Nandi

POSTED BY: 25MyTurn25
UPDATED: Monday, January 16, 2006 01:31
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25MYTURN25

Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:56 AM

Okay this thread is kind of random but who cares. I think of all the guest stars Nandi was the best I just love her, you really believe everything she says, I really love when she says this "(something in chinese and then immediatly switch to english) I've wanted to kiss you since I showed you my guns" or something like that. Also at the very end the singin :( makes me stop for a minute to just listen, Anyway what about you?

If someone tries to kill you. . . You try and Kill em' right back!

LAWLER

Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:16 AM

Let's just say it takes a special woman to get Mal's attention. Some would argue that she is better suited for him than Inara. *gasp!*

She was awesome in that role.

AURAPTOR

Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:10 PM

Another of Joss's true gifts, the ability to create and recruit the right folks for the guest spot. And of couse, like a truly great Joss characters, she has to die after only 1 episode.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

DONCOAT

Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:26 PM

Nandi was excellent. However, my ranking of guest stars would put both Saffron and Niska higher, and maybe Badger too.

But it's just a matter of personal preference, and dang it's hard to choose.

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DESKTOPHIPPIE

Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:00 PM

Joss has a real gift for creating characters. I agree on it being hard to choose the best! Saffron is a hit with me too, and I really loved Tracey as a character.

I would have loved to have seen characters like these recurring during the show, had Fox execs not been a pack of [Chinese expletive]. Does anyone remember Anne from the Buffy/Angel series? She started off as a silly kid obsessed with Vampires in Buffy, then showed up later in LA (still on Buffy) as a homeless girl now obsessed with her boyfriend. Later she showed up on Angel running a homeless shelter, and appeared in several episodes - including a short scene in the season finale. She gradually changed from a clueless kid to a self assured and selfless adult over the years, and yet her total screen time probably wouldn't fill five episodes. It's the little things like that that made me fall in love with Buffy and Angel.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:06 AM

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Originally posted by 25MyTurn25:
I think of all the guest stars Nandi was the best I just love her

I'm never good at ranking, certainly not at saying, "best," but I agree Nandi was great, though I think the most powerful moment in the episode, and show of her character, was after she was dead.

When Inara looks up from Nandi's dead body with a look of, "Kill the bastard," in her eyes, and Mal goes off to do it. The best show of a person is often the effect they have no others, and whoever played Nandi really made you believe that she could mean that much to people, in spite of being away from Inara and only knowing Mal for a little bit.

25MYTURN25

Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:14 AM

I agree I also love her speech she gave to Mal when he suggested they ran, Sometimes I feel she is more right for him than Inara, but then I watch Serenity and I go back lol

Mal: He'll kill you, kill every last one of them if it comes to that and he he'll sleep well that night.
Nandi: Rance Burgess is just a man, and I wont let any man take what's mine. I doubt you'de do differently in my position.
Mal: well lady. . .You're my kind of stupid

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:32 AM

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Originally posted by 25MyTurn25:
I agree I also love her speech she gave to Mal when he suggested they ran, Sometimes I feel she is more right for him than Inara, but then I watch Serenity and I go back lol

No, you're wrong about going back. She is more right, she's perfect for Mal, but even if she lived that might have kept them appart, Mal's only home is Serenity, her's was the Heart of Gold.

Also, just becasue she is more right doesn't mean Inara isn't right enough, people seldom get perfection.

25MYTURN25

Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:40 AM

To be honest I am glad she died. . .in a way, The fact we saw her end, adds to her character. You saw what you saw and that was her, every great story has to end somewhere, unfortunatly hers was at a fast pace. Her death I think made Inara and Mal bond a little better, just from that scene when she died as someone mentioned earlier.

Mal: He'll kill you, kill every last one of them if it comes to that and he he'll sleep well that night.
Nandi: Rance Burgess is just a man, and I wont let any man take what's mine. I doubt you'de do differently in my position.
Mal: well lady. . .You're my kind of stupid

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:29 AM

She was my kind of stupid :D

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