Was Wash's death in Serenity a representative of the ingloriousness of death, or!
Question:
Was Wash's death in Serenity a representative of the ingloriousness of death, or is Whedon just a douchebag?
As it has been reported, at least one of the early drafts of Serenity did not include Wash's demise. Was it added just for shock value, was there a deeper, more fundamental reasoning behind it, or from what you know about Joss Whedon and the decisions he's made in his properties, was it just a highly unnecessary afterthought?
Answers:
Killing a character to prove that you are willing to do so, to prove that the situation is genuinely dangerous, or to express a belief that death is random are all examples of bad story telling, and Whedon is guilty of all of them. Personally, I feel it ruined the movie, because it was unnecessary and because the strength of that particular franchise was the ensemble.