Original: Whedon , Serenity : The Official Visual Companion , p. 8 He intended the show to be '' a Stagecoach kind of drama with a lot of people trying to figure out their lives in a bleak pioneer environment .
Simplified: Whedon , Serenity : The Official Visual Companion , p. 8 It was meant to be the kind of drama with a lot of people trying to figure out their lives in a pioneer environment .