Would you want Firefly without Mal?
POSTED BY: GWEK
UPDATED: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:55
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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Les'see-- Wash Jr, ( Zoe was pregnant and didn't know it yet...), Simon and Kaylee's kids, Mal & Inara's kids, Zoe commanding onboard, and the original cast members guesting or doing cameos when available, whenever the boat visits the planets where they've settled down-- ooh, SHINY!
Oh, it's so funny that you think Simon and Kaylee would stay together long enough to have kids! Or that Mal and Inara will ever be a functional couple! Soooo funny! It's like you've never seen anything by Joss Whedon! :P
Most likely outcome of Simon and Kaylee hooking up: Simon and/or Kaylee dead, raped, and/or mind-wiped. :(
In Joss-land, no one gets to be happy for very long at all.
www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."
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Ouch, Gwek. Yeah, okay, I agree, but that's kinda harsh on NOBC, isn't it?
A next-generation wouldn't really interest me either, I don't see why the Hands of Blue would be after them or the Alliance, which is the major source of tension for the series and movie. Yeah they're smugglers, and they'd get in trouble with the law here and there, but there wouldn't be the deep plot lines we see now, it'd mostly be watching how their kids hook up.
But still, if people want something fluffy, something adventure serial with a heist every episode and a happy to darkly-sad-okay ending, that's their prerogative.
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Yeah, I guess maybe it does come off as a little harsh on NOBC... definitely harsher than I meant. No offense intended, NOBC, although I still stand by my opinion.
I guess I was smarting a little from OldGuy calling my question "dumbass." :P
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Yeah, that's understandable.
I don't think the question was dumbass, it brings up a good question about how to work around schedules... I just think there's a better solution than not having Nathan return as Mal Reynolds. 
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Why not recast the entire crew for Serenity? We all love the characters and actors from the original series Firefly, so we have a hard time picturing the show with other actors, but with solid scripts from Joss I bet we could get another series running in a slightly different but fully satisfying direction. Didn't Joss prove the only real star of the show was Serenity itself when he fired Rebecca Gayheart?
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I remember an interview with one of the writers - I don't remember who - but they said the first ground rule Joss gave them for creating a storyline was that they could do anything they want except kill Mal.
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A lot of people said star trek wouldn't work without Kirk but then came the next generation and I think was on for 7 years. So it could work might not be the same for those of us who watched it when it was first on but those who are new to they might not know who Mel was.
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Originally posted by GWEK:
Oh, it's so funny that you think Simon and Kaylee would stay together long enough to have kids! Or that Mal and Inara will ever be a functional couple! Soooo funny! It's like you've never seen anything by Joss Whedon! :P
Most likely outcome of Simon and Kaylee hooking up: Simon and/or Kaylee dead, raped, and/or mind-wiped. :(
In Joss-land, no one gets to be happy for very long at all.
Truth to tell, I haven't ever seen anything else he's done- - no Buffy or Angel, no Dollhouse, and only part of DR Horrible.
But I have read plenty of commentary about his work that suggests that you could be right. ( I've also seen enough of his stuff fai-- not succeed to well--)
Personally, I'm an old school kinda guy, I like hopeful, happy endings. I support his artistic freedom, and his right to do dark stuff, and angst. His choice. But it's also Fox's or Universal's right to finance, or not finance, his art, based on their expectation of making a dollar.
I'd watch a happy rebirth. But I've had enough of darkness and loss already, with the BDM...
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Originally posted by KingEICHOLZ:
A lot of people said star trek wouldn't work without Kirk but then came the next generation and I think was on for 7 years. So it could work might not be the same for those of us who watched it when it was first on but those who are new to they might not know who Mel was.
OMG, I agree with KingE on something. Quick, anybody, put a bullet to me right now. I don't wanta live long enough to wait to see it...
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We could have something like 'Tales from the Verse' which would involve the BDHs in occasional/background roles. Rather like hints I've heard about Browncoat:Redemption :-). A scene or three [or single episodes] with BDHs within a larger piece of work.
Just a thought...
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