I know what you mean, but Whedon has reportedly admitted that it was based
on a campaign in a major SF RPG, according to information here, although
the primary source is no longer available:
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/13668/is-serenity-based-on-joss-whedons-game-of-traveller
And for all the obvious reasons, it HAS to be Traveller. And I still think
that the guys who made BSG were exposed to TNE.
I'm sorry for ruining your light-hearted reply to my light-hearted comment.
Although you're starting to sound like Joss paid you some plausibly
deniable hush money. :-)
"I can make love disappear, For my next trick I'll need a volunteer. Step
right up." <--Yes, I stole that quote from someone on this list, but now
it's stuck in my head.
> wrote:
>> Actually, I think that Marc would be pleased (and probably is) that
>> Traveller had a role in such a cool manifestation as Firefly/Serenity.
>> He wouldn't go after Whedon's Firefly money.
>>
>> But Whedon is probably acting on good old CYA Legal Advice, which is
>> not unwise.
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> Just to be clear, I have no knowledge that Firefly and Serenty were
> inspired by Traveller. I believe Whedon has specifically denied such.
> I was merely making a light-hearted comment in response to your
> light-hearted comment.
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> Mike West
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