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I've been thinking, having watched Serenity a few more times (once with french subtitles, ooh la la), and now starting to watch the episodes of Firefly again, I've been thinking on the subject of morality and convictions and such. Having gotten over the dirty old westernishness of the show, I've found myself now more repulsed by the very actions and thoughts of the show. There is something of a nihilistic bent to Firefly. There's always bits of hope within the show, but overall, there's just this theme of moving ever onward with no real hope, joy, or purpose. Granted, many shows are like this in some way, but this show in particular is all about the ability to keep walking forward, in a stubborn effort to sort of stick it to the universe, even God.
I say God in this instance, and even though a belief in God is rather contrary to nihilism, I see this as still the case. I shall elaborate...somewhat. I'm reminded of those oft-quoted words, "methinks the lady doth protest too much." In the case of Mal, he's all about pointless marching ever onward, and it seems to me that he does indeed protest too much in the case of God, as seen by pretty much any time he and Book are ever in the same room together. I'd like to say on an aside that I'm glad that Book was on the show to give the crew something akin to an actual conscious, but it only further proves how often the others are depraved. Anyway, I just get the feeling that Mal is really angry with God, probably for what happened at the battle of serenity, to the extent that he is not just pointlessly marching ever forward just to keep moving, but is trying to keep ahead of whatever it is that God may want from him. He's rejected so much, though his one redeeming value is his love for his family on his ship. Not that that can actually redeem him, but it contains a spark of hope.
Now I've gone off in a direction I didna expect to take, and I didn't really get to the point I was originally aiming for, but I'm tired now, and not really up to getting back on track for the moment.
I say God in this instance, and even though a belief in God is rather contrary to nihilism, I see this as still the case. I shall elaborate...somewhat. I'm reminded of those oft-quoted words, "methinks the lady doth protest too much." In the case of Mal, he's all about pointless marching ever onward, and it seems to me that he does indeed protest too much in the case of God, as seen by pretty much any time he and Book are ever in the same room together. I'd like to say on an aside that I'm glad that Book was on the show to give the crew something akin to an actual conscious, but it only further proves how often the others are depraved. Anyway, I just get the feeling that Mal is really angry with God, probably for what happened at the battle of serenity, to the extent that he is not just pointlessly marching ever forward just to keep moving, but is trying to keep ahead of whatever it is that God may want from him. He's rejected so much, though his one redeeming value is his love for his family on his ship. Not that that can actually redeem him, but it contains a spark of hope.
Now I've gone off in a direction I didna expect to take, and I didn't really get to the point I was originally aiming for, but I'm tired now, and not really up to getting back on track for the moment.
