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	Firefly-Browncoats.com: We Aim To Misbehave
		The world of Firefly was unlike anything that television had ever seen before - a western set in space, with no aliens and very few technological wonders.
		Firefly had a very earthy feeling, drawing on motifs from traditional wild west pictures and focusing on a small band of pirates.
		Firefly was broadcast on the FOX network, but was cancelled after only eleven of the fourteen produced episodes were aired due to poor viewing numbers.
	www.firefly-browncoats.com (470 words)

	Alliance (Firefly) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alliance flag, seen in the original pilot episode, is a blending of the United States and People's Republic of China flags (two versions of this flag, one with 13 stripes and one with five stripes, appear in the series).
		Generally, the Alliance is rather authoritarian, although Joss Whedon, the series' creator, has said this is at least partly due to the fact that the show is seen from the viewpoint of those hostile to the Alliance.
		Alliance ground troops are nicknamed "purple bellies" (in contrast to the Independent "browncoats").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alliance_(Firefly) (1387 words)

	Firefly (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Firefly is a science fiction television series that premiered in the United States and Canada on 2002-09-20.
		The star system is governed by the Alliance, an organization of "core" planets that has succeeded in forcibly unifying all of the colonies under a single government.
		This Sino-American (named the Anglo-Sino Alliance) allegiance is supported by close examination of labels on the crates from the episode "The Train Job", where crates of Alliance goods are marked with a Chinese flag superimposed over a United States flag.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Firefly_(television_series) (4018 words)

	Reaver (Firefly) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reavers are a group of humans in the television series Firefly and the movie Serenity who live on the fringes of civilized space and have become animalistic.
		Their existence is officially denied by the Alliance, but they are a brutal reality around the outer planets.
		In the climax of the film, a massive space battle between the Alliance and the Reavers occurs, and it is implied that the Alliance fleet wins the battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reaver_(Firefly) (888 words)

	GEOS - Firefly Episode Guide
		Set 400 years in the future in the wake of a universal civil war, FIREFLY tells the tale of Serenity, a small transport spaceship without a homeport.
		On Serenity, crew and passengers live together in close quarters as they shuttle between the Alliance governed galaxy and the border planets that delineate the new frontier.
		FIREFLY is about their unpredictable lives and relationships, as well as their search for meaning in a very uncertain time.
	www.geos.tv /index.php/index/fly (204 words)

	Serenity Now! by J.E.Crosby
		The Alliance is roughly analogous to the Union, the separatists to the Southern secessionists, and Reynolds to a far-flung Outlaw Jose Wales.
		Firefly is now set to follow the path of Star Trek, another show that began as a low-rated TV series but found new life on the big screen and in ubiquitous spin-offs.
		In contrast, the Alliance of the Firefly universe is not New Camelot forging a path to the New Frontier.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig6/crosby3.html (1269 words)

	Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests.
		A faction in the Warcraft Universe, the Alliance - comprised of the Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes.
		The Alliance, was the name of a professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alliance (205 words)

	Unification War - The Firefly and Serenity Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Unification war was a war fought between the Alliance and Independents, the core planets had taken much of the system resources and technology and left the outer planets to fend for themselves.
		(Alliance troops were nicknamed 'purple bellies' due to the coloring of their own armor.) One of the reasons they were formed was to attempt and prevent the alliance from creating "better" (submissed) and more peaceful people.
		The faction was created when the core worlds formed the Alliance and declared war on any planets that resisted efforts to unify the rest of the planets under their control (thus the name Unification War).
	firefly.wikia.com /wiki/Unification_War (943 words)

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		Firefly made its American network debut on September 20, 2002, on Fox; it was cancelled after only 12 episodes.
		The premiere episode of Firefly, directed by the show's creator, Joss Whedon, opens in a bar, where Mal (Nathan Fillion), the captain of the titular transport ship, is having a drink with Zoe (Gina Torres) and Jayne (Adam Baldwin).
		This episode of Firefly -- one of three that Fox never aired, but which were included in the DVD set -- opens with Mal (Nathan Fillion) sitting in the middle of a desert, very alone and very naked.
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	Giddyup, spaceman - Salon
		Joss Whedon's "Firefly," which premiered two weeks ago on Fox, has the distinction of being both one of the most anticipated shows of the season and one of the strangest.
		The first distinction is based on Whedon's cult status as the creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off, "Angel," both of which are widely recognized as two of the most enterprising and original shows of the past half-decade.
		"Firefly" is set 500 years in the future, six years after a war to unite the planets has been won by a totalitarian government, the Alliance.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/03/firefly/index.html (1309 words)

	Firefly - The TV IV
		The basic plot of Firefly was that Earth, or "Earth-That-Was", had been drained dry of resources and mankind had reached out to the stars, colonizing a series of planets.
		At some point, the Alliance decided to unite all the colonies under one totalitarian banner.
		Some colonies objected to this, and there was a bloody conflict between Alliance forces and the Independent freedom fighters.
	tviv.org /Firefly (424 words)

	: RevolutionSF - Firefly: The Complete Series : Review
		Firefly follows Serenity's crew as they struggle to survive on the fringes of colonized space, where the influence of the totalitarian Alliance is tenuous.
		Firefly was its own show, and trying to sqeeze Whedon's quite clever attempt at a new kind of TV story into established (and largely failed) molds was foolish and futile.
		Firefly might have stood a chance if the folks in charge of programming had taken it for what it was, looked at its potential to draw new viewers who might just be bored with standard cheap-ass sci-fi TV nonsense, and gather a little popular momentum to match the already significant critical buzz.
	www.revolutionsf.com /article.html?id=2094 (1252 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Firefly: The Complete Series
		Firefly: The Complete Series contains a two-part pilot and 12 regular episodes spread out over four discs, packaged in a format I wish would be standard for multi-disc sets—four individual plastic mini-cases housed inside a cardboard box.
		Whedon is too diplomatic to fully vent his frustration, but the more he reveals of Firefly's cruel studio treatment (Fox was apparently expecting a light comedy along the lines of…Buffy, which it apparently believed was a sitcom), the more evident it becomes that everyone involved with this series was royally screwed.
		Firefly doesn't feature a particularly broad color palette—it's mostly sepia-tinged, with lots of browns and tans, and when it's not sepia it's gunmetal gray—but its limited palette is beautifully rendered.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/firefly.php (3007 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Firefly - The Complete Series at Epinions.com
		Firefly is set in the future where the United States and China have merged into one superpower called the Alliance.
		Firefly is a show where everyone involved really believed in what they were doing and that love is reflected in every aspect of every episode of this series.
		Firefly is science fiction with heart, and I urge you to check this one out.
	www.epinions.com /content_158739893892 (1547 words)

	Firefly Talk
		The star system is governed by the Alliance, an organization of "core" planets that has succeeded in forcibly unifying all of the colonies under a single government.
		Firefly takes place in a multi-cultural future, where the divide between the rich and poor is great.
		The show's plot pits these characters against various criminals and schemers, Alliance security forces, the utterly psychotic and brutal Reavers, and the mysterious men with "hands of blue" who are apparently operatives of a secret agency which is part of the megacorporation referred to in the DVD commentary only as The Blue Sun Corporation.
	www.ericolsenphd.com /fftintro.htm (1940 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Firefly: The Complete Series
		A complicated — and expensive-to-produce — show, the creators describe Firefly's premise thusly: "Five hundred years in the future, there is a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action.
		Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space." The show's universe is a solar system full of Earth-like planets that have been colonized by humans.
		Firefly essentially is a western with laser pistols replacing Colt.45s and the crew of the Serenity traveling throughout the aforementioned new frontier pulling the sci-fi equivalent of bank and train robberies (one episode is, in fact, titled "The Train Job") while creating a rag-tag family of miscreants and outlaws.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/f/firefly.q.shtml (523 words)

	The SF Site: FIREFLY Promo
		Set 500 years in the future in the wake of a universal civil war, FIREFLY tells the tale of Serenity, a small transport spaceship without a homeport.
		He is a defeated soldier who opposed the unification of the planets by the Alliance to no avail.
		The Alliance is eager to "recover" their genius.
	www.sfsite.com /09b/ff136.htm (545 words)

	Firefly The Complete Series review, Firefly The Complete Series DVD review
		“Firefly” is one of the best television dramas of the past decade, and is worthy of being lumped together with the group of new shows (like “24,” “The Shield,” and “Alias”) that gave tired viewers a reason to watch television again.
		The cast and crew of “Firefly” have poured their heart and soul into bringing this beloved series to DVD, and if the bonus material is any indication, then you’ll see what I mean.
		It’s a real shame that “Firefly” was never given the chance to survive network syndication, but you would think that a cable channel like Sci-Fi would have picked up the option to continue producing more episodes.
	www.bullz-eye.com /television_reviews/2002/firefly.htm (905 words)

	Star Wars: Blogs \| Marvolo's Misanthropic Musings \| Prelude to Serenity
		The Firefly universe (or "the 'verse," as those who are in-the-know would say), a blend of the past and the future, never feels foreign in the slightest to the viewer.
		Firefly is definitely not a futuristic piece of mythology, nor is it a textbook example of the hero's journey.
		Firefly breaks the typical science fiction and space opera mold by focusing on everyday people who were given the short end of the stick, and tried to make the best of it.
	blogs.starwars.com /marvolo/9 (1422 words)

	Mike Salsbury's Weblog - Review: Serenity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The alliance prospered, but there were other worlds that, for their own reasons chose not to join the alliance.
		They lost to the alliance and the few remaining browncoats were scattered to the four winds.
		When her fighting skills were demonstrated to key members of the Alliance government, it was unknown that she had psychic abilities.
	mikesalsbury.com /mambo/content/view/256 (2994 words)

	Hardyville : Hardyville in Space by Claire Wolfe 040801
		Firefly is as much post-Civil War western as space opera.
		Lots of Firefly fans will tell you that it was indeed a deliberate murder attempt because this show was too unusual, too freedom-oriented, too upsetting to the status quo, or even too metaphorically favorable to the defeated American south to be allowed to succeed.
		Firefly is a rousing, heartening, exciting expression of all that you love.
	www.backwoodshome.com /columns/wolfe040801.html (1447 words)

	Forums - Spoiler: Wash
		In Firefly, they were renegades flying under the radar and we loved watching the hijinks of this family (of which Wash was integral).
		Firefly showed that it is possible to survive, love those around you and protect them even when those in power are against you.
		Firefly begins by showing us who Mal was and then shows it all get ripped away.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=440119&page=1 (3696 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The allied planets won, and the Alliance was formed, taking influence from the remains of the two superpowers that formed it-- America and China.
		Neither the Alliance or the fringe groups are "bad," though, leading to interesting moral dilemmas.
		He didn't take humanity into the future to play with lasers or making aliens attack (since there are no aliens in "Firefly.") He made a show that projects humanity 500 years into the future with the same problems, questions, and bonds that we have now.
	www.xanga.com /item.aspx?user=WordsAmpersand&tab=weblogs&uid=325914673 (1035 words)

	PIXELSURGEON \| Reviews \| Movies \| Firefly
		Firefly is one such show that was cut down in its infancy, loved by the geeks of the world (yes, that's me), but scheduled and advertised so poorly it was always destined to failure in a world of 5 minute attention spans.
		Firefly pushes the characters forward with every episode, and by the time you get to the end of episode 13, it's a little disappointing to find it comes screaming to a halt.
		The only real qualm I have with Firefly is that at only 13 episodes, there just isn't enough time to do the plot justice, but with a relatively large cast, and a big story to tell, something was bound to suffer.
	www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=735 (865 words)

	Firefly
		The planets of the Alliance have defeated the Independents, effectively gathering all the inhabited worlds under one governmental umbrella.
		Firefly is without doubt the most-anticipated sci-fi premiere of this season, and with good reason.
		Firefly is a space Western, and there's nothing wrong with that.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Sep02/firefly.htm (521 words)

	Survival Arts: Firefly: I can't recommend it highly enough
		Firefly: The Complete Series is also available for rental from Netflix.com.
		"Firefly", however, is apparently the series that Whedon really wanted to do all along, an impression made stronger by his having actually said so (you'll have to see it in the "Extras" section of DVD #4).
		The "core" worlds are more urban, and are controlled by the Alliance (an alliance between whom and whom, I'm not sure, but I think between some English-speaking and Chinese-speaking hegemonies), and the fringe worlds, which are on the edges of Alliance influence.
	www.survivalarts.com /archives/000634.html (1080 words)

	Television Without Pity » Firefly » Recaps & Extras » Season 1 Episode 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We see shots of the inside of an Alliance base, bustling with drones in the goofy-looking uniforms in neutral shades that are required by any credible futuristic oppressive empire.
		There was some disagreement on that point." We see shots of the inside of an Alliance base, bustling with drones in the goofy-looking uniforms in neutral shades that are required by any credible futuristic oppressive empire.
		And an outside shot of the Alliance base shows that it looms impressively, like reputable evil space headquarters are required to do.
	televisionwithoutpity.com /story.cgi?show=95&story=3781&limit=&sort= (594 words)

	On Firefly
		The War to Unite the Planets was six years done, and the victorious Alliance was spreading its control further and further throughout the galaxy.
		To be honest I was iffy about Firefly until I happened upon the pilot for the show, a two-hour movie completed but not aired by Fox (it's scheduled to be shown in late December).
		Alliance cruisers are equipped with powerful beam weapons capable of slicing a ship to pieces (Bushwacked).
	www.gloomyjoe.com /firefly (2295 words)

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