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I loved Firefly, and Serenity is one of the few things in this world that can actually stop me talking for a good amount of time (a rare occurrence, sometimes).
But, as Quennyboy says, the problem following Serenity is, very simply, one of "Where do we go, from here?"
At the end of the film, mostly all of the underlying threads have been tied or cauterised; (Obvious Spoilers)
Big things;
- The bulk of the Reavers are assumed to be wiped out in the battle, leaving only token survivors who flee or didn't get involved in the climactic battle, so the Big Bad Menace From Beyond is no longer Big, or, well, Bad.
- The Alliance's power is destabilised, however temporarily, by Mal's broadcasting of the Footage, and it's credibility is damaged pretty much beyond repair.
Little things;
- All the contacts that Mal et al had used are dead following the Operative's Scorched Earth policy ("Leave no ground to go to", I believe, was the phrase), leaving a vacuum of opportunities for jobs, mischief, or mayhem - although I don't recall seeing Badger's name pop up in the sequence, so he could be hiding somewhere. Also, the lack of a Monolithic Uncaring Governmental power, however temporarily long it lasts, means that the line of illegality is now very, very blurred, and Serenity the ship could earn just as profitable a living being a simple cargo / passenger ship when there's less illegal profit to be made.
- River is no longer 'mad', according to her, and the secret that made her so has been found and unearthed, meaning her quest is over, for now.
- Simon and Kaylee no longer, of course, have the unrequited romantic tension, instead giving in to their Animal Passions.
So... If you don't want to read pure, unadulterated fan-wanking, wander off for, say, five-hundred words or so.
If anything were to happen, say a new tv series or a comic, I think I could come up with a fairly workable structure for the first six issues / episodes.
The first two would be concerned with the mystery of Shepherd Book; the Ident card previously seen would have been mailed to the crew of Serenity in the event of his death, which leads to a mystery about his previous life; was he a mercenary? A criminal? A perfectly ordinary man with a guilt complex? Possibly exposition for exposition's sake, but it's the unsolved mystery of the series.
The third episode could be the Trial of Malcolm Reynolds, as the organisation emerging from the ruins of the Alliance finds him and puts him before a court as responsible for all the problems and trauma caused in the fall of the Alliance. However, Mal escapes. Which, really, re-introduces a reason for him to be running, which is all he ever needed previously.
The fourth would relate to the taskforce who are tracking down the remnants of the Reavers, and their encounter with Serenity's crew, now masquerading as something completely different to avoid any attention.
The fifth could deal with Inara completely separately from the rest of crew, explaining how she had wended her separate way following the events of Serenity and how now, with the aforementioned masquerade ongoing, she is drawn back into her old world.
The sixth could work with the establishment of the new order and the resurgence of the Independents; a second civil war, but possibly more even now, with defectors from the old Alliance moving over and the new Republic forming.
Anything further would work fairly well, in my humblest opinion, with the backdrop of a much smaller, darker, civil war. There's always other escapees / products of the "Academy" that River went to if needed. There could also be more exposition of the Sino- half of the previous Alliance, something sorely missed previously.
See? I warned you about fanwank. I liked Firefly and I loved Serenity, and I think even with a few of the issues resolved by the film that it could continue - I'd want it to, if only for a little while - so it's just a shame that it won't... |
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