So now that Netflix has picked up the show... - Firefly (2002) Discussion

[–] drewstewartcolumbia 9 years ago

...in its original network run how did the writers reconcile the backstories of the characters who were supposed to appear before the train robbery episode and how they magically all met up mid-season as if it it were a clip show?

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[–] NVDan 9 years ago

...in its original network run how did the writers reconcile the backstories of the characters who were supposed to appear before the train robbery episode and how they magically all met up mid-season as if it it were a clip show?

They didn't. By the time FOX ran the pilot the show had already been cancelled. It was the last episode FOX ran in the original run. Three episodes weren't shown at all during the original run (Heart of Gold, The Message, and Trash).

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[–] CGSailor 9 years ago

how did the writers reconcile the backstories of the characters who were supposed to appear before the train robbery episode and how they magically all met up mid-season as if it it were a clip show?

Nothing to reconcile, What you are referring to never happened.
The problem is that the episodes were aired out of order.
Your mistake is in going by the airdate order rather than chronological order.

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[–] Dust_Indotex 9 years ago

They could, but they wouldn't be able to get anywhere near the awesomeness of the original though. Now a series continuation after the movie Serenity or even another movie or two could be doable.

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[–] tdavid564 9 years ago

Well,Nathan Fillion suddenly has nothing to do.

Why so serious?

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[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

Only if they can get the cast, writers and Whedon. Maybe get some, but not all, especially not Whedon

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[–] hotrats2112 8 years ago

And when would it take place? In the past he said he would do it before Serenity but that was years ago. I'm not sure I could take no Wash or Book.

I'd like to see a Shepherd Book origin story movie. As a stand alone movie it could work. Ron Glass is still alive and you could get a younger actor to play him in the early years.

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[–] PreachCaleb 8 years ago

Yawn.

Let's be bad guys.

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[–] duffasaurus 8 years ago

Okay so I was slightly drunk when I made that comment and it was a little more harsh and racist than I had intended... I'm not a troll account, I just think Joss Whedon wanted a black character and Book is the result. Unfortunately Book doesn't really add anything to the show and has no back story besides ~*mysterious murmurs*~ that he may have been a badss in the past. I thought he was self righteous and obnoxious; didn't enjoy his presence in the slightest. Sry2say.

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[–] Pumpyjones 8 years ago

But his character had the potential to develop into something interesting. He and Simon were the moral centers of the show. I liked him and I really enjoy the actor in general. Though the character is dead now, so the point is moot.

I actually don't feel like he was shoehorned in to have a black character. He's a preacher, and seeing as a lot of preachers are black (and a lot of black people are in the paramilitary, or whatever Book was in), it doesn't seem like a stretch to me for them to choose a black man to play the character. Also, I don't really think there needs to be a justification for a black person to be there, any more than we need a reason for Mal to be white, etc. This takes place in the future, and steer eotypes are probably way different.

The characters are written pretty colorblind and could've been cast any way, except for Inara, who was clearly intended to be an Indian woman. In fact, that's the one thing that bothered me the most, race-wise. Couldn't they have made her Latin like Morena instead of dressing her in saris and putting bindi dots on her? I found it really distracting.

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[–] Technomage001 8 years ago

I thought of Book as being X Alliance. Someone who probably couldn't stand what they were doing and probably what he had done in the past, so he left and became a Shepherd to make some amends. It's been awhile but I think in one episode he knew an Alliance security code. In another episode a bounty hunter said he was no Shepherd, like he knew something.

I'm watching S1 E5 'Safe' Book gets shot and the Docs not around, so they take him to an Alliance ship for help. The Alliance not going to do anything until they take a look at Books ID card, they change their tune and rushes him into surgery.

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[–] eisphoenix-655-672150 8 years ago

His complete backstory was released as a comic book, that is considered cannon. You should read it, it answers loads of questions.

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[–] theboxingcannabyte 8 years ago

Wrong...google "Firefly official comics A Shepard's Tale"....these comics fill in the gaps, complete the "Hands of Blue" storyline and other things that we were meant to see before Fox's gargantuan bungle.

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[–] drewstewartcola 8 years ago

Ron Glass was in the "class of '16" celebrity deaths.

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[–] ngrignon 8 years ago

What I said for years... if Gilmore Girls can resurect from the ashes... I think Firefly can too... Nathan is out of business, if only *beep*!ng Fox could be nice to give up the rights to Netflix (after all they screwed this show)? I would dream to see my ol' crew back, years and all. (and with Serenity as just a dream - to get back our favorite pilot and pastor).

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[–] jimmybigtime 8 years ago

Adam Baldwin might be tough to get what with The Last Ship, but everyone else is pretty much free as far as shows go. I don't think they'd need to get Whedon because he already wrote out seven seasons, plus he's kinda let the money and fame go to his head as of late, his productions become more and more watered down.

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