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.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Firefly 5: That's my girl... That's my good girl.
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe.
BigDuluth - Nov 08, 2007 5:26:07 pm PST #239 of 5292
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
beekaytee - Nov 08, 2007 5:28:17 pm PST #240 of 5292
Compassionately intolerant
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!
Laga - Nov 08, 2007 5:44:38 pm PST #241 of 5292
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
that ship is so not handicapped accessible
sumi - Nov 08, 2007 5:45:58 pm PST #242 of 5292
Art Crawl!!!
You know, it would have meant lots of scenes between Simon and Jayne.
BigDuluth - Nov 08, 2007 5:55:50 pm PST #243 of 5292
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
that ship is so not handicapped accessible
Which is why I'd choose Jayne. He'd probably have to stay in the cargo hold.
Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 1:05:55 am PST #244 of 5292
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
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?
Zenkitty - Nov 09, 2007 4:47:19 am PST #245 of 5292
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
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?
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 4:53:48 am PST #246 of 5292
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
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?
DCJensen - Nov 09, 2007 5:04:38 am PST #247 of 5292
All is well that ends in pizza.
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.
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 5:14:12 am PST #248 of 5292
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Aww, Daniel made me sad.
an ex-Alliance Space Marine
Played by?