{"id":1558,"date":"2022-12-12T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2022-12-13T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:38:03","slug":"is-firefly-out-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/articles\/is-firefly-out-of-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Firefly \u201cOut of Gas\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If the average sci-fi fan knows anything about Firefly<\/em>, it\u2019s that it\u2019s a Space Western and that it was canceled.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Space Western:<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how it is: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths. Some rich and flush with the new technologies, some not so much. The Central Planets, thems formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them myself.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity<\/em>. She\u2019s a transport ship; Firefly<\/em> class. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher for some reason, and a bonafide companion. There\u2019s a doctor, too, took his genius sister outta some Alliance camp, so they\u2019re keepin\u2019 a low profile. You understand.<\/p>\n

You got a job, we can do it, don\u2019t much care what it is.<\/p>\n Firefly<\/em> Opening Monologue<\/cite>\n <\/blockquote>\n

It got canceled:<\/p>\n

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On the last day of shooting Firefly, we were doing the final scene on the bridge and it was really depressing. The red button had been put on after the bridge was built because it comes into the episode, \u201cOut of Gas\u201d. It was only stuck on with this tacky, gum stuff that you hang pictures on the wall with. So I was like, \u2018I\u2019ll be damned if I\u2019m not taking something!\u2019 I tried to pull a couple of things off but they were screwed on too tight. I grabbed a hold of that button and it came off and was mine! We then had to come back onto the bridge to shoot one last time \u2014 and so the button wasn\u2019t there. I held onto it for a few days going, \u2018I got this thing\u2019 and then Joss had given all those speeches and I thought it was such a perfect thing for him to have.\u201d<\/p>\n Alan Tudyk, Firefly: The Official Companion: Volume One<\/a><\/cite>\n <\/blockquote>\n

Alan then sent that button to Joss Whedon with a note saying: \u201cWhen your miracle gets here, call us back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Too soon? You may have to get used to it. There are a lot of heart skewering incidents throughout the story of the creation and cancellation of Firefly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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