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Galaxy Quest vs. Serenity

Galaxy Quest (1999)
9 (42.9%)
Serenity (2005)
12 (57.1%)

Total Members Voted: 20

Voting closed: June 04, 2011, 11:47:08 pm

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Offline marstone

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Re: Sci Fi Poll 14
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2011, 05:10:45 pm »
same appeal you have with Star Wars, the heros  are criminals to the state.  Rebels, insurgent fighters against the government.  It is a common thread in movies and books.
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Re: Sci Fi Poll 14
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2011, 05:33:07 pm »
The characters in Firefly are criminals.  They were rebels, but they lost.  Now they make ends meet through legal and illegal means.
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Re: Sci Fi Poll 14
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2011, 07:35:22 pm »
Quote from: TAnimaL on June 05, 2011, 04:47:29 pm
Quote from: Nemesis on June 05, 2011, 03:50:14 pm
So you don`t mind calling George Washington and the other U.S. founding fathers criminals?
If they had lost? The British certainly would have tried them as such. Treason is a crime, I believe.

They would have been tried and executed as rebels or traitors not as "common criminals".
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Re: Sci Fi Poll 14
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2011, 02:41:24 pm »
Quote from: Nemesis on June 05, 2011, 03:50:14 pm
Quote from: TAnimaL on June 04, 2011, 02:58:48 pm
criminals/rebels, "Poe-tato"/"po-Tah-to"

So you don`t mind calling George Washington and the other U.S. founding fathers criminals?

The Founding Fathers were criminals, until the Crown recognized the United States of America.  That's the way revolutions work.  You win, you're the founder of a new nation.  You lose, you get convicted and hang.  Apparently, there was some kind of amnesty for the characters in Firefly.  What did they do with that Amnesty?  Rob, smuggle, loot, and commit just about every other conventional crime.  They're criminals.
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