Firefly = Trigun? by jealousghost

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Firefly = Trigun?

POSTED BY: JEALOUSGHOST
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 03:27
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Wednesday, January 7, 2004 6:40 PM

If you like anime, you've most likely seen "Trigun". If you like Trigun AND Firefly, you've probably seen the similarities. So, what do you think?

Mal = Vash?
Book = Wolfwood?
Meryl = Inara?
Milly = Kaylee?
Legato = Niska?

futuristic space shootin' em up goodness for all

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Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:32 PM

TOM

Hello, first time posting. I think it's a little more like the cowboy bebop show. With the dark past and blues themes. There is a lot of fist fights and gun battles too :)

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:30 AM

SOUTHERNMERC

The scene with River in the box was VERY remenicient of Outlaw Star. Very fun anime, btw.

Jayne: "How big a room?"

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:45 AM

ZEKE023

It's been said there are only five basic plots in all of human literature (and life). I'm sure that even with thousands of varients within those five basic plots, there are still only so many stories that can be told.

A good story-teller doesn't tell a new story - there is no such thing (only people who are young enough for it to be new to them).
A good story-teller tells a new spin on an old story.

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
-Ecclesiastes 1:9

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 1:02 PM

JEALOUSGHOST

Quote:
Originally posted by Tom:
Hello, first time posting. I think it's a little more like the cowboy bebop show. With the dark past and blues themes. There is a lot of fist fights and gun battles too :)

That's true too. I love Bebop. Thanks for your insight

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 5:44 PM

REKKA2

actually...if you look

Firefly has elements from Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, and Outlaw Star...

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 6:41 PM

CIARA

*shivers happily with the mention of Lain*

My fave anime :) tell me, what do you find similar, Rekka2? I'd love to hear

*wanders off and tries to stop making useless posts*

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Friday, January 9, 2004 3:33 AM

VICPALISADES

Love Firefly. Love Bebop. Own both Boxed sets (The Bebop one cost me around three hundred bucks...limited edition and all that jazz...and worth every penny of it)

I think Im drawn by the idea that these people are stuck on a ship, relying on no one but themselves, overcoming (sometimes) all kinds of obstacles.

The music on both shows is fabulous (Dont speak a word of Japanese but I've bought more Bebop cd's than of any other band) and the characterization and storylines are addictive.

Its funny. I actually pity those who have no idea of what they are missing and who sit in front of the tv watching back to back reality shows.

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Friday, January 9, 2004 5:41 AM

REKKA2

Well, the characters of Lain and River I guess is the more obvious one. River seems kinda divided into multiple people just as Lain was divided into three people. You have the normal river, the calm, serene, "all your secrets are belong to me" river, and the "chaos has returned, jayne looks better in red" river. The whole concept of "2 by 2, hands are blue." The "men in black", as they are called, in Lain come after her the same way. And I'm not sure if you remember, but Lain's Dad's password for his computer was "One Tow Count Bule", which is a reference to a line from a book thats "One Two, Count Blue".

Theres a great site called Thought Experiments Lain that explains a lot of the hidden meanings and references in the anime...a guy wrote his senior thesis on it.

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Friday, January 9, 2004 8:28 AM

REKKA2

Mushroom Samba and Toys in the Attic, 2 Bebop episodes, should be manditory for all to see lol

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Sunday, February 1, 2004 12:24 AM

SHSSAY

I have thought of the similarities between Trigun and Firefly, but I never compared Mal and Vash.^^ The two are just so different. The biggest image in my head is from 'Serenity' when Mal walks on board and puts a bullet in that gorram Alliance agent's head without breaking stride. Mal is willing to kill people when the need arises. Vash was adamantly opposed to killing anyone and went to great lengths to avoid doing so.

I actually think the two characters wouldn't get along at all if they were to meet up.^^

"Two by two, hands of blue." -River Tam

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Sunday, February 1, 2004 6:50 AM

THEKINGOFCHAOS

To be honest, if they ever did meet I wouldnt really care. I would just be laughing and laughing and laughing.

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Sunday, February 1, 2004 6:58 AM

KINGOFKOINS

Just because they are both westerns doesn't mean they are anything alike.

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"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:40 PM

FLAMETREE

Yes,

I am just watching Trigun now and thinking about how it reminded me of firefly and what do I see on the mailing list but this!

Yes, it has the same speech patterns, same type of humour, Mal and Vetch even have the same type of clothes. They both spend there time trying to live quiet lives while the universe falls apart around them.

The other characters are also similar.

I am not saying they are copies or anything like that but the attitude and the setting are similar.
I enjoy both :)

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:23 PM

KINGOFKOINS

Quote:
Originally posted by flametree:
Yes,

I am just watching Trigun now and thinking about how it reminded me of firefly and what do I see on the mailing list but this!

Yes, it has the same speech patterns, same type of humour, Mal and Vetch even have the same type of clothes. They both spend there time trying to live quiet lives while the universe falls apart around them.

The other characters are also similar.

I am not saying they are copies or anything like that but the attitude and the setting are similar.
I enjoy both :)

First off, his name is Vash. Second, they have almost no technology in Trigun, as it was nearly all lost after Knives went crazy on everyone.
Third, Mal wears a simple brown duster, while Vash wheres a fancy red coat with tons of buttons. Fourth, Mal has little problem with killing people when he feels they earned it, whereas Vash nearly goes mad after killing one person. Fifth, Mal doesn't really try to live a quiet life. Sure, he'd like things to go smoother than they do most of the time, but as he said in the Train Job, he enjoys messing with the Alliance. As I said before, just because they are westerns, that doesn't mean they are anything alike.

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
http://stripe.filetap.com

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:26 PM

FLAMETREE

Thanks,

so you can see the similarites as well. We are not just imagining it :)

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:27 AM

KINGOFKOINS

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
http://stripe.filetap.com

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