I woke up this morning and chose violence

[charliejane@wandering.shop]

I woke up this morning and chose violence

https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/let-firefly-stay-dead/

[ginevracat@toot.community]

@charliejane Wow! You really did.

Your captions under the pictures made me LOL hard.

[sofiav@mastodon.online]

@charliejane oh...yeah, if they're just trying to plug the gap between the show and the movie, then I agree with all of this. If they were going to do a continuation of the show that ignored the movie, then they'd actually have a chance to fix some of the problematic things, like introducing some Asian characters and treating Inara better

[petealexharris@mastodon.scot]

@charliejane
Justifiable, tbh.

[stx@mastodon.scot]

@charliejane It's unneeded and Adam Baldwin is problematic. Someone stop the signal.

[zenheathen@beige.party]

@charliejane I'm surprised Adam Baldwin isn't on your list of issues.

[fringemagnet@sunny.garden]

@charliejane Great points all around, there are many elements making Firefly 'a product of its time' that haven't aged well. I'd be willing to give the revival a chance but it's the reported inclusion of Adam Baldwin that completely taints it for me.

[brandonlivesin@social.seattle.wa.us]

@charliejane The comics filled in backstory for some characters in a really unsatisfying way - particularly Book - and I think this show has potential to do the same damage by overexplaining things that were better left ambiguous in the original run.

[brainwagon@mastodon.social]

@charliejane I am not sure that I agree with many of the themes, but even as a big fan of both Buffy and Firefly, I'm not eager to step back in to see a "fresh take" on those shows. Let's face it: "fresh takes" are often just "tepid rehash, tuned to modern sensibilities." They are bringing back M*A*S*H for crissakes. What take do you think we will have that wasn't already addressed in 11 seasons, 14 Emmys, 8 Golden Globes and Peabody award?

[foxxtrot@dice.camp]

@charliejane I have introduced so many people to Firefly over the years.

I haven't wanted a revisit for at least 15 years. I can't think of much that would be more pointless.

[heartofcoyote@neuromatch.social]

@sofiav @charliejane Right??!!!!!

(Ahem) I’m ok. Really. No need to be alarmed. But yeah, what you have described is what it would take for me to watch.

[mschatelaine@mastodon.scot]

@charliejane can't argue with any of it

[virtualbri@mastodon.online]

@charliejane You're not *wrong*, except that Buffy is probably equally "eh" in bringing it back. But I'd love to just reboot for *now* and ditch the problematic stuff (like Adam Baldwin) and move *forward* with it all.

Like an anime that reboots and doesn't feel bound by the original outside the most big picture stuff. I think there's still meat there in the right hands. But, yeah, maybe get into the colonial stuff more and certainly get into the "losing side of civil war" more than ever.

[cargot_robbie@urbanists.social]

@charliejane thanks for talking up Vagrant Queen and Lexx! I didn't know Lexx was CanCon, and I hadn't heard about Vagrant Queen. I hope I can track them down