Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2006 7:25:33 am PDT #8619 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Heh. That's funny. I love Jubal's expression.


sj - Jun 17, 2006 8:12:39 am PDT #8620 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I just saw the preview for GT fall series for the first time. It looks like it might have some potential.


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2006 12:56:54 pm PDT #8621 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Whoa.

I just stepped into the FF Spoilers thread.

From the beginning.

In September 2002.

Before the show even aired.

That was weird.


tommyrot - Jun 23, 2006 12:58:44 pm PDT #8622 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've never been there.

How accurate were the spoilers?


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2006 1:00:21 pm PDT #8623 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I only read the first page where people were criticizing the Reaver/Native American analogy. I have work to do, so I didn't want to get too sucked in.


tommyrot - Jun 23, 2006 1:05:34 pm PDT #8624 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 only read the first page where people were criticizing the Reaver/Native American analogy.

I was confused by this, so I checked myself. AICN first made this claim.

Huh.


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2006 1:10:45 pm PDT #8625 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I guess I can see how they could be read like that. I don't know if that was the intent, though.


Kalshane - Jun 23, 2006 1:14:08 pm PDT #8626 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I think Joss pretty much came out and said that the Reavers were analgous to old-school Western movie Indians. They weren't meant to be related to actual Native Americans, but rather the "savage outsiders" of the genre.


Mr. Broom - Jun 23, 2006 1:26:48 pm PDT #8627 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

Yeah. He says as much in the commentary on the pilot. I can see why people were critical because they'd assume it was an analogy entire instead of just analogy of one aspect (that which whoops and paints its face and cuts off your scalp for no discernible reason). Injuns, not Indians (much less Native Americans).


Topic!Cindy - Jun 28, 2006 8:43:48 am PDT #8628 of 10001
What is even happening?

Everyone here has already probably already seen it, but just in case, here's a link to Joss's Equality Now speech, at YouTube: [link]

I've transcribed it, for people who can't watch it for some reason (and/or hear it): [link]