Is Serenity's portrayl of the characters true, or Did your Firefly go out?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, August 4, 2006 20:13
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:THANK YOU!
Originally posted by canttakesky:
My only regret was the deleted scene at the end, where Mal says, "What a whiner." Damn, I wish he had kept that in there. It encapsulates Mal--the non-whiner, the guy who bites the bullet and does what he has to do. That was THE perfect ending--would have moved the movie up several notches for me had it ended with that line.
We are of one mind here, Canttakesky!
I felt that it did not take away from the seriousness of the scene, and did give us the 'Mal one liner' we got so often in the series. In fact, the line was endearing, as it meant (for me) that Mal was trying to make some light of his talk with the Operative because he felt somewhat uncomfortable seeing more than a little of his old self reflected there.
Psychobabble Chrisisall
It's funny, when I last saw the BDM, I watched the ending and wondered what happened to that part. Then I remembered it was on the deleted scenes. Which probably goes to show that it really should have been a part of the film.
I don't think that Serenity overly departs from Firefly. It's like many here have said, the ship's fallen on hard times. That's bound to make anyone ragged around the edges. And Joss, being the sick, demented writer we all know and love, probably would have done something similar had the series continued. In fact, I can see him doing something truly heinous, like killing off Kaylee.
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Quote:Okay, now that was Mal putting word to a feeling he knew River was seein' in him anyway. He knew she'd "like to hear him say it".
Originally posted by mima:
so i'll step in it and admit the most jarring moment of the whole movie in characterization was mal's "love speech." my mouth fell open and i was like "whaaaaa?!"
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I think that's part of it, that Mal knew that river knew how he felt, so he decided to just out and say it (at her insistance.)
But also, keep in mind what our crew had been doing for X days/weeks was repairing the ship. They lost the entire left wing, everything got banged up, and wash died in the very chair mal is sitting in. And what do you think he's been thinking about when repairing the ship? 'Damn I love this bird.' Absense, or in this case, damage, makes the heart grow fonder.
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so i'll step in it and admit the most jarring moment of the whole movie in characterization was mal's "love speech." my mouth fell open and i was like "whaaaaa?!"
Whedon said something about that in the commentary... where's my memory gone? I can't remember it now!
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