Firefly (TV series)/Trivia: Difference between revisions

* Some of the weapons used in the series were present-day weapons, which were picked based on their somewhat futuristic look. No modifications were made by the prop department to either disguise them or make them more look more futuristic. Alliance soldiers are seen carrying Enfield L85 rifles, which have been standard issue in the British Army since the early 1980s. The Browncoats are seen using Heckler & Koch G36 rifles, which are standard issue in the German Army.

* In several episodes (for example "The Train Job"), Jayne wears a German police jacket (green, military style), from the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz). This can be recognized by the badge on the right sleeve with the word "Polizei" (German for police) on the top and the emblem of Rhineland-Palatinate underneath.

** This same weapon is used by Woody Harrelson's character Tallahassee in ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]''

* The DVDs of Firefly were flown up to the International Space Station by astronaut Steven Swanson on board the shuttle Atlantis during its June 2007 STS-117 mission.

* The Chinese most commonly used throughout the series is the most widely used dialect of Chinese - Mandarin - however, in "Out of Gas" the Chinese used over the Life Support Klaxon warning is the Cantonese dialect, a lesser-known dialect but still widely used (just to a smaller extent than Mandarin).

* The "Crazy Ivan" maneuver pulled by Wash in the pilot is inspired by a nearly-identical submarine maneuver. It was used during the early days of the Cold War by Russian submarines, in order to check the "baffle", the sonar dead zone directly behind the submarine; and given the name "Crazy Ivan" by US and allied submarine crews. The adoption of towed sonar arrays effectively ended the necessity for the "Crazy Ivan" maneuver. Referenced in its original context in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''.

 

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