Dead or Alive Best Script Ever!!
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UPDATED: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 09:29
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I also liked the scene with Simon and Tanaka. River is the one thing Simon's life is anchored on, and if that was to be removed, there is no telling what he would do. Also River's storytime was one of my favourite bits.
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I liked it cause it helped quench my thirst for more Firefly, but at the same time I don't think it was the greatest of episodes.
A lot of it felt the same as the message. When I read the script I thought it was supposed to be the next episode. That wouldn't have worked well at all.
Kaylee didn't seem to be exactly like Kaylee to me in that episode.
The part I found the most interesting was River storytime. When she said the princess tried to escape but they caught her and punished her by shocking her brain or something along those lines. Makes me wonder if River is not exactly all together with it because they made her that way out of punishment. They couldn't control her so she was a threat. They broke her and then she got rescued. Could be interesting since I'm sure eventually she'll have to face off against other members of the academy.
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Really good story. Thanks to this site for us gettin' to see it. It even printed okay.
I'd put it like, between Shindig and Message for the purposes of a rating.
I can read! Chrisisall
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I just finished reading it last night, and honestly, I liked it better than "The Message"... which I know was written by Joss and Tim, but still, it ranks with "Bushwhacked" as one of the only two eps that I didn't just completely love.
Between Jayne's turtle, and River's stories, and Simon's lil' bit o' glimpsed darkness, it was just an overall great read, and it's too bad we never got to see it on film.
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I also really enjoyed "Dead or Alive". I was directed to it (and this site) from the Browncoats Forum, so I'm doubly glad of it. At first I thought it might be a fanfic script, but about 5 minutes into it I stopped caring either way. One of the nice things about seeing the DVD eps. as often as i have is that anytime I read such a script, or even a well written fanfic, I'm able to play it out in my brain just like I'm actually watching the episode. I see why Joss didn't want this getting aired as early as it would have needed to, especially in relation to Simon's scene w/Tanaka, and of course it's parralells to "The Message". Still, glad it was out there and I got to read it before the movie. So, w/ the DVD episodes, this script and the comic, now we sortof have 16 episodes around...
Can't Stop the Signal!!!
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I really liked that script too - as someone has mentioned all the character elements rang true without being repetitive. But probably one of the reasons I REALLY liked that script was because I had watched all the eps many times over when I found the link and WHAM! another Firefly episode by the original writers! That was a very good day.
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Meh... I'm very hesitant on it. There were a lot of points there where I thought "that character wouldn't do/say that..."
Say, I really can't picture Kaylee ever saying she can sympathize with wanting someone else dead. It's completely unlike her. And, considering how 'forgiving' Simon was to Jayne, I don't see him ever violating the Hippocratic oath, even if it risked his own life.
Although, I do see him rushing into an area crawling with Alliance to do some lifesaving. Hell, he did it on Ariel.
I'd reserve judgment on it unless I saw it produced and filmed. I can definitely see where Joss is coming from when he says the episode is unrefined and needs polish... KF
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I can see what Joss meant about it not being ready. Most of River's lines need to be rewritten (she's more than just a babbling child at that point, not that she ever really was). As people have pointed out, Kaylee is a touch un-Kaylee-ish at certain points. And the Wash/Zoe scenes cover the same ground as in Serenity and War Stories. I'd want a new twist on it if we're going to see it again. In a couple of places the folksy dialogue is a little strained; that should be cleaned up.
On the whole, though, it looks like a very good script, one whose basic premise I like a lot more than The Message. It also shows the good side of the Alliance. As Book said in War Stories, the Alliance is made up of individuals, and some of them are good. It would need a lot of rewriting to be made after The Message, though...
KAYLEE
Come on, Jayne silly, you know me...
I'm always okay.
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.Kaylee is a touch un-Kaylee-ish at certain points...
I just knew some Kaylee fans would not like that!!! I loved that, feeling that Kaylee has that ability, to sympathise and really, really understand people. Well, something short of being phychic...
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And the Wash/Zoe scenes cover the same ground as in Serenity and War Stories...
Again, that made sense to me to have more than one episode with marriage problems. Had War Stories come after this, we would have really felt the conclusion of the Two Husbands problem. Like, yeah, they had a problem with Zoe's loyalty, but now, Wash is back in force.
Loved the episode insofar as the Alliance prods could change, be women, disappear, it would make very little difference for the script.
And if the Commander Harken (from Bushwhacked-Alliance ship) happenned to be planetside when a factory blew up, that would be interesting. He would board Serenity himself. He would recognise captain Reynolds.
You guys are right, it was a good FF fix after learning the episodes by heart...
Gedeon
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chrisisall wrote:
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 13:49
Really good story. Thanks to this site for us gettin' to see it. It even printed okay.
Could you give me a quick lesson on how you printed this out please?
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