And it is so perfectly structured. But then, so is "Out of Gas", and I'm not sure I'm not just saying that because they are the two I have seen more recently... No, I know they're not, they're really two of the best and have stood the tests of time and them some. Amazing TV writing. Tim Minear: what's he doing now? (I miss Firefly and I miss The Inside.)
I also wonder where the Operatives come from - what was the cross-over (if any) between them and the bounty hunters, and River's programmers?
I wonder. I picture the Operatives as being something like the CIA or NSA - operatives within the structure of the Alliance government, though not part of it, and probably not entirely answerable to it. (I.e., given a fair autonomy to get their job done, not subject to laws that other people are. Some version of "licensed to kill".)
The Bounty Hunters presumably go for anyone who is wanted enough that it will be profitable to pay to get them.
And River's programmers - those scary guys with blue gloves? I don't know. The movie Serenity doesn't give us much background on them, but they do seem to be some sort of 'legitimate' operation, sanctioned by the Alliance. Well. Probably. I wish I knew!
I wish it hadn't been pulled from TV!
I wail loudly over that. I'm also glad that it didn't last long enough to be changed, to lose its way, to become dull or stupid. Maybe it never would. But I've thought that of other shows, which failed or betrayed me.
I really, really wish Wash and Book hadn't died; I find myself in denial over that, rewriting bits of the Serenity movie to be more in keeping with the style of the TV show.
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Date: 2007-08-20 02:33 pm (UTC)And it is so perfectly structured. But then, so is "Out of Gas", and I'm not sure I'm not just saying that because they are the two I have seen more recently... No, I know they're not, they're really two of the best and have stood the tests of time and them some. Amazing TV writing. Tim Minear: what's he doing now? (I miss Firefly and I miss The Inside.)
I also wonder where the Operatives come from - what was the cross-over (if any) between them and the bounty hunters, and River's programmers?
I wonder. I picture the Operatives as being something like the CIA or NSA - operatives within the structure of the Alliance government, though not part of it, and probably not entirely answerable to it. (I.e., given a fair autonomy to get their job done, not subject to laws that other people are. Some version of "licensed to kill".)
The Bounty Hunters presumably go for anyone who is wanted enough that it will be profitable to pay to get them.
And River's programmers - those scary guys with blue gloves? I don't know. The movie Serenity doesn't give us much background on them, but they do seem to be some sort of 'legitimate' operation, sanctioned by the Alliance. Well. Probably. I wish I knew!
I wish it hadn't been pulled from TV!
I wail loudly over that. I'm also glad that it didn't last long enough to be changed, to lose its way, to become dull or stupid. Maybe it never would. But I've thought that of other shows, which failed or betrayed me.
I really, really wish Wash and Book hadn't died; I find myself in denial over that, rewriting bits of the Serenity movie to be more in keeping with the style of the TV show.