JayneCobb: obtuse and in-appropriate.
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 22:17
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"As funny as Xander, but with one-third less brain cells"
The guy just slays me (not that way, I mean with the funny), he's so unthinking, he never edits himself.
What one line out of Jayne's mouth comes to mind where you had to pause or back up the dvd you laughed so hard, so as not to miss the next line of dialogue the first time you heard it?
For me, it's "How could I stay away?" I grin as I type it, he was being so honest, in his own phoney and drunk sort of way...I lol almost every time I watch Jaynestown.
What's his line Chrisisall
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Joss (in one of the commentaries) said that Jayne was Firefly's Cordelia:
selfish, self-serving, she (he) would never edit themselves because they feel totally justified in their POV
(somehow I find it cuter in Jayne...or maybe I just knew too many Cordelia's growing up).
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Jayne is not obtuse, or inappropriate.
I'll concede he lacks subtlety, but he sends money home to his mother and helps rescue Mal from Niska, which would be the perfect opportunity to steal the ship, what with Mal, Zoe and Wash off.
My favorite quote is, "I'm smellin' a lotta IF comin' off this plan."
Jayne has THE BEST lines in the whole series. Who else could get away with saying, "Sure you don't just wanta piss yourself and back down like you did with Badger?" I'd love to say something like that to my boss, but I need the money.
To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein
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I agree, embers, they're both funny, but Jayne exhibits a child-like unknowingness about him, whereas Cordy knows which way the blade is cutting as she speaks.
Itty bitty punk Chrisisall
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I can't pick just one.
"I got a share of this job, and ten percent of nothin' is - lemme do the math, here. Nothin'... and then nothin'... carry the nothin'..."
I particularly enjoy the way Baldwin appears to be continuing to work out the Nothing Math with gestures in the background as the dialogue goes back to Zoe and Mal.
Next is, "YEAH! No, uh - Someone could be hurt!"
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Baldwin has been really good in a lot of roles (he even made small parts like those in Predator 2 and ID4 shine), but he seems to be really havin' fun in the Jayne part.
I don't kiss 'em on the mouth Chrisisall
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I think that my favorite jayne moment would have to be in "Our Mrs. Reynolds" when Jayne says, "That's why I don't kiss'em on the mouth" and there's just an awkward silence ensuing.
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I love in The Train Job, when he pulls on that hat and looks at Kaylee, then dead-pans "Time for some thrilling heroics." It's just... ooh, it's just a great line. Don't ask me why. *G*
Either that or:
"You can't change that by gettin' all... bendy. Got the light, from the console... shines down... like... little angels..."
Oh, I also want to add that Adam Baldwin makes Jayne, Jayne. Anyone else, he'd either be a musclehead or a dope and no one would care about him. Adam Baldwin brought something to Jayne that made you fear him while you were laughing at/with him. It's quite a feat and he did an admirable job. No one else could have been Jayne Cobb. No one. :-)
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Jayne could easily be a cartoon character played by a less engaging, or less talented actor.
Adam is the man they call Jayne.
Why'd y'all order a dead guy Chrisisall
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