'Safe'
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe.
OiS wasn't actually the last episode, Joss just made it that for the DeeVeeDee.
People always say that, but I've never understood how that could be.
Because it was actually intended to be the last. See Joss's comment on Heart Of Gold above.
The DVD order is the order Joss intended. Time pressures and studio execs caused a different order.
Because of the shuffling, some scenes got shuffled.
Presumably if more eps were forthcoming beyond OiS, we would have gotten more closure/resolution/story.
I think Tim was also involved in shifting episode order on air. Which, really, I agree with - they needed the better episodes up front as it was obvious from the first episode they were going to get cancelled if it didn't find a much bigger audience.
Finally watched HoG. I've always thought it was out of character for Mal to decline payment but now I'm thinking it's because Inarra said she was going to pay and out of her savings.
Wash made New York magazine's 10 most ignoble deaths: [link]
takes a grappling hook through the chest
um. Did they even watch the movie?
What was it? I see no reason why a reasonable person wouldn't think it was some sort of grappling hook. I saw the movie twice and still couldn't figure out what the hell it was.
I saw the movie twice and still couldn't figure out what the hell it was.
I think it was a giant spear-like thing.
Reaver Lawn Dart.
That's right - it was like a harpoon wasn't it? So functionally not entirely outside the realm of grappling hooks; just minus any hook part.
sharpened log was my impression
sharpened log was my impression
Reaver Lawn Dart
That's what I saw.
I came away thinking that the impalement wasn't necessarily targeted. Like that big honkin' log just happened to come through the windscreen...making the death all the more ignoble. Unhappy accident in a sea of violence.