Firefly's Space Western Theme More Closely Matches 'Wagon Train to the Stars' Than Star Trek
Originally published as: 36 Years Later, Firefly Beat Star Trek At Its Own Game
Star Trek was decades ahead of its time. During a particularly fraught period in the political landscape, amidst the Civil Rights Movement and the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Red Scare, Gene Roddenberry imagined a utopian future in which all the peoples of Earth had come together to explore the cos