Serenity info booklet

SERENITY

Fly the Boat

Firefly is an American space western science fiction drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".

The show explores the lives of a group of people who fought on the losing side of a civil war and others who now make a living on the fringe of society, as part of the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system. In this future, the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today". Firefly premiered in the U.S. on the Fox network on September 20, 2002.

Serenity is a 2005 American space western film written and directed

by Joss Whedon. It is a continuation of Whedon's 2002 Fox science fiction television series Firefly and stars the same cast, taking place after the events of the final episode. Still set in 2517, Serenity is the story of the captain and crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship.

The captain and first mate are veterans of the Unification War, having fought on the losing Independent side against the Alliance.

Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret.

The film stars Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It was released in North America on September 30, 2005 by Universal Pictures. The film won several awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Prometheus Special Award and the Nebula Award for Best Script.

http://firefly.wikia.com/wiki/Quotes Harken: Seems odd you'd name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.

Mal: May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Mal: We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

Mal: We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why?

Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal: I'm not leaving Serenity.

Inara: Mal — you don't have to die alone.

Mal: Everybody dies alone.

Zoë: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?

Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

Tracey: When you can't run anymore, you crawl... and when you can't do that -Zoë: You find someone to carry you.

Jayne: Ten percent of nothing is, let me do the math here, nothing into nothing, carry the nothin'...

Mal: Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.

Mal: Been a long time since Patience shot me and that was due to a perfectly legitimate conflict of interest. I got no grudge.

Zoë: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us.

Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.

Wash: "I am a leaf on the wind... Watch how I soar…"

The Crew of Serenity Malcolm Reynolds is owner and captain of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity, and was a volunteer in the war between the Alliance and the Independents ( aka "Browncoats" ). He got the name for his spaceship from a famous battle he fought and commanded in, the Battle of Serenity Valley. When asked why he named his ship after a lost battle, Zoe comments "Once you're in Serenity, you never leave.

You just learn how to live there." He is fiercely loyal to those he calls his crew.

Malcolm's main mission is to keep his crew alive and to keep his ship flying. Mal was born on 20 September 2468 — which would make him 49 at the time of the series Firefly — though, as the average human lifespan is 120, this would make him the equivalent of a man in his early 30s today. Mal was raised by his mother and "about 40 hands" on a ranch on the planet Shadow. Though Mal usually seems more practical than intellectual, he occasionally surprises his friends by displaying familiarity with disparate literature, including, in particular the poems of the Romantic poets.

Mal volunteered for the Independents army during the Unification War against the Alliance, gaining the rank of sergeant during that time. His loyal second-in-command Zoe was by his side for most of the war, surviving many dangerous conflicts with him, including the Battle of Du-Khang in 2510 and a long winter campaign in New Kashmir where he commanded a platoon. Mal was also involved in the ground campaign during the Battle of Sturges.

Mal fought in many more battles, but the turning point for him and the Independents came with their physical and emotional defeat at the Battle of Serenity Valley on the planet Hera. Mal was given a promotion to Captain during the Battle of Serenity Valley to take command of the ever-increasing number of Independent troops who

were losing their officers at the hands of the Alliance. He was attached to the 57th Overlanders Brigade.

After the war, Mal acquired his own ship, a derelict 03-K64 Fireflyclass transport whose previous owner was a man named Captain Harbatkin ( Mal never got around to changing the registration papers ). Mal named the ship Serenity after the Battle of Serenity Valley, the decisive battle of the Unification War. Hoban "Wash" Washburne serves as the pilot of Serenity, and is married to the ship's first mate, Zoe. He is only ever referred to as "Wash", the first syllable of his surname. When Mal confronts him, Wash's reasoning is "Why would anyone call themselves Hoban?" He grew up on a planet whose atmosphere is so polluted that no stars are visible. He claims to have spent time on a moon whose principal form of entertainment is juggling geese. A laid-back guy with a dry and occasionally laconic sense of humour, Wash tends to represent the pragmatic, cut-and-run opinion in any shipboard debate, and often serves as the calming influence in heated arguments. Wash has proven his resolve and willingness to put himself in harm's way and do violence on behalf of his friends on many occasions.

Raised on an unnamed polluted planet, Wash became a pilot in part to see the sky beyond his home. After Wash's friend Mr. Universe hacked the records and became top of the class before Wash, Mr. Universe silenced him by offering his services whenever they were needed. Wash served in the Unification War as a pilot. His ship was shot down after a single flight and he was put in a POW camp, where he spent the remainder of the war entertaining the other prisoners with shadow puppets. Later travelling widely, Wash's pilot skills and reputation grew so that he was actively courted by multiple captains when he met Malcolm Reynolds. Wash accepted Mal's offer and eventually fell in love with and married Reynolds' second-incommand, Zoe Alleyne.

The Crew Zoe Washburne Inara Serra Jayne Cobb Kaylee Frye Simon Tam River Tam Derrial Book

The Supporting Cast Badger Mr Universe Jubal Early Adelei Niska The Operative Patience Saffron Leonore, wife of Mr Universe

Useful Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY3u7bB7dZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG9bSBGLtMc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGHCQJMvRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqnu1N8bu8

The Series Serenity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VeCL3nPCl8 The Train Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFdB7PqGqE Bushwacked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGgg6dDDdM Shindig: Safe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxKgcLZUqA Our Mrs Reynolds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzERjS-KcyU Jaynestown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9Rj_IXXD4 Out of Gas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXNZnVTNjUE Ariel: War Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FIzY5tw4yI Trash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OloxRay2E The Message: Heart of Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Gq4jGSYcE Objects in Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIr0PYTddUc