Why do lefty globalists love Firefly?

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From my own observations, it seems as though most of the people who enjoy Firefly are ultra-lefties and that most, if not all ultra-lefties enjoy Firefly. A lot of them even 'identify as Browncoats', because it's just not a leftist fandom without that kind of shit.

In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Firefly was a freakishly well-produced Fox television scifi-western series based on Trigun/Cowboy Bebop/Outlaw Star that gained the majority of its cult following after Fox cancelled it right in the middle of the story. There's a lot more to it, but the important thing to know about Firefly in this context is that it's entire plot and message is anti-globalism and shouts it from the rooftops at every possible opportunity. Going by the show's lore, being a "Browncoat" means to be anti-globalist to the point that you would gladly die in a war for independence to fight against the formation of one giant empire.

Do they forgive the ocean of anti-globalism just because there's an interracial couple in the main cast? Is it because it shamelessly glorifies whoredom? Is it because the hero girl with superpowers is (artificially) severely autistic? Surely those tidbits can't override the show's entire premise for them, especially after the movie. After all, they'd riot if they found out Malcolm is canonically homophobic/racist/troonsphobic/some other stupid, inconsequential bullshit.
 
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NOT Sword Fighter Super said:
It's mostly weirdo nerds who can't shut up about this show as far as I've noticed.
Maybe I should give it a try.
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It's pretty good if you can look past a few stupid, cringy things. It's just not some shining, golden masterpiece worthy of the worship that comes out of its vocal fanbase. I do recommend very highly to at least watch the first episode. I'm not big on scifi or westerns, but I like Firefly enough to own the DVDs.
 
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Not long ago I tried to watch the movie Serenity (which I hadn't watched in almost 10 years). Unfortunately, I felt like the movie had aged badly. It's a shame because I remember enjoying it at the time.
 
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Padam said:
Not long ago I tried to watch the movie Serenity (which I hadn't watched in almost 10 years). Unfortunately, I felt like the movie had aged badly. It's a shame because I remember enjoying this film at the time.
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I'm not very impressed by the movie either. They tried too hard to be funny a few times, but the thing that gimped it from the start was trying to cram half of a fucking TV series of story, character development and passing time into one movie. The beginning of the film had little context, everything at the start was happening too suddenly out of nowhere and it just felt like we got what was left after multiple major amputations.

Hey, remember the BBEG monster swarm that no one's ever seen and lived to tell about it? Yeah, they're just kind of showing up out of nowhere right away. JFC.
 
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They'd like to make themselves that planet earth turns slowly. It's hard to say they'd rather stay awake while they're asleep
 
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I think you're tremendously overthinking this. Firefly got big because of Joss Whedon being attached, the quippyiness, and, it frustrates me to admit, there actually wasn't a lot like it floating around at the time. Its strongest influences (Trigun, Outlaw Star and to some mild extent Cowboy Bebop) had all finished their runs just a few years prior, but were not quite visible to a wide audience yet. I watched the show much later, circa 2013-2014, and it had aged very poorly. The only thing holding it together for me was the cast and the episodes written by Ben Edlund (Shindig was also good though). The dialogue was horrendous and the episodes written by Joss himself are usually terrible, with the ones being written by Tim Minear and Joss being excruciating.

I'd bet actual money most younger people haven't even sat down and watched the entire show, they just revere it because you need to have seen it and know about it otherwise you get your Nerd Card revoked by Twitter. They probably can't even tell you the names of all the characters, let alone give you a straight opinion on muh globalism.
 
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The Browncoats are clearly meant to be Space Confederates, playing up the Lost Cause and anti-authoritarian farmsteader angles and removing any moral handwringing about slavery.

The entire show could be "cancelled" on that basic part of the premise in the present day.
 
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The people who gush over Firefly always seemed to have a lot in common with people who are part of Doctor Who and other fandoms. Makes sense as they all uses to hang out on Tumblr. It seems like they've since moved to Reddit and Twitter but the faggotry remains.

As for the show itself, I only watched the movie, it was pretty dumb and so I was never interested in the show. There's better stuff out there and the whole "rednecks in space" gimmick just rubbed me the wrong way. Joss Whedon is also a pretentious hack. In an interview with him on the Serenity DVD I borrowed in which he talks about where his idea for the TV show/movie came from was just...yeah. He was such as smug, condescending asshole it made me want to beat him with his own shoes.
 
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