Serenity: Better Days Comics: Very much like a Firefly episode. Re-readable.

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UPDATED: Sunday, April 20, 2008 01:58
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ANONYMOUS1

Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:14 AM

Anybody else have to go read Issue #1 again and then read Issue #2 again. Very shiny indeed! Very much like a Firefly Episode. Re-readable...re-watchable.

I don't think Mal and Zoe are/were dust devils. Cause...Just because!

Took me a while to figure out the "little shade" thing.

Loved the full page ad for Serenity Charity Screenings http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:39 PM

Definitely a comic I could read again and again. The dialog is very much like the banter between the crew, and the writer has the characters pegged.

This one flows better than the first series for me.

Not so sure that Mal & Zoe weren't Dust Devils. Always wondered if they kept fighting once they got off of Hera.

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PHYRELIGHT

Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:44 PM

I'm not 100% sure they were dust devils either, especially since they didn't revealed the face of the shadowy-figure in the attack. I keep going back and forth on it myself. But, Mal and Zoe definitely know something more about it than they were "strong-minded folk". There is subtext in their conversation on the balcony.

Btw, did anyone notice the yellow submarine and llama in River's fantasy?

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

Patiently waiting to see Cap'n Hammerpants sing!

GWEK

Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:19 PM

There definitely seems to me some implication that MAL at least, is not a dust devil, not so sure about Zoe.

Question is whether Ephraim is simply wrong, or there's more going on here. Assuming he's not simply wrong, there aren't a lot of possibilities. Pretty much boils down to Zoe or Book (which is, potentially, a very interesting twist, especially with "The Shepherd's Tale" as the next slated story arc).

Just took a closer look at the "shadowy figure" and I might be reading too much into it, but it looks kinda Zoe-ish, if you ask me.

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PHYRELIGHT

Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:24 PM

I've also wondered if it were also Book! It has also crossed my mind that the Alliance may specificly be looking for a dust devil named Reynolds. But, is it the same Reynolds we all know and love? There could be more.

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

Patiently waiting to see Cap'n Hammerpants sing!

GWEK

Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:18 PM

Well, this is Joss, so we can expect that it we'll be something we don't expect... which could mean that it'll be exactly what we originally suspected.

That Whedon, he's a crafty rutter.

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ANONYMOUS1

Friday, April 11, 2008 12:20 AM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Definitely a comic I could read again and again. The dialog is very much like the banter between the crew, and the writer has the characters pegged.

Yep, that he does. Story by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews.

Very pretty pictures too!

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, April 11, 2008 2:00 PM

The art in this series has been phenomenal so far. It has been brighter and the backgrounds fuller than the first mini. I am really impressed how well this one has come together.

As for whether or not Mal & Zoe were Dust Devils, hard to say. As was pointed out that Joss is a crafty one and he's got a bad habit of hitting us with the unexpected. Could be they were, or it could be they weren't, which ever one will get the most shock out of us I suppose.

I am already eagerly awaiting # 3.

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DAVESHAYNE

Friday, April 11, 2008 5:20 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
As for whether or not Mal & Zoe were Dust Devils, hard to say.

I would hazard that there are dust devils and there are dust devils. Some independents may have fought a bit longer than others while still being mostly soldiers while some may have turned to terrorist methods to continue their struggle. The alliance may not spend any great amount of effort distinguishing between the two.

I can see Mal being the former. It's somewhat inconsistent with the way the Battle of Serenity Valley is portrayed in the series but it jibes with snippets in the BDM's deleted scenes, visual companion, and novelization.

I rather doubt the latter. Even cold cynical unbeliever criminal Mal goes out of his way not to harm civilians (and even armed combatants who have tried to kill him before and were repeating the attempt.) I figure big believer Mal would be more so. Therefore if he was involved in something dodgy, rules of war wise, it was probably without foreknowledge.

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THECOLOURS

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:42 AM

Does anyone know what Simon was doing in Inara's shuttle at the end?

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