Isn't that "just" innuendo?
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2005 8:10:42 am PDT #6045 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2005 8:12:32 am PDT #6046 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Isn't that "just" innuendo?
Probably so in that instance.
But still that's what the Serenity scene pinged for me.
Zenkitty - Oct 07, 2005 8:31:43 am PDT #6047 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I was left with the impression that the Operative would commit suicide. Probably in a ritualistic fashion with his sword.
MechaKrelboyne - Oct 07, 2005 8:37:10 am PDT #6048 of 10001
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
I was left with the impression that the Operative would commit suicide. Probably in a ritualistic fashion with his sword.
That's what "There is nothing to see." delivered with that tinge of sadness might lead one to believe. Or maybe the Big Damn Sequel (Or Little Damned Pilot Mark II) will open with The Op walking away from a garbage can with a burning sword in it. Operative ... NO MORE!
Foxhunter - Oct 07, 2005 8:44:50 am PDT #6049 of 10001
When we kill people it makes the policemen flustered and stern.
...have him leave his job because of finding faith rather than losing it.Many levels of yes on this one, Mr. Broom. Joss always was good with the whole symbolic dichotomy schtick.
Not even naughty Words.Good bible.
Kathy A - Oct 07, 2005 9:01:19 am PDT #6050 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And groovy. We KNOW the shepherd was once groovy.
Now I'm thinking about the Serenity crew eating a batch of hash brownies (classic Barney Miller ep, with Ron Glass's character getting reaaaaally stoned in a hilarious way).
DavidS - Oct 07, 2005 9:08:46 am PDT #6051 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now I'm thinking about the Serenity crew eating a batch of hash brownies (classic Barney Miller ep, with Ron Glass's character getting reaaaaally stoned in a hilarious way).
Mooshi mooshi.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 07, 2005 9:25:27 am PDT #6052 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Mooshi mooshi.
Let's go down to the beach and shoot some clams.
And Abe Vigoda's final line in that ep was hysterical.
Narrator - Oct 07, 2005 11:10:01 am PDT #6053 of 10001
The evil is this way?
And it was?
Kate P. - Oct 07, 2005 11:48:49 am PDT #6054 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Man, JZ's post about Wash just made me cry. *sob*
When the operative says he's a monster, and that his job is to make this better world that he believes in, but that he will have no place in it, he's basically articulating the last scene of The Searchers.
It made me think of Frodo at the end of The Return of the King: "We did save the Shire, Sam. But not for me." It doesn't map perfectly, but that's what it brought to mind.