Oh.... a better example for you to use, Hoagie, would have been John Ritter.

Um. Hm.

First of all, Clea DuVal isn't a household name NOW. When she was cast in the first season of Buffy, in 1997, no one knew who she was, and she wasn't even a little bit famous. See also Eion Bailey from Season 2 (the episode where Xander joins a pack of jackals) -- Bailey would go on to star in Fight Club and various other little roles in movies.

When I speak of stunt casting, I mean more like, Martin Landau in "The X-Files," in a part that could be played by basically anyone. Someone they can put on the poster and go, "Look! You recognize that name, don't you?"

Anyway, studios do this. I think I'm repeating myself.

I agree with Liz that cursing, while it would be easier on the cast, would probably lose some of the glimmer that we have come to love with the cursing in chinese. besides, if we take the time to look up what the curses mean then we learn something new and can curse in a crowded office setting and not get reamed for it.

as fas as casting a huge movie star to bring star power to the film, this is something Joss has done before, but not in the way people expected. In Buffy season one he had Clea DuVall (of Girl Interrupted and 13 Conversations about One Thing) guesting in Out of mind, Out of Sight. rather than pointing and saying "look, a movie star," Joss cast her as an invisible girl and had her show up in three quick flashbacks, totalling about five minutes screen time.

Methinks Joss has more faith in the Serenity Crew to carry the story alone. You stick some Brad Pitt or John Cusack into the mix and you can't expect it to not change. i would vote for Joss writing a good story and then designing the shots afterwards. the man knows epic writing, as evidenced by any Firefly episode when you turn the TV off and think "damn, that could have gone on for another hour at least."

Oh, and I don't WANT the show to return to TV. I want a new movie every 2 years. Cuz, as before, Joss is the Man.

Point One-- I'm not saying the characters would curse up a storm, like in EVERY movie we're used to seeing. I just mean, one or two well-placed "F**K!"'s would/could be pretty funny.

Point Two-- I believe Joss has thought of (or experienced) much of this. Cuz Joss is the Man. But I do not trust the studio, and neither should you.

Tim Burton created a movie called "Batman" in 1989.

The studios created "Batman and Robin."

So that evidence is pretty much irrefutable. :)

i dunno about the rating thing... i mean if the crew starts swearing and so forth and then the show goes back to network telvision, then it might be kinda obvious when the swearing is gone... you know? the way that Joss has gotten around it it so far (swearing in Chinese, "gorram," etc.) would seem kinda forced once we see the crew swearing in English. just my two cents, for what it's worth.

Amen brother! Preach on!