I think the general explanation is that people who are in the credits get a personality. ;-)
Ah. Yes. I did wonder if that was the case.... *g* I don't know why I gravitate to wondering about these things - I suppose it's my lifelong habit as a scifi/fantasy reader to be interested in the world building. One of the things that has frustrated me most since Serenity came out is that the Reavers now make absolutely no sense - the explanation Joss provided, while suiting his big-brother vision of the central planets - raised way more questions than it could answer. Like, just fer instance, what the hell have the Reavers been eating all these years hovering uselessly in space over a planet full of resources? Why aren't they dead from simple starvation plus radiation exposure? And where are they getting fuel for their ships, exactly? And who is keeping their engines running, such as they are? Reaver-Kaylees? Doesn't really track.....
The Reavers were - IMO - waaaay creepier when we knew less about them, but the implication was that they were a complete and self-sustaining, if very scary and eerie, culture with their own very high discipline and sense of purpose. Like when they killed all the people on that colony ship without disrupting a single piece of furniture, or taking the food supplies - and yet set a nasty trap for the next ship to dock.
Reducing them to insane and randomly violent people as a result of drugs gone awry is far less interesting. For me, of course. *g*
Anyway, I expect I will watch Angel - I have too many friends who liked it not to give it a try!
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Date: 2006-08-01 02:52 pm (UTC)Ah. Yes. I did wonder if that was the case.... *g* I don't know why I gravitate to wondering about these things - I suppose it's my lifelong habit as a scifi/fantasy reader to be interested in the world building. One of the things that has frustrated me most since Serenity came out is that the Reavers now make absolutely no sense - the explanation Joss provided, while suiting his big-brother vision of the central planets - raised way more questions than it could answer. Like, just fer instance, what the hell have the Reavers been eating all these years hovering uselessly in space over a planet full of resources? Why aren't they dead from simple starvation plus radiation exposure? And where are they getting fuel for their ships, exactly? And who is keeping their engines running, such as they are? Reaver-Kaylees? Doesn't really track.....
The Reavers were - IMO - waaaay creepier when we knew less about them, but the implication was that they were a complete and self-sustaining, if very scary and eerie, culture with their own very high discipline and sense of purpose. Like when they killed all the people on that colony ship without disrupting a single piece of furniture, or taking the food supplies - and yet set a nasty trap for the next ship to dock.
Reducing them to insane and randomly violent people as a result of drugs gone awry is far less interesting. For me, of course. *g*
Anyway, I expect I will watch Angel - I have too many friends who liked it not to give it a try!