Firefly
Genre
The genre of Firefly could be space western and drama. The setting of this TV series is 2571, on a variety of moons and planets, and in a spaceship, Serenity. There also exists a pioneer culture in Serenity, so the genre could also be western. I think the fusion of Western and Sci Fi is very fresh, however, some reviewers say that this genre is a "forced hodgepodge of two alarmingly opposite genres just for the sake of being different." I think these reviewers are saying that putting two completely different genres could be original and fresh, but won’t bring a well-known success. Space western is a subgenre of science fiction. There’s also a genre of drama in this show because there are conflicts of political, moral and ethnic issues.
Semiotics
Semiotics exists a lot in this show. There are a lot of things that are signs of something else. What I think about this show is that, this show is a sign of our future. In episode 2, there were events of illegal runs and robbery in space. I feel that events like these are possible in the future. There could be homes in space, planets, and moons.
Although I only watched one episode of this show, I could realize that this show kind of foreshadows our future. This show lets us know that things like better communication systems, better transportation systems, and robotics could be possible to exist in the future.
Also, I think this TV series foreshadows the conditions of the world’s governmental powers. In the show, the United States and China are the only existing superpowers of the world. I think this is possible because the United States is already a superpower of the world, and China is slowly growing to be a superpower. Its technology and government are developing quickly.
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