River - movie look vs. TV look
POSTED BY: Serafimo
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Another thing just occurred to me about the movie River. The costumers had a practical challenge to meet.
Her costumes had to allow her the freedom of movement to kick people every which way from Sunday -- forward, backward, roundhouse, and a few ways nobody ever thought of before -- without showing any naughty bits. Or looking like they would have shown some naughty bits if not for some clever costume designer.
Speaking of which, did anybody notice her move in the Maidenhead fight where she swept a bottle off the bar, sailed it through the air, and clonked a guy in the head with it, all in the same smooth move as whacking some other guy? Mighty slick.
There have been many, many forms of martial arts, quite a number of which are blends of earlier forms -- but I don't think I've ever seen a blend that included classical ballet until now.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Which makes the subsequent events even more wonderful. "My turn!" -- the key moment in the movie (for me) -- meant that she'd found the key to shutting them out, and it was (wait for it!) love.
It's not a matter of shutting out the other emotions since it's just not physically possible, it's more of how an even stronger emotion is able to overcome all the other emotions.
"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam
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Personally, I think her attire is basically the same except she's showing more of her form or her outfits are showing more of her personality.
Maybe Kaylee and Zoe took her shopping.
^_^ God I love that bar sequence in Serenity. It still makes me go 'WTF' today.
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Slightly off-topic, but still...
My sister has taken to dressing like River. She begged mum to buy her some boots that have an un-canny likeness to River's, and on Saturday when I came home from work, she was wearing a a black floaty with complete with the boots.
I was like *frown* wannabe much?
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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Quote:Well, at the risk of extending this hijack even further, I'd like to comment on this.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Which makes the subsequent events even more wonderful. "My turn!" -- the key moment in the movie (for me) -- meant that she'd found the key to shutting them out, and it was (wait for it!) love.
It's not a matter of shutting out the other emotions since it's just not physically possible, it's more of how an even stronger emotion is able to overcome all the other emotions.
I agree completely that she still can't shut out the feelings -- she still can't not feel.
However, the brain is a remarkably adaptable organ. People who've had major injuries to part of the brain can regain the lost functions by retraining other parts of the brain. Blind people use their visual cortex to process sound. People with chronic pain can learn techniques to reduce or eliminate it by mind control alone.
What I'm suggesting is that there may still be a physical aspect to River's achievement. She may be using other parts of her brain to compensate -- to "dismiss" or "set aside" the overwhelming outside input (catchy phrase there).
Whether or not this is a conscious process is another question. It was just a few minutes earlier that River was a quivering, helpless wreck in the fetal position. Yet when she realized what she had to do to save Simon and the others, she was able to function.
I wonder: was she able to ignore the Reavers' rage, or did she somehow use it, and turn it against them? If so, that mental judo may be her greatest weapon of all.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Originally posted by Phoebe:
River wears four different dresses in the movie. One in the opening, one in the Maidenhead scenes, one during the final scenes, and one during her very final scene.
Five, actually, and six costumes total. The additional ones are the dress she wears only for the funeral scene, and then the blue body-suit thing she's wearing in the Alliance lab facility. The dress as she's flying Serenity at the end might be the same dress she wears under her brown top, etc., at the beginning. The cut and color are the same.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Well, at the risk of extending this hijack even further, I'd like to comment on this.
I agree completely that she still can't shut out the feelings -- she still can't not feel.
However, the brain is a remarkably adaptable organ. People who've had major injuries to part of the brain can regain the lost functions by retraining other parts of the brain. Blind people use their visual cortex to process sound. People with chronic pain can learn techniques to reduce or eliminate it by mind control alone.
What I'm suggesting is that there may still be a physical aspect to River's achievement. She may be using other parts of her brain to compensate -- to "dismiss" or "set aside" the overwhelming outside input (catchy phrase there).
Whether or not this is a conscious process is another question. It was just a few minutes earlier that River was a quivering, helpless wreck in the fetal position. Yet when she realized what she had to do to save Simon and the others, she was able to function.
I wonder: was she able to ignore the Reavers' rage, or did she somehow use it, and turn it against them? If so, that mental judo may be her greatest weapon of all.
Certain functions in the brain cannot be compensated for. Adaptation does not occur that fast, it happens over a long period of time, the parts of the brain compensating for the lost part would actually have to physically grow. If you’re blind, it’s not like there’s a switch in the brain that you can turn on and then you become the Dare Devil, it takes time and training. Assuming that the lost portion of River’s brain can be compensated for, she would have to practice trying to suppress her emotions before she can actually do it.
Back on topic, you'd think that Simon would have brought some clothes for River. He has a wardrobe of his own but didn't bring anything for River.
"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam
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