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this is my 1st post so i'll just start by saying hi to everybody *waves*
This film has me very excited. I was a late comer to firelfly, having bought the DVD boxset out of a bargain bin not really knowing anything about it. I was completely hooked from the word GO, and was totally gutted to find out about its cancellation after so few episodes.
Does anyone think that this film could lead on to another series?
(sorry if i am asking a previously discussed question)
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I had a similar experience, having only seen the series at a friends house while on vacation.
If the movie does well, I'm hoping that either the series will be picked back up by someone or that more movies will be made. Just as long as FOX has nothing to do with it.
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I think FOX has a 10 year lock on any TV developments. So right now, the only option is movies, especially since Whedon won't have anything to do with FOX anymore either.
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If any of you guys have a faster computer and have downloaded QuickTime 7, you should check out the high-def version of the Serenity trailer. I suggest viewing it on a 30-inch Cinema Display to convey the full effect.
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There really ought to be a law that, if they declare a show isn't worth producing, they aren't allowed to stop anyone else from doing it.
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So I've been watching the DVDs lately, and I wonder if they'll still be trying to unload that laser pistol stolen in "Trash" when the movie begins.
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Re just what the 'verse looks like: Nobody knows. Evidence internal to the show could go either way.
There are worrisome rumors that the official position is one system, to be perhaps explicitly confirmed in the movie.
(Well, worrisome to me, because that is an awful lot of habitable or nearly habitable planets. ((Taking into account the ones that had to be terraformed, and how extensive their terraforming technology is is another unanswered question.)) I think the number is 70+, from the "Our Mrs. Reynolds" cutscene, but do cutscenes count? Ah, the old questions.)
One, well, sort of problem I guess I have with humans being in just one system is, why couldn't Mal and others like him pick up and move to some other star, if they really wanted to be free of the Alliance? It's been done once, at least, and they've got suspended animation, and if a ship like Serenity can be afforded by an individual, surely a large group of people could get together and purchase something larger and capable of making (much) more distant journeys?
Of course, the whole reason people fight wars when they could just run away is because mere survival isn't always the most important thing to the combatants, but the Independents seem to have well and truly lost, and Mal at least seems to have no desire to continue the fight in any real way, beyond the occasional act of civil or not so civil disobedience.
It didn't help that the original opening narration made the common yet maddening mistake of confusing "solar system" with "galaxy," as I recall.
For that matter, I'd like to know where the "five hundred years in the future" comes from. It's in some of the promotional material for the film, but I can't seem to find any point in the series where it's mentioned. The closest reference is Inara refering to Companion traditions as being "centuries old." I guess the series bible, maybe?
There's some discussion on these topics at this here wiki, among other places.
So I guess somebody knows. Maybe.
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My personal view is that it is just one star system, mostly from my own observations. One, they never show anything going FTL. Two, most of the places they go are moons. And three (for now), they mention several times the "Central Planets", which really could mean anything, but I take it to mean the ones closer to the star, and therefore closer together.
Assuming that there's no FTL and they are in one system, I don't think they could run off to another system. You would need to take a *lot* of pre-packaged infrastructure with you, as well as a lot more people. I'm sure they can find other planets in the galaxy, but who's to say they could make the determination that it's safe to colonize? That's one hell of a gamble.
As for the 500 years, I seem to remember that being part of the first voice-over exposition in the aired episodes. Interesting that they didn't include any of the voice-overs in the DVD set.
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