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diff --git a/games/fortune_firefly/README b/games/fortune_firefly/README index d7df06f7db..8ece1bbfa1 100644 --- a/games/fortune_firefly/README +++ b/games/fortune_firefly/README @@ -1,26 +1,28 @@ -This package contains fortunes from the TV series "Firefly", and it's -movie "Serenity", by Joss Whedon. The series survived only one season -on Fox; the network scheduled a bad timeslot, played the episodes out -of order, and in general helped seal its fate. Nonetheless, the series -built up a cult following; as DVD sales skyrocketted, Universal decided -to sponsor a movie based on the series. +fortune_firefly (fortunes from the TV series "Firefly") -Firefly is often described as a "Space Western". A mix of humor -and seriousness, it is sometimes described as "Star Wars" with -the Rebellion having been brutally crushed and Han Solo needing a -new job. Over 500 years in the future, a band of humans terraformed -a nearby planetary system with dozens of habitable planets. The most +This package contains fortunes from the TV series "Firefly", and its +movie "Serenity", by Joss Whedon. The series survived only one season +on Fox; the network scheduled a bad timeslot, played the episodes +out of order, and in general helped seal its fate. Nonetheless, the +series built up a cult following; as DVD sales skyrocketted, Universal +decided to sponsor a movie based on the series. + +Firefly is often described as a "Space Western". A mix of humor +and seriousness, it is sometimes described as "Star Wars" with the +Rebellion having been brutally crushed and Han Solo needing a new +job. Over 500 years in the future, a band of humans terraformed a +nearby planetary system with dozens of habitable planets. The most developed planets, toward the core, live in "civilization", and formed the Alliance; the planets on the rim tend to struggle to survive, -and launched a failed rebellion against Alliance rule. Captain +and launched a failed rebellion against Alliance rule. Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a former "browncoat" (rebel) commander, captains a Firefly-class starship named "Serenity", with a small, mostly loyal crew, taking whatever jobs (legal or otherwise) that they can. Their lives become more complicated when, after taking on passengers -for cover, they inadvertently take in a mentally disturbed girl who the -Alliance wants more than anything else. +for cover, they inadvertently take in a mentally disturbed girl who +the Alliance wants more than anything else. All of the quotes in this package are copyrighted by Fox Broadcasting -Corporation and Universal Pictures. Authorship of the quotes is by -Tim Minear, Joss Whedon, Ben Edulund, Jane Esperson, Drew Z. Greenberg, +Corporation and Universal Pictures. Authorship of the quotes is by Tim +Minear, Joss Whedon, Ben Edulund, Jane Esperson, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jose Molina, Cheryl Cain, and Brent Matthews. |