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ELOISA

Sunday, February 5, 2006 11:38 AM

This isn't incredibly subtle: in the bar fight at the start of Shindig, Mal would have got knocked down one time fewer if he hadn't been posturing at Inara.

This is a bit more so: earlyish in Trash, when YoSaffBridg is outlining the heist to the crew, Jayne immediately responds like he knows exactly what the Lassiter is. The rest of the crew are just looking a bit blankly at her or in an "Oh. Interesting." way, and Jayne's getting pretty excited - even before the spiel about it being the forerunner of modern lasers. The boy really knows his guns.

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CAPELLA

Sunday, February 5, 2006 1:05 PM

I rewatched Shindig today and found something I had not noticed earlier (even though it might be more obvious for someone who is a native speaker of English).

In the scene in the dining room, where Shepherd, Simon and Jayne are playing cards and River comes in and rips off the labels of the food cans, the last thing Jayne says is: "So do we go on playing or do we just screw around"

Then the camera cuts to Wash and Zoe who are doing just that: screwing around.

As I said, maybe I was just slow on the uptake and everyone else got that on the first view, but it did struck me as funny when I noticed.

JOHNBOY

Monday, February 6, 2006 12:03 AM

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Originally posted by Capella:
In the pilot ep Serenity, just when they land in Persephone, Kaylee complains about some stuff that should be seen to and Mal kind of cuts her off. She then says that if the compression coil blows, they will be helplessly drifting in outer space (which of course is what happens in OoG later on).

Keep flying,
Capella

In Arial, when Wash and Kylee are walking around the junkyard looking for parts - Wash picks up a piece of junk, then turns around and throws it away when he sees the ambulance. The piece of junk he throws away is a catalyzer for a compression coil - the very thing that broke in Out of Gas.

NUCLEARDAY

Monday, February 6, 2006 6:28 PM

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Originally posted by Kaneski:
End of BDM - when Mal sits down in the pilot's seat, he flicks the 'magical 3 switches'. Wash tribute?

OMG... I'd never noticed that... I can barely watch scene without crying in the first place. That just made it that much tougher.. ;p

ASARIAN

Friday, February 10, 2006 1:43 PM

Hmm, not sure it qualifies as subtle, per se, but the:

"Ask her"

Line from River (referring to the lady in the holographic recording at Miranda). A comment which throws Simon for a loop a bit, causing him to ask: "Am I talking to Miranda now?" (followed, in turn, by River's priceless: "I am not a multiple, dummy" look; but I digress).

Anyway, I missed it the first time. Could just mean I'm slow, lol, but I thought that was subtle. :)

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ASARIAN

Friday, February 10, 2006 1:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Johnboy:
Quote:
Originally posted by Capella:
In the pilot ep Serenity, just when they land in Persephone, Kaylee complains about some stuff that should be seen to and Mal kind of cuts her off. She then says that if the compression coil blows, they will be helplessly drifting in outer space (which of course is what happens in OoG later on).

Keep flying,
Capella

In Arial, when Wash and Kylee are walking around the junkyard looking for parts - Wash picks up a piece of junk, then turns around and throws it away when he sees the ambulance. The piece of junk he throws away is a catalyzer for a compression coil - the very thing that broke in Out of Gas.

Oh, I missed that! Good catch.

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ELOISA

Friday, February 10, 2006 2:18 PM

This is either subtle or entirely unintended. At the end of Ariel when the crew dressed as paramedics are getting out of the air ambulance and unfastening their unwanted clothing, Inara walks down to the cargo bay. At the exact moment when Mal notices her he takes his hat off and carries on holding it while he's talking to her. That's generally regarded as a sign of respect. This could have happened that way by coincidence, though.

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ASARIAN

Friday, February 10, 2006 2:18 PM

Subtle it may not be either, but in Objects in Space, aboard Early's ship, you can clearly see Early holding a (transparent) fugitive alert for River and Simon. And it says (mirrored): "WANTED ALIVE". Later, in the BDM, they sent an assassin, of course.

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SCHOONER

Friday, February 10, 2006 2:29 PM

I noticed in 'Safe', during the River dance scene, that River's moves start to imitate Mal's during the gunfight. When she is shown bending down for a move, the next shot of Mal shows him walking in a deep crouch. River drops into a split, and the next shot shows Mal tackling the gunman to the ground. Very cool choreography and cinematography, and it really foreshadows River 'seeing' the situation with Book a few seconds later.

Also, anyone notice in the BDM, when the Operative is reviewing Mal's war record, the display below Mal's photo. Its a DNA chain, apparently giving information about Mal's genetic signature. Those nice little touches, making the 'verse seem more real, are one of the things that really drew me to Firefly.

AMITON

Friday, February 10, 2006 2:49 PM

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Originally posted by Blueishbrowncoat:
just watched Serenity tonite.

I noticed when Mal is watching the video of Inara (on that postcard thingy) in the video River is there and as Kaylee says "...in this very bed..." Rive is doing her "look how I can bend over cause I'm a dancer" thing and sniffing the bed..or atleast giving it a VERY close examination.

It was just a cool River presence moment.

The River and sex thing seems to be a recurring theme for some reason... There is this scene, of course. Then there is River seeing Wash and Zoe in the moment in "OiS", and River sticking her head down out of the hatch at the end of the BDM to see Kaylee and Simon. Add to that, as subtly as you can in a comic, the crew is on the bridge in one cell after Wash and Zoe were, erm...busy, and in the midst of everyone else's very focused dialog, River's line is "It smells like sex in here."

It kind of strikes me as funny...especially when River went to the Academy at 12 and was so deeply "immersed" in the program. Does she personally *know* what sex smells like??? Strange, at least to me.

Amiton.

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