Talk:Ariel (Firefly episode)

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I chopped this trivia:

The world "Ariel" takes its name from the character Ariel, in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Ariel was a sprite bound to serve Prospero after being rescued by him. This seems to be an allusion to this world's subordinate relationship to the Alliance. There is another reference to The Tempest in the full length feature film Serenity, where a world is named Miranda, after Prospero's daughter.

Is there any reason to be sure that the name was taken from the Shakespeare play, rather than any of the other uses of the name 'Ariel' throughout history? Ashmoo 01:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm almost positive that Joss talks about Miranda's ties to The Tempest in the Serenity commentary. I can't readily verify the Ariel trivia, though (I don't even know if that track has a commentary, as my DVDs are loaned out to a prospective browncoat). EVula 03:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Book's absense

hey this is the only episode that one of the main characters was not present, and that was book. i was wondering if there is any known reason for book's absense or if someone just decided to do it for the fun of it.

peace-Three ways round 22:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

If you mean why was the character absent, he was at an abbey, it was mentioned early in the episode. If you mean why did the producers/writers leave him out...I dunno. JBK405 22:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

i meant why the producers/writers left him out, but thanx anyway -Threewaysround 17:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)