Firefly made me cry tears of joy

POSTED BY: UCLAmathguy
UPDATED: Thursday, February 12, 2004 16:10
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UCLAMATHGUY

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:18 PM

Hi everyone. Sorry to get sentimental, but I'm feeling a need to express my feelings. I just got a master's degree in math from UCLA. I bought the Firefly DVD about two months ago, and I wanted to say: the nights I stayed up late watching them were some of the BEST NIGHTS of my life! (And my life hasn't sucked either.) This show is just incredibly poignant, incredibly moving. It's my second favorite show after Buffy, which also had a tendency to put me in a state of total exaltation that lasted a few hours and lingered into the next few days. God, I love good art. My favorite character is River, but I love all the characters. Two moments from the show that I loved, just picking at random, were when River said, "No power in the verse can stop me," and when she's playing jacks and says, "I can win this." Tears to my eyes. Chills. Inspiration.

Okay. There there. (Pats myself on back.) Just needed to get that off my chest.

STATIC

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:26 PM

That theme song chokes me most times

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STEVE580

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:03 PM

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Originally posted by UCLAmathguy:
Two moments from the show that I loved, just picking at random, were when ... she's playing jacks and says, "I can win this." Tears to my eyes. Chills. Inspiration.

Ah, my favorite scene from the show!

Glad you liked it. Now go out, and create more Firefly fans!
-Steve

COSMICCONCUBINE

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:18 PM

I'm always glad to hear people sentimental over Firefly. Hardly a more worthy cause.

If we're talking River moments, I like it when she tries to fix the Bible. Tee hee. But sentimental-wise, when she expresses to Simon her guilt that he gave up everything to rescue her and then found her "broken". The scene plays really fast but it's heartwrenching really.

STATIC

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:26 PM

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Originally posted by cosmicconcubine:
But sentimental-wise, when she expresses to Simon her guilt that he gave up everything to rescue her and then found her "broken".

A real gut-wrencher for me in that respect comes twice. . .once in 'Serenity' when she says, "I didn't think you'd come."

Simon lets that sink in for a second, and then says very frankly, but playfully, "Well, you're a dummy." His gentle, teasing way of saying, "I can't believe you would EVER think that." River's reaction, is of course, perfect. . .just a big, cling-to-the-anchor, hug.

My second, and equally gut-wrenching moment is in "War Stories" when Simon finds her, immediately after she was sick and she explains how she hates feeling 'normal' because she knows it will go away. But when she asks, "What am I?" and he just holds her and says, "You are my beautiful sister." Then she confesses to throwing up on HIS bed. . .the look on his face. . .exhasperated, but unwavering devotion, the little smile she gives when he says, "Yep. . .definitely my sister." shows what a comfort it is to her just to hear him reassert that in HIS eyes, she is no different to him than before.

I love this show.

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AYWYN

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:58 PM

The most emotional moment for me was Tracy's funeral in The Message. The music score playing in the background, Tracy's words from the recording and the emotions on the characters' faces... For me, that must have been the second saddest scene on TV ever (after the demolition of the Babylon5 station in the last part of the series).

BTW does anyone know which post Joss took part in? I'd really like to see it. And what nickname did he use (if any)? Thank you.

Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't coming back

SHINY

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:03 PM

Welcome UCLAMATHGUY! (did "she killed 'em with math, what else?" flash through anyone else's mind?) ;)

If you check out some of the recent threads, you'll see that there's a good chance for a movie and maybe even a return of the series to TV, so do your part, and make everyone else at UCLA cry...er, um,...well, you know what I mean!

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

UCLAMATHGUY

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:09 PM

Thanks. I'm praying for the Firefly movie. And actually I don't even believe in God, but I'm still praying. The show, too. Gotta come back. Even a Firefly novel would be amazing. (Wouldn't that be cool--a novel by Joss Whedon? I know there's Fray--I loved it--but a real novel, that would be great.)

VENA

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:49 PM

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Originally posted by Static:
That theme song chokes me most times

Gorramm yes!

When I was watching the show I taped it only once (and even that got lost) because I wanted to have the words to that haunting, uplifting music. I had that bit of paper stashed among many other randomness bits of paper. Here at college I came across that particular bit of paper and suddenly remembered the fantastic song that went with THE TUNE, so I went on line and did a search. Found the song, this site and the hope of a move and the delight of the series all over again.

And even if you don’t believe in a deity, there is still hope.

We can hope for things with out a need for a god and that is just as good as praying.

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CECIL

Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:41 AM

I'll have to say the moment that always chokes me up is the end of Aeril with Simon and River. Where Simon asks River "Do you remember why we went to the hospital" When Simon since "No mei-mei, time to wake up" the music in between no mei mei and time to wake up just brings a tear to my eye everytime.

MAL
"Nice shot."
JAYNE
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