Favorite non-verbal character moments

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MSCKAREN

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:37 PM

Lots of great stuff already mentioned which is really a tribute to the actors and directors!

A couple of people have mentioned the scene in Shindig where Mal and Jayne have gone to talk to Badger. I liked the segments they mentioned but what I loved most about the scene was Jayne reaching over to grab Mal's drink when Mal makes it clear he's not interested in drinking something that might make him go insane. That moment said so much about Jayne's "live for the moment" attitude.

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DIETCOKE

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:40 PM

I think this is one the things that make Whedon shows so funny. It's what characters don't say that says so much! I love this thread, but afraid I can't add anything knew, my favorite is the look on Mal's face when Saffron offers to wash his feet!

LEELU777

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:14 PM

in jaynestown when they are all looking at the statue hehehe priceles I love the look on wash in our mrs reynolds that freky dead pan look

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DIETCOKE

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:17 PM

"Got my hands on a couple of them!" Too funny! I forgot about that line!

MANWITHPEZ

Monday, May 23, 2005 12:31 PM

Two in Badger's office in Serenity

The look Zoe gives Mal when Badger mentions that the goods are Alliance imprinted.

The smile Mal gives Badger after all the guns are out.

I've been thinking about this thread alot lately.

In Shindig...That very subtle and strange look of almost loathing or not understanding that Book gives River that goes witht the line "We'll have a few mystery meals." The look that Simon and Book give Jayne after he says "Are we gonna play cards or screw around?"

In Serenity, Inara seems kinda shocked...well, shocked is the wrong word, when her John at the beginning makes his off color comment about her clock. The look right after that would seem to denote that its something that she's used to, and it makes me sad for her. Even for a hooker, she's too good for this, and that idea is portrayed very early on.

In Safe, the very quick and fleeting look Inara gives Simon after he's made his comment about Serenity. Kaylee retorts, and leaves. Inara, knowing that Kaylee's got the hots for the doctor seems to say with a look "I would've helped you, but man, did you screw up by insulting that ship."

I'll go see if I can find some more!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

SIKKUKUT

Monday, May 23, 2005 2:20 PM

The first thing I thought of was Mal's reaction at the end of the intro to Our Mrs. Reynolds, as already mentioned. It's just such a joy watching three or four increasingly volatile emotions pile up on Fillion's face... priceless.

Right before Mal yells at Wash to get to the bridge in Out of Gas, there's this momentary look on Mal's face that says to me that he's in complete control, and grudgingly making the *decision* to get mad. Yes, he's angry, but he wouldn't act on it like that if he didn't feel that was the best way to get Wash moving. One of the things I love in that episode is seeing him deal with each member of the crew differently.

Toward the end of Jaynestown, as Jayne is shaking the dead Mudder and telling him to get up, there's this beautiful shot of Mal looking away, ashamed at a spectacle he has obviously seen before. So much conveyed in that little look...

Hm, I guess those are all from Mal. Didn't mean to do that...

Oh, here's a non-Mal one: The moment in the intro to Objects in Space when River finds the stick. It's just... so... wow.

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WEICHI

Monday, May 23, 2005 3:28 PM

There are so many, I like the character by character approach - and for me I love the moments that define these great people. Some of these have been mentioned, some have not.

Mal - love the couple of extra jabs in "Shindig", not for the great reaction of the the other folks, but for what it says about Mal. A classic hero lets him live, and helps him up. A villian runs him threw. What kind of a hero just makes a few more shallow holes? A BDH thats who!

Inara - Her reaction to Jayne's leer in "War Stories" says - "Why am I with these people" and her look when Mal says he is the only one who does not find his nuptials funny - which says "This is why I am with these people"

Zoe - Watching her eyes on her first trip through Miska's station - total recon op, totally convincing while being subtle.

River - lots of good ones already mentioned - love the lean in when she looks at the gun - to me the posture was so unreal - emblematic of her unreality - she's a girl, but she's something else, just like the gun.

Book - The look on his face in Out of Gas when River catches him praying/panicing. To me this guy has some kind of a past, and he is on a road to trying to make up for it - and at that moment he is really worried if he is prepared to meet his maker.

Simon - silly, but I love the delightfully uncomfortable gesture that goes along with "Just dont fiddle with it" line. Competent doctor meets socially uncomfortable dork.

Jayne - Probably the Vera look, but give me a break, physically he is continually brilliant.

Wash - The impish satisfied look on his face, in fact in his whole body, when Zoe cooks for him.

Kaylee - She is a delight - the look she gives the counselor, the strawberry. But for me, I love the way she, arguably more than Mal, is at home on Serenity, has a connection with Serenity. For Mal - Serenity is everything for what it does for him - allows him to be free. But Kaylee simply loves Serenity. So for me I just love her expression as they close up the bay in "Serenity" a look not only of disapointment that they only picked up 3 "shiny" new folks as passengers, but almost of not being able to understand why she does not have to fight passengers off with a stick because who would'nt want to be on board. And then the way she picks up that K-mart blue light special lawn chair - she is just so at home where she is, and it also lets us know that this is not the perfect future of "Star Trek" where everyone is super smart and everything is super clean and classy - this is a future where you pick up lawn chair at a flea market and sit on it.

See how I'm not hitting him, I think I've grown!

MANWITHPEZ

Monday, May 23, 2005 3:40 PM

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Originally posted by Sikkukut:

Right before Mal yells at Wash to get to the bridge in Out of Gas, there's this momentary look on Mal's face that says to me that he's in complete control, and grudgingly making the *decision* to get mad. Yes, he's angry, but he wouldn't act on it like that if he didn't feel that was the best way to get Wash moving. One of the things I love in that episode is seeing him deal with each member of the crew differently.

I don't Mal is angry at all with Wash. If you watch the scene again, just before Mal tells Wash to get to the bridge, Simon has just made a comment that everyone needed to clear out so he could work. He even has to move to see a monitor that Wash is blocking. There was absolutely no anger in Mal when he did what he did to get Wash moving. But, his actions clearly brooked no argument. And, the others in the infirmary are quite shocked by what Mal is doing...Jayne in particular, but also Book. That Wash is actually needed on the bridge is not in argument, as he refuses to get him when Zoe's heart stops. But, if Wash had returned to the infirmary again, I don't think any amount of intimidation from the Captain would have gotten him out of there again.

This is another great thing abut Firefly. Some of the actions that the crew takes are open to wide interpretation, and I think its quite deliberate. Also, gives us something else to debate over!

Thanks Joss!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

MANWITHPEZ

Monday, May 23, 2005 3:42 PM

Gorramit...that post looks like I just threw a rock at the keyboard to get my meaning across...I'm so very tired, and possibly ill...

Cough..cough...HACK.

And, by that, I mean how I write...

See my collected fanfics...these will back me up.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

YT

Monday, May 23, 2005 6:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Sikkukut:
Toward the end of Jaynestown, as Jayne is shaking the dead Mudder and telling him to get up, there's this beautiful shot of Mal looking away, ashamed at a spectacle he has obviously seen before. So much conveyed in that little look...

Ooo wow, one I hadn't noticed before. I'll look for it next time. Thanks

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