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Originally posted by ecgordon:
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Originally posted by 11thHour:
I like the way Serenity is described: "Futuristic action-adventure". That hits a better note than "Western Sci-Fi", which could sound odd to people unfamiliar with Firefly. Plus, "Western Sci-Fi" is not really accurate as it leaves out the whole Chinese thing. The "Sci-Fi" aspect is just a backdrop for Firefly's storytelling anyway... Something the sci-fi geek trolls never could "get".

"Futuristic action-adventure".... mmmmm me like...

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Originally posted by 11thHour:
Plus, "Western Sci-Fi" is not really accurate as it leaves out the whole Chinese thing. The "Sci-Fi" aspect is just a backdrop for Firefly's storytelling anyway... Something the sci-fi geek trolls never could "get".

"Futuristic action-adventure".... mmmmm me like...

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Originally posted by Channain:
Funny thing is, Star Trek was initially pitched as a "Wagon Train to the stars" because the studios in the 60s were more into Westerns than Sci-fi. Rodenberry did that to get the studios to look at his pilot, and if you watch the original pilot, THAT was Sci-fi at its finest.

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I was called a geek in my computer apps class last night - by a guy who understands that in my own little corner of the 'verse, that is the highest of all compliments.

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Originally posted by SevenPercent:
Anyone else get a chill when they read the line, "the greatest danger to them might be onboard Serenity itself?" - Oooh, River?- I cant wait-

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Funny thing is, Star Trek was initially pitched as a "Wagon Train to the stars" because the studios in the 60s were more into Westerns than Sci-fi. Rodenberry did that to get the studios to look at his pilot, and if you watch the original pilot, THAT was Sci-fi at its finest.

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The original pilot for Star Trek (with Jeffrey Hunter) was excellent Sci-Fi. But then they had to shoot a second pilot because the network thought the first was too "cerebral". So Roddenberry made sure that the second pilot had a good, manly, fight scene in it!

Isn't interesting how both Star Trek and Firefly faced resistence to their pilot episodes? We look back at Star Trek's pilot and can see how really great it was. But networks were not used to a show with that much thought in it. Seems Firefly had the same problem.

Took some time, but the mainstream finally caught up with what Star Trek was saying and then really dug it. I'm thinkin' Firefly will follow a similar path.

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I was called a geek in my computer apps class last night - by a guy who understands that in my own little corner of the 'verse, that is the highest of all compliments.

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Oh, my earlier post wasn't a dis to geeks. I made sure to specifically include the word "trolls" in my rant. The troll gene is what makes them such an annoying sub-species. Geeks ARE cool.

11thHour

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