Lines that Choke You Up
POSTED BY: milford
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 13:02
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The one line that comes immediately to mind when you mention 'tearjerker' is a line from Ariel:
Simon: You know what that means, right?
River: Time to go to sleep again...
Simon: No mei-mei... It's time to wake up.
Ohh man. I get sentimental just typing that out. I always loved the relationship between Simon and River. So heartwarming, yet so relateable.
River: I threw up on your bed
Simon: Yep... Definitely my sister
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Originally posted by jpstargazer:
"You spin me about, you always have. I wish to God you were somewhere else..."
Now that one I really like 'cause it's the closest Mal ever came to revealing his feelings for Inara up-front. Even Mal chokes up a little trying to say it!
The other one, of course, is my favorite line from the entire series, which has already been mentioned multiple times. "When you can run, you crawl..." KF
~KF
Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer
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Quote:
Originally posted by thesoapboxer:
Inara: You don't have to die alone!
Mal: Everyone dies alone.
And in "Safe"
Simon: Captain, why'd you come back for us?
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?
Mal: You're on my crew. Why are we still talking about this?
Wow, those are exactly the two I would've picked.
Which makes one of us the evil doppleganger of the other.
Hmmmm.....
/shiftyeyeslook
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Hmmm I don't know about that. Certainly, from Simon's perspective it's sad as hell. Remember the flashbacks, the falling out with his dad. "I won't come for you." He's probably put it all out of his mind, given up any hope of returning home. Add to that, he's seeing his sister start to come around, and then bam! she lays down that line.
From our perspective? The metaphor you give makes perfect sense, and maybe thats what was intended, but I don't think so. I think if anything she'd be feeding off of Simon's emotions, and he'd feel pretty betrayed by the Mal and the entire crew. Only five episodes into it, I don't think we've developed her that far. Somewhere between there and when Kaylee chases her for stealing the apple.
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Originally posted by derangedmilk:Quote:
Originally posted by ThePistonEngine:
Ah, but you missed the real tear jerker there... There is a warmth to what she says, because it looks like she's getting better, like she's coming to terms with reality. There is a definate hope, and then... "Daddy will come and take us home." That part gets me everytime, especially looking at it from Simon's perspective.Quote:
Originally posted by STDOUBT:
Pretty much anything River says
can make be blubbery.
Especially:
"I took you away from there. I know I did. You don't think I do, but... I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets. But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you. You gave up everything you had."
Summers acting in this scene, along with the idea that even though she's been traumatized, and is still not "safe", she has the strength to reach out and express regret for someone elses suffering just plain old kills me.
I suppose from Simon's perspective its a sad line because he think she is still bonkers but it shouldn't be sad at all from our point of view. Taken literally you'd think that she is still seriously disconnected from reality and holding on to a false hope of family, but as we know that she understands things very differently and is "deeply intuitive" to qoute Simon, I think its a powerful line that shows how the crew of Serenity is starting to become a family and that River sees that. "Daddy will come and take us Home" is imediately followed by Mal and showing up with the ship. The ship that Simon says in Objects in Space is becoming her home ("she loves this ship") and that Mal at the end of Serenity says is made a home by the love of the people in it for the her and each other.
So the line may be a tear jerker, but not because its sad that she doesn't get things, but because she sees the situation so much clearer than everyone else and for one of the first times in the series, the love and family of the Serenity crew is expressed.
-e
"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."
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Carry the Nuttin'
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I really enjoyed reading all of the posts on this subject. It's amazing how such a short run project can have such heart breaking lines. I totally agree with all of your choices. Myself, it was not a line that choked me up but the music at the end of The Message that got to me. It was even more heart wrenching when you watch the extras and hear the composer talk about how he made it that way to say goodbye to Firefly.
Crushing!!!!
Simon: What if he(Mal) tells you to kill me?
Zoe: (without hesitation) I kill you.
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I would have to say that one line that always gets me is from "Out of Gas," when Mal has decided he's going to stay with Serenity while the others escape. Inara begs him to come, saying "You don't have to die alone..." and with no dramatics and no flair, he says, in an almost empty voice, "Eveybody dies alone."
Sweet gods did Fox f*** us all over. Inserting finger,
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No, I am not insane, I am crazy. Thank you for asking.
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My favourite line is in safe after River talking about how she took Simon away from everything and she says,
"I'll get better."
like she was completely responsible for her condition and everything else that has happened.
Forgive My Rudeness, I Cannot Abide Useless People
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Not from an ep or the BDM, but from commentary, I believe Tim Minear on Out of Gas ... he relates how Alan Tudyk stole the big red button after the last show was taped, and then left it on Joss's desk with a note saying, "When your miracle gets here, just push this button"
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"Everyone dies alone" is the best line of the whole series. I get so choked up everytime I see it.
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Hi, I'm new here, I was just so thrilled to see that so many peoples favorite line is my favorite line. I had watched Firefly, and really liked it, but in Out of Gas when Mal shook himself back to awareness and asked them if they were going to be there when he woke up, I choked, and started crying. That is the moment I fell in love with the crew. Just amazing.
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I can't belive no one has posted yet so I will.
Last 3 lines in Serenity - Pilot.
MAL: We're still flying.
SIMON: That's not much.
MAL: It's enough.
Pretty much sums up how I feel about the fate of this great story where it stands right now. Helps to know how many people really love this 'verse including all those that created it.
... I'm in.
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