There is no continuity error with River's rescue.

POSTED BY: Adamwankenobi
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ADAMWANKENOBI

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:18 PM

Many have claimed that Simon's description of River's rescue in the BDS and the rescue depicted in the BDM conflict with one-another. This is not the case. The two actually mesh together quite well if you really think about it. To see what I mean, read my article on Simon Tam on Wikipedia ([url] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tam).

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:24 PM

I'll buy that for a dollar.

Kidding. Yeah, works fo me.

Chrisisall intuitive

SIMONB

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:50 PM

Gorram straight, works for me.

Plus, when Simon was first telling the crew of Serenity his escape, he was bound to keep things back from them during his initial re-telling (like River being psychic) because he'd just met them, and as a wanted fugitive among strangers, well...that's bound to make you cagey and cautious.

- Shiny. Let's be bad guys.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die

STICK

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:58 PM

Remember though wiki is 100% user submitted. The Simon Tam article on Wiki could have been one persons way of bringing together the series and the movie. In the commentary for the BDM Joss mentions a couple of times that he broke cannon to tell the story of Serenity. If he didn't break cannon he would have had a hard time catching the audience up with the back history of the crew of Serenity. Frankly, I agree. I'd rather have the story with continuity problems that appeals to a large audience to a story that makes perfect sense to a small cult following.

"Once you've been to serenity you never leave... you just learn to live there"

AZHEA

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 8:04 PM

Shiny!

I've had this discussion with my other half...he insists there's conflict... now I can point out that Simon may well have been lying when he told his story in the pilot.

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THIEFJEHAT

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:30 AM

I'll buy into that.

Although my gut tells me that it is still a mess up that was fixed by Joss. But it can work. It's certainly not the worst continuity error I've seen on a show.

Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.

JOHNBOY

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:51 AM

Don't forget that Simon has nothing to gain by telling Jayne (in particular) that he is a frakking Action Man who is capable of Daring-Do.

Much better to let Jayne and Mal and the rest think that he is a wimp. It wasn't until the end of the pilot that Mal grasped the fact tthat Simon "ain't week, and that's not nothing".

Jayne never twigged, though that's hardly surprising.

Cheers,
Johnboy

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:07 AM

If you read the Serenity novel, it also ties the two together. Made sense of it to me!

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PDCHARLES

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I'll buy that for a dollar.

Kidding. Yeah, works fo me.

Chrisisall intuitive

I LIKE IT!!! *take that, storefront*

On topic:
the storyline meshed well for me

Robocopisall

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by pdcharles:

I LIKE IT!!! *take that, storefront*

You a COLLEGE STUDENT?
Think you're smart enough to outrun a bullet?!

Couldn't resist Chrisisall

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