I'm still wondering how the writers came up with the name "Kaywinnit". Ideas, anyone?
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
beathen - Jul 15, 2005 6:37:10 am PDT #3567 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Mr. Broom - Jul 15, 2005 7:47:47 am PDT #3568 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I'd guess from the same place they got "Hoban" and "Inara" (provided none of them are pre-existing names, which any of them easily could be): they did what I've done when writing fictional 'verses and kept a list of good names thought of out of nowhere for later use. I still have my list somewhere, and I'm looking forward to getting to use a few.
Also: Wiki says the show takes place in 2517. Is this canon or did someone just pull the number out of his/her ass and it somehow became accepted?
beekaytee - Jul 15, 2005 7:57:05 am PDT #3569 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
The River picture spoilage was one of Joss' primary beefs with Fox over the Firefly promotion campaign. Youda thunk SciFi would have learned from their mistake.
Volans - Jul 15, 2005 7:58:35 am PDT #3570 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Not only that, but they put the image of River in the promos, and then didn't show the pilot. What's up with that?
Susan W. - Jul 15, 2005 8:25:49 am PDT #3571 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I know an Inara--she's on one of my writing lists. I haven't gotten around to asking her where her name comes from, though I do know it's her real name and not a case of a Firefly fan taking it as a screen name.
Eddie - Jul 15, 2005 8:57:46 am PDT #3572 of 10001
Your tag here.
Also: Wiki says the show takes place in 2517. Is this canon or did someone just pull the number out of his/her ass and it somehow became accepted?
I seem to recall that year displayed on the screen in the voiceover intro "Here's how it is...".
shrift - Jul 15, 2005 9:05:35 am PDT #3573 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The chyron did indeed read "2517 A.D." in the original intros.
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2005 9:06:46 am PDT #3574 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Nice of them to put the "A.D." in there - else we might have thought that it takes place in the bronze age.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2005 9:17:17 am PDT #3575 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hey, if Ra was flying around ancient Egypt in levitating pyramids, it coulda happened.
Mr. Broom - Jul 15, 2005 9:19:23 am PDT #3576 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Hey, it could be 2517 after the second coming. Isn't it about time we had another number reboot?