I'm a Joss Whedon nerd but I still don't know the answer to this!
2006-06-29 08:53:50 · 9 answers · asked by spike_is_my_evil_vampire 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
I wondered the same thing, but on the DVD set, there was an interview with Joss Whedon in which he actually explained it.
He said that in our time, the two big powers in the world were the US (English) and the rising power of China - so he extrapolated that, in the future, we'd be speaking in a mix of the languages.
Cool, huh?
2006-06-29 08:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jinx U 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Firefly Chinese
2016-10-03 09:34:05 · answer #2 · answered by mish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joss thought that in the future, both Chinese and English would be equally as important and universal. In fact, there is a great deal of Eastern and Western cultural elements mixing all over the show.
2006-06-29 08:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Archangeleon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in whedons vision of the future the chinese have grown as an empire and superpower, due to their current status as a rapidly developing power today.
Meaning people have learned their language as they are like America is to the world today highly ionfluential in trade and culture.
2006-06-29 08:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by Samyul2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn Chinese Fast and Easy!
2016-08-01 06:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's a nod to the idea that in that future, the Chinese became an economic super power, ubiquitous in business, and Chinese became the language of the economy; thus, everyone would have to learn it.
2006-06-29 08:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To add a little detail, Joss said that when people left Earth to form a new civilization, the two major superpowers (America and China) formed an alliance which eventually merged into one "nation."
2006-06-29 08:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by Merovign 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's cuz they're born in China, Einsten.
2006-06-29 08:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
... and yet you never really see any Chinese people on the show....
2014-12-13 16:32:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋