Book's name? (possible spoilers!)

POSTED BY: Casivona
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 00:53
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CASIVONA

Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:51 PM

Ok, I've seen two different names for Shepard Book on IMDB and SciFi's new Firefly site. Now, since no one in the show ever says this real name, we have to rely on script info and hear-say. So, now I'm confused... IMDB has the a character list, under which Ron Glass' character is "Shepard Meria Book". And SciFi's new firefly site has Mr Glass as "Shepard Derrial Book". So which is it? I thought it was Meria... is SciFi's site wrong? Or maybe it's both?? I'm curious.

http://www.scifi.com/firefly/characters/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0379786/

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RKLENSETH

Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:53 PM

I read it as Derrial but it seems to be conflicted. We'll have to wait to see the movie again and watch that particular scene closer so that we can all put this mystery to rest.

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HELL'S KITTEN

Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:11 PM

The movie has Book's first name as "Meria."

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RKLENSETH

Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:21 PM

Depends on who you ask. Like I said, I could've sworn it was Derrial. This is also being argued in the spoiler forum on the Universal Board. Since we can't agree on the name I think we're all going to have to wait until Sept. 30th and watch that particular scene closely and figure it out.

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JADEHAND

Monday, July 18, 2005 1:29 AM

IMDB and Hell's Kitten are correct "Shepard Meria Book".
Not sure where Sci-Fi got their info, but it looks like they got mixed up somewhere. The movie definitely has "Shepard Meria Book".

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LIZANNE

Monday, July 18, 2005 6:57 AM

I'm going to second that, just for clarification that it is Meria Book. A huge discussion came from that name with my friends and I after we saw Serenity the first time. It's African for Rebellious One.

Definitely.. definitely Meria.

Liz
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NOSADSEVEN

Monday, July 18, 2005 2:20 PM

I gotta go with Derrial. Since IMDB has had Meria listed prior to the screenings, maybe people are seeing that because it's already been subconsciously implanted. It just fogs it up.

Oh, how I find these debates amusing.

(edited for spelling, spoiler warnings and unwarnings)
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ZEEK

Monday, July 18, 2005 3:28 PM

Guys I'm pretty sure it's Derrial. I mean Krad confirmed it. That's a pretty darn good source.

Plus that's what I took away from the movie. Since I'm always right, I'm going to have to stick with Derrial.

SONG

Monday, July 18, 2005 4:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lizanne:
it is Meria Book. ... It's African for Rebellious One.

Hmmm... which African? (Continent with hundreds of languages, etc.)

Yes, I'm an anthropologist, sorry if my query sounds too smart-ass, but I'm curious.

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HELL'S KITTEN

Monday, July 18, 2005 4:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nosadseven:
I gotta go with Derrial. Since IMDB has had Meria listed prior to the screenings, maybe people are seeing that because it's already been subconciously implanted. It just fogs it up.

Fogged, huh. Cute. That might track if I went to IMDB. At both screenings I went to,

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the gravestones read "Meria" and "Hoban." (Don't care about the other guy.) A more plausible theory about the differences in memory may be that there are simply different cuts of the film being shown, since the gravestones are CGI.

I noticed quite a few new / different things between the first and second screenings.

EDIT: added spoiler things. Sorry, I was under the impression that this whole thread was a spoiler thing. Considering all the previous spoiler warngings.

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