[TML] Alternate Firefly review

[Richard Aiken]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Infojunky <Infojunky at ceecom.net> wrote:
> The Main thing I liked about Firefly is that the characters aren't out
> to save the universe, they just trying to make a living. That aspect of
> the TV show tickled me pink.

Yeah.  That's what makes it Traveller, to me.

> The movie... Well that is another subject,
> lets just say it has issues. (Like how come we need yet another "super"
> chick, I believe in strong female leads honest Zoe is great.... But....
> Again.... Why? I have had enough of that afterschool special).

Whedon came right out and admitted that he can't seem to write
anything that doesn't have a superpowered female teenager in it.
IIRC, his words were something like: "It's just something about myself
that I have to accept and move on."

Although, if you consider how well River did against Jubal Early - in
"Objects In Space" - and how she shot those three goons in "War
Stories" - you really can see the movie coming.

> As for the western clothes/theme I agree that we didn't see any near
> enough of eastern/Asian work clothes that where indicated by the
> background to belong there.

Well, they definitely had such in the pilot.  The rest of the episodes
mostly took place on the ship and Inara was the only sorta-Asian
person there.  The tried to put in more Asian stuff in the movie,
though.

> The other thing in it's favor was what tech that did exist look use,
> just like the real world. As with all YMMV.

Anyone hear subscribe to JTAS?  The latest issue has an article which
mentions that - in the future - everything probably will look new,
because of the prevalence of self-cleaning surfaces and clothing.  So
the Alliance/Imperial/Core folks will always look spiffy, while the
Rim/Frontier folks . . . not so much.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein