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Firefly and/or Joss Whedon
Nodaisho:
Akima, read that last paragraph again. You just accused a large group of people of conspiratorial, malicious racism rather than merely accidental lack of casting diversity. This is why you have the reputation of being that person that only ever posts when she has a chance to yell about racism. It isn't true, I know you post about a lot of other stuff, but the most notable ones are when you do a backflip off the deep end.
akronnick:
I think we may be asking a lot from a series of which only thirteen episodes were ever made, only nine(?) of which where actually shown during the show's original run.
Firefly didn't depict Modern Chinese or even American culture directly, but used Chinese influence to create a speculative universe in which the human race has abandoned our Solar system and set up a new civilization around a new Sun. Such a process would take centuries, if not millenia. It stands to reason that whatever was left of any cultural heritage would be mangled, mixed up, beaten into submission and burned beyond recognition.
The Chinese culture that Firefly represents is supposed to be different from what exists in the world today.
Firefly was pitched as a "Space Cowboy" series, but you don't see any Native American or Hispanic cultural references, the only cultures that have survived the ordeal that got the Human race to Firefly World are Chinese and American, and in this universe, they have been mooshed together in a way that they are only beginning to be in the real world.
Odin:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 03 Mar 2011, 03:32 ---I think we may be asking a lot from a series of which only thirteen episodes were ever made, only nine(?) of which where actually shown during the show's original run.
Firefly didn't depict Modern Chinese or even American culture directly, but used Chinese influence to create a speculative universe in which the human race has abandoned our Solar system and set up a new civilization around a new Sun. Such a process would take centuries, if not millenia. It stands to reason that whatever was left of any cultural heritage would be mangled, mixed up, beaten into submission and burned beyond recognition.
The Chinese culture that Firefly represents is supposed to be different from what exists in the world today.
Firefly was pitched as a "Space Cowboy" series, but you don't see any Native American or Hispanic cultural references, the only cultures that have survived the ordeal that got the Human race to Firefly World are Chinese and American, and in this universe, they have been mooshed together in a way that they are only beginning to be in the real world.
--- End quote ---
Right, the only culture that prevails with any notable parallel is that of the Confederate States of America, what with the Malcolm Reynolds (and other characters) spouting Confederate catch phrases on multiple occasions (the most blatant being the "I think we'll rise again" line in one episode where he's ejected from a bar and getting his ass handed to him by the locals).
Hell, if you put any serious analysis to the show, you'll find far more parallels to that racist society than you will to the mythical American-Chinese society fans of the show keep trying to claim it has.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
That actually always bothered me about the show, even though I like it: if you analyze it purely as a Western, the Alliance is the US, the Independents are the Confederates, and the Reavers were Native Americans.
...yeah some really really unfortunate implications there.
...Um. Anyway! Akron's got some good points.
And honestly part of me is glad it didn't continue, part of me would really like to see the continuation. I worry it'd end up like Battlestar Galactica, though, where the first season is a perfect storm and the seasons proceeding start to fluctuate wildly, so you have episodes that make you honestly invested in the Fleet sandwiched with episodes that just make you want to throw your TV out the window.
Odin:
I said I don't particularly care for the show, but still, if you're interested it can be had on Blu-Ray for $31 on Amazon.com right now (and hopefully give you a better menu interface than the atrocious DVD set).
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