Serenity - The Twins

POSTED BY: j6ngo1977
UPDATED: Monday, June 26, 2006 00:09
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ZZETTA13

Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:14 PM

Thanks KHAZARA will do.

btw this guy( the book store owner) was a big Buffy fan years ago. He tried to get me interested then. I don't know what it was but I just didn't care to watch the show. My loss.
Anyway I'm wondering now if buying the comic from him will set off a firefly spark. I'm curious to see if hes a fan.

z

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, June 24, 2006 4:03 PM

In the commentary Joss said why he chose to have identical twins, I guess you could argue that he made that choice after he found out he couldn't get Badger but there's a problem with that.

Badger meets in private places. That means two things, the screen wouldn't be there and neither would River.

That would mean that River would have had to be triggered at a different place and time, which would mean that if the Badger was supposed to be in the movie his role in the movie would have been different than the one played by Fanty and Mingo.

MSG

Saturday, June 24, 2006 4:15 PM

So like all characters the twins are simply a contrivance to move the plot forward:)

RAVENU

Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:55 PM

Also you do realize that the Feldman Twins and Mark Sheppard are both from Ireland. So the accent was kinda original for all of them.

ZZETTA13

Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:42 PM

I really enjoyed the twins in their short scenes and short lives in the BDM. I don't know much background about Serenity or FF except what I've seen in interviews and read on the net. I didn't know Badger had turned down a part in Serenity or for what reason. What I do know is that writters of sf/fantasy are in a much free-er range to write than someone writtng about history or westerns or war and so on.

With Serenity/FF being a space western Joss and others can write and improvise as they see fit. Any number of characters can be introduced and killed off at any time.Theres always something or someone to step in and fill the gap.

It was brilliantly creative how aliens were introduced into the series without there really being aliens. The whole UFO thing had its legs knocked out from under it. "What was that,in the sky there?"... "It was a spaceship you gorram fool!"( no quote, just talking about the alien scene in "The Message")

Anyway these writters are skillful and talented enough to understand the ebb and flow of entertainment. Characters can enter and exit in a manner that will allow them to return (with the help of a good writter) and not miss a beat.

I for one am ready for Serenity Part 2 where we learn Fanty & Mingo have returned and it was Dingo & Slingo their doubles that were killed off. I mean come on, in their kind of business who wouldn't have a double?

Z

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:56 PM

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Originally posted by zzetta13:

It was brilliantly creative how aliens were introduced into the series without there really being aliens. The whole UFO thing had its legs knocked out from under it. "What was that,in the sky there?"... "It was a spaceship you gorram fool!"( no quote, just talking about the alien scene in "The Message")

Z

Huh? Aliens? What aliens?

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Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

ZZETTA13

Monday, June 26, 2006 12:09 AM

Thats just it. There were no aliens. Just a carnival show. I do think that the writters of that eps were making a statment. There will be no real (space) aliens in the Joss/verse. Therefore if some bright light in the night sky were to be seen it could never be called an alien UFO. Now a secret Alliance/government test of some sort, with plot/cover up to mask. Well thats a whole other animal.

Z

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