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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8683536" data-attributes="member: 177">Space Opera tends to happen in the context of war, or at least a conflict with broad impact, which Firefly doesn't.  If the Firefly crew fails... they don't get paid.  It isn't until the movie that they muck in on larger issues - the film might be Space Opera, while the series (as much of it as we got) isn't.Firefly probably ought to be called a Space Western, or maybe Horse Opera in Space.And by "bigger" it is mostly in terms of the melodrama.  They don't need to be particularly powerful, or skilled.Security Chief Garibaldi, from Babylon 5, is a very basic kind of guy - former infantry, security officer, alcoholic.  He's good at his job, but he's no genius, no superhero, or anything.  But he's got personality in abundance, and is wrapped up i things above his pay grade.</blockquote>