If a new season starts, what will you want to see?

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UPDATED: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 02:02
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NUCLEARDAY

Friday, February 24, 2006 1:32 PM

Just thinking a little about River's potential arc once the series gets back up and running...

(MOVIE SPOILERS INCOMING)

1)We can see that River's a total badass killing machine, but is she always "on" or does she need some sort of impetus now? (You really only saw her fight twice in the BDM, once when triggered by the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial, and then later vs. the Reavers, which was fueled by that situation kind of being... desperate, to say the least.) What I mean to say is, River's got a rather multi-faceted personality, it might not be that she's totally in control of when she goes into "super-assasin" mode. (Ie, she wasn't much help against the Reavers until after Simon was shot...)Also, I think that there's a conscious attempt on Joss's part here to contrast River's normal persona with that of "assassin River."

Just because she's capable of these things doesn't mean that River's all that happy about that aspect of her. Really, she's just a bright and talented girl at heart. The combat stuff is something that the Alliance did to her, and therefore she might not exactly be embracing of that side of her. She might even be a little disturbed that she's even capable of killing. Other words, River could potentially be a "perfect weapon," but does she want to be that? Would Mal even have the heart to try and use her to that end?

2)The whole Miranda arc might have helped heal her somewhat, but I figure there's still plenty of damage in that girl. She might be more "functional" but I wonder if she's totally out of her "crazy and babbling" persona. I imagine she's still fairly unpredictable, and now that she's a little more capable and coherent, it might actually complicate matters more. Now that she's "out and about", she can actively serve to get the crew into all manner of new troubles. I imagine the Alliance is still interested in getting their little test subject back as well. (Was Miranda the only secret in River's head? I never got the feeling it was.)

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FOLLOWMAL

Friday, February 24, 2006 2:25 PM

Gutterbal, you're in Joplin, MO?? !!!! I'm in Anderson, MO just southwest of you! OMG, a fellow Browncoat close to home. I'm so excited, I'm silly!

Sorry folks, didn't mean to hijack the thread... just got excited.

On subject: to continue from above... I was intrigued by the discussion of the resurgence of the Browncoats against the Alliance. It might be that undercover smuggling and the like for an underground resurgence of the Independents would be interesting. As interesting as heists... but maybe you could throw a couple of heists in there for the crew to have extra. So many possibilities.... oh, why oh why isn't this show on my tv this week!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GWEK

Friday, February 24, 2006 2:45 PM

If I can hijack the thread now, I'd like to direct those who might be interested to www.stillflying.net, a Virtual Firefly project by some Browncoats dedicated to continuing the series. We finished out season one with seven "new episodes" in script format and will be continuing on to season two later this spring.

We're trying our best to remaing true to Whedon's vision and style, and hope the audience enjoys.

Keep flying!

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

GUTTERBALL

Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:00 AM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
Gutterbal, you're in Joplin, MO?? !!!! I'm in Anderson, MO just southwest of you! OMG, a fellow Browncoat close to home. I'm so excited, I'm silly!

WOW! And here I was just complaining that the nearest Browncoats were nearly three hours away in KC!

I've been through Anderson like twenty times. How bizarro is that??

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FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:36 AM

Way bizarro! I am so glad that you are out there close to me. It's so nice to know that a fellow Browncoat is right there.

When the BDSequel comes out we will have to meet and make a shindig of it! I always go up to the cinema by the Northpark Mall and see movies I want to see badly. Best theater, best seating and sound.

I hope we run into more Browncoats from this area online. It would be great!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GUTTERBALL

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:01 AM

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When the BDSequel comes out we will have to meet and make a shindig of it!

Absolutely! We gotta PACK that place!

When I saw the BDM there, the theater was pretty full, but not PACKED. I'm thinkin' that, with a little bit of plannin', we can ROCK that bee-yotch!

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I always go up to the cinema by the Northpark Mall and see movies I want to see badly. Best theater, best seating and sound.

Heh, not that there's much to choose from in this neck-o-the-woods, but hey! It does have really good sound, and I love the stadium seating.

On topic, I've been toying with the idea of a fanfiction involving just that scenario -- that the broadwave about Miranda stirred up the latent anti-Alliance hostility and that the Browncoats rose up again. My twist, though, was that neither Mal nor Zoe had signed up yet. And didn't necessarily intend to.

I have a few pages written, but I got shelaleighed by an original book idea and haven't written on the fanfic all week.

*sheepish* Plus, there's the knowledge that I've never written a fanfic in this 'Verse before and have no clue if anyone would even read it. Heh.

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STARSONG

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:20 AM

GWEK -- I LOVED those episodes -- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I never thought I'd get another "old school" Firefly fix, and there it was. Very nicely done -- a seamless transition!

Oh, there ain't no words in the 'verse that can say how nice it was to stay up way too late reading 'em all.

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Now, as to post-BDM... I dunno. The one thing I *don't* want to see is "Buffy Part II." Buffy is Buffy. Firefly is Firely. Both have their own personality, and well... mixing it like that seems like it'd just muddy 'em both up.

So for that reason, I really REALLY don't want to see "SuperRiver" who can fly better'n Wash, fight better'n Jayne, so forth and so on. It makes too many other characters pointless, and kills so much of the mutual interdepence that makes the dynamic work.

And yet, for someone for whom everything comes "as naturally as breathing" it's hard to believe she'd be otherwise. Thus, if we MUST be post-BDM I think we need to loose River, or at least her "super-powers." Whether that means a relapse into crazy-town (Objects in Space with the "River-Eye-View" segments has got to be one of, if not my very, favorite episodes), passing her off to some Obi-Wan Kenobi type mentor to whisk her off to her own adventures offscreen, or (horrors!) kill her off... something needs to resolve that.

Actually, having her dissappear and have the crew try to find her/get her back would make a nice story arc, while keeping the Super-River problem from resurfacing.

Personally, I just want to see more great Joss dialog and more of the 'verse.

edit.. oh yeah.. and some nekkid Jayne. Yum! :)

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:30 AM

Gutterball -

Ok, WHEN the sequel comes out, I'll be there and we'll bring a lot of folks with us!

You know, we were probably at the BDM at the same time and didn't even know it... damn it's a small world.

And I love your fanfic idea... write it and I'll read it! I'd love to!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GUTTERBALL

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:56 AM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
Ok, WHEN the sequel comes out, I'll be there and we'll bring a lot of folks with us!

SWEET!

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You know, we were probably at the BDM at the same time and didn't even know it... damn it's a small world.

Heh, I have no doubt. I think we went opening weekend, but I'm not sure. I do remember that we had to sit in an unusual place (we went often enough to have favorite seats, ya know) because the place was seriously pretty full.

Funny thing about that: I had NO idea what I was getting into. I'd only heard of Firefly by my friends saying, "Hey, this movie we're watching tonight used to be a TV show". *facepalm*

However, if I'd known what I was getting into...I'd have shown up early! Bwahah!

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And I love your fanfic idea... write it and I'll read it! I'd love to!

Aww...nice to say, but for all you know, I write like a talented mongoloid. *snerk*

It'll take me a while, anyway, thanks to this book idea. I cranked out 4 chapters (almost 20 pages) in just under 4 hours on the new idea one night, so it's pretty much taken precedence.

However, if/when I get the book finished and polished enough to hopefully send off, I'll definitely harken back to the fanfiction. It kinda burns in me, demands to be told....

*grin* Kinda like the REST of the story....

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RISEAGAIN

Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:02 AM

I tell you what I wouldn't want to see.

Someone I like on the crew getting a puppy as a present. Cause we know they're goners for sure.

"It always had your name on it, I was just carrying it for you."

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