Little things you noticed in Serenity

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UPDATED: Monday, January 23, 2006 22:41
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VOSHEXETER

Monday, January 16, 2006 3:38 AM

Speaking of noticing little things...

Did anyone notice that in the "Serenity" episode the quick camera shot which seems to reveal that Joss Whedon might have had running water on the set of Serenity. Who would've thought? They had plumbing and everything. The realizm is alwayz in full effect on this show.

Most people are impressed with smooth FX shots, not me. I go for functioning water systems every time.

VoshExeter@outofsymbolsintopaper.com

OMELET

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:17 PM

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...though my mood swings persist. Usually to stop them by others means I usually resort to watching Firefly, specifically Sean Maher, to help me get through this time of the month...

Ah... y'know, for an allegedly "perceptive" person, ya'd think I'd have figured out your "good trick" of simultaneous laughing/crying... my sympathies, actually.

If it's any consolation, I have encountered Sean, actually, shopping in my local grocery store (I have mentioned elsewhere I live on the Sunset Strip). It was morning so the store was mainly empty & he was checking out, the only person there. I got in line behind him and... well.. I hadn't recognized him, y'see(?). All I saw was a handsome young man checking out, dressed all in white.

I didn't recognize him because of the hair: it was a big, spiky poof of dry, black hair & I didn't think about it... then he talked &, By Gawd, 'if it isn't Simon Tam,' I thought. So I looked closely at him and, sure enough, it was him - it's just, I guess he doesn't keep that wet, combed-back Simon hair in real life, eh? Anyway, he seemed really shy or reserved to me, like he would be uncomfortable with strangers coming up & recognizing him & introducing themselves, especially as he was in the middle of a complex function... perhaps it had already happened enough to him to make him uncomfortable so, he seemed edgy & I just respected his space & let him do his thing.

Now, since then, I've regretted that reserve on my part - you'd think I could have at least thanked him for bringing us Simon, I realized later... Or perhaps been a little more flip and asked him if he was headed to a "THX-1138" theme party... That was because of the all-white thing: he wore a plush white sweater, white pants & matching white shoes and had a cartful of orchid plants, all blooming with dozens of flowers & every single one of them were white - it was quite a striking image; made me wish for a camera.

I actually did think... "a wedding" or "a funeral" but, a "THX-1138 theme party," would have at least been funny. On the other hand, if it was a funeral, "funny" might have been really uncomfortable, eh? And the possibility of a funeral might have been what was behind his discomfort. Of course, for all I know, that's just how he dresses in civilian life & he happens to like lots of white orchids, who knows(?), all I know is, I still regret not thanking him for bringing us Dr. Tam

freakin' THANK the actors, ya DUDES , THANK 'EM!! "or your friends will think you're a stupid, inbred stack of meat."

It could've been a funeral for a friend of his that just happens to be obsessed with THX-1138.

Anyways, maybe he was just trying to distinguish himself from Simon, though I prefer the Simon hair to the spiky-gelled look. It makes a man look more distinguished and classy, that's just my opinion anyways.

And a reminder to anyone who happens to see any of our BDH, give them a big hug and thank them for bringing us our beloved characters that we so love and hold dear to our hearts (especially Simon.

)

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!

HUMBUG

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:42 PM

It bugs me in the funeral, when River goes up to some kind of small rocket and then Zoe comes and they all stand around paying respect to Wash, Book and Mr Universe.

I understand that the special effects guys did some amazing fireworks and that was how they said goodbye..... but we don't even see this in the deleted scenes (or have I missed that??!!).

It also bugs me that Joss doesn't let the camera linger on some fine specimens of male flesh.........

I mean he DOES give us an eyefull of Simon making out with Kaylee, and we do catch a gorgeous glimpse of Mal waking up from a nap to speak to Inara on a wave (be still my beating heart!!!) .................

But does he give us a glimpse of Jayne in anything but his trademark T-shirts or army surplus shirt? Yes, the briefest glimpse in the montage when we go with Mal through the ship to the Flight Deck....... He's in a cropped vest, and you even get a glimpse of bulging biceps and his tattoo (yes, they bothered to apply it for this brief shot).

Please, please, please Joss, if you get to make a Big Damn Sequel, include lingering shots of both Mal and Jayne, either in vests or shirtless!!!!! You know you did wrong in denying the female fans this..... you even mention it in your DVD commentary..

VOSHEXETER

Monday, January 16, 2006 9:38 PM

One thing i noticed so far, out of all the times i've watched the series, is Whedon's playful use of irony. When River, Simon, and Jayne walk through the doors to a larger, lobby style room while making their getaway only to be captured on the spot by alliance/security officers, a large "We Care" sign can be seen just behind the highest ranking official. Lovely. Jayne was such a bad guy sometimes.

"Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion." Wash

GRIMLOCK

Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:20 PM

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Sigh. Bubble burst duly noted. So much for my first post.

(And thanks. I figured if I posted I'd find out if I was right or not. Didn't think I'd find out so quickly, though!)

So it may not be subtle or non-subtle or anything at all really, but I still find it fun!

Yeah... sorry for the - I mean, obviously you were looking out for the cool poop on the disc and, of course, you found something fun so, I'm still for the bubble-bursting.

Anyway, I can't recommend the Pinyinary enough to help you fill in a lot of story blanks (which is why I included the link) and, as Doncoat (& others) suggested, the Visual Companion.

Now, you DID fall victim to an entertaining Anglo-habit which is, listening to some sort of (usually) Asian language and hearing English in it. When I lived in Japan that would sometimes be what we did for entertainment: watch Japanese TV and faux-translate into the nearest ridiculous-English, whatever showed up on the screen. One of the best was a commercial wherein, the lovely young housewife is home at the stove in the perfect suburban kitchen when, her handsome young businessman comes home from the office. She turns to him and, with the most radiant, angelic smile ever says, just as clearly as possible what, for all the world sounds exactly like, "I stayed home to pee!" I watched this countless times & each time her statement was very clearly the same... we were laughing so hard, we had no idea what was being sold or ever found out what was said.

Stay home to pee(!) "or your friends will think you're a stupid, inbred stack of meat."

My brother does the same thing to the Russian lyrics from the main title to Hunt for Red October. His transmutilation being a less polite variation on boink "boink the bed."

I know, I known. He's my brother.

UNSARDONIC

Monday, January 23, 2006 6:54 AM

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Originally posted by Grimlock:

My brother does the same thing to the Russian lyrics from the main title to Hunt for Red October. His transmutilation being a less polite variation on boink "boink the bed."

I know, I known. He's my brother.

Awww... damn... it's been quite a few years since I've seen that defintiely-lovely movie. I don't recall the sequence you're talking about so that I might comprehend what your brother is, in fact, 'transmutilating.' Wait-wait-wait... is he 'transmutilating' or is he 'manifestering?' Either way... "It's good to be The Neologist!!!!"

hehhehheh

Be a neologist

"or your friends will think you're a stupid, inbred stack of meat."

GRIMLOCK

Monday, January 23, 2006 7:09 PM

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Originally posted by Unsardonic:
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Originally posted by Grimlock:

My brother does the same thing to the Russian lyrics from the main title to Hunt for Red October. His transmutilation being a less polite variation on boink "boink the bed."

I know, I known. He's my brother.

Awww... damn... it's been quite a few years since I've seen that defintiely-lovely movie. I don't recall the sequence you're talking about so that I might comprehend what your brother is, in fact, 'transmutilating.' Wait-wait-wait... is he 'transmutilating' or is he 'manifestering?' Either way... "It's good to be The Neologist!!!!"

hehhehheh

Be a neologist "or your friends will think you're a stupid, inbred stack of meat."

"Neologism" Hmm... I've been accused of doing that, but quite often; wrongly so, because I was infact using perfectly valid rules for the creation of compound words, but now that I know an elegant word for it, I think I'll make up words more often.

TAMSIBLING

Monday, January 23, 2006 9:35 PM

It's a total reference to Judas and the 30 pieces of silver, but I agree with someone else who posted, Mr. U was being completely sarcastic. Plus, Mr. U didn't have a choice (think Lando).

Another question ... at the beginning of the BDM, was that supposed to be a flashback to the very beginning of the Show (Firefly)? Or the start to the movie? It seemed strange to me that the Operative would just now be studying the footage of the River's escape. Or am I totally missing the progression?

This must be what going insane feels like.

SPOOTER

Monday, January 23, 2006 10:28 PM

Actually, given enough speed, a spacecraft could theoretically encounter enough friction to "burn" on leaving the atmospere. It's a well known fact that the SR-71 Blackbird spy-plane of the USAF leaks profusely on the ground due to "poor" fit of it's panels..... This is actually intentional, as they engineered it this way so that while flying at it's incredible speeds, the friction of it against the air causes it to heat up to the point that it expands, thus sealing up all the leaks. I believe I read somewhere that it actually grows by as much as a foot in length from this expansion... And if that kind of speed is possible today, just imagine what 500 years of engineering advancements will produce....

SPOOTER

Monday, January 23, 2006 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by Jayro:
In one of River's flashbacks, we see the teacher telling the children to lie down, and the class obeying without fuss. Is this her subconscious brain interpreting or 'acting out' what it knows about the Miranda population?

Also, River is the only one who rebels againt the teacher's command - she has an 'aggressor' response, just like the tenth of a percent who turned into Reavers. Is this a metaphor, or is it suggesting that River, had she been raised on Miranda, would have become a Reaver herself?

River the reaver...? I don't know, it just sounds funny....lol
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