None of this particularly bothers me, except that for a series set in the 26th Century there is no indication that Human thought or Human outlook has progressed in any way from what it was in the mid-19th Century. You don’t need such slavish adherence to the model to convey that this is a hard-pressed frontier community – it’s too taxing on the audience’s suspension of disbelief.
Most elements of the setting are traditional western: We just need a Lawman, Evil Cattle Baron, Native Scout, Wizened Miner, Card Shark, Barkeep, Barber, Telegraph Officer and Gravedigger to complete the set.
– Embittered war veterans with a Code of Honour If you swapped the spaceship for a steamboat, Firefly (so far) becomes indistinguishable from a million other westerns.Īlmost every main character is a venerable trope: I quickly started asking whether this Sci-fi Western was just … a Western. Rewatching it now, I was surprised by how forward the trappings of traditional westerns were. I haven’t seen Firefly since it first aired.
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