What moment first made you fall in love with the show?
POSTED BY: Geni
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 05:33
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Although I am new to this site, I discovered firefly when it came out on DVD what really got me addicted comes at the end of the real pilot episode.
Mal: I had a good day.
Simon: You had the Alliance on you, criminals and savages. Half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded, including yourself. And you're harboring known fugitives.
Mal: Well, I'm still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.
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I've commented on this elsewhere, so once more I will curb my verbosity...verboseness?...
I just spot-read this thread, because there are just so many I couldn't read every one, and I have to take a moment to say, I'm so glad I found you folks. Practically every post here is like reading something I would have written myself at one time or another, or it makes me think of something new and beautiful about the show. You've all made me a very happy Browncoat.
"When you can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right!" -Jayne Cobb quotes Shepherd Book
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Originally posted by snufkin:
And from The Train Job:
INARA: What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
MAL: That it was manly and impulsive?
INARA: Except that the exact word I used was "don't".
Or better still, at the end of that scene when Mal goes back in and asks "could you do my hair?"
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The cockpit scene in the movie. I was in love from the second I realized it was FUNNY sci fi. Then I watched the bonus material and said "you mean there's MORE?!!!".
OK, not much more, but better than nothing!
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Just realised that I haven't actually mentioned my moment... well it was the sights, sounds, and smells of Eavesdown Docks. The shipping containers used as makeshift housing along with the hustle and bustle really made it feel like a real place rather than a set.
It of reminded me of a couple of months previous to my introduction to Firefly, when Bristol (UK) bus station was being rebuilt. The facilities were temporarily housed in Portakabins, and kind of had a "future frontier" feel.
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Being a late discoverer, I was able to watch the shows in order, and I have to say that after the pilot, I was all in. In fact, I believe I watched all of Season One in one uninterrupted marathon. But what cemented it for me was Jaynestown.
I'm watching Jaynestown and thinking, this is the funniest tv episode I've ever seen. But then at the end, after they leave Canton, we get brief vignettes of the characters that are not funny, but acutely, poignantly HUMAN. Finally, the last bit with Jayne and Mal in the cargo hold--"Just don't make no sense..."--killed me.
One aside here, because of the character's personality, I don't think Baldwin gets enough credit for his vulnerable moments on the show, where he absolutely shines.
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The first time I saw the show on fux (train job, stupid b@stards at fux... *grumbles*) anyway... The bit between Mal, Zoe, and Jayen, playing chinese checkers... and then that whole, "You know... your coats kinda a... brownish color..." and then the bar fight... all these little moments got me thinking, "HERES something you don't see everyday... friendly, comedic banter between friends switching almost instantly to angst over a lsot war, into anger and a big ol' brawl..." and who could forget Jaynes line, once he finally enters the fight, and the malcontent in the bar draws his sidearm... "Hey now... them's ain't cosherized rules..." All in all, I fell in love within the first few minutes, but what really REALLY got me was them actually returning the medicine and the "Crow through engine bit" I was all... did I REALLY just see one of our "heros" put a man through an interspace engine!? My dad, being as cool as he is, started watching the series with me after he got the boxed set for me for christmas a few years back... and I got him into Firefly through the Pilot... Mal and Bendis' speach... the "this land bit" and my dad was hooked!
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I hate to admit it, but I never caught the show on Fox. I, probably like many others, was introduced to the series by seeing "Serenity". It didn't take long for me to get sucked into the movie, and when it was over, I wanted more. So, I bought the DVD series. 'Nuff said.
By the way, first of many posts here.
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Mal introducing Inara to Shepard just to see what he'd do was great. Inara later connecting with Shepard was great too. But overall, Mal absolutely rocks in the pilot. He makes you laugh, he makes you care and most of all he makes you love him and therefore you automatically love what he loves, ie, the ship and the crew.
Special mention for Kaylee and the strawberry.
They Can't Take The Sky From US!!
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