Haha. Yeah, I feel that way too about the Serious Fan Business questions...
I think what Joss said was that he and Mal would disagree on everything and hate each other, but he and Book would disagree on everything and have a wonderful time. Which I like.
FF by Southerners after the Civil War: yes. And it's interesting, because I never really saw Mal-as-Southerner being a problem, because it was so obvious (to me, at the time, while watching) that this civil war actually was fought over states' rights and not slavery. But in retrospect it's not so obvious. Minear is probably actually pretty libertarian so that might have affected things too. That said, I think the series really was conceived to problemetize Mal's position, because there's such a great setup there to do that and that's what Joss does. Sighs and sighs.
I love Firefly talk, I don't get enough of it! It's been a while since I've cracked the DVDs. The show is more visceral than intellectual (Dollhouse is mostly intellectual, but with the gut-punches periodically).
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Date: 2010-09-28 08:22 am (UTC)I think what Joss said was that he and Mal would disagree on everything and hate each other, but he and Book would disagree on everything and have a wonderful time. Which I like.
FF by Southerners after the Civil War: yes. And it's interesting, because I never really saw Mal-as-Southerner being a problem, because it was so obvious (to me, at the time, while watching) that this civil war actually was fought over states' rights and not slavery. But in retrospect it's not so obvious. Minear is probably actually pretty libertarian so that might have affected things too. That said, I think the series really was conceived to problemetize Mal's position, because there's such a great setup there to do that and that's what Joss does. Sighs and sighs.
I love Firefly talk, I don't get enough of it! It's been a while since I've cracked the DVDs. The show is more visceral than intellectual (Dollhouse is mostly intellectual, but with the gut-punches periodically).