“Perhaps Mal Reynolds”
We all know what Joss Whedon is all about too.
Sometimes I think he was happy to abandon it, when the strange timeslots doomed the show. Most of the people on that show are politically reasonable (They don’t talk about it) or they are conservatives.
It wasn’t a cash cow for him, so he just walked away even though the fans were the most vocal base of viewers in the history of TV.
I haven’t figured out his take on SHIELD yet, but I know the Marvel universe is China’s little bitch from the get-go, and I won’t be watching anything else they put out. Which is a shame, because I love those movies.
China has a remarkably large influence on what we see and hear anyway. Not a lot of people know that, but the Chinese market opens up networks and producers to more than double profits if they air them in China. In order to do so, a communist, anti-america message MUST be prominent. They comply without hesitation.
You should read up on how Hollywood bent over for Hitler in the 1930s.
JW is a wingnut, I’ll give you that. And yet, he made a show where the good guys are the everyman, and the bad guys are the state.
It is interesting that you mention China, as there is a Chinese influence in “Firefly” as well.