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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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RE: Rebellious punk offspring | Report this post to moderator
By: steveleenow (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 15:34:38 on Nov 01, 2005

they've been smart in putting it on sale too at key times throughout the year over the last two years to help keep interest in the set alive (at least here in Vancouver). The price for the set has ranged from as low as $19.99 CDN all the way up to its regular retail price of about $51.99 CDN (futureshop.ca has it listed at $51.99; amazon.ca has it listed currently for $45.99).

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