Oh ack! I'd forgotten that potential plot line. That's just crazy-talk.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Pix - Feb 21, 2007 4:29:44 pm PST #4285 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
tiggy - Feb 21, 2007 4:51:35 pm PST #4286 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
i'm still disappointed that Serenity rewrote Firefly history and focused solely on a few characters instead of being an ensemble piece. not to mention killing one of my favorites.
oh and i hate River. there. i said it.
Tamara - Feb 21, 2007 5:26:39 pm PST #4287 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
- GASP*
Does not compute.
Beverly - Feb 21, 2007 7:20:49 pm PST #4288 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I don't exactly hate River, but I do resent her story using up all the air in Serenity. I too missed the ensemble approach. They might as well have called it the Mal'n'Rivr story, with supporting cast. And yes, the two deaths still rankle. Mainly because while I realize there must be death, it was the *logical*, not the unexpected, characters who died--the old guy, and the happily married guy. Not the doctor-brother turned knight errant, or the swashbuckling captain, or even his staunch woman second in command. No. The old guy. The sweet guy. Just the ones you'd expect to wear the red shirts in any TOS script. They felt like cheap deaths, and Book and Wash deserved better.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2007 10:56:31 pm PST #4289 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wash's death didn't feel clichéd to me, but I feared Book was going to tell Mal to win one for the Gipper before he passed away.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 22, 2007 3:47:47 am PST #4290 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Per Wonderfalls season 2, weren't they also talking about having Jaye end up committed?
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2007 4:05:42 am PST #4291 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.
Per Wonderfalls season 2, weren't they also talking about having Jaye end up committed?
That's what I heard. That plot line actually sounded pretty interesting.
sumi - Feb 22, 2007 4:37:02 am PST #4292 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I have this vague memory that there was going to be something involving her brother's theological interests and the whole Jaye-talking tchotchkes thing.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2007 5:01:06 am PST #4293 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 remember that her brother was going to be this John the Baptist type person, telling people that Jaye was not insane but a prophet.
I'm sure it would have been cooler than I'm describing.
lisah - Feb 22, 2007 5:08:24 am PST #4294 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I saw a reference in a review today to "French-Canadian ingenue Dhavernas" and it took me aback, because I really know her only from WF, which, not so much with the ingenue.
Oh that reminds me that I wanted to email the B'more Sun film critic and recommend Wonderfalls to him because he was very taken with CD's performance in Breach. He called her something like a "find".