What's Your Favorite Scene From Firefly?
POSTED BY: Jongsstraw
UPDATED: Saturday, July 25, 2015 21:03
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Yeah, one of the shiny people.
One of my favourite River moments - in the 'The Message' where River climbs on the coffin and says 'I'm verrry comfortable'. And then the line 'Well we all have different reactions to death'.
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Two cool Saffron moments -
'My name is Saffron'.
*Sentimental music*
'You can't do this, I have a condition.'
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'Don't know these folk, don't much care to.'
'They're whores.'
'I'm in.'
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'We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient'.
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Already mentioned are where Simon tells River It's OK now, and also when River says "I knew you'd come for me." In Pilot Serenity.
I just rewatched Aliens, and noticed that these 2 lines are also between Ripley and Newt, but in far apart scenes - when Ripley puts newt to bed, and then when Ripley retrieves Newt from the Queen and then get back on the ship.
Having the original already in your head allows Joss to use that quickly without a huge build up.
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Favourite scene?! Gorrammit, that's impossible! There's hardly a scene I don't love! Hell, we could fill this gorram server with descriptions of 'favourite' scenes, and y'all know it! *grin*
But hell, I'll pick one out:
Wash: You haven't been here in years, Jayne. You really think you need that getup? No one's gonna remember you.
Mal: I think it's possible they might.
[They all look up to see an elevated, life-sized mud statue of Jayne!]
Simon: Son of a bitch!
. . .
Mal: You wanna tell me how come there's a statue here, lookin' at me like I owe him something?
Jayne: Wishin' I could, cap'n.
Mal: No, seriously, Jayne, you want to tell me...?
Jayne: Look, Mal, I got no ruttin' idea! I was here a few years back, like I said. Pulled a second-story, stole a lot of scratch from the magistrate up on the hill. But things went way south. I had to hightail it. They don't...put you on a pedestal in town square for that.
Mal: Yeah, 'cept I'm looking at some fair compelling evidence says they do.
[Simon is just staring at the statue]
Simon: This must be what going mad feels like.
And in a filk session at Redemption '15, I'm proud to say I screwed up the courage to sing The Ballad Of Jayne Cobb. Then again, I had had a drink or three...*grin*
Can we cheat and mention a favourite scene in Serenity? No, not just Kaylee's wonderful 'nethers' tirade (well, that, too! *huge grin*), but one of the best bits of acting I have ever seen, from any actor: the moment when River says, for the second time, "I'm all right." There's this utterly beautiful expression of realisation on her face...she's realising she isn't crazy after all, that her memories of Miranda, horrifying though they are, are real and not the product of madness. That scene always brings a tear to my eye. Summer totally outdid herself there, and I bet the cast and crew were in tears afterwards.
The first time I saw it, I was.
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