Hey- interesting discussion concerning Firefly at a Trek site...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, July 13, 2009 13:47
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And of course, I had to jump in:
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=98221
The laughing Chrisisall
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Wow! And nary a hint of rival fandom hatred to be seen!
I mean, what? *innocent*
*Kind of doesn't like Star Trek... At all*
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
*Kind of doesn't like Star Trek... At all*
Shirley not!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Don't call me Shirley. 
But hey, some of the conversation you got into about shades of grey, that reminds me of the "Is it okay to like the Alliance" thread that's lurking around here.
You know, I myself have some moral issues with the crew of Serenity and the jobs they take. But that's separate from their characters and personalities, which I really enjoy.
The problem with crime and justice I think nowadays is that few people are willing to understand, the people who do crime, that's not who they ARE. Criminals aren't born, they're made by circumstance. Only by addressing the environment can you help the people. Such is the case with at least Mal and Zoe, who after the war are broken, drifting, and directionless. What else would they do? Not just that they'd been changed by war, but Mal lost Shadow, I suspect Zoe's family and the ship she was born on was lost as well, they couldn't go home again. They had to start new lives, under a system that probably already considered them criminal and restricted the kinds of jobs they could get.
I can see where that guy is coming from if he's talking about wanting to shoot Jayne. Don't get me wrong, I love the big lug as much as anyone for the brand of machissmo and comedy he brings, but apart from the brief mention we get of his family and that moment at the end of Jaynestown, Jayne's pretty unrepentantly mercenary and a verbal and somatic biohazard.
But someone oughta ask that guy if he thinks Simon and River should be shot or hauled off and imprisoned by the Alliance. Or Kaylee and Wash, who strike me as innocents. And he'd really want to shoot a Preacher (the best, least preachy one EVER)? Think he's basing his generalized dislike on only a few details about a few of the characters, and missing the rest. Think he probably only really has issues with Mal, Zoe, and Jayne, and that even that dislike isn't entirely thought through beyond the ethics of what they do.
Which isn't all bad.
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The guy on that thread (Laserwhatever) is just a polite version of the authoritarian types we see here every day. Surprising, since Trek sites are notoriously open-minded, in their own closed minded way.
I kid because I love...
The laughing Chrisisall
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LOL! There's a guy on that site named Rush Limborg, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
LOL! There's a guy on that site named Rush Limborg, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
"Intelligence is Futile"
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That's classic.
The laughing Chrisisall
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I just came REAL close to creating an account over there.
But then I read ur tagline here.
Screw the fiction, peeps like lazer scare the hell outta me RL.
Side note: After watching FF with an online friend with poor quality www.seetoo.com, I discovered FF was on HULU. 
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