Dumbest thing in FF/Serenity...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:34 PM

I'd say it was the idea that Inara could ever stand a guy like Atherton Wing.

Wow, hard to choose; the whole entity was so near-perfect IMO.

Over-analyzing Chrisisall

ZEEK

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:45 PM

"Capital City"

I hate when shows do that. Who cares if they said you're the finest doctor in all of "schumtzville"? We'd still assume it's a pretty good complement. If the alliance was really that lame with naming conventions then what's with "Ariel" and "Miranda". Why not "Planet #213"? Pssh Capital City. So dumb. It annoys me every time I watch Safe.

SUCCATASH

Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:45 AM

"We're in trouble! We better call Mr. Universe!"

and also

"I aim to misbehave."

Mal, you're so naughty! That is such tough talk for a hardened soldier.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

STAPLES

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:16 AM

I agree - where did Mr. Universe come from?! He'd never been in any of the episodes...WTF?!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Staples:
I agree - where did Mr. Universe come from?! He'd never been in any of the episodes...WTF?!

He was more or less a humorous myth that no one took very seriously back in FF time, but after an incident where they discovered his true nature (not shown) they realized what help he could be in future, and made avail of it in Serenity.

Or so it's been said.

Bymeisall

MRUNIVERSE1

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:43 AM

I think Mr. Universe was an awesome addition to the movie.

"Would be you get your most poetical about your pecker"

BLACKSHAMROCK5

Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:15 AM

"Lets moon 'em!" I love this show but...*shudder*

i guess there's no way to make love not break our hearts

Shamrock
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SERGEANTX

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:31 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:
"We're in trouble! We better call Mr. Universe!"

That one gets my vote. I cringed inside.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

SPACEANJL

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:31 PM

Dumbest thing overall - probably Jayne! (But we love the big man-ape-thing)

Mr Universe as a recurring figure could have worked, if he was a little less omnipotent, part of some bigger network. (But David K is just a star, anyhow - a couple of scenes, and you just knew what this guy was like...question, though - did this predate the start of Numb3rs? *muppet voiceover* Epps in space...'cos Peter McNichol would be a hoot in FF)

I have a bit of problem with the whole BDM, really, 'cos I would love to have seen the storyline played out over time with subtlety, instead of crammed into crude money shots. And a tech issue - if the retinal scan screens are in most places, then there is no place to hide once you get on the grid, and I assume the Cortex to be no different. Basically, there's no explanation for how a system that big and obviously well monitored could let folks disappear and appear at will. Unless that explains Simon's cool sunglasses in 'FF:Serenity 1'

DUG

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:51 PM

There's something in Firefly that's been bugging me recently. Take this quote, for instance:

"I wanted to do a show about people who are not 'super,' just working-class people, the people history steps on." - Joss Whedon on Firefly

There are other quotes like that as well. Hearing that quote, how the h311 do I fit River Tam into this 'verse? Even if I think of Serenity as changed due to being a movie, the series was still headed in a decidedly non-ordinary person direction for her.

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