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Blue Hands Demise?

POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Friday, April 28, 2006 14:52
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CALHOUN

Friday, February 24, 2006 8:44 PM

For those of us who've read the comics

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I just got me the Serenity graphic novelisation which I had been led to believe ended the threat of the blue hands guys but it seems they werent killed just incapacitated.. I am missing something? If you have read the comics what is your take on the blue hand guys?

CALHOUN

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:22 AM

erm.. anyone?

CHRISPV

Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:41 AM

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Well, the second to last page, second panel, shows the two skeletons that are all that's left of the Blue Hand Group. My take is that Wash's little maneuver smashed them against something, the cabin was depressurized, and then, well, things got icky.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

CALHOUN

Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:31 AM

I didnt see that! Damn I just lent the comic to my brother too so I cant check it out... Thanks anyway, that would be fair conclusive though.

KIZYR

Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:35 AM

I do believe that these aren't the only "Blue Hands". Perhaps they were the ones assigned to the River case, but that's all.

At the very least, I think the Hands of Blue are a bit like a combination detective / police force privately owned by Blue Sun, meant to track down any "stolen merchandise". KF

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SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:26 AM

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Originally posted by Kizyr:

I do believe that these aren't the only "Blue Hands". Perhaps they were the ones assigned to the River case, but that's all.

I would tend to agree with this. After all, how could two people rise to such high power and not be associated with a greater entity? I mean, the officer in Ariel pretty much shoved his whole head up the blue hands...

To weild that much power, and be the only two... Just doesn't make sense.

To conjecture, I would think that the Blue Hands were the ones charged with keeping the students where they were supposed to be and/or retreival, and/or ...

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But, after failing to do so, they sent in a... larger force to handle the situation.

But, that's just me trying to justify some inconsistencies that I've seen (and not having read the comic yet - on order

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 5:28 AM

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The comic also revealed that they weren't just "blue hands" but full on blue bodysuits for some reason, perhaps for augmented purposes

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MATTCOZ

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 5:33 AM

Wow, I don't even remember those last few pages, I must have stopped reading.

ALGUS

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 5:40 AM

They were called independent contracters, so it's conceivable there were only two of them and they were just hired out but the general agreement is that they were in the employ of Blue Sun and taking that into consideration I would agree with the theory that they were likely only two members of some sort of secret police force. The script for The Train Job says "Whatever the CIA is in the future, it's these guys"

Now obviously that was just a comparison to give whoever an idea of what they were to look like, but I dont think they would have focused so much on making them look like secret agents if they were just something else. The guy in The Message was plenty menacing without having that spy look.

Kind of spooky when you think about it, a corporation that has a standing secret police force that excels in assassination? Just how powerful is Blue Sun?

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