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Originally posted by GWEK:

Would you want another season of FIREFLY if the only returning cast members wer Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau? (With the possibility of Baccarin and/or Baldwin, but pretty much no hope for Fillion.)

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Originally posted by GWEK:
Second question:

Given the choice between an ongoing series with only part of the original cast, or a direct-to-DVD movie annually with all seven of the surviving crew, which would you choose?

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But I'm also one of those folks who has advocated Firefly:The Next Generation, so a weekly series with a partially old cast would not be a shock.

Les'see-- Wash Jr, ( Zoe was pregnant and didn't know it yet...), Simon and Kaylee's kids, Mal & Inara's kids, Zoe commanding onboard, and the original cast members guesting or doing cameos when available, whenever the boat visits the planets where they've settled down-- ooh, SHINY!

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Les'see-- Wash Jr, ( Zoe was pregnant and didn't know it yet...), Simon and Kaylee's kids, Mal & Inara's kids, Zoe commanding onboard, and the original cast members guesting or doing cameos when available, whenever the boat visits the planets where they've settled down-- ooh, SHINY!

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Originally posted by GWEK:


Oh, it's so funny that you think Simon and Kaylee would stay together long enough to have kids! Or that Mal and Inara will ever be a functional couple! Soooo funny! It's like you've never seen anything by Joss Whedon! :P

Most likely outcome of Simon and Kaylee hooking up: Simon and/or Kaylee dead, raped, and/or mind-wiped. :(

In Joss-land, no one gets to be happy for very long at all.

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Originally posted by KingEICHOLZ:
A lot of people said star trek wouldn't work without Kirk but then came the next generation and I think was on for 7 years. So it could work might not be the same for those of us who watched it when it was first on but those who are new to they might not know who Mel was.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Personally, I'm an old school kinda guy, I like hopeful, happy endings.

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Joss has done an interesting thing with both pairings. He's created two couples who cannot legitimately exist off of SERENITY. In each case, the parties are (literally and metaphorically) "from two different worlds," and could not exist on either native world. (In SHINDIG, we see what happens to both Kaylee and Mal when they step into the world of Inara/Simon, and Inara and Simon would fare no better trying to fit into the native environments of Mal/Kaylee).

On the ship, we have an environment that exists, quite literally, "between the worlds," giving these relationships an artificial home in which to thrive and prosper. Take that away, and both couples are doomed (which, let's face it, is a lot of what makes the two couples so much fun to watch and root for).

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Originally posted by GWEK:

"Happy ending" is all about perspective, isn't it?

I,for example, think that Kaylee and Simon (or Mal and Inara) ending up together would NOT be a happy ending--since neither is really a good couple.

Joss has done an interesting thing with both pairings. He's created two couples who cannot legitimately exist off of SERENITY. In each case, the parties are (literally and metaphorically) "from two different worlds," and could not exist on either native world. (In SHINDIG, we see what happens to both Kaylee and Mal when they step into the world of Inara/Simon, and Inara and Simon would fare no better trying to fit into the native environments of Mal/Kaylee).

On the ship, we have an environment that exists, quite literally, "between the worlds," giving these relationships an artificial home in which to thrive and prosper. Take that away, and both couples are doomed (which, let's face it, is a lot of what makes the two couples so much fun to watch and root for).

More likely (I think) that a legitimately "happy ending" would involve Mal and Kaylee as a couple, living on their beloved Serenity with a passel of kids (note that Kaylee and Mal are the only ones who really treat SERENITY as a character; they both truly LOVE the ship. Heck, in the pilot, when they survive the Reavers, both of them pat the ship almost simultaneously).

I also don't think a Simon/Inara pairing would be an unhappy one (at least until Inara dies from whatever horrifying condition Joss has already given her). They are of essentially the same world, and have, from their earliest scenes, shared a bond of trust and confort that is distinctly different (but no less valid) than what they share with Mal/Kaylee.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Personally, I'm an old school kinda guy, I like hopeful, happy endings.

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"Happy ending" is all about perspective, isn't it?

I,for example, think that Kaylee and Simon (or Mal and Inara) ending up together would NOT be a happy ending--since neither is really a good couple.

Joss has done an interesting thing with both pairings. He's created two couples who cannot legitimately exist off of SERENITY. In each case, the parties are (literally and metaphorically) "from two different worlds," and could not exist on either native world. (In SHINDIG, we see what happens to both Kaylee and Mal when they step into the world of Inara/Simon, and Inara and Simon would fare no better trying to fit into the native environments of Mal/Kaylee).

On the ship, we have an environment that exists, quite literally, "between the worlds," giving these relationships an artificial home in which to thrive and prosper. Take that away, and both couples are doomed (which, let's face it, is a lot of what makes the two couples so much fun to watch and root for).

More likely (I think) that a legitimately "happy ending" would involve Mal and Kaylee as a couple, living on their beloved Serenity with a passel of kids (note that Kaylee and Mal are the only ones who really treat SERENITY as a character; they both truly LOVE the ship. Heck, in the pilot, when they survive the Reavers, both of them pat the ship almost simultaneously).

I also don't think a Simon/Inara pairing would be an unhappy one (at least until Inara dies from whatever horrifying condition Joss has already given her). They are of essentially the same world, and have, from their earliest scenes, shared a bond of trust and confort that is distinctly different (but no less valid) than what they share with Mal/Kaylee.



www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

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Originally posted by GWEK:
A lot of very interesting (and faily consistent) opinions are showing up.

Perhaps I should revise the question to something lile:

Would you rather see:

a) FIREFLY (with the entire surviving crew) continued as periodic direct-to-DVD movies (or possibly made-for-TV miniseries)?

b) A new series continuing the adventures of the surviving crew (Kaylee, Simon, River, Zoe, possibly Inara, maybe Jayne)?

c) A new series set in the 'Verse, but not featuring the crew of Serenity in any major role?

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Originally posted by GWEK:
A lot of very interesting (and faily consistent) opinions are showing up.

Perhaps I should revise the question to something lile:

Would you rather see:

a) FIREFLY (with the entire surviving crew) continued as periodic direct-to-DVD movies (or possibly made-for-TV miniseries)?

b) A new series continuing the adventures of the surviving crew (Kaylee, Simon, River, Zoe, possibly Inara, maybe Jayne)?

c) A new series set in the 'Verse, but not featuring the crew of Serenity in any major role?

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Is it cheating to say a, b and c?





wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Originally posted by GWEK:
A lot of very interesting (and faily consistent) opinions are showing up.

Perhaps I should revise the question to something lile:

Would you rather see:

a) FIREFLY (with the entire surviving crew) continued as periodic direct-to-DVD movies (or possibly made-for-TV miniseries)?

b) A new series continuing the adventures of the surviving crew (Kaylee, Simon, River, Zoe, possibly Inara, maybe Jayne)?

c) A new series set in the 'Verse, but not featuring the crew of Serenity in any major role?

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Is it cheating to say a, b and c?





wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Not cheating I say! Best of all worlds.

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
I don't think Firefly would be the same without the whole original cast, especially Mal; wouldn't really want a continuation with only part of our original browncoat cast :\

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Originally posted by robsad79:
I see your point but I also disagree. I know couples who come from different worlds that you would never expect but yet out of my friends they are the happiest.

As the saying goes, "opposites attact."

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I don't necessarily see that with Simon-Kaylee or Mal-Inara.

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