AAAAaaaaarrrrghhhh! Arhghgh! Argh.
I can't believe they killed Wash.
I loved the movie. Let's start by saying that. I loved it and although I wouldn't say "enjoyed" precisely, I was entertained.
Then all the way home I nitpicked and complained and whined. But that's just the fandom in me. I wouldn't be a fan if I couldn't complain.
But I can't believe they killed Wash. And Book, too, I suppose, but I kinda saw that coming for narrative and real world reasons.
And also? Tim woulda killed 'em better.
One thing I couldn't figure out was that Mal broke The Operative's back during the fight, correct? Am I to assume that medical science is so advanced they were able to fix him so he could have the speech with Mal at the end? Joss didn't really provide any explanation such as a robotic exoskeleton or somesuch as to why he's able to walk again.
In the context of BDM1, it is a little pointless. Where we will really see the point of it is in BDM2 and BDM3 (if we are so lucky).
Wash was such an accessible character for me (in the series) that I don't even care about BDMs 2 and 3, with him dead. I know there's meta-spec that AT mightn't have been available for future BDMs, but still...
Wash was such an accessible character for me (in the series) that I don't even care about BDMs 2 and 3, with him dead.
We are mourning Wash just like the characters are mourning Wash. Part of the reason of seeing BDM2 and BDM3 is seeing how the characters move on and deal with his loss. Just like we are. Don't you want to see this?
We went last night with about, 10 maybe, people after Mr. H got off work. 2 others were hard core series fan, 1 who likes the series a lot and 7 who'd never seen nor heard of it. A good time was had by all.
My friend sitting next to me was a little distracted during the battle scene because I put my hands over my eyes and plugged my ears near the end. She knows I'm not squeamish about stuff, so she knew something bad was coming.
Eddie, shooting script says Mal broke both the Big O's arms. They could fix that pretty quick, I expect.
It also explains why he couldn't get loose by just taking his belt off.
We are mourning Wash just like the characters are mourning Wash. Part of the reason of seeing BDM2 and BDM3 is seeing how the characters move on and deal with his loss. Just like we are. Don't you want to see this?
I'm not mourning Wash. I haven't even seen the film. I just find the concept of more FF without him kind of...boring.
Hush, now, Cindy. Psycho is telling you what you really think; the least you can do is accept it without protest.
Oh, and there was a pretty good fannish crowd at our little theater -- a little surprising. No costumes, because none of us can ever ever admit that we are geeks in this town. But still, a good crowd, and they seemed to react appropriately throughout.
To me, Wash's death feels like Tara's death, emotional bitchslap and all. Only Tara wasn't even about to fight for her life in a battle with terrifying psychotics, she was just getting ready for lunch with her girlfriend or whatever.
Did this conversation come up then? I wasn't around, yet. I know some people felt just as betrayed by that, though that may have been because they had decided Willow/Tara was TV's one good symbol of homosexual love or whatever, rather than feeling that Joss killed her just to be cruel.
Personally, Tara hurt me more. Wash hurt me a lot, but he was not a character I ever loved as much as many do, while Tara was my favorite. But I felt both deaths were well-executed, and, if not necessary plot points per se, at least consistent, interesting, and powerful additions to the universe.
