Serenity better than Firefly: One opinion

POSTED BY: farfly
UPDATED: Friday, October 2, 2015 06:11
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FARFLY

Thursday, October 1, 2015 11:59 PM

Not my opinion but thought I'd pass it along.

http://www.outerplaces.com/science-fiction/item/10002-reasons-serenity
-was-better-than-firefly

SECOND

Friday, October 2, 2015 6:11 AM

Quote:
Mal was certainly a likable Han Solo-esque rogue, but his emotional core could essentially be summed up with the phrase, "we protect our own." River, on the other hand, was much more complex, three-dimensional, and let's face it, bad-ass.

Could you imagine River turning her unprotected back toward the Operative as did Mal after the scene below? I cannot.

If it had been her rather than Mal confronting the Operative, her second shot would have killed (or wounded) the Operative, depending on how she wants the Operative's story to end. Turning her back to the Operative would not be a rational choice. But that was what Mal did. Mal wasn't being "more complex, three-dimensional". He was being flat stupid, tactically. Of course, that ain't exactly plan A.

The tall, thin metal box next to the Operative moved without anybody moving it.

http://doodlehoose1.deviantart.com/art/It-doesn-t-mean-what-you-think-
it-means-563945210

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly