Question concerning Firefly... Help!

[Sam Fisher]

When I first watched this series it was three years ago, and I think I watched it on Hulu or youtube. Can't remember which. Anyway, when I first watched the entire series, I never noticed the Chinese talk.

Now, while watching it on Netflix, I am using Closed Caption, and the crew sometimes uses a Chinese phrase or comment. What's up with that? :dunno:

 

[Ace Bandage]

From the Firefly timeline:

The United States and China, the two great superpowers of the Earth, gradually grow together and form the Anglo-Sino Alliance (though their empires remain separate), rather than killing each other as originally predicted. In a somewhat ironic reversal, the American Empire annexes England.

[Firefly website and "A Brief History of the Universe, circa 2507 A.D." In an interview on the site, series creator Joss Whedon first described some of this background to account for the mix of cultures in the Alliance, and the pre-production memo gives further details. This history is implicit in the design of the Alliance flags seen in "The Train Job" and "Bushwhacked," a combination of the present-day flags of the two countries in question.]

Basically the culture of Firefly is a fusion of Chinese and American culture because those are the superpowers that "won".

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/9865/why-does-everyone-in-firefly-speak-chinese




Side note: Summer Glau is ridiculously hot.

 

[Petra]

Screw Firefly (though I still mourn its cancellation). Dr. Horrible 2 needs to come out! Need more Nathan Fallon action!

 

[Sam Fisher]

From the Firefly timeline:

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[Ace Bandage]

Petra[/URL][/B], post: 7104046, member: 114093"]Screw Firefly

You're dead to me.

Good luck trying to sleep tonight.

 

[knowone]

Petra[/URL][/B], post: 7104046, member: 114093"]Screw Firefly (though I still mourn its cancellation). Dr. Horrible 2 needs to come out! Need more Nathan Fallon action!

and he has a sex tape with Aria Giovanni !!!

 

[Red Spyder]

and he has a sex tape with Aria Giovanni !!!

Oh, yeah, he really......

nailed her :tongue:

 

[JasonCook78]

When I first watched this series it was three years ago, and I think I watched it on Hulu or youtube. Can't remember which. Anyway, when I first watched the entire series, I never noticed the Chinese talk.

Now, while watching it on Netflix, I am using Closed Caption, and the crew sometimes uses a Chinese phrase or comment. What's up with that? :dunno:

They only speak in English and Chinese because those are the two most dominate languages on the planet. Also, they speak in Chinese to get away with swearing for example: In the episode Shindig the d-bag Inara is with calls Serenity "go-se" which is Shit in Chinese.

 

[JasonCook78]

If you want to watch great Nathan Fillion action watch Castle on ABC, and either last season or the season before that Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb) guest stars as a badass detective.

 

[Sam Fisher]

If you want to watch great Nathan Fillion action watch Castle on ABC, and either last season or the season before that Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb) guest stars as a badass detective.

Thank you.

 

[larss]

See http://www.browncoats.com/

 

[jinxypie]

If you want to watch great Nathan Fillion action watch Castle on ABC, and either last season or the season before that Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb) guest stars as a badass detective.

I love Castle, but was unimpressed with the episode guest starring Adam Baldwin. :dunno:
Thought it could have been better, more references back to Firefly.

 

[darkwarrior3007]