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Originally Posted by jewels
Fox made Joss redo his 2 hour pilot after it was shot in favor of a more action oriented 1-hr. They ended up airing it as the finale.  With brilliance like that it's no wonder the networks are in the pickle they are in. |
It was a retread of the situation with for Star Trek back in 1966. Gene Roddenberry wrote "The Cage" as the show's original pilot...and the suits balked at it for several reasons.
1. Too cerebral, and not enough action.
2. The population of the time was not ready to accept a female as second in command.
3. Spock looked too satanic with the eyebrows and ears.
Sounds like Firefly and Star Trek have at least reason number one in common..thus proving that execs have been blessed with considerable stupidity since the golden age.
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