FireFly Assignment

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1. Genre; SF and Western

     Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.

The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".[1] The show explores the lives of some people who fought on the losing side of a civil war and others who now make a living on the outskirts of society, as part of the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system. In addition, it is a future where the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures as well. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today."

 Nathan Fillion as Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds—the owner of Serenity and former Independent sergeant in the pivotal Battle of Serenity Valley. Very little is known about the enigmatic Captain;

 Gina Torres as Zoe Alleyne Washburne—second-in-command onboard Serenity, a loyal wartime friend of Captain Reynolds, and the wife of Wash. Described by her husband as a "warrior woman",

 Alan Tudyk as Hoban "Wash" Washburne—Serenity's pilot and Zoe's husband. Wash expresses jealousy over his wife's "war buddy" relationship and unconditional support of their captain.

 Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra—a Companion, which is the 26th century equivalent of a courtesan or oiran, who rents one of the Serenity's two small shuttles.

 Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb—hired muscle. He and Mal met on opposite sides of a rivalry; Mal, while held at gunpoint, offered Jayne his own bunk and a higher cut than his current employer, so he turned coat and shot his then-partners

 Jewel Staite as Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye—the ship's mechanic

 Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam—a medical researcher and trauma surgeon of the first caliber

 Summer Glau as River Tam—smuggled onto the ship by her brother

 Ron Glass as Derrial Book—a Shepherd (equivalent to a pastor). Although presented as a devout Christian man

Firefly won the following awards:
Emmy Award: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, 2003
Visual Effects Society: Best visual effects in a television series, 2003 (episode "Serenity")
Saturn Award: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, Male, 2003 (Nathan Fillion)
Saturn Award: Saturn Award for Best DVD Release (television), 2004
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Series/Television, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Actor/Television Nathan Fillion, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Supporting Actor/Television Adam Baldwin, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Special Guest/Television Christina Hendricks for "Trash", 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Episode/Television "Trash", 2006

The series was also nominated for the following awards:

Visual Effects Society: Best compositing in a televised program, music video, or commercial, 2003

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, "Golden Reel Award": Best sound editing in television long form: sound effects/foley, 2003

Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2003 (episode "Serenity")

Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2004 (episodes "Heart of Gold" and "The Message", which at that time had not been shown on television in the USA)

Golden Satellite Award: Best DVD Extras, 2004

Raings; At the time the series was cancelled by Fox, it averaged 4.48 million viewers and ranked 125th.

(Wikipedia)

2. Narrative ;

     In the Fireflysaga, TV meets the internet meets the big screen, with the narrative universe appearing to spread seemlessly across mediums and seep into and out of "real life".

Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative.

It narratives many science forms, western time, character's individuality and roles.