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Dumbest Line in Firefly

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R1Z
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:41 PM

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So, is he saying Kaylee would look like a sheep or that Kaylee dressed up like a lady would be as unlikely as a sheep walking on tow legs?


Meaning Kaylee in a full skirt would be as impractical and inefficient as a sheep walking on its hind legs.


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YT
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:44 PM

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Originally posted by Shorny:
I grew up on a farm and our farmhand raised sheep and he had one with 6 legs, but it was stillborn.


Poor li'l thang never saw the light of day, now it's in Fireflyfans.net

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . .

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R1Z
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:49 PM

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Another funny one -- to me at least -- is in the episode SHINDIG, where, as Badger is leaving Serenity, he says, "Ta for a nice evening then."

I don't remember what the subtitles say, but whoever wrote them didn't know that "Ta" is a British slang term for "thank you."



What would be wrong with "Thank you for a nice night?"

Although, actually, what he says is "Ta (thank you) very much for a lovely night, then."


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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:20 PM

The only line I cringe at is Zoe in the pilot,where Mal and the crew are laughing at Simon for believing that Kaylee is dead.
"So,Kaylee is really okay?"

To me that line was written for the morons who couldn't follow the story. Two seconds before they show Kaylee waving at Simon!?!?! Overall it's not a big deal,but for me that's the dumbest line in the entire series.

"Hamsters is nice."

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:27 PM

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Originally posted by tmurrie:
I agree that there are no dumb lines in Firefly, and you really just don't get it. But if I have to give an example it would be when in The Train Job Jayne is laughing about what Wash said about blowing a new crater in this little moon, it seemed out of character because I could never see Jayne laughing at anything Wash says.



I always though Jayne laughed there because he really liked the idea of blowing a new crater in something regardless of who made the suggestion.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:50 PM

worst line in firefly hands down

Random villager : she's a witch

Mal: yeah but she's our witch

Good lord did joss get bruce campbell to write that for him


If someone trys to kill you, you kill em right back

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:22 PM

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Originally posted by R1Z:

Serenity frequently needs all systems running when the engines are off and she's not docked at a spaceport. Everything works while the engines are off while the ship's on Triumph, St. Albans and on whatever moon the Heart O' Gold is on.

Makes sense for all but gravity. The power needed to generate a gravity on board for hours w/out the engine on would have to come from a battery bigger than Serenity itself, IMHO.

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R1Z
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:31 PM

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The only line I cringe at is Zoe in the pilot,where Mal and the crew are laughing at Simon for believing that Kaylee is dead.
"So,Kaylee is really okay?"

To me that line was written for the morons who couldn't follow the story. Two seconds before they show Kaylee waving at Simon!?!?! Overall it's not a big deal,but for me that's the dumbest line in the entire series.



WE, via the camera's p.o.v. have been to the infirmary, but Zoe hasn't, therefore she's asking how Kaylee's doing, at a period just after "the golden hour" when minutes mean everything.

Wash hasn't been to the infirmary, either, he's been "rabbiting" the ship away from the Alliance cruiser.

Makes perfect sense to me.





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R1Z
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:34 PM

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worst line in firefly hands down

Random villager : she's a witch

Mal: yeah but she's our witch

Good lord did joss get bruce campbell to write that for him



Watch yourself! If you get to pickin' on my man Bruce, or Brisco, as some of us still call him, things are gonna get REAL ugly real fast.



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R1Z
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:38 PM

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Originally posted by R1Z:

Serenity frequently needs all systems running when the engines are off and she's not docked at a spaceport. Everything works while the engines are off while the ship's on Triumph, St. Albans and on whatever moon the Heart O' Gold is on.
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Makes sense for all but gravity. The power needed to generate a gravity on board for hours w/out the engine on would have to come from a battery bigger than Serenity itself, IMHO.



Actually, generating a gravity field can be done just as efficiently as generating light or sound, once you know the trick. (The trick will be discovered in 2300 a.d.)

Like so many things, it's only hard when you don't know how to do it.



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