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Patrick:
Yeah, I agree. And I'm glad you've pointed them out, and I encourage you to do so. Firefly's long dead but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement in present/future programming.

GarandMarine:
Much as I like the show, and because it is now literally putting food on my table so I will heartily encourage people to like it, the paragraph I quoted below from Akima is awesome and I WISH that had been part of the game plan for Firefly. Little deep for Fox sadly.


--- Quote ---
Suppose Whedon had chosen to cast East Asian actors as the Tam siblings, the only members of the core cast with an arguably Chinese surname, and fugitives from the Core Worlds. This would have opened the door to exploring themes like: the possibility that Chinese-descended settlers had much higher social status on the core worlds than on the frontier (where Wheedon depicts them basically as coolies, much as they were in the historical American West. Ooops!), and what that racial stratification might mean, especially to Simon-the-scholarly-doctor; or that the recent war was a clash between a collectivist, Confucian model of society and an more individualistic American one, mirrored in the conflict between Simon's filial duty to his society, and his personal protective feelings to his sister. Of course these might not be stories that Whedon wanted to tell, and that's fine, but casting and story would have locked together better than making some random character Asian in isolation from the story. Not that I'll ever begrudge an Asian actor a pay-cheque in any role; it's not as if they have many to choose from.
--- End quote ---

Method of Madness:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OemNp6hgX4

Is it cold in here?:
I wonder if this is a record necro.

There are rumors of a Firefly reboot. It would presumably have a new cast and might not include Joss Whedon.

https://screenrant.com/firefly-revival-season-2-release-date-story-details/

It's hard to imagine re-creating the cast chemistry or finding writers who could match the dialog of the original, but it would be an opportunity to fix all the problems that ruined it for Akima.

hedgie:
Could be interesting. As much as I love the original, it *is* problematic, much like in retrospect, everything that Joss has done (even outside of him being an abusive dick), but was in many ways brilliant.

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