Okay, I’m calling it:
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is basically Joss Whedon’s crack
at Firefly 2.0.
He just took the characters, shook them up a bit to scramble
the elements, and sent them on new missions.
Coulson / Mal – basically the same guy. Kind of a goofy leader. Only Whedon stripped the “River” medical
mystery off of River and stuck it on Coulson.
Ward / Jayne – not a big leap here. Ward is slightly smarter, I guess. But he still kinda likes just punching stuff.
Kaylee / Sky – super competent technical female.
Fitz / Simone – super-smart
science guy with a little of Wash’s goofball charm.
Simmons / Inara – Only, you know, it’s Disney-owned, so “companions”
are RIGHT OUT.
Zoey / May – with a little of River’s fighting skill mixed
in. Follows “the boss” even though she
doesn’t like it much at times.
I realize this leaves us with no Book equivalent, but then
again, they actually stuck that actor on the show. Plus, in a world where Thor exists, perhaps
religious ponderings are a little too heady.
Firefly / Giant Plane.
Each week, they go on new adventures.
It’s all there, people.
I agree with everything you pointed out. But because I like Coulson, I have the opportunity of possibly seeing Thor (Yay!) and I hate that Firefly was cancelled in the first place, I have no choice but to submit to Whedon's demands and be sucked in :)
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