and yet "now" also includes a television show which is currently on: the Mandalorian
So? That is still a long time ago.
and yet "now" also includes a television show which is currently on: the Mandalorian
Or, given a recent reveal, just as long ago and equally as far away.How is that relevant? You want an opening slide on The Mandalorian that says "slightly longer ago, but still just as far, far away"?
I don't think the Reavers have been around that long in-universe, have they?
I got the impression that it was within the characters' lifetimes that the Miranda incident occurred. There would be no new Reavers, as what created them no longer exists.
None of that happened with its UK broadcast, and I still managed to enjoy it just fine, when it was first shown, for its own sake, not for any meta reasons.I loved Firefly for what it was: a space western with just a soucant of "The Continuing Adventures of Han Solo."
But the reason it worked was because it didn't work.
Firefly originally did not work. It was shown out of order, was given death time slots and inconsistent ones at that, got butchered by pan & scan, was advertised as something it wasn't (a wacky space comedy), and existed at a time before binge-watching.
Firefly was a happy accident that got rediscovered once it made its way to DVD and Netflix. It ushered in the era of binge-watching and was boosted by being the "failed" show by the creator of Buffy.
But the charm of it was from not just the cast but also the scrappy underdog story of its failure (even if it was a bit inside-baseball),
Hard pass. Let the past die and build something new.
Indeed. Back then, Firefly didn't air in Italy. When I moved for two years in the US, Serenity came out in the theaters. I was vaguely aware that it was based on a TV show. I went to see it and I really loved it and later bought the series on DVD and loved it even more.None of that happened with its UK broadcast, and I still managed to enjoy it just fine, when it was first shown, for its own sake, not for any meta reasons.
Miranda, in the film had 30 million people on it. But somehow, the entire 'Verse forgets its existence within their own lifetimes? That doesn't make a lot of sense. It can make more sense if there's more time, for example - the longer the Alliance has to erase Miranda, the better.
I don't think it was forgotten, just covered up.
None of those things are plot holes.So, Wheadon has said that a lot of what's in the movie is stuff we would have seen in the second season of the show, had it had a second season. However, it isn't exactly clear how much the origin of the Reavers may have changed, which can be seen in one notable plot hole...
Miranda, in the film had 30 million people on it. But somehow, the entire 'Verse forgets its existence within their own lifetimes? That doesn't make a lot of sense. It can make more sense if there's more time, for example - the longer the Alliance has to erase Miranda, the better.
Beyond that, in the episode Bushwhacked, we see example of a new Reaver created, and the episode tells us Mal has either seen it before or has heard of it happening. Whether this happens because the chemical agent used on Miranda is transmissable, or a new Reaver comes about through pure psychological trauma of watching what Reavers do, is never established.