Ramblings on Our Mrs. Reynolds

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TRICKSTER

Saturday, October 5, 2002 1:14 AM

Lemme just say, with the Western theme, I always expect Bruce Campbell to pop up, all Briscoe County.

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Aw, how cute, Mal and Jayne are the old married couple. But damn Jayne looks GOOD. Wow.

First Mal's wearing soft cotton dresses, then he's wearing flowers on his head. Huh.

"Zoe, why do I have a wife?" Hee. The whole scene was awesome, from that to Zoe calling everyone to "How drunk was I last night?" "I don't know, I passed out."

I need to learn Chinese, dammit. There was like an exchange and I didn't understand a word of it.

Saffron? Her name's Saffron. Great. Nothing wrong with that, except that I totally spent the episode thinking Patsy and Edina were going to stumble down the stairs.

"Preacher, you got a smutty mind."

Jayne named his gun Vera. Well, I named my car and computer. I guess it's not weird. He's just so happy about it.

"I don't wish to be wed to the large one." I'll take him, if she doesn't want him.

I'm forever going to be haunted by images of people juggling geese. Thanks, Wash.

I've realized something. I could be Zoe. No, really, I totally could. I'll probably be just like her when I grow up.

Wow. Saffron knows her Bible, and it's... soft core porn? I don't remember them ever reading that part in church on Sundays...

I just got Mellow Yellow stuck in my head.

I love Wash. He's got the best facial expressions, for one. And then there's the whole "I wish I was somebody else right now. I wish I wasn't married, and madly in love with a woman who could kill me with her pinky." Hee.

Saffron (I will not call her Saffy, I refuse) just needs to get laid. I mean, wow. She's going to run out of guys on the ship, and have to go to the girls. She's breaking stuff, too. I'm surprised Wash and Kaylee didn't break *her*.

"I guess we've lied enough."
"You're good."
That was a pretty good Go, Inara moment.

As she's climbing down the ladder, all I can think is "Inara, get some jeans!" And then there was kissage, and then she rocked the whole rest of the episode. I like Groggy!Inara. She's fun. "My head got hurt like Wash."

"That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth."

"I knew you let her kiss you." I knew he was going to think that, and poor Inara gets to stand there while Mal goes away with *that* image in his head...

Next week: I thought Shindig was next week? Guess not.

Natalie
"Some people juggle geese."

ALTERNITY

Saturday, October 5, 2002 1:34 AM

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Wow. Saffron knows her Bible, and it's... soft core porn? I don't remember them ever reading that part in church on Sundays...

Well, that's not from the Bible that I'm familiar with, but it sounded very much like parts of the Song of Solomon which is pretty explicit in a few places.

roj

P.S. No. No jeans for Inara. When I noticed her on the ladder I thought oh cool she's wearing a dress on a spaceship.

MISSSTEPHENS

Saturday, October 5, 2002 2:52 AM

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Originally posted by Trickster:
I need to learn Chinese, dammit. There was like an exchange and I didn't understand a word of it.

My boyfriend IS chinese and he could barely understand what they said. Something about "it's none of your business." I bet the actors don't even know what they're saying...

NESS

Saturday, October 5, 2002 4:19 AM

Anyone else slightly confused? The Academy? It's suddenly all purpose? I thought that's where River was and went all crazy. Now it's a place where they train sexy ship jackers? I really wish FOX would show the pilot sooner.

All in all, the episode was very amusing if nothing else. Mal in a flowery dress. I couldn't stop laughing for that one. And of course Janye named his gun. I wouldn't expect any less from him. Drunk Janye's funny. Him and his rain stick.

Book and Mal have smutty minds. Come one Mal! Inara doesn't hate you that much.

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing." - Zoe

JD

Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:54 AM

Questions:

1) Does anyone know the name of the actress who played Saffron? I know I've seen her before... somewhere....

2) What's the deal with these characters speaking Chinese? I missed the first two episodes so please forgive me for asking the obvious.

CARDIE

Saturday, October 5, 2002 2:07 PM

The actress who played Saffron is named Christina Hendricks. She was on the first season of MTV Undressed and played a recurring guest role on ER in 1994. Her latest TV series was the short-lived "The Court."

From what I understand from interviews, Earth eventually was ruled as one government by a coalition of the Americans and the Chinese. thus everyone who comes from Earth no doubt speaks both English and Chinese, with the other languages linked to Earth having faded out of use. This may be addressed in "Serenity," which I haven't seen yet.

Cardie

MELEE

Saturday, October 5, 2002 2:14 PM

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I love Wash. He's got the best facial expressions, for one. And then there's the whole "I wish I was somebody else right now. I wish I wasn't married, and madly in love with a woman who could kill me with her pinky." Hee.

Yes... Wash! I am officially in love with Wash now! He's my perfect guy! Too bad he's married

Wash

"We pretty much just give eachother significant glances and laugh incessantly"

For the morbidly curious with no more brain cells left to lose: read my Livejournal ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/meleechan/)

DELVO

Saturday, October 5, 2002 3:05 PM

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Anyone else slightly confused? The Academy? It's suddenly all purpose? I thought that's where River was and went all crazy. Now it's a place where they train sexy ship jackers?

There can be multiple academies; there are today. River could have been probed at an academy for military or medical research, while Inara and Saffron could have studied at an academy for Companions. Or, if you figure there's only one academy, it's an Alliance training ground for Alliance agents; they probed River to see how she might be useful to them, and trained Saffron but then lost control over her.

Of course, this notion of needing to go to an academy to learn how to seduce people is a bit silly, but then so are the hours required at cosmetology schools...

ZICSOFT

Saturday, October 5, 2002 6:56 PM

Hey guy, if you really want to hide spoilers, use the spoiler tag. It's real easy, and it hides your text from people using the linear view.

JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

ZICSOFT

Saturday, October 5, 2002 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by Delvo:

Of course, this notion of needing to go to an academy to learn how to seduce people is a bit silly, but then so are the hours required at cosmetology schools...

I think Companions are supposed to be like prostitutes in Japan under the Shoganate, another culture where sex workers were a respected profession. Those ladies also had to train for years, not just in sexual techniques, but also in non-sexual entertainments, such as music and dancing. That part of the profession got so sophisticated it finally split off from the prositution part and became a profession in its own right. It's still around -- you've heard of Geishas?

JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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