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Maybe, but mixing Sci-Fi with Westerns isn't exactly something Firefly created. The TV series Wild Wild West and Brisco County Jr both did that before Firefly.
And "Wild Wild West" had like gadgets and things well-beyond that era. It was maybe more "nineteenth century James Bond" or something, but when I watched it as a kid it struck me as a bit science fictiony.
I read the IMBD write on on Brisco and I don't think some helpful weird Orbs really qualify as an inspiration for people in outerspace. 27 episodes to Firefly's 11 aired, 14 total. I don't know why I never saw it. I'm pretty sure '93 was the year I got cable.
It was interesting to see that it had a lot of rating stars. Also interesting that one of the main writers was involved in Lost. None of the major actors seem to have gotten famous although they've been working.
They call Firefly space cowboys sometimes because the planets they go to sometimes have horses and such and they do illegal things but really - Firefly crew and many of the planets and scenarios are not western like at all.
So actually I don't even think its like Cowboys and Aliens! :O
And I disagree about Wild West. I just thought those guys were really smart with cool things they invented.
Maybe, but mixing Sci-Fi with Westerns isn't exactly something Firefly created. The TV series Wild Wild West and Brisco County Jr both did that before Firefly.
Agreed. The first STAR WARS was really only a half-Western/half-sumarai flick set in outer space. Han Solo is a gunslinger with more in common with Doc Holliday than any science fiction hero.
It's no secret Kurosawa was a huge influence on STAR WARS, and John Ford films were a huge influence on Kurosawa.
If you want a really goofy yet still fun sci-fi Western check out the movie TIMERIDER from the '80s. Totally campy, but lots of fun.
And "Wild Wild West" had like gadgets and things well-beyond that era. It was maybe more "nineteenth century James Bond" or something, but when I watched it as a kid it struck me as a bit science fictiony.
I always thought the same thing about WWW. And they had some shows that were just downright odd, more Twilight Zone than western.
There's also what's called "Weird West" or "Weird Westerns." Wikipedia has something on that too, but I might look for something more respectable for that. One coming offhand, to me, is the episode of Batman: The Animated Series titled "Showdown." It's an odd episode in that it's mostly about Jonah Hex's encounter with Ra's al Ghul with Batman mostly as a framing device. (Meaning he's listening to the story on tape) Also odd is that Senator Patrick Leahy was a guest voice for the episode. Anyway it involved Jonah Hex being imprisoned by, not aliens granted, but an immortal man and his son who are bent on conquering the US. And the Western town has to deal with an advanced blimp they call "the sky monster." That episode was on about seven years before Firefly. For more on Weird Westerns.
Granted none of those is "Western in space" but Cowboys and Aliens doesn't appear to be that either. It looks more like a Science-Fiction-Western/Weird-Western from what I can tell. Unless they actually are on another planet.
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