Reever Madness

POSTED BY: MrMojoRisin
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 08:42
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MRMOJORISIN

Friday, January 9, 2004 4:31 PM

The reevers (sp?) were an awesome concept early on in the series, but towards the end of its short run the idea seemed to be abandoned. Often the Serenity would be flying under radar and way out in space, away from everything interesting. We were told that Reevers are sort of like beasts who live out in the middle of nowhere, uncivilized men. Perhaps we will see more of them in the movie?

Ugh there is just way too much to this show that needs exploring, so many possibilities, I badly wish it would go back on the air, anythings possible right?

SEVENPERCENT

Friday, January 9, 2004 5:14 PM

Well, you have to remember, the Reavers were out there, on the fringe, but they cant be in every episode- If every five seconds someone would have yelled "holy crap it's the Borg" on ST:NG the show would have gotten old really, really fast- But I agree the movie should have Reavers-

He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

BLINKER

Friday, January 9, 2004 5:55 PM

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If every five seconds someone would have yelled "holy crap it's the Borg" on ST:NG the show would have gotten old really, really fast

There's a name for this phenomenon... "Voyager."

"Holy crap, we've been captured by a downed ship of surly Borg children!"

SEVENPERCENT

Friday, January 9, 2004 5:57 PM

Yep, and it's why I stopped watching Voyager the instant they hit - drumroll please- BORGSPACE (cue scary music)

He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 9, 2004 6:08 PM

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Yep, and it's why I stopped watching Voyager the instant they hit - drumroll please- BORGSPACE (cue scary music)

I quit watching Voyager for the same reason. It grew old quick.

I think the Reavers are the boogeyman of the FF universe, and they should never be overdone. I think it is cool how as of the end of the series they were still the "faceless" enemy, as anyone who had run into them did not survive to describe them.

I think there should be Reavers in the movie, or at least some sort of close call or something involving a Reaver attack.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

LADYJAYNE

Friday, January 9, 2004 7:43 PM

I would be willing to bet that Joss plans never to actually show us the Reevers up close. It would spoil the suspense you can get out of NOT seeing them. If we did see inside of one of their ships it would have to be horrifyingly gruesome and there will be a lot of viewers whose first thought would be "Well, that was anti-climactic."

I would certainly hope that they wouldn't be over played anywhere. It would get old after a while. When fans get bored with an over done villain, it's just too tempting for the writers to fall into the "Even scarier than...!" mentality in order to come up with something else.

--Kala

ANJIN

Friday, January 9, 2004 8:00 PM

I believe Joss would have showed off the Reavers eventually. You can only have so many close calls before that gets all kinds of old.

I'm thinking "Reavers and Blue Hand guys in the movie." He did say he wants to go big with the story. And that could be brutal.

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GEEZER

Friday, January 9, 2004 8:13 PM

Reavers interested me bacause they didn't seem to have a self-perpetuating setup. Where do replacement Reavers come from? Little baby Reavers? Don't think so. So(excuse self-horn-tooting here) I developed a scenario and a poem around it.

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SAINT JAYNE

Friday, January 9, 2004 8:32 PM

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Reavers interested me bacause they didn't seem to have a self-perpetuating setup.

Hee hee. They're like nuns in that respect. They must convert.

LadyJayne, are you familiar with H P Lovecraft? His works were ridiculed by other writers in his time simply because he seldom described the monsters beyond mere hints.

I agree with Lovecraft. The most terrifying thing is what you yourself conjure in your own mind, and the Reavers are all the more terrifying for it.

Think of the Borg (I'm borrowing this example from a previous poster). In ST:TNG, they were scary. Now in Voyager, the Borg practicaly go out for beers every weekend with the crew. I no longer have to change my underwear after seeing them.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 9, 2004 8:33 PM

Anjin wrote:

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I'm thinking "Reavers and Blue Hand guys in the movie." He did say he wants to go big with the story. And that could be brutal.

I have always wondered if there was a connection between the Reavers and the Blue Hands. Could it be that the Reavers are failed Blue Hand experiments? What if they were earlier attempts at the mind tampering they did w/ River?

Maybe not, but it does make one wonder.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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