Unpopular Opinions
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UPDATED: Monday, August 3, 2026 22:05
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Originally posted by nbz:
All the BDH play important roles. And it is forgotten where Mal has been the butt of a few jokes too for his macho-ness. (HoG - immediately thinking it is him people want to get help from.
One thing that does surprise me though is that "Bushwacked" is statistically the least favourite episode among people. I personally rank it very highly.
(For bottom rung I would have a fight out between The Train Job and Heart of Gold. I think Hog would go on the bottom rung.)
...We agree on most everything , except I like
The Train Job...Not as much as I like
Bushwhacked , because if forced to choose , I
might select it as favorite single-episode...
Favorite 'double-episode' is the original
pilot 'Serenity'...Always freezes grins to my
face...I like Bushwhacked because it's
atmospheric and spooky , and delivers a classic
scene that shows River's not as 'wack' as most
folk believe..."It's a ghost."
Subtle , understated , and perfectly rendered
by Miss Glau..
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Here's my unpopular opinion (although not entirely Firefly related)
I don't like Chuck.
I've tried, I've watched every episode. It's failed to make me care about any of the stories.
My idea for improvent is to center completely around Adam Baldwin's character. Or if they fastforward 500 years into the future and it takes place on a spaceship.
Now as for Firefly: I like the show and movie seperately but together they make very little sense to me--Especially Mal. In the begining of the BDM when he pretty much told Simon that he was not part of the crew, it seemed out of character.
Thank Universal for airing Firefly in HD at
http://universalhd.com/Firefly/
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Originally posted by out2theblack:
... and delivers a classic scene that shows River's not as 'wack' as most folk believe..."It's a ghost."
Subtle , understated , and perfectly rendered
by Miss Glau..
'Cept that she says: "It's ghosts."
--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam
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Originally posted by asarian:Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:
... and delivers a classic scene that shows River's not as 'wack' as most folk believe..."It's a ghost."
Subtle , understated , and perfectly rendered
by Miss Glau..
'Cept that she says: "It's ghosts."
--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." --
Simon Tam
Never could be exactly sure on that point myself-
If you're talking about how it looks on the
captions , I've found that they're filled with
errors , so I don't accept them as final
authority...And then , I defer to context for a
best guesstimate...To me , it makes more sense
for the River character to be referring to the
derelict *ship* , you know , the classic 'ghost
ship'-type that's been found adrift for
almost as long as there've been mariners , or
science-fiction...That's a classic riff that's
been done in Star Trek , the Aliens franchise ,
Lost In Space ; pretty much the entire gamut .
All the other folk aboard Serenity had rendered
their individual opinions , and were continuing
to speculate about the nature of the other ship
and what led to her demise...Right ? Their
basic question was 'What IS It ?'... And as
always , River is a step ahead with an
answer...What seems to the viewer a minor
answer to their question ; but then ,
later , River also becomes the device for the
further revelation...About the time Mal is
drawing a mental conclusion , and speaks of
it , "I know what did this" , River is already
staring at the ceiling...And the tension
becomes amped-up yet more when Mal apparently
fears River could go monkey-sh!+ on account of
just being there and seeing that...A fact which
Joss eventually uses in the BDM...I find the
'River/Ghost' scene to be so ambiguous as to
make me wonder if there was some purposeful
mis-direction employed to make the spoken-word
indecisive...Which would serve to further
heighten the mystery...
Does anyone have a shooting script ?...I'd like
to see Summer's copy , and Joss's , too , for
the notations...Might be a good Con-panel
question , if anyone wants to carry it to a
Trekkie-anal decision...
Ever notice when Jayne contacts the Alliance-Fed
in 'Ariel' , and the dude's face comes up on the
viewscreen , the audio says , "Ni Hao" , but the
officer clearly mouths the more lengthy , "Ni
Hao Ma" , although the 'Ma' isn't heard on the
soundtrack ?
I wondered how that happened , too...
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Of course, the final authority on what it was meant to be ("It's a ghost" vs. "It's ghosts") would be the script... AFK ...which just says "Ghosts." But of course, only Summer knows what she actually said in filming which is the final final authority (yes, there are two finals).
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I'm not sure if this is considered unpopular, but...
I hate The Message.
Cannot stand it. I never watch it out of my own free will, only when I have no choice.
I have no idea why I hate it, I just do.
Only one good thing about it, "The Funeral". A masterful piece of compostion.
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Originally posted by Causal:
Of course, the final authority on what it was meant to be ("It's a ghost" vs. "It's ghosts") would be the script... AFK ...which just says "Ghosts." But of course, only Summer knows what she actually said in filming which is the final final authority (yes, there are two finals).
I don't disagree...But I wonder if Summer
remembers after all this time...It's a great
question , and I'll probably ask her someday ,
if I don't have a brain-freeze...
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Firefly jump the shark when Serenity killed Shepherd and Wash
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I am posting this here because I imagine it will be an unpopular opinion, but I would like to join a community of fans to support this verse, but I don't want to be a "Browncoat" Does anybody else want to form an organization of Republic Troops?
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Originally posted by blackbeanie:
I'm not sure if this is considered unpopular, but...
I hate The Message.
Cannot stand it. I never watch it out of my own free will, only when I have no choice.
I have no idea why I hate it, I just do.
Only one good thing about it, "The Funeral". A masterful piece of compostion.
Maybe you only hate the episode because it's the only one which Joss acts in. I like it, though.
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