Book's Monologue

POSTED BY: Talrius
UPDATED: Monday, May 12, 2003 00:52
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TALRIUS

Friday, May 9, 2003 11:10 PM

Okay I tried to transcribe this but I think the first line is wrong, the video file I transcripted this from was choppy.

2517 A.D.

We moved out to a new solar system. Hundreds of new earths were terra-formed and colonized. The Central Planets formed the Alliance and decided all the planets had to join under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point.

After the war, many of the Independents who fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system far from Alliance control. Out here people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies.

A ship would bring you work. A gun would help you keep it. A Captain's goal was simple: find a crew; find a job.... Keep Flying.

I'd appreciate if some one helped confirm my transcriptions.

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DOBSON: I'm supposed to be meeting my wife's sister. I've only got a few days to see her...

ZOE: I wish there was another way...

DOBSON: Oh, no, no. That woman is like a dragon. I mean, I believe she has a tail. If there's any other moons we need to visit, or if we could just
fly very slowly...

JAMIE

Friday, May 9, 2003 11:42 PM

It begins:

After the earth was used up, we found a new solar system and hundreds of new earths were terraformed...

and then just a small nitpick:

Independents who HAD fought and lost.

Otherwise, you got it right.

GAMBIT3

Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:14 AM

i didn't even know that it was Book that was speaking. I just never put it together until in later episodes it changed to Mal.

I just always assumed it was a "voice of God" announcer setting the stage.

__________________________
Kaylee, will you marry me?

SUCCATASH

Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:44 AM

I like the original intro better than Nathan's, "Here's how it goes..."

TALRIUS

Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jamie:
It begins:

After the earth was used up, we found a new solar system and hundreds of new earths were terraformed...

and then just a small nitpick:

Independents who HAD fought and lost.

Otherwise, you got it right.

Thanks Jamie. The audio clip I downloaded begins with "We moved" but I thought I remembered more before. Oh, I had the 'Had' I just skipped over it by accident when I was writting it for this thread. I haven't moved my transcription to a word doc yet.

Thanks again.

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DOBSON: I'm supposed to be meeting my wife's sister. I've only got a few days to see her...

ZOE: I wish there was another way...

DOBSON: Oh, no, no. That woman is like a dragon. I mean, I believe she has a tail. If there's any other moons we need to visit, or if we could just
fly very slowly...

JAMIE

Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:16 AM

No problem at all! Gave me an excuse to watch the opening for Our Mrs. Reynolds again :)

GAMBIT3

Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:29 AM

Such a great episode. I've said it before and I'll say it again: pretty much tied with "out of gas" in my book for best episode ever.

__________________________
Kaylee, will you marry me?

TALLGUY

Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:18 AM

Just for completeness sake, here's the second and third intro done by Captain Tightpants (brackets are what was added for the third intro):

Here's how it is: [The]Earth got used up. So we [moved out and] teraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths. Some rich and flush with the new technologies. Some not so much. Central planets, them as formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under thier rule. A few idiots tried to fight it. Among them: Myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity. [She's a tranport ship. Firefly class.] Got a good crew. Fighters. Pilot. Mechanic. We even picked up a preacher [for some reason]. And a bona fide companion. There's a doctor too. Took his genius sister out of some Alliance camp so they're keeping a low profile. [You understand.] You got a job, we can do it. Don't much care what it is.

The music for both (near as I can tell) is from Our Mrs. Reynolds (The Net). Not rightly sure where the music for the first into came from.

The third intro was (IMHO) obviously recorded cause the second one was in Mal speak: Don't waste any air on pronouncing a vowel any longer than you have to. Consonants should be shorter than that where possible. The second one is also much mopey-er. (I figure that's a plus.) All of Mal gets summed up in the second intro. "Dont' much care what it is." It's not bad in the third one either I guess. But he's a lot peppier in the third intro. Of course it wasn't too long before we got into "Previously on Firefly:"

Bill
"We all know I'm the funny one."
"You ain't all that funny."

SUCCATASH

Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:47 AM

I'm curious, TallGuy, what's your preferred intro in the history of Firefly?

TALLGUY

Sunday, May 11, 2003 8:21 AM

Hmmm. I'd have to say the second one. I like the flavor of the first one just cause it feels all historical, but I think the second one captures the feel of the show. The third one feels a titch too jaunty. OTOH, the third one probably does the best job of putting the show in a nutshell, which is what the intro is for. It ain't for us, it's for THEM.

First (not The First, mind): Shepard Book telling the story of the time that the brave ship Serenity flew the skies of the Alliance. Maybe Book telling the story years after his travels with our fair crew.

Second: Mal having to explain to someone in "charge" what's going on. Vintage "There's no place I can be" Mal Reynolds.

Third: Mal trying to explain to a potential customer. Capt. Tightpants in his "up" mood.

Boy, that's just WAY too much thought for the thirty second intro of a canceled TV show! PLEASE give us some more! Sooooon!

Bill
"We all know I'm the funny one."
"You ain't all that funny."

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