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.