Subtle yet interesting show observations -- post yours

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Wash's funny opening dialogue with the Dinosaurs appears to be a warped recount of the foundation of China. I don't know if this intentional, but it could show the America/China new world thing...


She'll turn you in before you can say "Don't turn me in...lady..."

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So, throughout the whole BDM, the Operative is always very neatly dressed and groomed. Even fighting with Mal at the training house, he never loses composure. The fight with Mal over the generator, he clearly loses that composue (going so far as to call Mal "Mal" as someone pointed out earlier). I noticed today that at the very end when he's speaking with Mal outside the loading doors, he's wearing something like cargo pants, which are too big for him. The cuffs go down to the ground around his heels. His shirt is unbuttoned at the top and wrinkled. He seems to have lost not only his belief in the perfect world, but also his crisp, clean personality. He's even soaking wet.

Keep on flyin'

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Originally posted by GreatBlackthorn:
Wash's funny opening dialogue with the Dinosaurs appears to be a warped recount of the foundation of China. I don't know if this intentional, but it could show the America/China new world thing...


She'll turn you in before you can say "Don't turn me in...lady..."

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That is really cool...but I guess I don't really know how China was founded. Maybe you could explain in a nutshell?

I'll add my own observation too - I was rewatching OoG yesterday (Which was written by Tim Minear - it's the same ep where he says that Inara's line, "I don't want to die at all," is significant. I'm not sure but I think the whole Inara storyline is kind-of his baby.) Anyway, back to my observation, when Simon injects Zoe with adrenaline to restart her heart, Inara cries out and whirls around to hide her face.

Now, aside from the debate over whether Simon's procedure is medically feasible, I think Inara's reaction is relevant to her story. Up until yesterday, I believed that Inara was trying to keep herself looking younger by injecting herself with some kind of youth serum. But if she's so afraid of needles, how could that be? One little detail has made me start looking for a new conspiracy theory...

Julia

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There is a 'big' difference between the huge needle being shoved directly into someone's chest and a small needle (or Inara's needle) being gently and correctly inserted into an arm vein.

We often see Simon injecting people with needles in the arm. Why? Cause it's an easy effect and people immidiately associate it with healing (if administered by a doc). I have no problem with that.

But I can't stand to watch Mal inject himself with the Adrenaline... and he's doing it a lot less forcefully than Simon on Zoe.




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Originally posted by tealcandtrip:
But I can't stand to watch Mal inject himself with the Adrenaline... and he's doing it a lot less forcefully than Simon on Zoe.

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At that point I always close my eyes and stick my fingers into my ears till it goes away....

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Originally posted by pingjing:


That is really cool...but I guess I don't really know how China was founded. Maybe you could explain in a nutshell?

Julia

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Some big emperor guy defeats the 3-4 different parts of China (not then called China), unifies it and names it "This Land" (China), then some other guy betrays him and takes over. A bit sketchy, I know, but it's all I can remember from the TV...

A new observation of my own:

In the episode "Safe", one of the three yokels that spots Serenity skins a rabbit, this could be similar to the Reaver's habit of skinning things, showing the gradual developement of people in desolate environments into savages.

-GB

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Originally posted by tealcandtrip:
There is a 'big' difference between the huge needle being shoved directly into someone's chest and a small needle (or Inara's needle) being gently and correctly inserted into an arm vein.

We often see Simon injecting people with needles in the arm. Why? Cause it's an easy effect and people immidiately associate it with healing (if administered by a doc). I have no problem with that.

But I can't stand to watch Mal inject himself with the Adrenaline... and he's doing it a lot less forcefully than Simon on Zoe.

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Ok, so I may be given to exaggeration. But you have to admit, it's interesting that they chose Inara to portray that reaction.

Julia

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Originally posted by GreatBlackthorn:

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Some big emperor guy defeats the 3-4 different parts of China (not then called China), unifies it and names it "This Land" (China), then some other guy betrays him and takes over. A bit sketchy, I know, but it's all I can remember from the TV...

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Thanks! You learn something new everyday...

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