tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post7175866593241272088..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: The One Reason I'm Glad Firefly Didn't Get a Second SeasonJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-47797248954314124422014-06-12T13:24:51.081-07:002014-06-12T13:24:51.081-07:00"but I don't think that the showrunners w..."but I don't think that the showrunners were going to bring the two of them together by having Mal realize that he was not only out of touch with his culture's views on sex work,"<br /><br />Mal was on the losing side of a civil war, is it any surprise he'd be at odds with the culture he lived in.<br /><br />it was portrayed as a bad thing his side lost. And the culture he lost to was shown to be exploitative, while sex work is considered very exploitative so it's doubtful them approving something like that would be shown as a positive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-31568036588570384052014-06-12T08:32:08.324-07:002014-06-12T08:32:08.324-07:00@Jon:
You'd have a point if the scene at the ...@Jon:<br /><br />You'd have a point if the scene at the Companion training center in Serenity had shown any change, but it didn't. And the rest of the crew is pretty clearly ticked at Mal for how he treated Inara, and he's not showing any sign of getting clue that they're right.<br /><br />I for one am glad I didn't have to throw things at the TV.DeeBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732465673981737935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-32542084974697425802014-06-11T13:00:07.986-07:002014-06-11T13:00:07.986-07:00The thing is...Inara pretty much does call him on ...The thing is...Inara pretty much does call him on it by declaring at the end of the series that she's leaving. And she backed it up, because by the time we get to Serenity, she's left. <br /><br />Would we have gotten a second season of Firefly where Inara was away on her her own GoT Danerys style? Who can say? Might Mal have come to the conclusion that he was treating her badly and that's why she's not here any more? Could be.<br /><br />And that's why it's folly to assume that Firefly S2 would have definitely been this or certainly be that. We don't know, and never will.<br /><br />I for one would be willing to risk them continuing to handle Mal + Inara badly if it also meant we got all the rest of the cast doing their things which was usually pretty good. <br /><br />Which means, yes, that I'm indulging in the same folly of assuming the show would still be good. But what else is commenting on someone's blog about a long gone TV show anyhow?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555754666136648223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-16081868697056059182014-06-11T12:00:58.037-07:002014-06-11T12:00:58.037-07:00Wow, I thought I was the only one had problems wit...Wow, I thought I was the only one had problems with the sexual politics of Firefly. I also thought the scripts weren't anything great. In fact most of them could have been from Gunsmoke in 1965.<br /><br />But I thought the whole duel thing was particularly silly. And now when I'm watching shows like Fargo, Justified, The Americans (Man FX is hitting them out of the park), Breaking Bad, Mad Men, True Detective, and the like, I can't help feeling that TV has surpassed Joss Whedon and Company. It's like they're setting world speed records for trains and the best TV writers are travelling in jets.<br /><br />Agents of SHIELD is a classic example of how something that would have been great 15 years ago now just seems behind the times. Hell even The Vampire Diaries is blows away much of Buffy and Angel.Jim Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-25945347488757111922014-06-10T18:53:51.808-07:002014-06-10T18:53:51.808-07:00This would be a great question to pose at a conven...This would be a great question to pose at a convention. Ultimately, what if the show DID plan on calling Mal on his intrusions and BS? What if the show-runners knew they had someone as a lead who had both good and bad qualities?<br /><br />I'm not saying they would have handled it well, but they could have.<br /><br />Or the second season could have just ruined it...Eric Qel-Dromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768499983501308136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-4308548602904990212014-06-10T11:32:16.779-07:002014-06-10T11:32:16.779-07:00That's my opinion of the whole series (and Whe...That's my opinion of the whole series (and Whedon in general), more clever in theory than it is in execution, full of holes.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-86011423943992085312014-06-10T11:03:29.576-07:002014-06-10T11:03:29.576-07:00I have to say I agree; I never liked the "rel...I have to say I agree; I never liked the "relationship" between Mal and Inara. magidinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255841033538755123noreply@blogger.com