hmmm... Here's the original opening from Mejiaville:
OK, here is the introduction to
Firefly:
The entire introduction is narrated by Book (Ron Glass)
After the Earth was used up, we found a new solar system and hundreds of new Earths were terraformed and colonized.
We open on the
Serenity
flying past the camera as it swoops around an Earth-like planet. Two moons are visible in the ditance.
The next shot is of the
Serenity
hovering over the ground in some desert-ish location.
The third shlaot is of a standard western mining town, where the people are milling around on the dusty street and in front of the stores. A couple of soldiers/policemen are seen patrolling in the foreground, as gas flames are shown off in the distance.
The central planets formed the Alliance, and decided all the planets had to join under their rule.
Cut to a shot of a bunch of uniformed people walking in a vast computer center. This looks to be the "Central Command" center.
Cut to another shot showing a large, dark object in space. It lookl like 2 triangular towers, with a third, smaller tower in front. This might be the command center from a space view.
There was some disagreement on that point.
Cut to a closer shot of people milling around, as 2 soldiers/policemen look on.
Cut to a shot of a battle, where we see multiple explosions.
Cut to another shot of battle, where we see a squad of soldiers shooting it out as they make their way across a battle-scarred terrain.
A third shot of the battle shows a plane/spaceship swooping down and strafing the battlefield.
Expand out to a wider scene of the battle, where we can see multiple space ships hovering over the cneter of actions and beams and flashes of light coming down from said ships.
After the war, many of the Independents who had fought and lost, drifted to the edges of the system, far from Alliance control.
Cut to a close up of Mal, at the battlefield, looking on in horror.
Cut to another shot of the battlefield, where we see Zoe looking on in horror at the carnage.
Cut to a shot of the
Serenity
blasting out into space, the Firefly engines in full force and a serious gaseous wake in its trail.
Cut to a shot of Mal in a spacesuit during a spacewalk, with what he is looking at reflected in his visor (the Dave Bowman shot).
Out here, people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies.
Cut to a shot of a standard Western town, where the people are milling about on the dirt roads, looking at the stranger walking down the street.
Cut to a shot of two horses pulling a wagon through a river.
A ship would bring you work.
We see a shot of the
Serenity
dropping down to a spaceport.
A gun would help you keep it.
Cut to a low-angled shot looking up at Mal holding a gun on the viewer.
A captain's goal was simple:
Cut to a shot of Mal in the cockpit of the ship, looking pensive.
find a crew,
We see a shot of Wash and Zoe in the cockpit. Zoe is standing next to a seated Wash as they hold hands.
Cut to a close-up of Jayne on board the ship.
find a job,
Cut to a shot of Kaylee, smiling. (Transcriber's note: I love the smile).
keep flying.
Fade out on a shot of the
Serenity
flying off into space (only using the two outside engines).
ELAPSED TIME - 0:35
