Hee.
You guys had to live and breathe the 80s to get this joke. It's TOTALLY hilarious and taking the mickey of all those 1980s shows, so this intro would totally fit for the 1980s, because that's what the 1980 actions shows were all about.
The only thing that would've been different is, they would've added some light, lilting, romantic music during Inara's introduction in the credits.
All you have to do is look up the intro clips for (80s) Buck Rodgers, (OLD) Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, Magnum PI, Airwolf, etc.
Although, they did forget to add Simon in their intro. Sad day!
*And totally agree about the sadness of Firefly. I wish it had at LEAST another two or three seasons. Fox was crazy to cancel such a wonderful show. And my favorites were Zoe, Book, and Wash...so, yeah, not so happy funtimes with Serenity either. Felt like I lost a best friend.