Firefly

Genre

    First, it can be classified as a Western movie. Hero in Western movie is brave and be righteous. For example, Malcolm, the main character in this clip, returns emergency remedy to people even if he was asked to steal it with a lot of money. Because he knows many people need medicine so stealing emergency remedy for one person is incorrect.  He fights people from employer to keep it and gives them his money back. And he says "We are not thieves". Also in the western movie, they use guns to fight and train come out. So these can be reasons of Western. Second is Science Fiction. S/F movie usually describe developed future by science. Characters live in spaceship without spacesuit and they move from planet to another planet. (Zero gravity is not a big deal to them) And Firefly is a Action drama. There are many action scenes and dichotomy between good and evil. And this drama uses shaky camera to create natural scene, not artificial.



Discourse of Globalization

   

   This edited clip shows Chinese become a global language in the future, not English. Malcolm (main character) uses Chinese when he pays for drink or swears word, even insignificant thing. It means using Chinese is natural. In other words, it has economical and cultural force. Well, It is not just a groundless story. China rapidly rose as a global economic power, and product what we use is almost made in China. China's phenomenal growth and one-point-three-billion population, all economist say, China can be expected to play a much larger role in the global economy in the future.



Representation

   Firefly has unique characters. Brave captain, side kick woman who got married., hot-blooded pilot, Priest, Prostitution mechanic, doctor and his sister with severe panic disorder. It is pretty different from original S/F drama. Especially, Prostitution is respected. It is completely not acceptable in this society. But prostitution in this movie, She has high status called "Companion" and also has power to get them out of trouble much easier. And when she appears, every one looks at her with admiration. It is kind of push the boundary what is acceptable in the States.



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