And, of course, as I said above, the war between the Alliance and the Independants was the American Civil War with the slavery issue left out (but other political and economic issues left in), and Mal and Zoe--Mal in particular--are meant to be a thinly-disguised version of embittered ex-Confederates.
That is the most obvious comparison to be drawn, but having seen the rest of the series...it just doesn't feel right to me. Feels more like...I dunno. Alliance=USSR, Independents=all those countries they subsumed post WW2 particular the 'baltic states'.
And yes, I totally agree...you have to approach FF as a Western more than as Sci Fi to really *get it*.
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Date: 2005-08-08 01:37 am (UTC)That is the most obvious comparison to be drawn, but having seen the rest of the series...it just doesn't feel right to me. Feels more like...I dunno. Alliance=USSR, Independents=all those countries they subsumed post WW2 particular the 'baltic states'.
And yes, I totally agree...you have to approach FF as a Western more than as Sci Fi to really *get it*.
Good commentary, thank you.