Subtle yet interesting show observations -- post yours
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UPDATED: Friday, December 7, 2007 19:19
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Originally posted by lexieroseme:
This observation is in fact not mine but one I culled from IMDb a while back. It appears to have disappeared.
There is apparently a Chinese proverb that states "a poorly sculpted swan appears as a duck, a badly painted tiger can look like a dog," or something similar.
The meaning of this seems to be that it is better to leave something undone than to do it and have it... well, look like a duck.
Some people juggle geese.
Kinda harks back to Inara and Kaylee in Safe, looking at the swan/duck figure in the town store, neh?
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I'm not sure if anyone has said this already, and if it has, I apologize in advance. In Objects in Space, when Early is looking at the wanted poster for Simon and River, the camera pans over his control board. On the control board there is a old picture of an old black woman and a golden retriever. This is possibly what River sees to get her started talking with Early about the dog and his mother. Not to discount her physcic powers, as she learns about Early killing the dog through those, but just an observation, which I only picked up after watching the episode for the fourth time.
No power in the verse can stop me
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Quote:I never knew there was that much meaning behind that scene, pretty cool.
Originally posted by lexieroseme:
There is apparently a Chinese proverb that states "a poorly sculpted swan appears as a duck, a badly painted tiger can look like a dog," or something similar.
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Originally posted by Strand:
I'm not sure if anyone has said this already, and if it has, I apologize in advance. In Objects in Space, when Early is looking at the wanted poster for Simon and River, the camera pans over his control board. On the control board there is a old picture of an old black woman and a golden retriever. This is possibly what River sees to get her started talking with Early about the dog and his mother. Not to discount her physcic powers, as she learns about Early killing the dog through those, but just an observation, which I only picked up after watching the episode for the fourth time.
No power in the verse can stop me
I noticed the picture too. You know, there's a type of ESP called Psychometry, and basically it means that a Psychic could read all the history of an object, what it means, what it is/was, and this might have been how she knew about his tendancies.
Tangientially, I know that Jayne tends to touch stuff, but has anyone noticed River doing this as well? This may be in part what the Academy people did to her.
If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.
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This was mentioned in the commentary, but no one's posted it, so:
In The Message, after they've 'escaped' from the Alliance, and are being buried in the snow (or somewhere around there) if you look closely at Wash, he's got his hands out as though he's holding the controls, but there's nothing in his hands.
Apparently they had to move him back for the shot. I thought it was pretty funny.
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Originally posted by BrowncoatSandinista:
I noticed the picture too. You know, there's a type of ESP called Psychometry, and basically it means that a Psychic could read all the history of an object, what it means, what it is/was, and this might have been how she knew about his tendancies.
Tangientially, I know that Jayne tends to touch stuff, but has anyone noticed River doing this as well? This may be in part what the Academy people did to her.
If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.
I'v noticed in some episodes that River seems to like to run her hands over things, or just to lie on them. For example, in the Message, she lies down on Tracy's coffin, while Book and Jayne look on. You also see River lying on the catwalk in the cargo bay in several episodes. In Bushwhacked, when River enters the reaved ship, I believe (not quite sure, would have to watch the episode again to be confident) that she runs her hand along the side of the passageway. She also runs her hands along the inside of Serenity. An instance I can think of is in Objects in Space. I think that theory has some merit behind it. Good idea Sandinista
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From "The Message" when we learn that Jayne has a sick brother named Matty .... brothers who both share feminine sounding names. I thought that great and also loved the entire new insight the "letter from mom" gave. Jayne's constant want to get paid and dislike of rich doctor types stems from the driving need to send money home to help a sick brother.
~Nyte~
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Can't claim credit for the find but no one in this awesome thread (no matter how many of these come up, I love to read them and always see that someone has found something new!) has mentioned the bottle that river kicks in the bar fight scene when she beans the bartender on the head is a blue sun bottle. they had a screen capture of it and everything- now every time i see that scene i think "blue sun!" when she does that kick.
another subtle observation in the category of "you're supposed to notice this" but i'm not sure if many do (like the inara makeup thing) was the inara scene of her face when she watches the operative coming up the stairs. Her acting is superb- all from 3/4 angle too. she changes from welcoming to alarmed while keeping her smile in place as she realizes he's much more than was probably fronted. love love love slo-mo-ing that scene.
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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
There's a debate about whether it's medically feasible? Geez, has no one seen Pulp Fiction? (completely tongue in cheek).
I don't think turning away to see someone you love getting stabbed in through the sternum with a three inch needle makes a person afraid of needles. Hell, I would have zero problem watching that done to a stranger... but my kids daughters or my mom? Yeah, I'd probably want to turn around for that. Besides, how much hard core medical training/exposure does one get at the Training House?
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I just noticed this, when Mal goes to pick up River, he kicks Jayne to get him up.
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