Who else thinks Serenity is a pretty ship?

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JUBELLATE

Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:38 AM

Man, I can't get over that last part of "Out of Gas" where Mal sees Serenity for the first time.

I can't say beautiful because it doesn't have perfectly sleek lines, but the first time I saw it, I immediatly thought of a peregrine falcon carrying a box. It speaks to me as an attempt to merge utility and grace. The cargo bay is the heart of what the ship is, but it was designed well around it.

Just my $0.02

KSYRJAMA

Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:24 AM

Nice thread Jubellate. I felt the same way in Out of Gas. And every time Firefly's - pardon my French - *ss lights up, I just get a thrill.

Beatiful ship, yes, and a remarkable concept by Joss too. Combining the design with the name Serenity and you can hit on all kind of life philosophy themes and images of a better world.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I couldn't agree more!

Karen

FLAMETREE

Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:29 AM

I liked it so much I am creating a mosiac of it. I have gold glass tiles for the engine light and metal tiles for the ship.

Costs a fortune but she should look very nice.

JARON95

Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:28 AM

My dad says it's not much to look at, but I really do like it.

DONCOAT

Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by flametree:
I liked it so much I am creating a mosiac of it. I have gold glass tiles for the engine light and metal tiles for the ship.

Costs a fortune but she should look very nice.

When you're finished, please post a picture!

EMBERS

Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:55 PM

I am totally in love with this ship...
I've always wanted to go explore the world by going out on a freighter (who really wants to bum around the world on a destroyer? Or a cruise liner? what is the romance in that?)...
the very rough ordinariness of it makes it seem familiar, and believable.

One of my favorite moments is in the pilot episode when Mal uses the 'bathroom' in his quarters...how cool is that drawer set up?! perfect use of space, the simplicity of it blew me away.

I love that Serenity is just for transport and hauling cargo, nothing fancy...no fighting (so the crew has to learn to avoid the fighting, as much as possible).

The ship is beautiful because she fulfills the fantasies of being everything you need,
everything that is useful and practical.
Serenity represents freedom and independence
(she is my favorite character on the show & the movie).

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:46 PM

I haven't watched TV since Babylon 5 ended, so my first glimpse of Serenity was as an add-on, created by Jon Marcure, for the freeware spaceflight simulator Orbiter...
http://www.orbitersim.com

I remember thinking, "Ewwwww! What the hell's that supposed to be? The aerodynamics're for shit!"

When the first trailer for Serenity came out, I went and bought the Firefly DVD... and it wasn't long before Serenity became my all-time favorite spaceship!

Oh, and Jon Marcure's retrofitting his "Ought-Two" Firefly (of the type that "didn't have the extenders & tended to shake"), into a proper "Ought-Three"...

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"All that is required for evil to triumph is for the good man to do nothing."
--Edmund Burke

SEVEREN

Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:55 PM

Serenity is function and form to perfection; and therein lies its beauty. When the rear end lights up, then you know its a Firefly. Kudos to the to the artists that designed her.

I think some truely beautiful ships are the designs for the Naboo ships in Star Wars. Those are the ultimate in sleek lines.

Carry on!

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, October 15, 2005 3:15 PM

Well I can say beautiful because I think she is. Inside and out I love that ship.

In fact I would love to live in her and should I ever come into insanely (obscenely) large amounts of money (I won’t) I’d like to build her. I can just imagine her in the middle of a field somewhere the cargo bay is the garage, waking up every morning and climbing up the stairs, eating in her dining area, and enjoying every moment of it.

I don’t need a huge house, nor do I want one, a cozy and functional place is perfect for me, and she is that. Of course if I ever get obscenely rich there’s also a hotel in Florence I’d like to buy just so I can live in one of the suites without worrying about being kicked out. (God I loved that room, a stone spiral staircase in a hotel room, fully stocked kitchen, two bathrooms, leather furniture, a location close to all of the great sights to see, various other things.)

People build exact replicas of various rooms from various versions of the starship Enterprise, but it’s not remotely efficient to live there. What’s the purpose? To be able to walk around to ooh and ah? A nice thing I admit, and one I would envy, but not something I would build myself. The Enterprise bridge with its big screen TV sounds very nice, but I think I’d prefer the Serenity bridge which can function as an enclosed balcony.

The outside of Serenity is just beautiful, and the inside is something you rarely see in sci fi: a home.

RABBIT2

Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:44 PM

Anybody else notice that the ship had a small part in the new Battlestar Galactica pilot/miniseries. The Serenity can be seen through a window landing on Caprica in an effects shot just before we meet Mary McConnell`s character for the first time.

Rabbit 2

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