Nitpickers of the verse...UNITE!!
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OK, so no show or movie is EVER perfect. But what "irregularites" have you noticed in Firefly/Serenity?
In Ariel, Jayne is handcuffed by the Federal Marshals, then is shot with a weapon from one of the Marshals. As he hits the ground, his handcuffs are gone. Magically!!
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How about Simon, in Firefly, saying that other people got River out of the "Acadamy"...but the in the movie its him saving River
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Originally posted by muffinmanistheskies:
How about Simon, in Firefly, saying that other people got River out of the "Acadamy"...but the in the movie its him saving River
I really don't think that that's an inconsistency, since he could have been telling the crew somewhat less than the whole truth (he didn't know them, after all), or the others did do most of the work in terms of preparation, he just went in and got her out.
How's this for nitpicking: in Ariel, Jayne's complaining that they aren't looking for work. Then Simon comes in and says that they can "stop looking". They weren't looking in the first place, so how can they stop? Trivial, but it always annoys me.
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In Ariel, getting them into the complex involved a huge amount of work and everything had to be just right. Then when Jayne, Simon and River didn't come back in time, Mal and Zoe went back to get them. They didn't go back to the medical part of the complex, though, but to the security area.
Now, if getting them into the medical complex was tough, getting them into to security area should be even tougher, but somehow they manage without a problem. How did they do that? I know they used the *back entrance*, but even back entrances should be guarded, especially in a security area. Even the Alliance knows that.
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The end of the pilot episode 'Serenity', where Wash is driving the ship with his hand in thin air. I swear, it cracks me up every time. 
- And, also, in The Message, Jayne's hat and the straw. Which I didn't even notice until Alan Tudyk pointed it out. Grrr. Now it bothers me.
- Another thing that bothers me, it's not really a mistake, but still... in 'Trash', if they were expecting Saffron(yo-saff-bridge-whatever) to double cross them, including Inara for that very purpose, why didn't Kaylee just rig the trash compactor thingie to land somewhere *other* than the planned spot? That way Saffron couldn't have found it, even if she had disabled Serenity.
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Originally posted by muffinmanistheskies:
How about Simon, in Firefly, saying that other people got River out of the "Acadamy"...but the in the movie its him saving River
I really don't think that that's an inconsistency, since he could have been telling the crew somewhat less than the whole truth
That's how I've always looked at it. Under the circumstances, I don't think Simon would want to tell the truth to a shipload of strangers.
As for nitpicking, there's a typo in Serenity. After the scene in the Maidenhead, when the Operative is watching the security feed and then zooms in on Mal and calls up info on him, there's a brief moment when you see a fairly wide shot of the screen the Operative is viewing with Mal's info and picture. On that screen, Mal's name is spelled "Malcom" (missing the second "l").
On the next screen, which is a bit more of a close-up, his name is spelled correctly - "Malcolm"
I noticed this the third time I saw the BDM, and confirmed it in subsequent viewings.
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Originally posted by Jacqui:
- Another thing that bothers me, it's not really a mistake, but still... in 'Trash', if they were expecting Saffron(yo-saff-bridge-whatever) to double cross them, including Inara for that very purpose, why didn't Kaylee just rig the trash compactor thingie to land somewhere *other* than the planned spot? That way Saffron couldn't have found it, even if she had disabled Serenity.
...but then it wouldn't have been half as funny when Inara beat her to the bin and trapped her in it. Inara was their insurance policy, and of course Mal didn't want her to feel totally useless. :D
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Originally posted by MalsWay:
On that screen, Mal's name is spelled "Malcom" (missing the second "l").
On the next screen, which is a bit more of a close-up, his name is spelled correctly - "Malcolm"
I noticed this the third time I saw the BDM, and confirmed it in subsequent viewings.
I'll have to look at it again, but I'm not sure this is a typo at all. The screen that the Operative looks at to get Mal's info actually changes two or three times, the words on one screen blend into the words on the next, so it's possible that his name wasn't mispelled, it was just mid-blend when you got a look at it.
Then again, it's possible it's a mistake, I'll need another look.
I had to go back to the cinema with eyes wide open, because I caught a glimpse of what looked like "Son of a preacher" when I first saw the screen and I got wildly excited and had so many theories when it came to his relationship with Book... and then another viewing brought forth "Son of a rancher", which we already knew. Dammit.
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Originally posted by Jacqui:Quote:
Originally posted by MalsWay:
On that screen, Mal's name is spelled "Malcom" (missing the second "l").
On the next screen, which is a bit more of a close-up, his name is spelled correctly - "Malcolm"
I noticed this the third time I saw the BDM, and confirmed it in subsequent viewings.
I'll have to look at it again, but I'm not sure this is a typo at all.
I'll be interested to know if you see it, because I've seen the movie a couple of times with friends and pointed it out, and they've agreed with me. It's really quite obvious if you're looking for it, even though the screen isn't shown for very long.
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I'll be interested to know if you see it, because I've seen the movie a couple of times with friends and pointed it out, and they've agreed with me. It's really quite obvious if you're looking for it, even though the screen isn't shown for very long.
You're right. I just had a look: it's there and it's spelled wrong. Of course, this is the same file that lists Mal as a CAPTAIN of the Independent Army, when he was but a SERGEANT, so... *shrug*. The Operative's sources obviously aren't as good as he thinks they are.
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