I'm late to the Firefly bandwagon.
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Posted on: 2010-08-21 15:19 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Isn't that from the movie, though? |
Originally Posted by Nericus
Another great set of lines:
"If we don't get some extra from the engine room to offset the burn through, this landing is going to get pretty interesting!" "Define interesting" "Uhm, 'Oh God! Oh God! We're all going to die!" "This is the Captain, we are experiencing some reentry problems, there might some turbulence and then we'll explode." Jayne's reaction: "We're gonna explode? I don't wanna explode!" |
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The line is actually even better than that:|
Originally Posted by Nericus
I liked at the end of that episode as the Doc comments on how he isn't sure how to feel about shooting people and the Shepard's response: "Son, I was there.....you don't need to worry"
Also be on the lookout later this year as the awaited comic "Shepard's Tale" comes out that gives us the background on Shepard Book. |
Doc, "...I've never shot anyone before."
Book, " Son, I was there. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet."
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LOL. I remember that one.|
Originally Posted by Midnight_Flux
The line is actually even better than that:
Doc, "...I've never shot anyone before." Book, " Son, I was there. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet." |
Though all take a backseat to Jayne's heroic status episode in my laugh-o-meter.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero!"
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Originally Posted by SwellGuy
LOL. I remember that one.
Though all take a backseat to Jayne's heroic status episode in my laugh-o-meter. |
"Ben is short for Frank."
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Thanks, couldn't remember the line verbatim today |
Originally Posted by Midnight_Flux
The line is actually even better than that:
Doc, "...I've never shot anyone before." Book, " Son, I was there. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet." |
I still look forward to that comic about the Shepard. His mysterious past is the one major loose end left from the series and movie.
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Goodbye, I guess.
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Alright, after finishing the series I watched the movie... the movie was mean in a Whedon-ly character-killing way. I wanted to simultaneously give it 2 and 4 stars afterward. 
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
The first character that died, I guessed was gonig to bite the big one, because they were, unfortunately, the least essential character in the series.
The other character: total [censored] move by Whedon!
My best friend saw an advanced screening of the movie and told me that 2 characters died. I said, does the ship count as a character? He then said, in that case, 3 characters die.
"Ben is short for Frank."
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This is colloquially known in some circles as "getting Joss'ed"|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
the movie was mean in a Whedon-ly character-killing way.
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Or as Nathan Fillion observed, "People are always surprised when Joss kills characters. Come on man, look at the history; that guy loves to kill people! He loves to get you invested, he loves to get you all worked up, and rootin' for people, and then bam."
Personally, I prefer a touch of ruthlessness in my hack auteurs.
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i don't know, it's nice to get some more firefly/Serenity material, but i think they closed that particular loose end nicely in the movie.|
Originally Posted by Nericus
Thanks, couldn't remember the line verbatim today
I still look forward to that comic about the Shepard. His mysterious past is the one major loose end left from the series and movie. |
Mal: "It's of interest to me how much you seem to know about that world."
Book: "I wasn't born a shephard, Mal."
Mal: "You have to tell me about it sometime."
Book: (pause) "No, i don't."
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The first time I saw the movie their deaths weren't all that painful but after I watched the series it was horrible on the pain meter.
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Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
The first character that died, I guessed was gonig to bite the big one, because they were, unfortunately, the least essential character in the series.
The other character: total [censored] move by Whedon! My best friend saw an advanced screening of the movie and told me that 2 characters died. I said, does the ship count as a character? He then said, in that case, 3 characters die. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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See, I don't get how the first aired episode didn't grab people (this is just my opinion, I realize everyone has different tastes), space cowboys with a train robbery, to me that's just cool. Than considering how they dealt with Crow at the end, I was hooked.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
When the series first came out I was interested, I figured "Cowboys in space! That's gotta be awesome!" but the first episode aired on FOX didn't grab me, and further attempts to watch it were hampered by schedule juggling and, as I recall, it getting pre-empted by sports or something, so I gave up.
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and the quotes:
Jane: One day you're gonna tell us all how a preacher knows so damn much about crime.
and my favorite:
Mal: I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
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A sincere welcome to the awesomeness that is Firefly. |
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
When the series first came out I was interested, I figured "Cowboys in space! That's gotta be awesome!" but the first episode aired on FOX didn't grab me, and further attempts to watch it were hampered by schedule juggling and, as I recall, it getting pre-empted by sports or something, so I gave up.
Since it recently came up on Netflix streaming I decided to finally give it a fair go. And in the proper viewing order, too, since as I understand it the first episode FOX aired wasn't the actual first episode. Had FOX aired the actual first episode first it would have grabbed my attention much better. Yeah, I'm years late to the party, but now I get to finally experience the regret that it got terribly mishandled and only went for one season. And as I'm a few episodes from the end, I'm already experiencing the regret. The worst part is, I don't get to say "Why didn't anyone tell me about this"... |
The one lesson I learned from watching this show was Jayne’s interpretation of the chain of command…
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Crow: Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go or how far you fly. I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade.|
Originally Posted by Iron_Hoss
Then considering how they dealt with Crow at the end, I was hooked.
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Mal: Darn.
*kick*
Goodbye, I guess.
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Don't feel too bad, I'm late to the party as well (and this thread). On episode 4 now, thanks to Netflix's instant play deal.
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Well, there is closure and then there is closure |
Originally Posted by Veritech
i don't know, it's nice to get some more firefly/Serenity material, but i think they closed that particular loose end nicely in the movie.
Mal: "It's of interest to me how much you seem to know about that world." Book: "I wasn't born a shephard, Mal." Mal: "You have to tell me about it sometime." Book: (pause) "No, i don't." |
While it's fun to speculate about the Shepard and his past, it's past due for some revelations. It's a gorram'd shame though that the revelations couldn't have happened on screen though.
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I thought the above-mentioned exchange was perfect. Any more exposition would have compromised the character.
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Originally Posted by Nericus
While it's fun to speculate about the Shepard and his past, it's past due for some revelations. It's a gorram'd shame though that the revelations couldn't have happened on screen though.
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I agree. I think we know all we need to know.
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Originally Posted by Hundred_Nations
I thought the above-mentioned exchange was perfect. Any more exposition would have compromised the character.
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Another great set of lines:
"If we don't get some extra from the engine room to offset the burn through, this landing is going to get pretty interesting!"
"Define interesting"
"Uhm, 'Oh God! Oh God! We're all going to die!"
"This is the Captain, we are experiencing some reentry problems, there might some turbulence and then we'll explode."
Jayne's reaction: "We're gonna explode? I don't wanna explode!"
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