Why was river in a box?
POSTED BY: themantheycalledJames
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 15:44
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Geez, y'all have skipped right on past the obvious fact that, if the cryo box had been a typical sarcophagus, we all would've known right away that there was a human body inside.
By putting River in fetal position, Joss could make the container a square shape that wouldn't tip us off, so he could take his time with the reveal.
Well, except for the fact that River's mist-shrouded body curled up in the open box is shown in the opening credits...
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Originally posted by christhecynic:
1 Why did Simon put River in a box?
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2 Why was she naked?
My guess is that it has to do with the mechanics of being in cryo.
I'm a bit surprised nobody mentioned this, bit the whole cryo thing is, of course, ostentatiously reminiscent of birth. The cryo chamber is the womb, as it were, with River in it, naked, curled up in a foetal position; and gasping for air as she climbs out, as if it were her first breath.
River, a character to Love.
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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam
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Also, as far as I know, if you are put in Cryo, and you're wearing clothes, they would fuse to your skin, and that would be extremely uncomfortable when you wake up, etc. etc. This would make it necessary for you to be in the nude when you go in there. And putting her in a box revealed to the real-life-less teenaged ((0r older)) guys something to lust after. Not to say that her admirers are all guys, just the bulk of us.
If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.
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actually if you check just about any sci-fi you will see that covered skin reacts badley to the cryo gasses usually just some blistering and rashes, but would you want to have a blister-covered body?
it's my insanity that keeps me sane hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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she was in a box because simon and her escaped in a one person shuttle so simon put her in the cooling box
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