The Original 5....

POSTED BY: Jentle
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 22:49
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BARNEYT

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by Static:
It could also have been. . .

Badger, Patience, Dobson, The Captain of the UAV "Dortmundter' and Two-fry.

Now this would make for an interesting series!

I reckon it would be before the current time-line of Firefly... Set on Whitefall... maybe Badger's just learning his trade working for Patience along with Two-Fry?

Dobson, I reckon, hasn't always been a Fed, I can see him being part of the same gang with Patience and Badger...

The Captain of the Dortmundter would be a local Alliance Commander charged with breaking up the salvage gangs...

and into this mix wanders a young veteran of Serenity Valley just starting out after the war, trying to make some money in salvage...

You reckon Fox'd be interested?

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

TOTALLYFRYED

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:34 PM

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Originally posted by Jentle:
Okay, so in the special features, Joss says the original idea had 5 people and later he upped it to 9...

Which begs the question, who were the original 5? Who got added? Were the original 5 characters as we know them now, or were they completely different?

This plagues me....

I believe in that same feature he indicates that the crew came first (Mal, Zoe, Wash, Kaylee and Jayne), and the other 4 (Inara, Book, Simon and River) became the permanent additions. Also, it would make sense to start with the crew, since they would end up staying on the ship all the time, while passengers would come and go over time, providing story arcs as they pass through.

"C'mon, Kaylee. We all know I'm the funny one."

3OF19

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:13 PM

I've often heard that the crew of the freighter in Alien Resurrection was kinda the original inspiration for Firefly. I've only seen it once back when it came out originally so I can't really remember much of the crew. The only person I do remember was the android girl and the guy in the wheelchair.

LTNOWIS

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:49 PM

I don't think he had created the crew yet when he was concieving the series. When he changed it from 5 to 9, he had only really fleshed out Mal. Or that's my take on it, at least.

In regards to the crew of the Betty being inspiration, I recall there was a big, strong, dumb mercenary-type, and a clever, strong, African American fighter-type. I think Joss may have used some elements from the crew of the Betty, and their hostility to the stiff, high-tech military guys, but there's nothing really wrong with that. It's kind of cool to see how it all formed together in his mind, from this and his readings on Reconstruction.

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