Need help finding a topic - westerns and Firefly

[evildmguy]

Greetings!

I am trying to find a discussion that I saw about what westerns are, as a genre, and why Firefly (the tv show) was a western but the movie was a scifi show.

My google fu is weak and I can't find it. Does anyone know what I am talking about?

Just re-read the recently Firefly thread here but that's not it. I can't remember if it was on these boards or not.

Anyway, if anyone knows and could post a link to it, I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

edg

 

[Scotley]

There is some discussion of this in the wikipedia entry:

Firefly (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I remember a similar discussion about Star Trek. It seems Gene Roddenberry had pitched Star Trek as 'Wagon Train' out in space as seen in the line "Space...the Final Frontier" See this entry on 'space westerns' which also references Firefly:

Space Western - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Perhaps this will spark some search terms and links to the discussion you are seeking.