What is 'Blue Sun'?

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BYTEMITE

Monday, January 14, 2013 3:29 PM

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The problem with that is that mass homicides are not a good way of keeping a project secret. People ending up dead, whether the bodies are discovered or not, usually gets noticed. An entire security shift? These guys did not look or act like loose kill crazies. They were pretty professional for a bunch of stone cold murderers.

And yet, it happens. Lots of kids disappeared into government institutions in the height of the cold war for experimentation. People were drugged, children were exploited and pimped out, and there were deaths. You need only look for wikipedia's page on unethical human experimentation in America to find this. Most of the documents have been declassified - but you'll never hear the newsmedia bring it up.

BYTEMITE

Monday, January 14, 2013 3:32 PM

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If anyone still wants to know more what blue sun is, I've heard that blue sun is pretty much the allience, it runs about everything, including the government and the academy. But this could be wrong.

Almost certainly. The Alliance looks about as fascist as it comes, and Mussolini even said that fascism was just another word for a corporatocracy, the merger between business powerhouses and government.

They're in cahoots, I say. All in cahoots.

REAVERFAN

Monday, January 14, 2013 4:55 PM

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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If anyone still wants to know more what blue sun is, I've heard that blue sun is pretty much the allience, it runs about everything, including the government and the academy. But this could be wrong.

Almost certainly. The Alliance looks about as fascist as it comes, and Mussolini even said that fascism was just another word for a corporatocracy, the merger between business powerhouses and government.

They're in cahoots, I say. All in cahoots.

That makes the most sense to me. Just as large corporations buy undue influence today, the progression of that trend into the future would look very much like the alliance serving the fascistic interests of corporate masters.

Their general lack of concern for the settlers' lost medicine in The Train Job points to a rather bureaucratic and uncaring "corporate face." A "freer" military would be more likely to have the flexibility to offer them some help.

BYTEMITE

Monday, January 14, 2013 5:35 PM

Because most people think Blue Sun just makes soda and canned food. They don't realize sub-companies under different names are also a big part of weapons development, terraforming, pharmaceuticals, interplanetary transit, the slave trade...

Of course, anyone who talks like that is just a whacked out conspiracy theorist. Or River Tam.

ECGORDON

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:19 AM

Jayne looks better in red anyway.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

GOLDBRICK

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:50 AM

I think the name or logo is also an easter egg of sorts. If you watch some Buffy episodes that include the movie theater in Sunnydale, particularly in season four, the neon "Sun" sign looks blue.

EBFIDDLER

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:44 AM

I think Jayne has a Blue Sun T shirt because it was a promo give-away item, came with the six-pack of Blue Sun-manufactured drinks he picked up one time. Same way he got the T shirt that reads "Fighting Elves" and the other one that reads "Perfect Cat." Someone gave him the "Dumb as a Wooden Chicken" T shirt and told him it meant something cool. At least that's my story for now!

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:36 PM

I think Jayne buys random crappy t-shirts in bulk at those warehouse stores because he doesn't really care what they say or what he's wearing. When it comes time to do laundry, he thinks it's too much effort so he secretly dumps the smelly shirts off at a charity where presumably they'll be washed before distribution, then goes and buys more.

Somehow both a softer, clever side of Jayne AND also kind of repugnant.

ZEEK

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:19 PM

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Because most people think Blue Sun just makes soda and canned food. They don't realize sub-companies under different names are also a big part of weapons development, terraforming, pharmaceuticals, interplanetary transit, the slave trade...

Of course, anyone who talks like that is just a whacked out conspiracy theorist. Or River Tam.

That's pretty much exactly the way I imagine it. Most people just don't know how involved Blue Sun is in the government. They just happily buy their mass produced products and go about their lives.

TDBROWN

Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:31 PM

Another part of the Blue Sun Mythology that has been discussed in past posts:

In the Ariel Episode flashbacks, The Elder Mr. Tam has a Blue Sun Tie Tack. In the opening scene, he has the tie tack and a phi beta kappa key on a chain. In the confrontation with Simon when he bails Simon out of jail he just has the tie tack. This begs the questions,

"Is Mr. Tam a Blue Sun Executive?"

"Does Mr. Tam know something about where River is, and what has happened to her?"

"He seems to be afraid of what will happen to the family if Simon continues to pry. WHY???"

Alas, unless Joss and family explores the possibilities in Comic Book form, we will never know.

*** It never goes smooth...**

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