I think that Jenny Calendar hit me the hardest. It was so unexpected, and so cruel. I think that it was really the first time that the death that surrounded them really touch
Wash's death scene shocked me completely out of the movie, out of the narrative, out of the 'verse. I've come to accept that this is how Whedon wanted the story to go. I still don't believe Wash is gone. I haven't rewatched Serenity on dvd more than once to make sure the disc was okay. I rewatch Firefly 2-3 times a year. I'm sure Firefly would have reached the same conclusion as Serenity, but it would have been organic and believeable, at least for me. There are many things to like about the movie and more to appreciate. Loss of character agency for most of the cast and Wash's death overbalance those positive things for me. I can't deal with that character death in context, because it never feels earned to me.
I completely concur with these and couldn't put them any better.
Wash's death overbalance those positive things for me. I can't deal with that character death in context, because it never feels earned to me.
In a weird way, Wash's death never really got me - it didn't feel real for precisely that reason, and so it really doesn't resonate the way it should.
Yeah I never really grieved for Wash.
For me, Wash's death did pretty much what I imagine Joss wanted it to do--raised the stakes that much more. I was terrified for the rest of the movie, because NO ONE was safe. I thought, "what if this is how he's going to say goodbye to Firefly? by killing them ALL?"
Heh - I was exactly the opposite. I figured "Wash, huh? I guess that means everyone else is safe."
But then, I'm not so much a fan of that 'verse, so I was pretty detached and analytical throughout the whole thing.
For me, Wash's death did pretty much what I imagine Joss wanted it to do--raised the stakes that much more.
Same here. Though I found Book's death to be Joss's least impressive: predictable, cliched, and merely plot-driven.
Same here. Though I found Book's death to be Joss's least impressive: predictable, cliched, and merely plot-driven.
Yeah, with Book, I felt the safeness that others felt from Wash. With Wash, I had no safeness. Just gutwrenching shock and sorrow.
I wept and wept and had to hide in a bathroom stall at the theatre after the movie.
You know, my allergies flared up during TNT's airing of "I will remember you."
Whew. Good morning, Monday. What a fucking heartbreaking episode. Never fails to get me.
Whew. Good morning, Monday. What a fucking heartbreaking episode. Never fails to get me.
That was the first one where I really had allergies. My eyes had itched before, but "I felt your heartbeat" broke me.
