Serenity

POSTED BY: dogjoy3
UPDATED: Saturday, July 28, 2007 14:57
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DOGJOY3

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:02 PM

Here's whats bothering me ever since I saw the movie, Why did Joss kill Wash and Book when he had a psychic on board? He could of had River have one of her visions and stop it just before it happens! Anyway... being science fiction I still think he could still bring them back, time travel, worm holes ect... If not I cant see how you could have Serenity2 without them, maybe that was the idea, so us fans would stop bugging him. What do you think?

THEVOICEINMYHEAD

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:33 PM

I think the reason that they were killed off was that the person wanted out of playing the charcter for their own reasons more than Joss wanted to kill them off. Ron Glass is not a young man, and at the time of filming there was rumor that there was some health problems. Alan, on the other hand, probably didn't want to be tied down to a contract to continue on with this project in case it was someone picked it up and continued with the show. It would have interfered with his other projects. Although not tied down to the show, they could still show up in flshbacks and such

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GRIZWALD

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:37 PM

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the person wanted out of playing the charcter for their own reasons more than Joss wanted to kill them off.

Oh dear. I think that is a giant red herring. Joss was just being Joss. A stinker! A lovable stinker, but a stinker no less. Neither of those actors has ever even hinted of wanting to leave the 'Verse.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by dogjoy3:
Here's whats bothering me ever since I saw the movie, Why did Joss kill Wash and Book when he had a psychic on board? He could of had River have one of her visions and stop it just before it happens! Anyway... being science fiction I still think he could still bring them back, time travel, worm holes ect... If not I cant see how you could have Serenity2 without them, maybe that was the idea, so us fans would stop bugging him. What do you think?

I think the best reason comes from Joss himself in the commentary. That being that if you want the audience to care about these characters and that they may die, then you have to , as a writer, earn it. In having two significant characters die you feel all the more for the remaining characters towards the last twenty minutes.

I must admit I genuinely thought they would die, all of them, except maybe Mal. But you know the hairs on the back of my neck were up... and they were wondering....

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THEVOICEINMYHEAD

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:46 PM

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I must admit I genuinely thought they would die, all of them, except maybe Mal. But you know the hairs on the back of my neck were up... and they were wondering....

when the Alliance came through the wall i thought they were all dead also. I surly thought joss could not do that after everything they had gone through, but I was still in shock over Wash and Zoe showing no emotion

Madness does not always howl. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "Hey, is there room in your head for one more?"

Browncoats are forever

THEONETRUEBIX

Friday, July 27, 2007 10:58 PM

You're not going to find Joss writing time travel or wormholes into Firefly/Serenity. That's not the kind of science fiction it is.

DOGJOY3

Friday, July 27, 2007 11:10 PM

So... do you think a sequel would be doable without them, or did he want it to end here? Not that we would know what he really thinks, only our opinion.

BLUEMOONSTUFF

Friday, July 27, 2007 11:13 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

I think the best reason comes from Joss himself in the commentary. That being that if you want the audience to care about these characters and that they may die, then you have to , as a writer, earn it.

I agree. If you want something that will keep folks comin' back, then you have to make the movie real enough to believe. Folks diein' in that kind of a situation is a pretty realistic senerio.

Didn't like to see one of my BDH's bite the farm but it sure made for a hell of a movie. You could of heard a pin drop when I saw the first special screening. Kept hoping it would change when it made it to full release but now that I look back on it..... a HELL of a MOVIE!

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THEVOICEINMYHEAD

Friday, July 27, 2007 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by dogjoy3:
So... do you think a sequel would be doable without them, or did he want it to end here? Not that we would know what he really thinks, only our opinion.

a sequel would be doable without them. If Joss put his mind to it, he could do almost anything, but most likely they will show up in flash backs

Madness does not always howl. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "Hey, is there room in your head for one more?"

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DOGJOY3

Friday, July 27, 2007 11:28 PM

Well... I'm going to go all girly on you all, but I just cant stand seeing wash die, thank God for fast forward. My imagination sees so many ways to make it exciting with River being psychic and all without killing them I just hate that part. And I thought Mal count fly, that's why he needed a pilot from the beginning of firefly? So many questions still not answered!

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