Favourite dramatic moment in the Whedonverse?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, May 26, 2006 19:10
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:52 PM

What was the most intense moment that made you lose your breath, made the hairs on your neck stand on end, or brought gentle tears to your eye as a lump manifested in your throat?
I guess I'm asking for the most powerful effect Joss had on you in a single scene of Angel, Buffy or FF/Serenity...

Chrisisall, with a hard one

13

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:45 PM

Wesley in 'Not Fade Away.' Wesley reading to Fred. Spike in 'Chosen.'

A Decent Brawl.

Answered. Anything else?

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PDCHARLES

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:57 PM

in general.... and among many

Wash saying in WS:
"Bastards not gonna get days"

usually didn't get that kind of dogged conviction from the "lil man"...

Wha?!?... *sniff sniff* OH.... IM ON FIRE!!!

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:13 PM

For me it's possibly from Out Of Gas, when Mal said "Everyone dies alone." *Chrisisall shudders at the starkness*
It's ever so hard to choose just one, maybe I should have said top 3 or something...

I may have other ideas after I finish Angel season 5, I don't know yet.

Chrisisall, jumping his gun, as always

TAYEATRA

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:05 PM

Picking one is too difficult...

Good call on the 'everybody dies alone'. Powerful scene.

Best story arc that made the hairs on the back of my next stand up was evil Angel in Buffy season 2. Poweful stuff also from Angel locking the lawyers in with Darla and Dru. (The 'I just can't seem to care' moment).

Tears moment was probably Inara crying in Heart of Gold. Damn near broke my little shipper heart.

*****
Taya
*****
I'm going to S3!!!
(*Insert hysterical celebration dance here*)

JOSSISAGOD

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:18 PM

In Firefly

Mal's:(I think this is the quote, not sure though) Everybody dies alone.

And in Serenity: Wash's death

I haven't seen enough of Buffy or Angel to pick my favorite tear jerker moment from them.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

LEAINA

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:26 PM

oh god, good question!!

Re: FF/S I'll have to get back to you, but for sheer cliche sakes I'll have to go for the moment Buffy jumps in the finale of S5 with the delayed VO "Dawn, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will *always* love you. etc" and "the hardest thing in this world is to live in it". Again, cliched I know, but hey, you gotta love it.

Also great moments are Firefly ep Serenity "Kaylee's dead, not" moment; hi-larious. Closely equated with Buffy Lover's Walk, "Cordelia's dead (spike though the chest, cut to funeral), not." Whedon you evil b*stard.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:41 PM

Firefly : Jubal Eary's final line of "Well here I am." I just found that predicament of floating around aimlessly in space as profoundly human.

Angel : Tough call this as many episodes of angel had this effect on me but I'd have to say it was the second season, where we go back to the 50's when Angel was first at the Hyperion hotel, and he lets that demon take the rest of the hotel guests and uttering, without turning back to look at everyone: "Take them, have them all." (words to that effect)

Buffy : Anya's confussed speech upon learning of Joyce's death and not knowing the correct way to express herself.

SERENITY : Mal's speech at the dinning room table when he's readying the crew to undertake the risk of bringing the disc to Mr Universe, and upon his final line the sunlight bleeds off and we see his expression.

Not an easy question Chrisisall - but then when do you ever ask an easy question :D

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Somnambulist

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SHINYFLY

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:48 PM

Let's see...OoG when the two shuttles take off in the opposite directions and Mal's walking through Serenity alone-between the music and the bluish tone of the scene-powerful stuff....Ariel at the end when Jayne says, "Don't tell em' what I did," a moving and unexpected glimpse into the conscience of a character that you didn't think had one....OiS at the end when Mal reaches out and gently holds Inara's face, his first real display of affection for her, she lowers his hand (the ol' she wants him, but it's too painful, and he loves her, but it's too late-Oh, the beautiful angst!)

"Wheel never stops turnin', Badger." "That only matters to the people on the rim."

COPILOT

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:00 PM

I have to say that second when Kaylee gets shot. I thought she was honestly going to die the first time I saw that. And then when Mal says Kaylee's dead. The seconds that follow nearly killed me just watching them.

An I carried such a torch.......For the Dark Lord

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