Reever Madness
POSTED BY: MrMojoRisin
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 08:42
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When asked a while back about what a possible firefly movie would involve, Joss answered "one word..Reavers". Now that was before he struck a deal to write the script with universal. I'm sure he plans to wrap up some loose thread storylines and expand upon others in addition to creating new ones to ensure future interest. I can't wait to see what he has in store for us. With Joss at the helm, I'm sure it will be great
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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I think you might be right on this one. Was discussing this with some friends recently.
The Reavers seem to have no conscience, no inhibition, no fear. They are the ultimate sociopaths. In "Ariel" Simon describes River's symptoms are resulting from damage to the areas of the brain that control fear and impulse.
The scenario we came up with was that the Reavers were the frist phase of the experiment, which failed drastically.
Two other things intrigue me:
1 - the way Reaver madness seems to "spread" in the survivors - to me this suggests a transmissable agent
2 - Mal knows a lot more about them than he should - has he encountered them during the war?
I wonder if the Reavers were POWs who were experimented on by Blue Sun, and somehow managed to escape. It is plausable that the Alliance were messing with biological weapons, and they accidently created them. It would fit with why they consistently deny their existence
Ysrith
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
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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?
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I don't know if there is a transmissable agent or not. Mal tells the alliance commander that the only way to deal with something as horrible as what the survivor witnessed is to become it.
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Originally posted by Ysrith:
I think you might be right on this one. Was discussing this with some friends recently.
The Reavers seem to have no conscience, no inhibition, no fear. They are the ultimate sociopaths. In "Ariel" Simon describes River's symptoms are resulting from damage to the areas of the brain that control fear and impulse.
The scenario we came up with was that the Reavers were the frist phase of the experiment, which failed drastically.
Two other things intrigue me:
1 - the way Reaver madness seems to "spread" in the survivors - to me this suggests a transmissable agent
2 - Mal knows a lot more about them than he should - has he encountered them during the war?
I wonder if the Reavers were POWs who were experimented on by Blue Sun, and somehow managed to escape. It is plausable that the Alliance were messing with biological weapons, and they accidently created them. It would fit with why they consistently deny their existence
YsrithQuote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Anjin wrote:Quote:
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?
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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True - that was Mal's response. Though IMHO I think that's too simplistic an explanation.
The survivors would suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), but would not exhibits the exact same behavioural symptoms, especially within that timeframe.
Tied in with the knowledge about River's condition, it made me think of some sort of transmissable viral encephalopathy.
But it's probably me reading too much into, and who knows what was in Joss's mind!
I am projecting my own references on it.
Ysrith
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Originally posted by captaincdc:
I don't know if there is a transmissable agent or not. Mal tells the alliance commander that when faced with something as horrible as what the survivor witnessed there is only one way to deal with it and that is to become it.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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You may be right. Also, wasn't there something about the way the reavers were running their ship, like a lot of radiation inside the hull? It seems like Wash says something about it and then Mal realizes that it is the reavers. How could they withstand that much radiation or whatever Wash said it was?
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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I got the impression they didn't care about the effects the radiation were having, which would fit in with the lack of inhibition/fear, they are exhibiting. They don't care that they could die from the radiation.
I really want to see where Joss is going with them.
Mal versus Reavers could be very interesting
YsrithQuote:
Originally posted by captaincdc:
You may be right. Also, wasn't there something about the way the reavers were running their ship, like a lot of radiation inside the hull? It seems like Wash says something about it and then Mal realizes that it is the reavers. How could they withstand that much radiation or whatever Wash said it was?
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Me too. I just hope they make the darn thing, so that we can see what Joss had in mind!
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Originally posted by Ysrith:
I got the impression they didn't care about the effects the radiation were having, which would fit in with the lack of inhibition/fear, they are exhibiting. They don't care that they could die from the radiation.
I really want to see where Joss is going with them..
Mal versus Reavers could be very interesting
YsrithQuote:
Originally posted by captaincdc:
You may be right. Also, wasn't there something about the way the reavers were running their ship, like a lot of radiation inside the hull? It seems like Wash says something about it and then Mal realizes that it is the reavers. How could they withstand that much radiation or whatever Wash said it was?
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I quit watching Voyager for the same reason. It grew old quick.
I quit watching when Jayneway blew their first opportunity to return to homespace, because of the Prime directive or some such nonsense. And the crew did not shove her out of an airlock.
Look, a captain's first responsibility is to their crew. (Actually its to the ship, but that is because the ship holds the crew. If you risk 100 lives to save one, you are making a very bad gamble) The crew rely on the captain to look out after the crew's best interest. And not blow a chance at going home over silly policies from that homeworld so many thousands of light years away.
"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"
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