The robbery is complicated by some unexpected excitement which leads Simon to mouth off again about his sister being put in danger. River is damaged and unpredictable but she’s also psychic, a useful skill. On this particular job they decide to include River, something her brother Simon isn't happy about. They've been hired to rob a payroll shipment on some rugged outer world. He's assigned to find River Tam by any means necessary.Ĭut to the crew of Serenity on a typical job. What we’re seeing turns out to be a security tape being reviewed by a government agent known only as The Operative ( Chiwetel Ejiofor: DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, INSIDE MAN). The story begins with a quick look at just how Simon got his sister out of that Alliance lab. He rescued his genius sister from a secret Alliance lab and now they’re both on the run. Simon is a well educated surgeon from the central planets and now serves as the ship's doctor. Aboard are Wash ( Alan Tudyk: I, ROBOT), the pilot and Zoe’s husband, Kaylee ( Jewel Staite), the engineer and Jayne ( Adam Baldwin: PREDATOR 2), the muscle.Īlso aboard ( sort of passengers that have become part of the crew) are Simon Tam ( Sean Maher) and his sister River ( Summer Glau: THE 4400, ). He and his crew operate on the fringes of society, sticking to the outer worlds, avoiding Alliance whenever they can. After the war Mal ends up as Captain of the Firefly class cargo ship, "Serenity." Malcolm Reynolds ( Nathan Fillion: DRACULA 2000, FIREFLY, SLITHER) and his fellow trooper Zoe ( Gina Torres: FIREFLY, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, THE MATRIX RELOADED) were the heroes of the Battle of Serenity Valley. This led to an unsuccessful rebellion by the independents ( also known as Browncoats). But horses make more horses.Īt first these isolated worlds tried to live independently but the "Alliance" of central planets decided to bring everyone under one government. This makes sense because on isolated worlds imported vehicles would operate only until you needed a part you couldn't get because you don't have any factories or industry. Other planets were used as dumping grounds for criminals and inconvenient ethnic groups and their highest tech is a horse. Some worlds were extensively developed and have glittering, high tech cities. Many planets were terraformed ( made Earth-like) and settled. Earth "got used up" we are told and humanity expanded out into the universe. SERENITY takes place about 500 years from now. But the show did manage to gather a core audience of loyal fans ( "Browncoats") and when the DVD of the first and only season came out the sales were so astoundingly good that writer/ director/ creator Joss Whedon ( ALIEN: RESURRECTION, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL ) got the go ahead to make a movie. It was a very cool very different sci-fi series that the clueless Fox network moved around and did little to promote and ended up canceling after not quite a full season. There was a series on Fox a few years ago called Firefly. Mutant Enemy / Universal Pictures / Barry Mendel Productions "This Ray Bradbury-esque is one of the most memorable and one of the more original stories I've read in a long time." "'Willow Blue' will burrow under your skin and stay there long after you've put the book down."
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