Serenity 2 -what have you?
POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Friday, October 15, 2010 17:34
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Personally I always thought if we got another movie it would deal with Inara in some way, her history being one of the most-discussed topics I've seen next to the Shepherd.
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Originally posted by LiLi:
Many, many people are here and don't care about that.
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
I didn't know you were an approved representative to speak for many people here...
Incidentally, she does speak for me on that subject. She's a longstanding and possibly even respected member of this board. (yes, she is longstanding, her account pre-name-change dates back nearly as far as mine.)
Lisa, keep your debate spirit in rwed, it's not nice to scare the newbies. Wishimay, if you have any desire for my advice, she's not likely to stop snarking until you do, it's not her way. Let it go. Now would you stop pecking at each other? You're scaring away the conversation.
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I don't think you could make a full movie out of this but I would love to see Mal get revenge against the guy who shot him in the episode Out of Gas.
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Hello - some nice ideas out there. I particularly like the Blue Sun angle. Would be fun also if during the darker more severe moments Jayne continues to wear his Blue Sun T-shirt.
For me personally I was always fascinated with Book and his back-story. I would be very interested in a story that involved his past catching up with and affecting the crew. Obviosuly in a negative way that would incur a rift within the group - in particular Zoe and Mal going their seperate ways.
Just what Books past may be is tricky, as any notion that one comes up with seems strangely inadequate for Book, but lets say for arguments sake that, his association with the Crew (while he was alive) has resulted in a 'Hit' being put out on them, and just about every low down bounty hunter and 'would be hero' out there is trying to destroy them.
....and if that isn't enough a wave comes in from a young woman on one of the 'fancier alliance friendly planets' claiming to be Book's daughter asking for help from Mal and co. 
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Incidentally, she does speak for me on that subject. She's a longstanding and possibly even respected member of this board.
Lisa, keep your debate spirit in rwed, it's not nice to scare the newbies.
Wishimay, if you have any desire for my advice, she's not likely to stop snarking until you do, it's not her way. Let it go. Now would you stop pecking at each other? You're scaring away the conversation.
Yeah, not a newbie!!! The people who pay attention here know who I am.
This is why I don't usually talk to women, because they use emotional warfare, and guys will tell you plain what they don't like about you. Someone snarks at me, you'll see me start a war. Now I know, I will avoid snarky people in the future, which is a shame 'cause I like normal conversation here...
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I don't think you could make a full movie out of this but I would love to see Mal get revenge against the guy who shot him in the episode Out of Gas.
Hey, at least you got your thinking cap on, I hadn't thought of that one!
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Atherton wasn't a very interesting character IMO. Saffron all the way. Especially with how high Christina Hendrick's stock is soaring these days.
It would have a whole doublecross, triplecross, etc. thing going. Maybe like a Ocean's Eleven set in space. Except with 7...and Mal's instead of Ocean's.
Agreed. Atherton, while easy to dislike, was not at all interesting to me. I don't think he has what it takes to be the villian in a sequel. Niska on the other hand most assuredly does.
Christina's stock is soaring, but would she be willing to gamble that on Serenity 2? I would like to think she would and she would certainly be a draw, but then again so would Nathan thanks to his Castle following.
Why not have both Niska and Saffron? They could be working together or better yet, Saffron may have double crossed Niska and is on the run, using the crew to get away. Even better, Niska uses Saff to bait a trap to lead Mal in to another trap so he can exact his revenge left unfinished in Was Stories.
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Not saying their lives wouldn't change at all afterward, but I can't imagine they'd suddenly become known across the 'verse.
That's why the operative let them go, 'cause now everybody knows, and if they get killed it'll just damage the Aliance's rep that much more...Don't think they would've let them go if they could have covered up who sent the signal, unfortunately there was 90 dozen ships and 90 dozen officers who saw Serenity aimed right at 'em with a screen blaring "lookout for this Captain" Oh, and what a coincidence there just happened to be this signal explaining Miranda 10 minutes later... The word of mouth alone would cover a dozen worlds in a dozen days. People are still passing along the tiniest trivia from our civil war, and that was without a Cortex.
Yeah, Mal's gettin' away with anything days would be long done.
The operative let them go because he saw that the alliance was flawed and might not create the perfect worlds he was hoping for. He started to think in shades of gray. The alliance let them go because they aren't inherently evil. They aren't going to just lock up or execute people for no good reason. Their respected officer recommended letting Serenity and crew go. While they may have some inkling that his loyalty is waning, this is the first thing to tip them off. They likely went along with it only to find out that he's changed.
As for the other troops there's such a thing as top secret. I'm sure the alliance will be discrediting the broadcast right away. They will cover it up and the people who don't even believe in reavers will assume it's a hoax. The people who do believe it will be in the minority on the rim planets. Nothing much will come of it except a few more people on the rim hating on the alliance.
About the Blue Sun idea, I like it. However, I don't want to see it in Serenity 2 if it's going to be mostly focused on River. She had enough focus in Serenity. Time to move on to a story that the rest of the crew can have a bigger impact on. Maybe save Blue Sun for Serenity 3 (while we're dreaming)
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Not saying their lives wouldn't change at all afterward, but I can't imagine they'd suddenly become known across the 'verse.
That's why the operative let them go, 'cause now everybody knows, and if they get killed it'll just damage the Aliance's rep that much more...Don't think they would've let them go if they could have covered up who sent the signal, unfortunately there was 90 dozen ships and 90 dozen officers who saw Serenity aimed right at 'em with a screen blaring "lookout for this Captain" Oh, and what a coincidence there just happened to be this signal explaining Miranda 10 minutes later... The word of mouth alone would cover a dozen worlds in a dozen days. People are still passing along the tiniest trivia from our civil war, and that was without a Cortex.
Yeah, Mal's gettin' away with anything days would be long done.
Hmm, well, if that's your take, cool. Little too broad for me, lots of holes in the logic. But to each their own.
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Good point, I would love to see some of the other characters get more of a focus in another Serenity movie. Maybe something the focuses on Inara or Zoe. They are both interesting characters that are bound to have interesting pasts. I'd love to see Simon take the lead, but it's hard to think of a plot where Simon isn't mostly an accessory to River or Kaylee or some other character. He's an interesting character, but he doesn't really doesn't seem to have his own goals, outside of helping River. But maybe a new movie could give him some.
Maybe a little something that shows whatever Simon and Inara's past connection was, or a race to find a cure for Inara's terminal illness.
Or maybe the Alliance (under new leadership) contracts Mal and his crew to look for a 'cure' of some sort for the reavers under the radar, on account of them not willing to openly admit the problem and their resources stretched thin maintaining order. That could make for interesting conflict, Mal not trusting or wanting anything to do with the Alliance, even under new leadership, and Simon wanting to help people cause that's what he does. Then, as an interesting twist, the Alliance or some rogue faction of it, deploys the PAX as some sort of chemical warfare and Serenity, armed with a cure or countermeasure or something swoops in to save this helpless Rim planet about to be made an example of.
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Good point, I would love to see some of the other characters get more of a focus in another Serenity movie. Maybe something the focuses on Inara or Zoe. They are both interesting characters that are bound to have interesting pasts. I'd love to see Simon take the lead, but it's hard to think of a plot where Simon isn't mostly an accessory to River or Kaylee or some other character. He's an interesting character, but he doesn't really doesn't seem to have his own goals, outside of helping River. But maybe a new movie could give him some.
Maybe a little something that shows whatever Simon and Inara's past connection was, or a race to find a cure for Inara's terminal illness.
Or maybe the Alliance (under new leadership) contracts Mal and his crew to look for a 'cure' of some sort for the reavers under the radar, on account of them not willing to openly admit the problem and their resources stretched thin maintaining order. That could make for interesting conflict, Mal not trusting or wanting anything to do with the Alliance, even under new leadership, and Simon wanting to help people cause that's what he does. Then, as an interesting twist, the Alliance or some rogue faction of it, deploys the PAX as some sort of chemical warfare and Serenity, armed with a cure or countermeasure or something swoops in to save this helpless Rim planet about to be made an example of.
A potential Simon story could also involve his deal to bust River out. We assume he just used money in the deal, but that could always be changed. Maybe he promised more. The group who busted River out might come around to call in their favor and force Simon into a bad situation.
Simon seems like the type to deal with the consequences of his actions. I'd expect him to go through with a favor like that. Of course the rest of the crew would be trying to save him and get him back.
Just another thought for a Simon story that's more about him than River. Which I think is a good idea.
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