I agree that the Chinese thing wasn't very well executed. I think it's not explained because it's supposed to be sort of a texture thing. But it would've seemed more natural if they had done a little more with getting some chinese people/architecture/whatever in the background to show that there had been some significant cultural melding sometime over the last several hundred or whatever years.
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
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brenda m - May 01, 2005 1:37:56 pm PDT #6805 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
SailAweigh - May 01, 2005 1:47:16 pm PDT #6806 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I thought the same thing as ita. I saw enough clothing, signs, accessories (like Kaylee's parasol in the pilot) to get the idea that Chinese culture was predominant in this 'verse. Swearing in Chinese just fit with all that.
Susan W. - May 01, 2005 2:05:30 pm PDT #6807 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I agree that the Chinese thing wasn't very well executed. I think it's not explained because it's supposed to be sort of a texture thing. But it would've seemed more natural if they had done a little more with getting some chinese people/architecture/whatever in the background to show that there had been some significant cultural melding sometime over the last several hundred or whatever years.
This.
And that whole "Let's get in the spaceship, consarn it," tone gets on my wick sometimes.
I was prepared to hate this part, because Westerns just aren't my thing. But I ended up being won over. And when I watch Firefly, I start talking like Mal. If I'm not careful, Jack in the wip talks like Mal (he already looks a lot like him, but I did that on purpose), which is kinda problematical, what with him being English and all.
Off for the weekly grocery run.....
Gris - May 01, 2005 2:56:19 pm PDT #6808 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Wow.
You remember when I said the drinking corrected my schedule?
Yeah. I lay down to let a quick wave of nausea pass at about 12:30, and just woke up.
sumi - May 01, 2005 3:46:57 pm PDT #6809 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
12:30 this afternoon?
(Oh, and I guess this means that you had a Happy Birthday?)
JZ: I'm so sorry for your loss.
Teppy -- I really think that seeing the episodes of Firefly in the correct order, helps with the enjoyment of the show. (What I mean in -- as they are on the dvds.)
Jen - May 01, 2005 3:53:00 pm PDT #6810 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Quiero una vacaciones.
I've been at work too long; I read this as "I want vaccinations."
Pix - May 01, 2005 3:54:09 pm PDT #6811 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Oh JZ. I just backread. My thoughts are with you, love.
Cass - May 01, 2005 3:56:56 pm PDT #6812 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I just went back and only found a charming description of Emmett's outfit. Can someone Nilly?
Jessica - May 01, 2005 4:00:12 pm PDT #6813 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I assumed the casual use of bad Chinese was supposed to be the equivalent of how Americans casually use bad Spanish. But because we never saw any native Chinese speakers around, it bugged. It felt like something Joss thought would be cool, but didn't really think through.
The DVDs didn't help me like it any better. I'll probably see the movie, but I hope I don't have to pay for it.
Steph L. - May 01, 2005 4:05:20 pm PDT #6814 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
But because we never saw any native Chinese speakers around, it bugged.
That's why it bugs me, too. It seems so contextless.