Nitpickers of the verse...UNITE!!

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Originally posted by mal4prez:

I have a Master's degree ... in science.

Actually I don't, but does anyone else remember that quote?

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This is a tag line from the Ask Dr. Science radio show heard on NPR and numerous other places. Dr. Science, AKA Dan Coffey of the comedy group The Duck's Breath Mystery Theater has been descibed as "America's foremost authoritarian on the world around us. Or at least the world around him."

"There is a thin line between ignorance and arrogance," he says, "and only I have managed to erase that line."

I had the pleasure of seeing the good doctor live in San Francisco's Great American Music Hall a few years back. He took questions from the audience; my wife wanted to ask him if there was any known way to accelerate sloe gin... but he didn't pick us. Instead, he answered the question, "If things contract when they get cold, then why does water expand when it turns to ice?"

"Water," he explained, "has an eating disorder. But water has recently checked itself into the Betty Ford Clinic, and hopes to feel better about itself very soon."




"Remember, I know more than you do. I have a Masters Degree -- in Science!" -- Dr. Science.

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Originally posted by JayTee:
Keep looking for what's wrong in life and THAT'S ALL YOU'LL EVER FIND AND ALL YOU'LL EVER DESERVE. Quit wasting time looking for flaws in the show and start working on the flaws in your defective personalities and then maybe you'll accomplish something worthwhile. I don't care if the yellow Porsche in Commando is smashed up on one side and then perfectly fine in the next frame. Yeah, I notice but I don't really care or let it ruin the whole show. Firefly is GREAT no matter how many little oversights.

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Easy there, big fella!

I don't think there's a one of us don't love this show and just about everything connected with it. It's only, some of us actually enjoy the picking of nits. If you don't pick 'em, they bite.

'Sides, as you can see from some of the comments above, most of the time these so-called "errors" ain't really mistakes at all. They're just subtle clues about things in the 'verse that were never spelled out, is all.


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Originally posted by ScrewtheAlliance:

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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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I handle this in "The Treasure of Lei Fong Wu" by having one of the surviving officers of the Independent High Command have Mal listed as field-promoted to "Captain" and Zoe to "Lieutenant" on their muster-out forms, in recognition of their service in Sernity Valley. I also have them paid off a muster-out grant based on their rank -- which is what allowed Mal to buy the Firefly in the first place.

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I think this is a very tidy solution (which looks out of place on Beaumonde, but never mind).

It does raise one question, though. If Mal spent his grant on Serenity, what did Zoe spend hers on? Savings for when she can retire and give up this life of crime?

Or maybe -- she paid for the repairs to Serenity. Which would make her part owner. Now that's a thought...

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well she is captain when mal isnt aboard..

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Originally posted by JayTee:
I've loved this show for a long time but after reading these postings of all these inconsistencies I've realized what a horrible show it actually is and now I just don't like it anymore. I'm gonna burn my DVD set and forget the whole thing.........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yeah, right. OK, NITPICKS!!! Keep looking for what's wrong in life and THAT'S ALL YOU'LL EVER FIND AND ALL YOU'LL EVER DESERVE. Quit wasting time looking for flaws in the show and start working on the flaws in your defective personalities and then maybe you'll accomplish something worthwhile. I don't care if the yellow Porsche in Commando is smashed up on one side and then perfectly fine in the next frame. Yeah, I notice but I don't really care or let it ruin the whole show. Firefly is GREAT no matter how many little oversights.


Jaytee

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How many times do you think these folks had to watch the show to find these things?! They are obviously fans. I love finding bloopers in my favorite movies.

Adam

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Originally posted by InsanityLater:
Ok, here's my thoughts on the whole "Captain" thing. In the episode Bushwacked, the Captain of the Alliance ship pulls up Mal's record and he is listed as a Sergeant, and then either he jokes about Mal being a Captain or Mal tells him he's a Captain..I forget which.

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Here's my theory. I don't remember exactly from the movie, I'd have to look at it again, but I was assuming that "Captain Malcolm Reynolds" referred to the fact that he is the captain of Serenity, and "Sargeant Malcolm Reynolds" referred to his military rank. Thus, he can be both Captain and Sargeant at the same time without any inconsistency.

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OK, first I should apologize to all for sounding off like that. I'm sorry. I took the whole thread the wrong way and thought people were tearing down the show so like a jerk I went with the knee-jerk reaction of jumping in to defend by beloved Firefly. I should have re-read the posts and considered their content more carefully. After going over the thread again and a few others I can see I was overreacting and shouldn't have posted my venting. Also after reading it I caught an entry about Wash pretending to steer the ship while holding nothing at the end of the Serenity episode. It cracked me up because I'd never noticed it before. First you people hook me on Firefly, then you hook on picking nits! Browncoats are gonna be the death of me...(just kidding).
P.S. Going to the bargain theater again tonight to see the BDM for the 6th time. YAY!!!

Jaytee

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Did anyone notice that in the deleted stuff on the DVD the Operative calls Mal a Sergeant, so the Captain thing on the screen has to be a typo

~~River: Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logics. Doesn't make sense.~~

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