Why Wash is 100% alive and mostly well.
POSTED BY: pastorbadger
UPDATED: Thursday, November 22, 2007 09:57
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Originally posted by rallem:
Book's body was strapped to the hull of Serenity so they did have the bodies to Wash, Book, and Mr. Universe the three people buried.
That was an OUTTAKE! You could tell because Kaylee couldn't stop laughing! That and it was in the "Outtakes" section of the dvd...
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
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I thought that outtake was funny too.
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I loved Jayne/Adam's reaction - Just a gobsmacked "wha?" and a smile.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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I spoke with Alan Tudyk at the first Starfury con in the UK after the pre-screening of the movie. Since I had only seen the movie once, I had thought that the spike that got Wash had punched through his stomach. But Alan put me straight and told me the spike went straight through Wash's heart. Now A-Lions medicine maybe pretty good, but it only take two minutes for a brain starved of oxygen for permanent brain damage. Must admit I still hold out hopes, superguts or something like that. Wash was the Zander Harris of the crew, and pretty much I believe the humour outlet for Joss. Zander survived right to the end of Buffy so seems to be a major writing need for Joss so one would hope that Wash is the same.
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That's so cool! Meeting any of the BDHs would be amazing!
And you're right, there are certainly some serious logical problems with making him be only mostly dead, but I think what we need to consider would be the affect on the story if he were to be brought back, Magical Max or not.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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What will finally decide whether or not Wash is dead is the next piece of Firefly/Serenity story set after the first Serenity movie-- whether it's a book, movie, comic, series, etc. And that will be up to Joss, and Alan, and all the other people involved in making it. What's come before is true enough... but just as Serenity-the-movie was not the same as Firefly-the-series, I think whatever comes next may well be something new too. And if it is a new ball game, anything could happen...
What happens until then, we can only guess. If it makes you feel better to think Wash is dead, fine, that's your right. If it makes you feel better to think Wash is alive, fine, that's your right too.
Personally...
STEERING COLUMN, baby! I want Wash back, alive if not completely well. (There's gotta be some sort of plot complication to keep things flyin'.) I'm sure Joss & Co. could write it at least as well as so many fanfic writers have, and I've seen several wonderful examples of Resurrection!Fic right here in the Blue Sun Room. Will it cheapen the movie? Not for me. If anything, I thought it was pretty damn cheap to kill Wash off for the sole reason of jerking around the fans, or "raising tension," as TPTB called it. But hey, that's me, and I'm sure there are plenty out there who don't agree.
If that puts me up to my neck in the river De Nial, fine. It's all imaginary anyway, so I'd like to imagine it the way I choose. Kudos to PB in thinking it through so well, and giving this Browncoat a bit more hope. If my hopin's a problem to you... well, I'm just gonna be all Kaylee-like, put on a big sweet smile, and say, "that's okay too, just think what you wanna." And we'll all look forward to the next Firefly/Serenity project happily. 
one of the FORSAKEN (self-appointed): We aim to burn!
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Are you sure we're not going to meet Gilbert "Gib" Washburne, Hoban's twin brother?
Although Zoe was not able to explore a relationship with Simon while Wash was around, now it's a different matter.
And of course Gib has the hots for KayLee. That's going to be funny, where every time the "landing party" needs to make an unplanned expedient getaway, err...takeoff, they'll be coitus interruptus for Gib & KayLee (Gib is as good a pilot as Wash).
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