Why Wash is 100% alive and mostly well.
POSTED BY: pastorbadger
UPDATED: Thursday, November 22, 2007 09:57
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Originally posted by jolly:
Serenity 2: Joss Repents
Opening scene
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(Zoe in Serenity's cargo hold, insuring everything is securely stored.)
Zoe (singing): "Take my love, take my land..."
(A shadowy figure emerges behind her and groans. Startled, Zoe spins and draws a gun. The camera focuses in and we see a man in rags covered in dirt from head to toe.)
Shadowy figure: "Honey, why did you bury me alive?"
(From the voice, we realize with Zoe that the figure is Wash!)
Zoe: "Wash! You were dead! There was a harpoon through your heart!"
Wash: "My heart was moved when I was kid. Result of a trampoline accident..."
lol Funniest one yet.
Did you know there's a real medical condition wher the heart is on the opposite side of the chest? Many decades ago, teenager survived a stabbing because he was left-hearted.
As with Mal's relocated nerve cluster, we should never assume.
(And an extra chuckle for submitting in screenplay form.)
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Originally posted by OnlyMe:
Sorry to have to put my 2 cents in. I have been lurking for a long time, but this post made me jump in.
I am not sure why you are meeting the idea that Wash may be alive with such disdain. The theory put forward is entirely plausible.
I have seen Serenity roughly 25 times since I got the DVD. I have ALWAYS assumed that it was an Alliance ship that hit Serenity with an EMP. Reavers would have grappled or harpooned.
Bottom line is this - we don't know, most of us hope. The only person who will know is Joss when and if he gets the go ahead.
Find something else to argue about.
Sorry. I feel like I am in kindergarten sitting between 2 know-it-alls who won't budge.
"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."
Jeseph Joubert.
You're absolutely right. He's "Scrodinger's Washburn", right now. Both alive and dead until Joss has a bad Denver omlette and, in a fit of pique, decides that he's alive, but none of the rest of the crew will ever find out about it.
Actually, it's not entirely in Joss' hands. He does care what we think. He would care a lot if none of us wanted a Serenity that didn't have Wash in it. Not saying Joss always gets his way, just that sometimes we get our way with Joss.
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I know I keep coming back to this thread and I do because................well,I can.
Joss has built such a fan base with his other television shows that adding little bits and pieces here and there are fun for him. By this I mean Puting little things in just to fool the fandom or see if they catch it. Heck Joss himself might not know if Wash is truly dead.
Something that made me think that something was odd about the Wash scene was that after the "run through" he dramaticly lets out his last gasp of air. Now, was that to have the viewer go "Hey the man is truly dead.Cause that had to be his last breath."
I know it was an excited moment and Zoe and Mal rushed away from the danger in 10 seconds,but if you play the scene back again and just have Wash sit there in your mind without the heavy last breath isn't he still dead?
This kinda feels like to me (as in american football) a backfield reverse.Kinda have the crowd follow one way, while the ball goes the other.Crafty and very skillful,Joss.
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Originally posted by OnlyMe:
Sorry to have to put my 2 cents in. I have been lurking for a long time, but this post made me jump in.
Welcome! Glad to have you here!
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Originally posted by OnlyMe:
I have seen Serenity roughly 25 times since I got the DVD. I have ALWAYS assumed that it was an Alliance ship that hit Serenity with an EMP. Reavers would have grappled or harpooned.
You do realize of course that an EMP weapon in space where there is no gravity would be far more effective than a harpoon or grapple. A ship floating dead in space would be easy prey.
Just sayin'.
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Originally posted by zzetta13:
I know I keep coming back to this thread and I do because................well,I can.
Joss has built such a fan base with his other television shows that adding little bits and pieces here and there are fun for him. By this I mean Puting little things in just to fool the fandom or see if they catch it. Heck Joss himself might not know if Wash is truly dead.
Something that made me think that something was odd about the Wash scene was that after the "run through" he dramaticly lets out his last gasp of air. Now, was that to have the viewer go "Hey the man is truly dead.Cause that had to be his last breath."
I know it was an excited moment and Zoe and Mal rushed away from the danger in 10 seconds,but if you play the scene back again and just have Wash sit there in your mind without the heavy last breath isn't he still dead?
This kinda feels like to me (as in american football) a backfield reverse.Kinda have the crowd follow one way, while the ball goes the other.Crafty and very skillful,Joss.
Actually, the last exhalation means his trachea is still connected to his lungs. For a major pnemothorax, the air will bubble out through the wound. You're right. Major clue.
"Hey! Where's that guy with the goram medical charts?"
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
You do realize of course that an EMP weapon in space where there is no gravity would be far more effective than a harpoon or grapple. A ship floating dead in space would be easy prey.
Just sayin'.
Which is clearly why the Alliance uses 'em, even if they are over-thought and hard to maintain.
Just sayin' back.
;)
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Thanks! Glad to be here. Happy to know I am not the only one obsessed with the 'verse.
I do. That only makes me more sure that it was Alliance.
An emp in atmo would only temporarily disable the ship, giving the Alliance an opportunity to catch them. That seems a little too refined for Reavers.
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Quote:
Originally posted by jolly:
Serenity 2: Joss Repents
Opening scene
=============
(Zoe in Serenity's cargo hold, insuring everything is securely stored.)
Zoe (singing): "Take my love, take my land..."
(A shadowy figure emerges behind her and groans. Startled, Zoe spins and draws a gun. The camera focuses in and we see a man in rags covered in dirt from head to toe.)
Shadowy figure: "Honey, why did you bury me alive?"
(From the voice, we realize with Zoe that the figure is Wash!)
Zoe: "Wash! You were dead! There was a harpoon through your heart!"
Wash: "My heart was moved when I was kid. Result of a trampoline accident..."
I just saw this and thought it was so gorram funny.
The next line from Zoey " Well after being your wife,I'm glad other parts of you were in the right place."
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I think Joss was trying to make it pretty certain with the impaling.
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