I don't so much care about the explanation of the injection -- more about why it was left in without a context.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
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§ ita § - Oct 03, 2005 9:32:48 am PDT #5735 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tiggy - Oct 03, 2005 9:38:51 am PDT #5736 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
someone in the lj Firefly community said that Mal tells Simon he guesses it's about time to be innoculated as they're walking and discussing River going along on the job. i didn't catch it on first viewing, but that doesn't surprise me. i plan on going again with my aunt sometime soon and will listen for it.
Katie M - Oct 03, 2005 9:40:28 am PDT #5737 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Maybe it was there to establish This Simon Guy Is A Doctor?
Betsy HP - Oct 03, 2005 9:41:16 am PDT #5738 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Joss's grocery list leaked.
Oh, the happy. The happy in buckets. The happy so great that I'm forming a fanclub chuckling a lot.
bon bon - Oct 03, 2005 9:44:26 am PDT #5739 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
In the same scene, did Simon sneak something into a storage compartment of the mule? Or did I misread that?
Jesse - Oct 03, 2005 9:45:56 am PDT #5740 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe it was there to establish This Simon Guy Is A Doctor?
Yeah, I thought it was that. Kind of like, "River! It's Simon! Simon, your brother!" right at the beginning. Heh.
Kalshane - Oct 03, 2005 9:46:42 am PDT #5741 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
In the same scene, did Simon sneak something into a storage compartment of the mule? Or did I misread that?
Not that I noticed. I remember Jayne (I think) saying "spare clips are in the rear compartment" and then a shot of clips being dropped into said compartment. I don't remember Simon doing anything around the Mule other than being pissy with Mal and telling River to be careful.
beekaytee - Oct 03, 2005 9:50:01 am PDT #5742 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
It immediately struck me as Summer's voice. She has some very distinctive inflections.
As for the injection...although I can't recall the dialogue, I remember thinking that it might have something to do with Inara's schmancy seringe-in-a-box from the pilot. (Joss did say it would someday be revealed...)
Which later led me to speculate about an 'anti-Reaver' something the Alliance came up with after inflicting Paxil-whatever (won't Tom Cruise love THAT connection...see, see? haven't I been telling you psychopharmaceuticals are evil?!) on the unsuspecting.
lisah - Oct 03, 2005 9:51:45 am PDT #5743 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I don't so much care about the explanation of the injection -- more about why it was left in without a context.
exactly
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2005 10:26:58 am PDT #5744 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Shooting script has Mal saying to Simon something about getting "innocked" before going down, I can't remember if it's in the movie or not. I think not, because I wondered about that scene too. I also think it must have been left in without context to establish that Simon is a Doctor, and not cut because the dialog around the inoculation was important.
It also struck me that it was important in establishing Simon's character, because it showed that he would do his duties as the ship's doctor even when he was arguing mightily with the captain, and that the captain took for granted that he would - indicating that he always had before. Maybe it's a nothing thing, but I saw it as a thing.
Didn't Simon have River's boots in his hand, and she refused them? Maybe that's what he put in the mule. Did I imagine that?
Also, I loved that the little girl playing River sounded just like her, and I'm a little disappointed to learn that it was actually Summer's voice! Not that that isn't cool, I just was really impressed with the young actress, nailing the inflection like that.