Oh! Something I'd forgotten to bring up until now was how much I liked it that they occasionally showed another side of Zoe besides capable soldier or moral compass to Mal. That moment when Mal was detailing the plan to rescue him if his trip to Inara's went South and Zoe replied "and risk my ship?" in scandalized ladylike fashion was hilarious, and unless I'm forgetting something the only joke that was actually being enjoyed in a good-natured manner by the characters (as opposed to the audience).
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 06, 2005 4:20:11 am PDT #5959 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Eddie - Oct 06, 2005 4:24:41 am PDT #5960 of 10001
Your tag here.
when Mal was detailing the plan to rescue him if his trip to Inara's went South and Zoe replied "and risk my ship?"
Yeah, I loved how Joss set that scene up like other shows, the hero being all noble and telling the crew to get out of Dodge if he doesn't come back, and then undercutting that with Mal's "you take this ship and come get me!" Cracked me up.
lisah - Oct 06, 2005 4:32:37 am PDT #5961 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
when Mal was detailing the plan to rescue him if his trip to Inara's went South and Zoe replied "and risk my ship?"
And it echoed back to their moment in the Train Job where she asked if she could get his cut if he died. I loved that.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2005 5:06:56 am PDT #5962 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Glowing review from, of all places, a National Review reviewer who had never seen any of Joss's work: [link]
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2005 5:15:27 am PDT #5963 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And I never watched Firefly, the UPN cult series that more or less gave birth to Serenity.
I saw the Fox series, but missed the UPN one....
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2005 5:19:09 am PDT #5964 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's the one Tim worked on.
Narrator - Oct 06, 2005 5:31:49 am PDT #5965 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.
Calli - Oct 06, 2005 5:34:11 am PDT #5966 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.
Damn that lazy UPN. Let's send them apples.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 06, 2005 5:35:38 am PDT #5967 of 10001
What is even happening?
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.They're included as extras on the DVD for Tim's A Very Special Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode.
Foxhunter - Oct 06, 2005 6:05:04 am PDT #5968 of 10001
When we kill people it makes the policemen flustered and stern.
I liked how the reviewer added the ship itself in the personae dramatic at the end. For someone who has never seen a JW product, much less the Firefly series, to nod at 'the 10th character' in a review suggests that Joss did his job well. I love it when people do their jobs well almost as much as I hate when they do them poorly, thank you Joss.