Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe.
Was it here the somebody pointed out that in both Buffy and Angel in season 2 one of the characters winds up in a wheelchair?
So, had FF gotten to a season two - who do you think it would be most interesting to see spend some time in a wheelchair? (I was thinking Jayne. . . but possibly Mal.)
Hmm... probably one of those two. It'd just be a question of comic relief (Jayne frustrated or acting like a baby in a wheelchair-like device) versus (anti)hero (Mal trying to get shit done and being a badass in a wheelchair-like device). I'd vote for Jayne in a wheelchair. The comedic opportunities would be endless.
My mind went immediately to Jayne figuring out how to turn himself into a torpedo-like device.
Plus all that delicious upper body strength would give him an advantage.
Mmmm. Biceps.
Bunk!
that ship is so not handicapped accessible
You know, it would have meant lots of scenes between Simon and Jayne.
that ship is so not handicapped accessible
Which is why I'd choose Jayne. He'd probably have to stay in the cargo hold.
Okay, the idea of Jayne trapped in the cargo hold in a wheel chair is hilarious. And I feel bad now for laughing about it.
I bet Firefly was a really difficult show to write for. The language issues, of course, but also the whole breaking a story aspect. It's very easy to break a story for, say, Dollhouse, but with Firefly I'm all - where do you even begin?
Teaser: Some random ugly building on a random ugly planet. Mal, Jayne, and Zoe run out of it. It blows up.
Wash (voiceover): Did we do that? Did we mean to do that?
I wouldn't suspect that breaking a Firefly story would have different challenges than breaking other sci-fi stories. You have a 'verse, you have characters, what are they doing today?
you have characters, what are they doing today?
Well, it's about halfway through Season Six, so I would say breaking Jayne out of an Alliance prison with the help of his girlfriend, an ex-Alliance Space Marine.
The cast welcomes back Adam Baldwin, who has been away making his latest action movie.