The thing is, though, to put it context: the Alliance has just burned down to the ground all the places the crew visits, killed their friends, and Book. They are being hunted down like animals, and they WILL be killed.
So he makes a decision. To try to pass through Reaver space. And then only way to get the crew to do that is to take charge. I don't think he would have ever shot any members of the crew at that point, at all. But the threat was there.
How much are you willing to have taken from you before you fight back?
If Mal had been prancing around, kicking people through engines and such at that point, and then decided to fly to Miranda and Jayne had gone along with it... I'd be like, hang on.
I do agree there's a limit to how far a series can go into the darkness - the humour has to be kept (something Angel season 2 demostrated doing well, for example). I don't think the edited lines pushed Mal too far into the dark, personally - it just added to the moments.
Oh, there was a sketch show called Jam a few years back that I really liked. It was very bleak, and bizarre, and hilarious.
"Chopped up man. Chopped up maaaan."
Cracker is dark.
YAY! Dark is my favorite!
I haven't had a chance to watch yet. I was doing stuff and, now, there's a Prison Break marathon.
Oh, there was a sketch show called Jam a few years back that I really liked. It was very bleak, and bizarre, and hilarious.
Hey, I just finished watching that on DVD last week. Now I'm trying to figure out if there's anyone I can show it to who will still speak to me afterwards.
You should come to LA and we'll watch them with you.
I'm working on it. Slowly. I kept thinking Tim would like it, with all the dead-baby jokes.
Now I'm trying to figure out if there's anyone I can show it to who will still speak to me afterwards.
Dude, who could fail to see the mirth in the Melon King? Or the little girl assasin? Comedy gold.
You know, he does have a birthday coming up...
You know, he does have a birthday coming up...
See, now I'm interested to see what he'd come up with after watching it, if the feelgood dead baby episode of the year came before being exposed to it. It's a fun experiment!
