THAT'S it...
Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Socialist!!!
You guys just don't get it...
The crux of the movie isn't FREE MARKET--- (By the way, only in America does free market mean liberty and freedom)
The world of Miranda was a world where they were forcibly trying to get rid of ALL human impulse! That's not the same as trying to get cheap medicines for folks, or spending tax money to help folks help themselves. NOT THE SAME THING--Liberalism has been portrayed as that by subliterate right wing weirdo Christians and uber-literate liars (Friedman comes to mind).
Mal didn't want people to be made "better" in the sense that there are some folks (radical religious types) who think people are born bad-- (remember that Book tells Mal to believe in himself).
This is much more about the impulse to make humans "better" because of the human impulse to be perfect that is always fraught with pitfalls.
This is not the truly conservative world of Clockwork Orange-- where it's posited that we shouldn't even try to help the psychotically violent.
If anything this is more about religious impulses gone awry and not economics---
BTW Joss backed Kerry and really dislikes Bush.
hmmm
Buffy's last two years were awesome.
So I guess it just comes down to opinion.
I didn't watch TV because of the lack of continuity...I started watching TV again because of Whedon's great writing.
As far as Whedon's writing skills are concerned.
Best TV writer...possibly ever.
There is no one else out there who has been able to successfully do the following
1. Write character arcs over SEVEN years that show true character growth. No one has ever done this-- with the possible exception of Joel Fleischman from Northen Exposure ALL TV character basically remain the same. Whedon changed that-- but if your're looking for characters that never mature...stick with the crap that's already out there.
2. Tackle controversial subjects without preaching..."Realistic" TV sermonizes...Whedon entertains and actually demonstrates the complexities of truly controversial subjects-- homosexuality, despair, feminism...etc.
3. Treat Death with dignity-- watch "The Body" from Season Five--- Six Feet Under could've taken some lessons from that episode. Real death was never trivialized on a Whedon show, the way crime shows and supposedly "avant-garde" shows on cable trivialize death.
But then again for a nation hooked on narcissistic reality shows--- Whedon's writing skills may go unappreciated.
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THAT'S it... Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Socialist!!! You guys just don't get it... The crux of the movie isn't FREE MARKET--- (By the way, only in America does free market mean liberty and freedom) The world of Miranda was a world where they were forcibly trying to get rid of ALL human impulse! That's not the same as trying to get cheap medicines for folks, or spending tax money to help folks help themselves. NOT THE SAME THING--Liberalism has been portrayed as that by subliterate right wing weirdo Christians and uber-literate liars (Friedman comes to mind). Mal didn't want people to be made "better" in the sense that there are some folks (radical religious types) who think people are born bad-- (remember that Book tells Mal to believe in himself). This is much more about the impulse to make humans "better" because of the human impulse to be perfect that is always fraught with pitfalls. This is not the truly conservative world of Clockwork Orange-- where it's posited that we shouldn't even try to help the psychotically violent. If anything this is more about religious impulses gone awry and not economics--- BTW Joss backed Kerry and really dislikes Bush.
hmmm Buffy's last two years were awesome. So I guess it just comes down to opinion. I didn't watch TV because of the lack of continuity...I started watching TV again because of Whedon's great writing.
As far as Whedon's writing skills are concerned. Best TV writer...possibly ever. There is no one else out there who has been able to successfully do the following 1. Write character arcs over SEVEN years that show true character growth. No one has ever done this-- with the possible exception of Joel Fleischman from Northen Exposure ALL TV character basically remain the same. Whedon changed that-- but if your're looking for characters that never mature...stick with the crap that's already out there. 2. Tackle controversial subjects without preaching..."Realistic" TV sermonizes...Whedon entertains and actually demonstrates the complexities of truly controversial subjects-- homosexuality, despair, feminism...etc. 3. Treat Death with dignity-- watch "The Body" from Season Five--- Six Feet Under could've taken some lessons from that episode. Real death was never trivialized on a Whedon show, the way crime shows and supposedly "avant-garde" shows on cable trivialize death. But then again for a nation hooked on narcissistic reality shows--- Whedon's writing skills may go unappreciated.