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In a conversation that I saw elsewhere, there were points made regarding some fairly cringey elements in the original seasons that would not be well received by progressive audiences now. However, reworking these would invite backlash.
It’s a fine thing to thread around and it’s not obvious that the creators or Fillion are up for it. Fillion in particular has managed to alienate a lot of fans in the past decade.
He has? What did he do?
Filion made unfortunate statements defending Joss Wheadon and arguing that he should be’uncanced’’
https://nypost.com/2022/06/23/nathan-fillion-wants-joss-whedon-uncanceled-so-they-can-work-together-again/
https://insidethemagic.net/2022/06/nathan-fillion-joss-whedon-controversy-ct1/
There are widespread reports of toxicity between Fillion and his Castle costar Stana Kari’s.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20230131163149/nathan-fillion-feud-co-star-stana-katic-details-castle/
In 2019, a cast member of The Rookie quit citing sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rookie-star-quits-claims-she-faced-sexual-harassment-racial-discrimination-1229109/
It's always seemed to me that the Firefly cast got the "best" version of Whedon.
Which in no way absolves him of anything he did on other productions - just an observation.