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Old 03-30-2012, 04:57 PM   #167
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Firefly is evidence that Tucker had it all wrong, precisely because it is *exacty* a space western wthout being space opera. It is a character-based piece, after all.
Whedon took the idea of "Space Western" and created something in Firefly that was so on-the-nose, you'd think he was going over the top to make fun of the idea, but instead he essentially simultaneously redefined the term and created the epitome of the genre.
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