Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
[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.
There were a couple of lines last night that really caught my attention - I guess gecause they were funny in sort of a bad way. Of course, I am totally blanking on them now.
I liked the "I don't have issues, I'm not white" line. It reminded me of a Jane Espenson blog post a while back on what makes things funny (like, reversing the two phrases would have made it way less funny).
If Alex ever got his wife back, he'd be shortly hit by a bus...or an ambulance. That's classic Minear.
I am a leaf on the wind . . .
*sob*
I think a lot of Tim's leading men echo Indiana Jones in a lot of ways, constantly getting the shit kicked out of them, pulling out the gun, finding it unloaded and running away to hope the bad guy gets shredded by a propeller in a stroke of serendipity.
There are several moments where Tully resembles Mal Reynolds. To quote my wife, sort of a "Capt. Tightpants meets 'A History of Violence.'"
I don't mean that as a bad thing ... I'm actually rather captivated, and Nathan Fillion does it so damned well.
But yeah, there's a lot of "Drive" that I'd see as classic Minear ... characters dying (the bit with Susan surprised me, although I hadn't gotten to know her so well that I was terribly affected yet. Whereas John Trimble's inevitable death? I'm already braced for that.) Quippy dialouge that doesn't sound like Joss' quippy dialouge, and characters that reveal themselves under Niska-like conditions.
The pace, however, is faster than anythign I've previously seen by him. (And neither "Firefly" nor "Wonderfalls" were slow IMHO. After the premiere, my wife said "Tim never wants to hear the words 'there's not enough action' from a network exec again, does he?"
Alex often resembles Angel more than Mal to me. Obviously, not physically.
Maybe physically too, if Nathan would just wear leather pants. (Did I just say that out loud?)
And spike his hair.
Alex often resembles Angel more than Mal to me. Obviously, not physically.
See, I see more Mal, and not just because it's the same actor. It's a bit of the "I'm confused ... I'm angry ... and I'm armed." The little bit folksy, with a deep-seated rage underneath, and a desire for nothing more than to be left alone, whereas Angel was very much caught up in the "I'M A CHAMPION!!!" bit.
I will admit that when Alex made the quip about it not being the same car, and then pulled the knife out of the glovebox I yelled "MAL!" but for the most part I try to keep them separate.
Although I will say that Wendy's "This is a gianormous mistake" sounded rather Fred like.
"I'm confused ... I'm angry ... and I'm armed."
Like Indiana Jones!!
Like Indiana Jones!!
Exactly. Mal and Indie are brothers born in different galaxies.