The IT Moment
POSTED BY: chels580
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 21:56
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Definitely when Mal kicked Crow through Serenity's port engine in "Train Job", which is what Fox wound up showing as the pilot. That moment shocked me and made me laugh. I knew in that moment that Mal was not your typical hero. He was a bit dark, brooding, and had a mean streak when riled.
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Well I didn't see any of the episodes when they aired, but bought the DVD set because of a forum thread where everybody was raving about how good this show was.
My total WOW conversion was a three step process while watching the pilot ep Serenity.
1. When Kaylee got shot and Simon was going to let her die if Mal didn't do what he wanted. I thought; why you evil SOB!! Then we see River come out of her box so scared and confused. Simon holds her and says "she's my sister". But the whole scene where he describes the situation with River was so wonderfully done with the mix of music, his narrative, and the scenes with him and River. You realize that this guy has given up everything to save his baby sister!...a WOW moment.
2. Gunfight with Patience. Mal shoots horse!! Holy sh!t!! Did that just happen? PETA is gonna go crazy. 
3. When Mal just walks in and blows away Dobson. That was the final WOW moment when I knew this was going to be a great ride. 
JerryT
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Hmm... is it wierd that I have three "it" moments? :P Didn't take me much to get hooked, but then with the more I saw, it kept bumping me up to higher levels of obsession.
First was when Firefly was still on the air. First ep I caught was Bushwhacked, and I knew right off that this was something different. It was the only ep I caught during the original run, but I never forgot those interrogation scenes with the crew. Especially Jayne's part :)
Second was watching the BDM the first time. I just love how Joss can alternate between melodrama and comedy to adeptly. I was in tears by the end, and I knew I'd just seen something special.
Third was going out the next day and buying the boxed set. Burning through the first disk in one sitting. It's been mentioned up-thread, but I can't help that it stays relevant. The scene in Serenity where Mal tricks Simon about Kaylee being dead. Obviously I knew she wasn't, but it was still quite dramatic with Simon running in slow motion. Building the tension, and then changing gears with Kaylee waving at Simon and then cutting to Mal and co. having a good laugh. Classic.
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Originally posted by christhecynic:
No, no I don't, but I do remember my it moment for the movie. The moment when all my fears dissolved away and I knew I was home.
It was when Serenity hit atmo and the music changed.
First seconds into a viewing on SciFi, fell in love with Mal. But when I went to the movie, sitting there in that seat when this scene came up, with the music filling the theater all around me.... I was home.
Chris, I burst into tears when I read this... brought back that feeling so strongly in me. I was there again. Thank you.
"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal
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I'd say it was space. Not just any space, but the space between the Serenity Valley closeup of Mal's stunned and silent face and the one of him cloaked behind in a space helmet visor in the act of stealing.
That gets you right there... what's happened to this cross-kissing homily-spouting fountain of positive energy to turn him into a taciturn and tense 'baddie'?
Evidently I just loves me a protagonist who doesn't wear a white hat easily. It's a great character and good writing that pull folks along with someone who committs bad (mal!) acts, who's a thief, a liar, a bully, and a killer - Mal's latent abilities in these areas are graphically brought out in the movie.
Complexity. Depth. You're shown just as clearly how much Mal deplores these parts of himself.
"Right We win."
ItaMoon
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Inara: What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
Mal: That it was manly and impulsive?
Inara: Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was "don't".
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"Now I can't get down."
Dead funny,not sappy, and not going for the telegraphed laugh beloved of the modern cinema.
Fockers. Real classy gag...
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the wash dinosaur scene. when does this ever happen on a tv show, especially a sci fi show.
genius, utter genius.
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Saw them out of order (grumble, Fox, grumble). Crow through the engine is what made me realize this was going to be good, Out of Gas is what made me a believer.
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The 'crazy Ivan' move in Serenity the pilot... All things after that were just one extreme bonus after another...
Whatta a ruttin' great show they cancelled.
Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng. Shiny.
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Quote:
Originally posted by ItaMoon:
I'd say it was space. Not just any space, but the space between the Serenity Valley closeup of Mal's stunned and silent face and the one of him cloaked behind in a space helmet visor in the act of stealing.
That gets you right there... what's happened to this cross-kissing homily-spouting fountain of positive energy to turn him into a taciturn and tense 'baddie'?
Well said, that too was my IT moment. I knew this was no ordinary show when I felt the weight of breathless devastation hit my chest as Mel watched the ships leave.
What a great actor Fillion is.
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