Jayne's Secret

POSTED BY: SlyC
UPDATED: Friday, July 13, 2007 04:08
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GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Friday, July 13, 2007 2:59 AM

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Originally posted by out2theblack:

Well , there was an observation by Shepherd Book , " This boy weighs A SOLID TON ! "

so does my 6 year old brother, that doesn't make him unusually heavy for his size.

I remember once, we were on vacation and me and my brother had to share a bed, and sort of sat up in the night and flopped back down across my ribcage my exact thought was "this boy weighs a solid ton"

I seem to have ramble on a bit, but my point was the phrase "a solid ton" is extremely relative to the situation in which it is used. like for instance having 220+ lbs. of solid JAYNE dropped into your arms and having to haul his bulk half-way around the ship, or having my 6 year old brother draped across you ribcage in the middle of the night.

Why is the rum always gone?

NOSADSEVEN

Friday, July 13, 2007 3:56 AM

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Originally posted by SlyC:
In the "Serenity" movie during the heist Jayne clotheslines a guy so hard he flips completely upside down and then catches him by the feet...
When something that seemingly silly happens I look for an explanation.

I like this guy's explanation:
http://ejmas.com/jtc/2006jtc/jtcart_couch_0706.html

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Jayne’s fighting style mirrors his direct and brutish nature. In Serenity’s bar fight, an anonymous patron takes a swing at Jayne, who, annoyed, blocks and then executes a visceral hammerfist to the crown of the head, all without missing a beat. The instinctual choice of such an inefficient technique emphasizes that Jayne’s fighting style owes more to brute force than precision training, since a targeted blow would have required less force while delivering the same result (1). In “The Train Job” episode, Jayne again eschews formal technique, opting instead to explode out of the saloon swinging a large metal stool at those unfortunate enough to be in his path. Direct, effective, and very much in character.

Jayne is not a completely one-dimensional character, however, for it is his sly humor (and his love for his momma) that endears him to the viewer. When describing how he would kill a man “in a fair fight…or if I thought he was going to start a fair fight,” his glance and subtle grin muster a likable charm that tempers his otherwise offensive demeanor. That whimsical side is mirrored in Jayne’s fight in Serenity’s payroll robbery. As a guard bursts into action, Jayne clotheslines the guard as he runs past, then, as the guard rotates in midair from the force of the clothesline, Jayne grabs him by the ankles and bashes his head into the floor, rendering him hors de combat. The movements are executed through sheer power, from the initial clothesline to lifting the guard by his ankles, but Jayne’s humor slips through because of the patent absurdity of the gravity-defying technique.

Excerpt from "The Brute, the Brawler, and the Ballerina: Fighting Styles and Character Development in Firefly and Serenity" by Jason Couch, Journal of Theatrical Combatives, July 2006. http://ejmas.com/jtc/2006jtc/jtcart_couch_0706.html

(I added the bold.)

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OUT2THEBLACK

Friday, July 13, 2007 4:08 AM

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Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:

Well , there was an observation by Shepherd Book , " This boy weighs A SOLID TON ! "

so does my 6 year old brother, that doesn't make him unusually heavy for his size...

I seem to have ramble on a bit, but my point was the phrase "a solid ton" is...

Now you're getting a bit literal .

Jayne ain't a literal 'boy' , either , and Book's comment was an exclamatory observation...Wasn't intended by the Shepherd to be anything else...

Most folk here seem to get that already...But it has been previously pointed out that muscle is more DENSE than fat , etc .

I believe this thread was intended as just good fun . That's really all it should be...

But a normal brain contains a lot of fat , fatty proteins to be well , literal .

Some folk tend to lean toward muscle-headedness , more than others , though...

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