Out of Gas = Hardest Episode so far
POSTED BY: akredhead
UPDATED: Friday, November 17, 2006 16:56
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Wow...that's exactly how I feel when I finish any Firefly ep. I get a little tear jerked because...I'm not there...it isn't real...there is no capt. mel...there is no shiny Kaylee...there is no wise Book...at least...none in my life...
Isn't that the double edged knife of being a fan...the joy the show gives us...the sorrow of its absense.
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Originally posted by EvilBungle:
It is a very hard episode to watch, and at the same time more than any other makes me feel closer to the other characters. then at the end when everyone is together and you can rejoice, the problem comes that after that you have to switch off the tv and come into work where you have to smile politely and suck up to customers who have no respect for you and feel that having a payment taken a day late is the end of the world!!
That's the problem, once you escape to a much better place you then have to come back, most people are not like the crew and life has no adventures!
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Out of Gas and Ariel are, and have always been, my favourite episodes (not easy to say, its like having to choose your favourite out of your kids).
I'm glad eveyone else got choked up watching OoG as well. Its the only one I don't lke watching in front of company as I always feel the emotion more than any other episode
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I could get naked?
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Originally posted by akredhead:
I wish you knew how much finding this fandom means to me right now...
I'm visiting my hometown for over a month and it has been a really unhappy experience...I don't know anyone here anymore...I'm lonely...my mom is a drunk...
I miss my home...I miss my friends...my kitty...and just for s&g (sh!ts & giggles) I bought firefly...and then to see this episode..it was like..."YES THAT'S WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE!!!"
Firefly, in its magical way, disconnects you from he Matrix. It tears off the layer of superficiality and material satisfaction that's been covering the world for so long. And it shows you what you've always known, deep down: that the human soul was meant to love; and that everything else is secondary. And so, when you're first confronted with Firefly, you cry: because you know it to be true; and because you know it to be missing in this world.
For some people, what they've always known, deep down, remains deep down, even after seeing Firefly. But the soul knows. So they are confused. Heavily. For Firefly touches them deeply, but they cannot identify the cause yet. But they've been brushed by the Firefly love nonetheless.
At its most profound level, Firefly shows you a world without sin. And you want to be a part of it. Badly. And from the depths you call: "Yes! This is what I want!!" And there's no turning back: once you've been in Serenity you never leave.
Then there's the groggy come-back to the Matrix. Customers are rude again; people don't do for each other and are always looking for the advantage.
I believe the most powerful aspect of Firefly is, that it's not really fiction. The story's made up alright, but you realize that the love is truly within our reach, and in fact more real than the Matrix which has been pulled over our eyes. Effectively you realize that what we call 'reality' is actually the fiction.
I love our 'verse! And I welcome you in it! :)
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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam
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Asarian,
That was a wonderful synopsis of the essence of Firefly. While I loved Serenity (the movie) and saw it before I found the series, I didn't feel it gave me the depth that the series was able to portray.
It truly is a picture of humanity at its best or at least greatest potential. Joss has an incredible talent for putting all the pieces together. I was a Buffy buff before coming to Firefly and there was the same ability to name, explore and challenge those issues of "right" and "wrong", "good" and "evil." What it means to be human, superhuman and non-human (in Buffy). In Firefly we see a group of people struggling to get by on the fringes of society, depending on themselves and one another at the mercy of the beautify and terrifying cosmic universe.
Watching Firefly immediately triggered something deep within me - as you so aptly put it - beyong the facade of the Mattrix. Because of the work I do everyday, I don't often find fantasy as much an escape. I don't cry easily because I deal with people's pain and often depravity.
Firefly is a gift - Serenity is a solace for many of us here.
"Love keeps her flying."
Siri
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I lOve that piece of music too, when Mal is closing Serenity up and wraps himself in a blanket on the bridge. It makes me all choked up. I play those pieces on my soundtrack over and over. You can find them titled : Captain and Ship and Dying Ship. I love that Mal loves Serenity so that he can't leave her after all the captain goes down with the ship. Out of Gas is one of my very favorite episodes.
I love my Captain.
Once you've been in Serenity you never leave. You find a way to live in it.
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