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Toy Story: Genesis of Firefly?

POSTED BY: ODDNESS2HER
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:47
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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 7:02 AM

ODDNESS2HER


As I'm sure most of us know, Joss was one of the screenwriters of Toy Story. The two main characters of that movie are Woody and Buzz. A cowboy and a spaceman. Hmmm. Could Toy Story have been the acorn which grew into the mighty oak known as Firefly? Maybe I'm reaching, but one of the other characters is a toy dinosaur. I'm just sayin'.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 7:13 AM

RKLENSETH


He also wrote Alien Resurrection where the crew of the Betty in that movie resemble very closely that of Firefly.

I remember reading something once that Joss said he had the idea for Firefly in his head since before he ever did Buffy but never could find an outlet for it.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 7:17 AM

ODDNESS2HER


Well, I'm glad he finally found that outlet and that AR wasn't the end of it!

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:01 AM

GROUNDED


Quote:

Originally posted by rklenseth:
He also wrote Alien Resurrection where the crew of the Betty in that movie resemble very closely that of Firefly.



I'm pretty sure his involvement with the final AR script was very limited...

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:45 AM

BOBSTER


I watched the beggning of "Toy Story" on TV the other day. The scene near the opening where Woody leads a meeting did have shades of "Buffy", esp. the later seasons. Certainly issues of leadership run through a lot of Joss's work.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:58 AM

STARRBABY


Quote:

Originally posted by oddness2her:
Could Toy Story have been the acorn which grew into the mighty oak known as Firefly?



I don't care if it holds water or not; I think it's a cute idea.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 11:33 AM

ODDNESS2HER


Thanks, Starrbaby!

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 11:57 AM

CHRISISALL


Joss also had a hand in writing Titan:AE, and I see key elements in all his stuff that came out in Firefly. I think FF was a culmination of sorts.

Wow, that was the biggest word I used in a while Chrisisall

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:40 PM

KAYLEE4SIMON


Speaking of Toy Story the 10th aniversery DVD comes out in September :) I think on the sixth.

Keep shiny!

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:45 PM

TMURRIE


Holy moly, it's been 10 years already!?

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:47 PM

REGINAROADIE


Could be. But I never really considered TOY STORY to be a purely Joss thing. In fact, if no one had mentioned it to me, I wouldn't have known that Joss had anything to do with TOY STORY. TOY STORY seems to me a purely Pixar/John Lasseter creation.

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