Thinking about television: Firefly

An active Firefly fan site. Joss Whedon fandom.

Several generations of sf on television.

One thing that sets TV apart.

Another thing that sets TV apart.

One consequence of serial form.

Visual forms can make explanations harder.

A lot of televised sf might as well not be.

This episode, though, has to be.

The planet and its buildings look new. Mal & company not so much.

Fans debate Jayne's motives, as well as Mal's decision to "forgive" him. Other fans recap & debate.

Other fans look out for your amygdala.

Where the sf is. What's in there?

SF in visual media alludes to other visual media, and to its genres.

Three kinds of Weberian authority: this one and this one and this one, which would also be this one.

Still liking that one. SF characters who are living in there.

A total institution. And another. Some, though not I, would allege another.

Here's looking at you.

Better to look at you.