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Inside Firefly - Millimeter magazine article (Oct 2002)

POSTED BY: JAVIDRHO
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 00:18
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Monday, July 21, 2003 7:44 AM

JAVIDRHO


While data-mining the web for hiden Firefly related material (I'm obviously bored at work today) I came across the following article. It is a "behind the scenes" look at the making of Firefly, from a special effects and camera point of view. It is dated Oct 2002, but still quite informative none the less. Sorry if this has been posted before (I looked but didn't find anything).

http://millimeter.com/ar/video_fly_inside_firefly/


One interesting tidbit regarding Serenity's propulsion system is this quote:
Quote:


Emile and his team then finished the animatics and began to R&D the major effects in the series, including the “Firefly effect.” That effect is our version of the old NASA Daedalus project, which was a concept designed to propel spaceships by detonating nuclear bombs behind the ships, sending them off at sub-light speed. (Our version permits Serenity to use a variety of elements to propel itself, not just nukes.)



So, perhaps a "full burn" means detonating a small nuke behind the ship and riding the shock wave. The massive explosion behind them (when they hit full burn while escaping the Reavers) in the pilot would tend to support this!

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SIMON: What happens if they board us?
ZOE: If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing
and if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order.


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Monday, July 21, 2003 8:55 AM

BIOTECH


Thats spooky I found that same article about 10 minutes ago.

I'm not convinced by this though, as that sort of thing requires a massive shield to the rear.

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Monday, July 21, 2003 9:23 AM

JOHNNYREB


Maybe, maybe not. If a nuclear bomb went off in space, and a ship was caught in the wake, would it be torn apart? I mean, there really isn't anything in space to prevent the ship from zooming off or blowing away like a leaf in the wind. Would inertia still come into play? Plus, what kind of nuke is it? Is it an MX missle? Or is it a small "smart bomb." Another thing to consider is that engineers, then or now, are unlikely to strap a nuclear bomb to a ship's aft and say, "There ya' go! Good luck!" There would have to be some modification so that it wasn't so dangerous. It may be so modified that it can't really be called a bomb anymore. I'd like to see this possibility explored more. Unfortunately, I am not the one to do it. My knowledge of science is disappointing.

Viva Firefly!

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Monday, July 21, 2003 10:01 AM

STILLSHINY


OK, don't think I'll jump into the could it be done debate. But, thanks for sportin the article, It give something worthwhile to do when work is slow. What a "shiny" thought, an oppourtunity to go to the set just like the classic Universal Studios tour. Anyway, article makes for good reading and some thought provoking ideas.

Live long & stay "shiny"....

Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”

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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:18 AM

JAVIDRHO


I liked the article simply because it showed that Joss & Co. did, in fact, put some science in their science fiction after all. This also means that they probably have worked out other details, like how many planets there are and how many solar systems are involved, etc. They just didn't tell us all the details of their "universe" in the first dozen episodes.

I am also not jumping into the "could it be done" debate, except to say that if anyone wants to, they should first check out web sites like http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/warp/ideaknow.htm

Summary below:
Quote:


Project Orion:
The first example is from the 1950’s-60’s, Project Orion - which offered to use nuclear bombs for a constructive purpose -- space travel. About 5 bombs per second are dropped out the back and detonated to propel the craft along. A huge shock plate with shock absorbers make up the base of the craft.

Project Daedalus, British Interplanetary Society:
In the late 1970’s the British Interplanetary Society revisited the Orion propulsion concept, but at a more reasonable scale and for in-space use only. In this case it used micro fusion explosions which relied on obtaining the appropriate fuel isotope from Jupiter that it scooped up on its way out of the solar system.


So, it is not completely impossible that Serenity uses some form of these drives, possibly the Daedalus version for "normal" space propulsion, and maybe the Orion version (bigger bombs)for "full burn." Hey, at least they didn't just make stuff up, and it's much less "far fetched" than star trek's warp drive...


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SIMON: What happens if they board us?
ZOE: If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing
and if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order.

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