Dead or Alive Best Script Ever!!

POSTED BY: SniperJac
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 09:29
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 5:59 PM

I, er... just brought it up onscreen and clicked the print icon on the above toolbar...sometimes I have to change the text size to get the entire page left to right, and as I remember I had to make it small in that instance to get everything. I had to abort the first time 'cause it was leaving out the last word or two at the right due to the medium text size; I had to go to small.

Hope that helps, I'm no computer wiz...

Chrisisallthumbs computer-wise

CALHOUN

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 7:23 PM

Heya crisisall,

I thought you had some secret method..

I've experimented with a few different ways of printing fanfics etc in paperback format. A4 folded in half, print on both sides of the page. I can do it. It just aint easy is all.

Thanks anyway

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DEMENTEDYAM

Sunday, January 1, 2006 7:18 AM

I'm curious to know why everyone is so suprised at simon's behavior in this episode:

what he did to the commander is exactly what he threatened to do to kaylee in the pilot, and for exactly the same reason: to save river.

this time, though, he actually had to do it.

LEIASKY

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 10:49 PM

I loved this script. Are there more like it? Unfilmed Firefly episodes? Not the fan written ones.

I really thought Simon was well handled in the choices he made. I've only read this once, but my first impression was that it was left ambiguous as to whether or not Simon let the officer die. And I like that. Allows the viewer (or reader in this case)to formulate his or her own opinions of what happened. And, especially if this was filmed at the end of season 1 or in season 2, it would have shown the audience that Simon has toughened and grown up a bit more.

Tammy

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WHOME

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:49 PM

I would have loved to have seen this one on screen. Obviously, there are some conflicts with other episodes (River's never having been to a fair, for instance, and her disjointed babbling), but a little shining up would have taken care of that. And, if the "old war buddy of the week" had been changed to just an old former browncoat, and Mal and Zoe just really wanted to trust him on principle, that might have cleared up some of the parallels to The Message.

I love how Simon is freaking out after Tanaka dies. I know some people read his "I don't know" as an admission of purposeful wrongdoing, but I read it more as an admission of fear that, however unconsciously, he may not have done everything in his power to save his patient. The realization that he could choose to let a patient die would really shake up an idealistic young doctor. (He did say in the pilot that he would let Kaylee die, but I think we all know he didn't mean it!)

I also love the shared look between Simon and Inara at the end, and how Kaylee notices it. She may be bordering on a "Bitch, get off my man!" moment. If this had gone on, we may have seen Kaylee's admiration of Inara turn into jealousy. Oooh, and then Jayne sees how upset Kaylee is, and he goes to comfort her, and they end up making out, and Simon finds out, and he's all, "What the hell?" and then everyone else finds out, except Mal, who's totally in the dark, so Inara tells him, and then Mal gets all jealous 'cause he thinks Simon's into Inara, and then something scary happens and there's a big gunfight and there's blood and explosions and everyone tells the truth while they're fighting off bad guys, and then everyone's friends again. Or not.

And the turtle. Aawwwwwwwwww........... How cute would it have been if Jayne had put a band-aid on it?

VINTERDRAKEN

Monday, April 24, 2006 4:07 AM

Well, Ive always gotten the impression that Dead or Alive was intended as the 15th episode. What I really would like to know is more about episode 16, only thing ive ever heard about it was that they intended to have a lagoon in it where Serenity landed and therefore they had placed the watertank from alien 4 under the stage. (think Joss talks about it in the pilot commentaries)

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JAZZ

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:40 AM

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I also love the shared look between Simon and Inara at the end, and how Kaylee notices it. She may be bordering on a "Bitch, get off my man!" moment. If this had gone on, we may have seen Kaylee's admiration of Inara turn into jealousy. Oooh, and then Jayne sees how upset Kaylee is, and he goes to comfort her, and they end up making out, and Simon finds out, and he's all, "What the hell?" and then everyone else finds out, except Mal, who's totally in the dark, so Inara tells him, and then Mal gets all jealous 'cause he thinks Simon's into Inara, and then something scary happens and there's a big gunfight and there's blood and explosions and everyone tells the truth while they're fighting off bad guys, and then everyone's friends again. Or not.

Just reading that was awesome.

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And the turtle. Aawwwwwwwwww........... How cute would it have been if Jayne had put a band-aid on it?

That would've been a great moment, I totally agree.

And now I'm getting sad again because of us not being with the getting more episodes (as Wash might've put it).

ROCKXWL

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:41 PM

Besides the obvious similarities to The Message I think this would have turned out to be one of my favorite episodes, it's a pity it never got shot.

A lot of people's criticism deals with the lines that certain characters say and how that character wouldn't behave in that way, but we have to remember how essential the actor is to making the script come alive. I just read the entire script (during work no less) and did my best to picture each scene, the location, and especially the way that each character would say each line but of course what is in my head would be nothing like what it would be like were the episode filmed. Point is, if they filmed this episode I guarentee that the lines that some people find out of place in the script would end up being perfect in the context of the entire episode.

HERMAJESTY

Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:33 AM

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(He did say in the pilot that he would let Kaylee die, but I think we all know he didn't mean it!)

I think that its left ambiguous in Dead or Alive as to whether Simon purposefully let Tanaka die. However, in the pilot, I think Simon may well have meant what he said to Mal about letting Kaylee die. At that point in his life, Simon is desperate, and completely focussed on River. He has already chosen her over his parents, his home, his friends and his career, so she is at that moment the only thing he has. He would do anything to keep her safe.

Later, as he becomes a part of the crew he realises that they care about River too, that he isn't the only one protecting her. That is why he won't hurt Jayne - by this point he cares about Serenity's crew as well as River.

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everyone else finds out, except Mal, who's totally in the dark

ROFL, I can just picture the look on Mal's face as he tries to figure out what's going on. :D

SPACEANJL

Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:54 AM

Read the script after seeing the series and the BDM, but had no idea where it fitted in the arc. It did seem very much a retread of stuff in 'the Message'.

Tanaka was a name mentioned as being someone who raved about Wash as a pilot (OoG), which confused me when the name turned up on an Alliance officer - still, it's a common enough name,so...

But I totally saw Simon as having a crisis of confidence, rather than killing the man outright.

And you gotta love a big, tough mercenary with a fuzzy toy turtle. He probably uses it for The Hat.

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