Subtle yet interesting show observations -- post yours
POSTED BY: AnimalM0ther
UPDATED: Friday, December 7, 2007 19:19
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Originally posted by Aliss:
River stops dancing when *Mal* sees Book is shot (and not when Book is, in fact, shot) and seconds before Simon's bagged. What's she reacting to?
The first few times I watched "Safe" I thought she was reacting to Mal noticing Book had been shot (OK, first time I thought she reacted to Book getting shot, but on second viewing I noticed she didn't react 'til Mal saw him). I've since come to believe she sensed the kidnappers sneaking up to put the bag on Simon. Can't see a reason why she would be much more connected to Mal than to Book.
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When the crew are looking at the statue in Jaynes town Simon puts his finger up to his mouth in shock, and I believe he did it a second time in the episode. Looking at the yourtube video of Nathan kissing Sean I notice Sean's making the same gesture at one point. Makes me wonder if it was scripted or his natural reaction.
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If you back to the top KIZAR mentions seeing Mal kissing a small crucifix before going into combat. Later when he learns Book is a shepard he does not even hide his hostility. Seems his faith is torn from him during this battle. But they never develope this subplot. I wonder if the show would have lasted longer Mal and Book would have had some sort of confrontation about this.
And what do we do with the chain of command?
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I'm always surprised by the attention to detail by the special effects guys.
Little things like when Serenity is coming into land at Eavesdown Docks (in the BDS pilot), it pivots to starboard and the engines vector appropriately to do so. (I'd love to know how much of the ships physics is truely simulated and correlated with it's mechanical control elements.)
And miniscule things like when Dobson tries and fails to connect to the cortex with his handheld device after escaping, he throws it to the floor and they add tiny a little flash to imply something has fried.
Keep Flyin' and have good sex (preferably not at the same time)
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Some OiS observations.
When Kaylee is fixing the engine before Early comes to her, she hears his footsteps and says: "River?" couple of times, and then reaches for some heavy instrument. She is spooked that River is going to come and get her... She couldn't be more wrong, of course.
Also when Kaylee finishes her speech about River shooting 3 guys, River listens from below, and hears Kaylee's 'Don't be mad at me" spoken louder and in a different tone. Could it be the moment when River is mindreading Kaylee, just like she mindread others before? And of course Kaylee repeats this phrase to Simon later.
And one more thing: we learn from River that Early is wearing armour. Kinda puts Simon's fight with him in a new light: a guy who's barefoot and in pajamas attacking a guy in armour and super-heavy space boots... that really gets you.
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I suppose this observation is a tie in with the BDM as well. In the series in Out of Gas Kaylee is with Mal seeing Zoe in the infirmary she says; "She ain't movin'... Serenity ain't movin'
The comparison with Zoe and Serenity is also alluded to in the movie by Zoe herself also when speaking to Mal:
"She's tore up plenty but she'll fly true"
Just interesting that Zoe and Serenity are mentioned like this more than once. Sorry if this repeats someone's idea already.
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Originally posted by gfunk:
When Kaylee takes Saffron into her arms, telling her that the Cap is a monster. Jayne strokes Saffrons shoulder.
Looks hilarious.
YES! That, to me, is one of the funniest moments in the entire show. I absolutely love it.
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Originally posted by AnimalM0ther:
... Objects in Space. When the show starts we see Serenity flying by a red/white/green planet then the camera goes through the ship to River. At the very end of the episode, when River and Kaylee are playing jacks, River says "I can do this" and drops a rubber ball that looks pretty much the same as the planet they passed by at the beginning of the show.
That's actually specified in the shooting script.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/firefly/
"CLOSE ON the ball, as she contemplates it. The solidity of the thing. We might notice it has a similar coloring to the moon we saw at the beginning of the show."
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Great catch on that, ladyserenity. I thought that Kaylee had more of a rapport with Serenity than any of the other crew members but if you recall, in that episode, after the explosion happens, Kaylee says something along the lines of "she usually tells me when something's wrong".
Maybe the ship switches who she's most relating to?
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In the BDM, I never noticed it until after the shooting script that Book is actually smoking a cigar on Haven. I can't believe it passed over me everytime.
Or how in The Message, Jayne pretty much wears that hat the entire episode except for some scenes. It's not really subtle, but I thought it was cute.
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