Topic: Chinese Culture in the 'Verse (spoiler safe you may enter)
Blayne Bradley
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I never picked up not even once a single reference to the chinese culture in Firefly, I only noticed it definatly in Serenity with the Chinese/Japanese commercial in a certain bar scene.
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What I found amusing was that while the Chinese culture was incredibly prevalent, I don't recall ever actually seeing a Chinese person on the show.
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Um, they swore in Chinese. They sometimes wore Chinese-influenced clothes-- especially Inara. There were Chinese-influenced goods in shops even in frontier towns. There were a TON of cultural references.
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quote:I don't recall ever actually seeing a Chinese person on the show.
There was a chinese precence in the first episode when they land on Persephone... but I know what you mean. None of the characters are actually Chinese, despite the two nations (American and China) being the dominant countries.
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And if you pay attention, anytime they're on planet all the background stuff was Chinese influenced. The open air markets, and Chinese characters on everything.
I actually thought it was pretty prevalent.
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Blayne Bradley
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I know just that I never noticed it, I'm sure when I rewatch the series I'll renotice it.
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You didn't notice them swearing in Chinese? Or that official recorded messages play in both Chinese and English ("Warning--oxygen levels low" and that sort of thing)?
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really? I thought someone mentioned somewhere that the comic books say something about China/US merging or something. But I could have made that up
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Joss mentions it in commentary on one of the episodes (I think for the pilot).
But yeah. The show had more Chinese in it than the movie IMO. Just watch when they're planetside, during The Message and Serenity and Shindig.
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I never really noticed it in the movie, though I was warned in advanced. Its much more annoying in the show. (i like it sometimes, but they really do sound bad saying it. makes me wanna rethink learning an eastern language.) How did you miss all crazy Chinese swearing in Firefly?? My roommate keeps requesting subtitles for those parts. ha.
I see alot of random Chinese people popping up in the backgrounds of different episodes.
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