6f5 Subj : Re: The big picture To : alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.tv.firefly From : William George Ferguson Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 11:05:49 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:47:04 GMT, "EBRENT PRICE" wrote: > >"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message >news:11i4mvhnd03s007@news.supernews.com... >> So, what do the FIREFLY universe and the original Star Trek universe >> have in common... and how do they conflict? >> >> What they have in common: They both picture a possible near-future >> (earth-centric)universe. >> >> Star Trek was all in favor of UNIFICATION: Captain Kirk was all - "Join >> the UFP!" >> >> [UFP = United Federation of Planets.] >> >> Captain Mal Reynolds OTOH is against the very idea of unification, and >> he opposes "The Alliance" all he humanly can. > >I think Mal doesn't oppose the Alliance anymore. He's been there, done that >and accepts that he lost. He just wants to be left alone. It's a minor >distinction, but a distinction nonetheless. Right. That's why he chooses to be just minding his own business wearing a brown coat in an Alliance bar every Unification Day. Mal is what back in the day would be called 'unreconstructed'. -- .... and my sister is a vampire slayer, her best friend is a witch who went bonkers and tried to destroy the world, um, I actually used to be a little ball of energy until about two years ago when some monks changed the past and made me Buffy's sister and for some reason, a big klepto. My best friends are Leticia Jones, who moved to San Diego because this town is evil, and a floppy eared demon named Clem. (Dawn's fantasy of her intro speech in "Lessons", from the shooting script) . 0