First off, I love Firefly ...what made it on TV (when viewed in the correct order) is among the best Sci-Fi ever. Perfect casting and tone ...even if Wheedon obviously watched Cowboy Bebop and copied quite a bit. Having said that, if you're going to do a fan film that uses multiple obvious analogs of the Serenity crew, why not just go all in and do a fan film using Mal and the others? You aren't in anymore danger of a lawsuit either way ...and yes I know this was to be viewed as a thinly veiled homage to the series. The actors were good, the cinematography was well done, the sets and FX were really well done. If it had been simply a short about the Serenity crew or just another (not copied) crew from the same universe, I'd have given it a 9 or better.
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