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'Serenity'

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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.

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tommyrot - Oct 15, 2005 8:10:10 pm PDT #6518 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.

The leaf thing didn't bother me. This is how I saw it:

A leaf can soar if it's windy enough. And I don't see Wash's use of that phrase as passive, but rather he was one who doesn't fight the wind, but takes advantage of the wind to get him where he wants to go. If he was fighting the wind, he'd be forcing Serenity to go where he wanted her to go, but as a leaf on the wind, he was constantly taking advantage of a fluid situation to keep Serenity out of harm's way and guide her to the ground.

eta: Also, sort of like a martial artist using his foe's strength against him, to throw him off balance, etc.

dcp - Oct 15, 2005 8:14:10 pm PDT #6519 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I think it was an attempt at a "Zen of flying" attitude, and it was just the wrong image to make that work for me.

tommyrot - Oct 15, 2005 8:16:17 pm PDT #6520 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.

I think it was an attempt at a "Zen of flying" attitude, and it was just the wrong image to make that work for me.

I agree about the Zen thing, but I think that image is appropriate considering how outnumbered, outgunned and outsized (you know what I mean) Serenity was.

Gandalfe - Oct 15, 2005 8:30:26 pm PDT #6521 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Ailleann: Le d'oh! Checked and replied now.

Betsy HP - Oct 15, 2005 8:49:59 pm PDT #6522 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

What Tommyrot said. Exactly.

Gus - Oct 15, 2005 9:06:25 pm PDT #6523 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Here is the thing. Some watchful Brown-coated Buffistas will be startled to discover that I have not yet seen Serenity.

Even as a dyed-in-the-wool gonzo Firefly freakzoid, I have not been able to scrape enough time off my calendar to permit a visit to a physical theatre.

Check it, dude. If you cut me, I will bleed brown.

dcp - Oct 15, 2005 9:23:31 pm PDT #6524 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

::is startled::

Is there any hope of you achieving a RL viewing? Or are you going to have to wait for the DVD? Do keep trying to see it. You'll laugh. You may cry. It's good art.

I will bleed brown

Ewwww.

Gus - Oct 15, 2005 9:46:13 pm PDT #6525 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Ewwww.

Yeah, the "Hello to the imagery!" on that was pretty intense.

You know, it just sucks that the "success" of a movie relies so much on opening numbers. Sure, I will be all up in the DVD's. Hell, I'll mail my paycheck* to Joss for more of that world.

  • ( ... for a month. Wait! Make that an hour. Or so. )

tommyrot - Oct 15, 2005 9:47:59 pm PDT #6526 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.

Gus, you can mail me a check, and I'll go see it again.

Gus - Oct 15, 2005 10:05:19 pm PDT #6527 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

t mails tommyrot a check

Wait! Hold on a fracking second! Tommyrot's two-hour rate billable, versus the price of a DVD...

Check the numbers, dude.

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