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.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Firefly Spoilers
Discussion of all Firefly episodes, including "Trash", "The Message", "Heart of Gold", and any movie news.
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
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.
UTTAD - Aug 12, 2003 12:58:25 am PDT #499 of 1424
Strawberry disappointment.
I downloaded the version of OiS that was shown in Murrica, but I didn't see any differences in the one shown last night here. I should really check the Murrican version again, not that that'll be a hardship or anything.
I loved to little tiny bits the scene with River and Mal at the end. I'm distraught to the amount of ten that this show is gone.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2003 4:05:22 am PDT #500 of 1424
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Weren't the changes supposed to address why Inara was still around after Heart of Gold? Also, slumber nut.
UTTAD - Aug 12, 2003 4:07:46 am PDT #501 of 1424
Strawberry disappointment.
I can't remember anything like that, anything different from the first one. I'll look again tonight.
Fay - Aug 12, 2003 4:49:30 am PDT #502 of 1424
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Weren't the changes supposed to address why Inara was still around after Heart of Gold?
We didn't really get anything on that, beyond a vague "I'll be going soon, I really will, I don't know why I'm here" kind of thing, accompanying a Meaningful Glance.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2003 4:52:53 am PDT #503 of 1424
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That may have been what was cut out then. I don't remember any hints of Inara leaving from my viewing of OiS, but I've only seen it once (part of me can't bear the thought of seeing it again as the last episode, since in the US it was followed up with the two-hour Serenity pilot). I've got War Stories and that waiting for a screening - I don't think I'll be able to hold out until the DVDs.
Kathy A - Aug 12, 2003 10:11:04 am PDT #504 of 1424
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, Inara did say, "I don't know why I'm still here" when River was on walkabout, with the unheard words River heard being "I'm a big girl--you can tell me," while Mal thought "None of it means a damn thing." This leads me to think that Inara was thinking that Mal felt nothing for her, while he thought that she would do anything for her career, and nothing he would say would have any affect on her decision.