Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Firefly Spoilers  

Discussion of all Firefly episodes, including "Trash", "The Message", "Heart of Gold", and any movie news.


Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2005 7:24:04 pm PDT #1134 of 1424
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I agree - a solar system with a large number of terraformable habital planets violates no fundamental physical laws. What it could bring it about (since advanced alien races, even extinct ones go agains the "no-aliens" spirit of Firefly) is another question. I'm not an astrophyscist. but I'll bet either a real one, or someone with good enough working knowledge to fake it on the internet could come up with a plausible low-probability explaination. Remember it would not have to be likely - just possible.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2005 6:39:55 am PDT #1135 of 1424
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I agree - a solar system with a large number of terraformable habital planets violates no fundamental physical laws. What it could bring it about (since advanced alien races, even extinct ones go agains the "no-aliens" spirit of Firefly) is another question. I'm not an astrophyscist. but I'll bet either a real one, or someone with good enough working knowledge to fake it on the internet could come up with a plausible low-probability explaination. Remember it would not have to be likely - just possible.

You've been huffing off of the Infinite Improbablility Drive again, haven't you?


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2005 8:23:01 am PDT #1136 of 1424
"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

Now I'm envisioning a River composed entirely of different colored jellybeans beating the crap out of everyone in a bar.


Mr. Broom - Jun 28, 2005 8:38:45 am PDT #1137 of 1424
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

Truly a sight that would be, in all definitions, shiny.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 29, 2005 11:15:51 am PDT #1138 of 1424
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

Now I'm envisioning a River composed entirely of different colored jellybeans beating the crap out of everyone in a bar.

I went to a place where Mal turned into a penguin. An angry penguin.


Kathy A - Jun 29, 2005 11:19:30 am PDT #1139 of 1424
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

"You're turning into a penguin, Mal. Stop it."


Barry Woodward - Jul 11, 2005 2:26:35 am PDT #1140 of 1424
I fought the law and I won!

Simon's words from the pilot:

"Money. And luck -- for two years I couldn't get near her, but I was contacted by some men, some underground movement. They said she was in danger, that the government was playing with her brain. If I funded them they could sneak her out in cryo. Get her to Boros and from there, I could take her... wherever."

Now does his rescue contradict that? From a certain point of view, namely mine, no. See, in my fanwank, the underground group helped him gain access to River in the first place but once he rescued her, he couldn't freely roam the streets of a core world where they were looking for her (and surely he was a suspect). That's why he had the same group put her in cryo and ship her to him in a less surveillance heavy section of the world (hence the "sneak her out" line), where he then caught a ride on Serenity in the pilot. Works for me.


Kiba Rika - Jul 11, 2005 2:46:06 am PDT #1141 of 1424
I may have to seize the cat.

Barry, it works. It just seems like a stretch to me.


Barry Woodward - Jul 11, 2005 3:00:19 am PDT #1142 of 1424
I fought the law and I won!

It is a bit of a stretch but saying Joss goofed up or purposefully chose to disregard that bit of information for the benefit of the movie (while probably true) isn't satisfying enough for me. It's preferable for me to come up with an explaination (however tenuous) in order to preserve the continuity of the verse in my head.


Steph L. - Jul 11, 2005 4:50:57 am PDT #1143 of 1424
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

but saying Joss goofed up or purposefully chose to disregard that bit of information for the benefit of the movie (while probably true) isn't satisfying enough for me. It's preferable for me to come up with an explaination (however tenuous) in order to preserve the continuity of the verse in my head.

And Angel was Spike's sire. Uh-huh.