everlasting devotion, my dream-self stood up and left in disgust. I could hear the smooch-fest the whole thing had devolved into behind me as I left, and I thought, "Yuck."
In my defense, it was positively gag-worthy. Mawkish and saccharine are the words that come to mind. And keep in mind, I'm actually a Mal/Inara shipper. That's how bad it was.
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Plus it would be spoiled by a silly scene in which Mal found himself in an airport with no passport and Inara discovered she had a whoring theory exam and had half an hour to catch up on a years work.
That's actually got some potential. Mal could be at a space port with Alliance customs breathing down his neck, and Inara might still be at the training house and was writing an exam for her students.
Wash and Book were probably always meant to die, I think, but Joss just chose for that to be in the first movie. Perhaps for the exact reason you just gave.
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...and Inara might still be at the training house and was writing an exam for her students.
What kinda exam would THAT be, now??? ...and where can I get a video of it??
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River ends up stable/in remission/cured of her touchedness. That would make the show really boring and she'd be a Mary Sue because she's so brilliant and then she could do everyone else's jobs, thus it would be boring. "A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya. Plus there are plenty of neurotypical psychic assassins out there in stories, but how many touched psychic assassins do you know? It would just be boring if her wits weren't touched.
Related to that, if she hooked up with Jayne or Mal I'd die, pure and simple. Now if she were no longer touched, if she were stable or what have you then I wouldn't have an ethical problem with it, but I'd be bored. If she were still touched and rutting with some neurotypical guy I'd have an ethical corinary because it wouldn't be mutual concent etc. So yeah, River being stable or River hooking up with crew are my things that I fear would happen in a new Firefly movie or show and I'd be soooooooooooooo bored if that happened.
I'd much rather see a spin off, that would be cool, that Saffron one sounds allright. Maybe Saffron vs. Badger, she'd try to screw him over in various ways and he'd try to con her and they'd go 'round and round and I'd be laughing the whole way through.
Other than the River situation I'm actually pretty flexible about Firefly believe it or not. But I really would miss Wash and Book, they are so cool and killing them was just mean.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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For me the worst case would be River and Jayne having a sexual/romantic relationship. Ick!
Devout Keeper of Jayne's Lunchbox
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The only worse case for me would be if Joss had nothing to do with the revival. Maybe Tim Minear could pull it off, but without Joss as the driving force I would be very hesitant in embracing it. I wouldn't want to put any restrictions on Joss as to character and plot development, because even something that doesn't appeal to me at this time could be written in such a way that I could accept it. Joss is that good.
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