6ee Subj : Re: The big picture To : alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.tv.firefly From : EBRENT PRICE Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 19:12:29 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos "William George Ferguson" wrote in message news:i3dbi155k3q8vekhlcienru4p999osu5er@4ax.com... > 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'. 'Unreconstructed.' Heh. I like that. But I didn't say he was happy about it, just accepted facts. Otherwise he would be actively engaged in terrorist activity, bombing Alliance outposts, etc. waiting for the Browncoats to rise again. A far cry from picking fights in some backwoods bar once a year. E. Brent Price . 0