What else can I say? ***IMMENSE spoiler warning***
POSTED BY: BadgersHat
UPDATED: Friday, October 7, 2005 18:01
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--Jefé The Hat
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--Don't bother trying to predict, figure out, second guess, criticize, or suggest anything that comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, for you shall usually be wrong, and shall find out the Truth and Purpose in due time. This is the Truth of Whedoning...
... and this time, it's made me sick to my stomach...
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Originally posted by BadgersHat:
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and this time, it's made me sick to my stomach...
I hear ya. Still, delivered an emotional punch, did it not? And I like to think that we here, us Browncoat wannabes, do not fear the emotional punches, but welcome them. In my mind, sorta divides quality entertainment from the run of the mill pap we most often are offered. Because, there's an integrity involved in boldly allowing a great cost in acheiving great ends. I might not like losing favourite characters, but I can certainly respect their loss. Anything less amounts to selling out to serve cuteness, which just sucks. Mr. Whedon, I salute your integrity!
My point? Serenity: helluva movie.
"You think somebody wouldn't go see somebody if they didn't want entertainment?"
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I agree with you, it carried the intended emotional punch, and showed JW is totally unafraid of the Big Decisions.
But, I say again:
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--Jefé The Hat
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I thought kaylee got to say all the really fun words....she was soo cute...but a bit too lovesick.
I did like it though...saw more than once.
www.thatweirdgirl.com
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"...turn right at the corner then skip two blocks...no, SKIP, the hopping-like thing kids do...Why? Why not?"
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Hey darlin...
Sad...
Very sad...
Loved the movie, don't get me wrong, but as I said to Mal-Licious, I've lost actual flesh and blood family members to various types of deaths, and had less trauma about some of them than I did...
--Jefé The Hat
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--Don't bother trying to predict, figure out, second guess, criticize, or suggest anything that comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, for you shall usually be wrong, and shall find out the Truth and Purpose in due time.
(This is the Truth of Whedoning)
"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne
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Hey you...I try to keep a lookout for you since you come round so infrequently.
It was sad. I did feel a bit betrayed...punched in the gut. I'm not a Joss fanatic, so it was all very new to me. It feels very final, doesn't it?
Still, I hope for more.
www.thatweirdgirl.com
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"...turn right at the corner then skip two blocks...no, SKIP, the hopping-like thing kids do...Why? Why not?"
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I absolutely agree. When Wash was killed (by a big sharp stick in a sci-fi movie...?!) it completely destroyed whatever enjoyment I was getting from it. I stopped having a good time right then. Instead I just kept wondering if Tudyk decided he didn't want to do any more work with Whedon, and agreed to have his character killed off, which isn't what you should be thinking watching a movie.
And then I was thinking well who else is he gonna kill off for no reason, and that when it all came unraveled for me. No more willing suspension of disbelief. I was just sitting there waiting for it to end, not really caring if more characters got whacked.
There is no point in getting attached to characters in Whedon’s work. Next time, I'll see something else. ANYTHING else!
Fans get attached to characters. That's what keeps shows going, the fans. When you mindf**k the fans, why should they go back. If I want to see statements about the gritty realities of life and people dying pointlessly, I'll turn on CNN. I sure don't need it in my entertainment.
Yeah, I'm bitterly disappointed at how this all went. If I wasn't an avid fan of the show, I probably wouldn't have cared so much, but I feel how I feel. I was MORE excited than anyone I knew about this movie, and now I feel embarrassed I made such a big deal about it. It didn't live up, and really just for that one reason. Why kill Wash? What's Whedons point? That he can do whatever he wants with his creation and we can all just lump it! Screw that. I'll take my interests elsewhere.
Oh, last thing, I guess Wash got scragged because he was actually a crappy pilot. Wash crashes Serenity leaving it in ruins. The reaver ship on the other hand, crewed by doped up lunatics, lands completely functional after following them through a colossal airborne battle and skewers him with a stick. It don't make no sense...
JWC
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Yeah, I know, I've been MIA for a while. Been crazed at work, dealing with a lot of crap with the family, looking for a better job than I'm in now, etc... shameful, the way I've neglected my harem...
JW has proven, time and again, NO ONE is safe... hell, he killed Buffy, of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"--TWICE.
But ooohh, man, that really was hard to see.
Book, not as much, and not as shocking, to be honest.
--Jefé The Hat
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--Don't bother trying to predict, figure out, second guess, criticize, or suggest anything that comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, for you shall usually be wrong, and shall find out the Truth and Purpose in due time.
(This is the Truth of Whedoning)
"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne
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That's the thing, I didn't watch Buffy or the others...so, ouch.
I teared up, I did. Her "baby?" kept echoing in my ears...eep.
Book...oh my Book. If this story ever continues, I think we'll hear more of Jayne spouting Book's words.
If you find a job let me know...I'm still looking.
www.thatweirdgirl.com
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"...turn right at the corner then skip two blocks...no, SKIP, the hopping-like thing kids do...Why? Why not?"
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Originally posted by jwc:
Oh, last thing, I guess Wash got scragged because he was actually a crappy pilot. Wash crashes Serenity leaving it in ruins. The reaver ship on the other hand, crewed by doped up lunatics, lands completely functional after following them through a colossal airborne battle and skewers him with a stick. It don't make no sense...
JWC
You mean the doped up lunatics who had all the freaking weapons? And whose ship hadn't been hit by a freaking particle beam weapon?
I understand your pain -- but don't cheapen Wash's achievement, or his sacrifice. Wash didn't die without reason. He died in the name of thirty million people whose lives were ended, or worse, and in the name of all those who had died since at the hands of the reavers. And he did it for River.
Maybe you'd be happier if some anonymous redshirt got killed? Or if someone off camera yelled "They got Biggs!"?
Let me clue you in on something: Trusty didn't just break his right front paw. He died. Walt Disney lied.
And if Wash was real enough for us all to hurt this way, then Joss Whedon did his job right!
IMHO.
"She's tore up plenty. But she'll fly true." -- Zoë Washburn
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