I wouldn't suspect that breaking a Firefly story would have different challenges than breaking other sci-fi stories. You have a 'verse, you have characters, what are they doing today?
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
Firefly 5: That's my girl... That's my good girl.
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe.
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 4:53:48 am PST #246 of 5292
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DCJensen - Nov 09, 2007 5:04:38 am PST #247 of 5292
All is well that ends in pizza.
you have characters, what are they doing today?
Well, it's about halfway through Season Six, so I would say breaking Jayne out of an Alliance prison with the help of his girlfriend, an ex-Alliance Space Marine.
The cast welcomes back Adam Baldwin, who has been away making his latest action movie.
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 5:14:12 am PST #248 of 5292
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Aww, Daniel made me sad.
an ex-Alliance Space Marine
Played by?
beekaytee - Nov 09, 2007 5:16:18 am PST #249 of 5292
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A teeny, tiny firecracker. Like Terminator Era Linda Hamilton, or Kristen Chenowith (sp) after boot camp and some 'roids.
Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 5:22:06 am PST #250 of 5292
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I think it's different to other shows in that there's 9 main characters, each of whom is pretty different, each of whom you need to service into the story somehow.
Maybe I'm wrong. It just seems to me it can't have been as easy as most other shows.
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 5:38:38 am PST #251 of 5292
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I definitely agree that the quantity of characters would make it more complicated. Though you could definitely have an episode where you didn't even see some characters, or they only had a few lines, if they weren't involved with the plot that week.
Laga - Nov 09, 2007 7:54:41 am PST #252 of 5292
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And then there was that one episode in Season 4 that was all set in the past, you know, the Book's backstory episode.
Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 8:00:42 am PST #253 of 5292
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Tim was breaking that story during the first series, Laga - I remember him posting here about it.
eta: I dunno if it was covered here, but a bit about his backstory came out in the wash recently.
Una - Nov 09, 2007 8:09:59 am PST #254 of 5292
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
In the commentary Joss mentions that the symbol is for "short interval" which would work depending on how much time the hourglass keeps.
Okay, now it's really sad that I didn't notice the hourglass before, considering I may have watched the commentary more than the straight episode. I think my dissertation broke my brain.
Teaser: Some random ugly building on a random ugly planet. Mal, Jayne, and Zoe run out of it. It blows up.
Wash (voiceover): Did we do that? Did we mean to do that?
This = made of awesome.
BigDuluth - Nov 09, 2007 8:28:15 am PST #255 of 5292
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
eta: I dunno if it was covered here, but a bit about his backstory came out in the wash recently.
I shudder in anticip...