I loved Simon's line, "I have a hard time keeping track of her even when she's not incorporeally possessing a spaceship."
That, and "Yes, he's very...gentle. And fuzzy. We're becoming fast friends!"
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
Firefly Spoilers
Discussion of all Firefly episodes, including "Trash", "The Message", "Heart of Gold", and any movie news.
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2003 3:07:52 pm PDT #489 of 1424
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2003 3:13:48 pm PDT #490 of 1424
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that one of my favorite images from the entire series is the shot of River standing on the cargo bay's railing, her ear tilted up to listen to the crew's conversation going on in the kitchen above her. It exemplified her grace, her ability to hear things that she really shouldn't be able to, and her unusual approach to problems (most people would have hauled a box up and stood on it).
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2003 3:20:36 pm PDT #491 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
I didn't so much take it that River needed to be perched that close to the ceiling to hear things, as that just happened to be the position she was in when the conversation was going on.
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2003 3:31:48 pm PDT #492 of 1424
All is well that ends in pizza.
I liked the through-the-bulkhead shots. Although I was a little dissapointed to not see hidden treasure or a lost dinosaur toy in between.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 11, 2003 4:56:36 pm PDT #493 of 1424
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Although I was a little dissapointed to not see hidden treasure or a lost dinosaur toy in between.
Or a Simpson?
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2003 5:26:12 pm PDT #494 of 1424
All is well that ends in pizza.
I was thinking that, but I think it would have been too obvious.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2003 7:55:51 pm PDT #495 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
Well, all I can say is thank goodness we didn't see some poor workman sealed in a bulkhead, like they have on every other ship-centric scifi show I can recall.
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2003 7:58:30 pm PDT #496 of 1424
All is well that ends in pizza.
I remember ST:TNG's variation on that. The genetic material of a killed shipworker infused into the bulkhead.
Daisy Jane - Aug 11, 2003 7:59:58 pm PDT #497 of 1424
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Rosanne had a worker sealed in a bridge.
Beverly - Aug 11, 2003 9:46:17 pm PDT #498 of 1424
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fay, you put eloquently into words what I've felt but been largely unable to articulate. At least, not adequately. I don't think I ever loved a show so quickly, so completely: words, actors, sets, effects, music, and the sort of cohesion that happens rarely, the greater-than-sum-of-parts one takes the rumors of with a grain of salt, except when the result is up on the screen, or on the posting boards. I fell instantly for Firefly and never stopped wanting more!, only kept loving it deeper and wider, and am still bereft at its loss.
Cancellation was a shame. But I'm glad I got to see it. I'm glad I helped to try and keep it on the air. TV history was made--nobody's ready to admit it yet. But I think Firefly will be a benchmark, when economics roll back around to scripted shows, when the public is glutted with Survival of the Racing Bachelors clones and ready for crafted stories again.