Nah, it's a nod to other series. If you look closely in "Shindig", while the crew is shopping the Star Wars freighter "Starlight Intruder" is landing in the background.
Considering Joss wrote Alien: Resurrection, and the crew of the Betty in that movie has a STRIKING resemblance to the crew on Serenity, I would say the W-Y reference was at least a passing nod to his former job. It's possible it's the same universe though. I don't see why not.
Coming from an advertising background I just have to point out that the two W's aren't the same. The one from Firefly has triangles in the fill in parts of the letter while the W in Alien has what looks like little houses in there. There are so few letters and so many people that want to use them as logos that any small difference is what keeps the lawyers at bay lol The W's in the Washington Nationals and Walt Disney are almost identical as well except for a little swish at the top of the Nationals W.
Just food for thought LOL I agree that someone is being sneaky lol
Pretty sure this is deliberate. The same company & logo are in Angel. One of their ships appears in Red Dwarf, too. 279 other shows are also connected. And everything that happens in any of them is all a dream: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html
I always held to the belief that it was a two fingered salute to Fox, because Joss wanted to take the Alien Saga in a very different direction and focus on a new crew instead of Ripley. His script for Alien 5 was thrown out, so I guess he took his ideas and re worked them into Firefly.
Take the crew in Alien:Resurrection. You've got Ron Perlman playing a macho hothead merc (Jayne Cobb), Winona Ryder playing a cute tomboy mechanic (Kaylee Fry), the captain/pilot is in a relationship with the first mate who just so happens to be a sexy black woman (Zoe Washburne)… I guess that means Ripley is River Tam as the superhuman psycho killing machine!
Either that or Mr. Whedon wants to make the similarities between Fox Network, Weyland Yutani and the Evil Alliance 8 )
It's possybule, it[s possybule….but one coincidence does not make it so.
Hasn't anyone else noticed how similar the ships are?
Nah, it's a nod to other series. If you look closely in "Shindig", while the crew is shopping the Star Wars freighter "Starlight Intruder" is landing in the background.
Considering Joss wrote Alien: Resurrection, and the crew of the Betty in that movie has a STRIKING resemblance to the crew on Serenity, I would say the W-Y reference was at least a passing nod to his former job. It's possible it's the same universe though. I don't see why not.
I agree with Meatsack Jones; its a knowingly-included geek reference, an in joke for the fans rather than an attempt to link the two.
No. Serenity and Battlestar Galactica though:
:)
coincidencey! However, there are no alien life forms in the Firefly verse, so sadly no.
No, they're not in the same universe. It's just that someone involved in the visual design is into Wumpscut.
See http://www.seeklogo.com/wumpscut-logo-154152.html
If it is so, then…
there are a couple of crates with the logo as well, but Joss has a habit of hiding Easter Eggs in everything he does.
No coincidence, more likely a shout out.
Now we know why Earth turned into Earth-That-Was: Xenomorphs!
…Or lousy cornbread.
Whedon wrote Alien: Resurrection. 'Nuff said.
Coming from an advertising background I just have to point out that the two W's aren't the same. The one from Firefly has triangles in the fill in parts of the letter while the W in Alien has what looks like little houses in there. There are so few letters and so many people that want to use them as logos that any small difference is what keeps the lawyers at bay lol The W's in the Washington Nationals and Walt Disney are almost identical as well except for a little swish at the top of the Nationals W.
Just food for thought LOL I agree that someone is being sneaky lol
More likely that the Alien *movies* exist in the Firefly universe. :)
Joss is trolling us :<
probably just an easter egg. which firefly episode is that from though?
Pretty sure this is deliberate. The same company & logo are in Angel. One of their ships appears in Red Dwarf, too. 279 other shows are also connected. And everything that happens in any of them is all a dream: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html
I always held to the belief that it was a two fingered salute to Fox, because Joss wanted to take the Alien Saga in a very different direction and focus on a new crew instead of Ripley. His script for Alien 5 was thrown out, so I guess he took his ideas and re worked them into Firefly.
Take the crew in Alien:Resurrection. You've got Ron Perlman playing a macho hothead merc (Jayne Cobb), Winona Ryder playing a cute tomboy mechanic (Kaylee Fry), the captain/pilot is in a relationship with the first mate who just so happens to be a sexy black woman (Zoe Washburne)… I guess that means Ripley is River Tam as the superhuman psycho killing machine!
Either that or Mr. Whedon wants to make the similarities between Fox Network, Weyland Yutani and the Evil Alliance 8 )
"Building better worlds" slogan? Assassin from Serenity:
"We're building a better world. All of them, better worlds."