![]() When Mal (the captain of Serenity) and his crew uncover the truth about the Alliance’s failed experiment, they set out to shed light where there is darkness. ![]() Consuming all in their path, in the most gruesome fashion imaginable. These twisted lepers, which the movie calls Reavers, do not lie down to die but instead spend the rest of their existence feeding off any life that they encounter and destroying it utterly. Those few lose their minds and become monsters. That is, everyone but a tiny percentage, who have quite a different reaction. Everyone lies down and stops working, playing, talking, eating, and drinking, until finally, they stop breathing. It turns out that, over time, not only do the people taking the compound cease to rebel, they cease to do anything. The Alliance has created a Utopian society where all obey the law perfectly, there is no rebellion, and all contribute to the upward spiral of human civilization. They experiment with this compound on a planet of people who quickly become pleasant, docile, and peaceful. ![]() Alliance scientists have invented a chemical compound that suppresses the violent urges of human beings. Their ship is falling apart, they are poor, and every step of the way they are barely holding on.Īs the plot unfolds, we discover that the Alliance is seeking to eliminate rebellion and trouble in their civilization by destroying “sin” (yes, that is the actual word they use). The power of the show comes from the characters that make up the pirate crew of the spaceship “Serenity.” They are remnants of a rebellion against “The Alliance” (the confederation of civilized and technologically advanced planets toward the center of the galaxy) and long after the war is lost, they continue in their opposition while attempting to survive the harsh life of the outer planets. The brilliant space opera Serenity was born out of the short-lived, Joss Whedon-created TV show called “ Firefly.” To get an idea of the setting, think Wild West in space and then, if you can figure out how that could possibly be any good, you will be on the right track.
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