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Joss Whedon Says STAR TREK is the Father of SERENITY

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By GustavoLeao / 14:49, 30 October 2005 / General Genre/SciFi

The latest issue of Cinefantastique magazine features an exclusive interview with SERENITY director Joss Whedon. Here is excerpt of the interview.



Q : When FIREFLY was getting ready to debut,you had talked about this being the anti-STAR TREK. I just find it amusing that in a sense STAR TREK has faded away, yet the grittier, more realistic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and FIREFLY are now living on.

Whedon : There's always the young punk rebelling against his father.I'm rebelling against Han Solo, but if you are going to tell me that Han Solo isn“t the father of Malcolm Reynolds, then I am going to laugh and laugh and laugh. A lot of people liked the first STAR TREK when they were really finding their way, and James Kirk was about taking the time to take his shirt off and getting it done. Kirk was also, I would say, Malcolm's weird uncle. And both of those franchises became more and more sterile, and less kind off down and dirt. I was rebelling against that kind of TV and science-fiction. At the same time, I owe both of those franchises a huge debt. They are both in my personal, how can they not be ?It's that classic thing : I'm rebelling against my father and doing everything he doesn't do, but I think I look like him.

To read the full article, get the latest issue of Cinefantastique magazine at your local newstand.



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By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:42:36 on Nov 03, 2005

... I immediately thought of John Billingsley in drag shouting "J'accuse!" from the ENT season 4 bloopers!

Funnily enough "bastard child" is also what I'd term Firefly. In no way does it recall the fun of Kirk, in my opinion. It's just a collection of character cliches as far as I'm concerned.

Al


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By: plasmaboy (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 06:29:33 on Nov 02, 2005

firefly and serenity gave me characters i cared for.

when has startrek done that recently??

i saw the movie a week ago and i am still saddened
by the loss of one of the characters ( i'm a leaf on the wind ).... and thats a character thats been in only 12 episodes and the film!!!!!

compared to the loss of those in seasons and seasons of trek and its ....oh...ok... there dead.

imo treks quality of writing and character development are nowhere close to the quality of Firefly/ Serenitys..and BSG , untill they get people who can do that for trek , i say let Trek lay dead.


i am sure it in violation of my European Convention on Human Rights that firefly was cancelled..and i cannot watch any new episodes. :(





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Living life through the child... | Report this post to moderator
By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:12:01 on Nov 01, 2005

The Daddy should try and live his life through his child in this case.
Firefly like Farscape has kept the adventure that Trek used to do very well.


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RE: Rebellious punk offspring | Report this post to moderator
By: gorgon (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:53:29 on Oct 31, 2005

at least firefly had a film this year
when is the next star trek film
coming out ?


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RE: Rebellious punk offspring by StarFleet Captain @ 19:31:24 on Oct 31

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By: MikeJonas (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:35:44 on Oct 31, 2005

I was tempted to say that, but didn't want to insult anyone here who was developmentally-challenged. :)


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By: MikeJonas (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:12:26 on Oct 30, 2005

I was watching a few episodes of Firefly just a little while ago with my mother and my little brother (neither of whom are sci-fi fans), and I was just looking for the right way to describe Firefly's relationship to Trek...Whedon hit it right on the head.

TOS was Trek in its own rebellious youth, TNG is its older, primmer grownup self, DS9 the overachieving but unsung older child, VOY the underachieving kid who finds his niche as the class clown, and ENT the bland lobotomized baby cut down just when its potential was finally starting to show. Firefly might be the rebellious punk that goes against the modern Trek era grain, but in doing so, it recalls the fun of Kirk's time.


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