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.

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.

I don't so much care about the explanation of the injection -- more about why it was left in without a context.

exactly

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.

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.

Sort of how I felt when I discovered that Vincent D'onofrio didn't do that spot on Orson Welles voice in Ed Wood but that it was Maurice Lamarche (Pinky & the Brain).

But Mal and Simon talk about Simon having the job of patching people up -- I thought that was plenty clear, early on.

Yeah, but again, maybe it was left in just because the dialog was important, and they didn't want to reshoot the whole scene?

What was the dialog?

But Mal and Simon talk about Simon having the job of patching people up -- I thought that was plenty clear, early on.

I seem to remember some "thank you, Mr. Exposition!" early on about his graduating from medical school early.

A co-worker IMed me to say "I'm so angry at Joss that I almost might not watch the movie again!"

I don't feel one bit guilty for hooking him.

He went out to buy his own DVDs, and said he couldn't find any in stores. I suggested there might have been a rush on them, but he thought they were just replaced with newer releases.

Fox has someone else running a flashy and expensive ad campaign for the series DVDs. I'd think now's a great time to have them on the shelves. Or flying off them.