BDM Double Meanings
POSTED BY: DucesTecum
UPDATED: Saturday, February 18, 2006 21:41
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Funny you should respond to that now. I just got back from a showing of Serenity at the free student theatre on campus and right afterward one of the RAs in my building who I knew was a huge Firefly Serenity fan walked up to me, and mind you this is a big guy and a huge heavy metal fan, and says, "Man, I still get choked up at wash's death. Everytime."
At that moment, after seeing the movie with a ton of newbies who totally got it and were applauding and laughing throughout, I was so happy to be a browncoat. I could totally empathize with what that guy was saying to. I replied, "I know! Everytime, for the minutes leading up to it and afterward my heart beats painfully fast."
It was great to have someone else completely understand the way you feel about something. Especially something you love.
So, the short of it is: support groups out there man.
-e
"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Despite my best efforts so far, I don't have any fellow browncoats in this little town where I live so when I was so upset about Wash's death, I had no one to talk/cry/shout to. (My spouse usually left the room when I mentioned it.) What a difference it's made to read all the posts from people who felt the same way! That really helps.
And I give Joss Whedon full credit for creating characters that make me feel this way. So often you care in a temporary, superficial way about characters in a TV show or movie, but Joss makes you really care. I thought I must be crazy to care about a fictional character that much, but at least I'm not alone!
Thanks again, everybody, for your support and understanding.
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Glad I could help.
You're totally right, it really is a credit to the Jossanator. Sure I feel a little sad when Spock dies at the end of Wrath of Khan or I get a little teary eyed at the end of Field of Dreams, but I don't go on caring about it as much as with these characters. The man is brilliant, I can only hope to be able to write as well as him one day.
Also, thought I'd mention another BDM double meaning while I was here. At the end of Serenity when the Operative says, "Its not over you know." I felt in the instant before he went on talking about the alliance coming after Mal that it was Joss saying something to the fans, that the story isn't over yet, the movie might be, but the story isn't. Just what I thought though.
-e
"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."
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I always thought that Book's line:
"No. I don't."
was more of a foreshadow that he was going to die. He doesn't have to tell Mal someday, because he doesn't have that day.
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Also, thought I'd mention another BDM double meaning while I was here. At the end of Serenity when the Operative says, "Its not over you know." I felt in the instant before he went on talking about the alliance coming after Mal that it was Joss saying something to the fans, that the story isn't over yet, the movie might be, but the story isn't. Just what I thought though.
I thought that too!!
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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Also, thought I'd mention another BDM double meaning while I was here. At the end of Serenity when the Operative says, "Its not over you know." I felt in the instant before he went on talking about the alliance coming after Mal that it was Joss saying something to the fans, that the story isn't over yet, the movie might be, but the story isn't. Just what I thought though.
Thanks for this thread coming back guys, I have been thinking about this a lot in this last week, while the rumors have swirled and been crushed, etc.
There are a lot of times in the BDM that I think it's Joss talking to us. The love speech at the end, is I think Joss telling us that the movie was kept in the air so to speak, because of our love and their love ( cast and crew) and he found a way to express that.
Felt the same way about the Operative saying the above. I think Joss told us it isn't over... we still have more stories to come.
I think my sig line is another instance, Joss just put the words in Mal's mouth. I take it literally. I know that's a little daft, but I know from what I've read that Joss has meanings within meanings in his writing and I think he's telling us to hold the line.
I am heartened by that.
" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal
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