Favorite character

POSTED BY: MountainGal
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CHARLIEBLUE

Monday, October 28, 2002 8:52 AM

My rankings:

1. Mal -- He's cute and he kicks people into jet engines. How could you not love the guy?
2. Kaylee -- She's just so gosh-darned adorable, I couldn't put her any lower without feeling guilty.
3. Jayne -- Nice to see a real antihero in our band of antiheroes.
4. Simon -- He's funny. This show needs his funny. (It also needs his remarkable gayness. Did you hear how horrified he was that he might have slept with a GIRL? Heh.)
5. Wash -- His feelings for Zoe just come across as so genuine, it's interesting. And he's funny too.
6. River -- I like the crazy thing mixed with the genius thing. It's coming across pretty well. They just need more.
7. Inara -- If they ever give her a character beyond "Oh, look at Mal, he's tough on the outside but soft on the inside," I might really like her. I really wanted to like her. But now? The prettiness factor just ain't cutting it.
8. Zoe -- I've seen blocks of cement more interesting than this woman. Basically just good for the Wash angle. And her helpful Malsposition.
9. Book -- Geez. He really is the worst preacher ever.

EDIT: You know, on reading the whole thread, I should've just written "What LivingImpaired said." Oh well. At least I got my Inara-thoughts in.

MOUNTAINGAL

Monday, October 28, 2002 12:32 PM

I'm the only Book fan?
I personally think he's pretty cool...And the way he reacted to River trying to "fix" his Bible was just neat. And the hair incident... *giggle*

Y'don't have to scream from a pulpit to be an effective preacher, IMHO...

~S.

You can't take the sky from me...So quit trying! (-:

MUDDER999

Monday, October 28, 2002 1:09 PM

I like all the characters. My favorite is Mal, but he wouldn't be as good as he is without the others. Book is full of potential awaiting more lines. I certainly want to hear more about that monastery. River, like Book, hasn't had much to say yet. Wash and Jayne crack me up. Inara and Kaylee are both strong and independent women. I love that. And finally, Simon -- to me, he represents a present-day person, more like us, who now has to live in the Black.

MAL: Which one you figure tracked us?
ZOE: The ugly one, sir.
MAL: ...Could you be more specific?

MOUNTAINGAL

Monday, October 28, 2002 1:29 PM

I agree with whoever said that the characters play off of each other. Zoe, for example. Not very talkative or expressive facially, but she has a way of saying what she says. Inara too. I hope she gets more than the "i'm a floozy and i love Mal" as far as a character.

MORE talking for Book!!!

~S.

You can't take the sky from me...So quit trying! (-:

QUEENTIYE

Monday, October 28, 2002 3:57 PM

Well... I'm just gonna cut and paste some comments here that I posted in another thread. But I want to make this small disclaimer...it is a rare show that can make me fall in love with a male character while at the same time he ISN'T my favorite character...

So saying here are my top three:

1. Inara: She's dignified, gracious, and intelligent.

The companion idea that we think outside of our cultural boxes...a companion is not a whore, and is not a prostitute, any more than a surgeon is a barber... the profession has elevated considerably, it requires a postsecondary school education, and does not come with negative effects such as pimps and drugs (so far as I can tell). So, I think we do Inara a disservice if we think even for one minute that she isn't subject to the same human emotions that anyone else has just because she is a companion.

I'm hoping that we learn more about the companion academy, and about Inara, and how she struggles to balance her own attractions with her sense of professionalism. Just a thought exercise -how do psychologists fall in love without persistently analyzing their lovers? And what happens if they fall in love with someone who their clinical knowledge tells them is an emotional basketcase? Do they stop being human beings because of clinical knowledge?

2. Mal - Out of Gas is the ep that made me lose my heart to Mal, who I KNEW I was going to like the first time I saw him. In every scene, he's trying to hold it together, pushing the whole situation forward almost singlehandedly, trying to create options out of thin air...a girl couldn't help but love a guy like this. And, forgive me for my girlishness ;) but seeing Mal wrapped up in the cockpit like that just pushed every female instinct button I've got!

3. I don't have a third favorite yet, but I think it's going to be Zoe. I think I understand her, but I could be projecting a bit. I'll pencil her in, and see where we see the character going. But if she is what I think she is, she might sneak her way to the top...

QT

QueenTiye, Companion Academy, class of 2006

THESKINWALKER

Monday, October 28, 2002 5:02 PM

1) Jayne- 2 words...Animal Mother....also I am an avid (if not obsessive) knife collector and enthusiast. I challenge you to find Jayne without Binky the Bowie sheathed at his side....truely a guy afer my own "out for myself but deepdown cares for others" heart.

2) Mal- Character is practically a carbon copy of my cousin Dave in speach and mannerism. Damn if Davey doesnt have a heart three sizes too big to fit in him yet his good intentions lead him into numerous fights and trouble with the law, which he used to enforce. Its easy to like the character since it reminds me of the guy who is more my brother than my actual brother.

3) Inara- Lower brain says....Droooooooolllllllllllll, MORE SPONGE BATHING SCENES!!!!!! Higher Brain says...Her "companion" etiquette is phoney, but becomes very real when she breaks from it in a fit of actual emoting. I was unimpressed at first, but now I have great respect for Morena Baccarin's acting. And she is one of those people who really looks happy when she smiles..great smiling.

All the other chaacters I like very much, each one fits nicely. I think maybe River needs to jive more with the rest, but that is happening. Certainly a better chemistry between the actors then in most new shows.

CHARLIEBLUE

Monday, October 28, 2002 5:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MountainGal:
I'm the only Book fan?
I personally think he's pretty cool...And the way he reacted to River trying to "fix" his Bible was just neat. And the hair incident... *giggle*

Y'don't have to scream from a pulpit to be an effective preacher, IMHO...

Well, no. But I mean, Mel Gibson's atheist preacher in Signs? He was a better preacher.

All of Book's preaching so far has been either unfunny "witticisms" ("...and people who talk in movie theatres") or totally unconvincing fluff ("faith fixes you").

Then again, I was still cheering for River and her Bible-fixing at the end of the scene, so maybe it's sort of a perspective thing.

THESKINWALKER

Monday, October 28, 2002 5:53 PM

Awwwwww....come on now!

Are you saying that that "Church Lady" refference when Book said "Well isnt that speacial" wasnt funny.

not enough Church Lady refferences I think.

Book is cool....he may not be preachy but thats not what hes out to do. And he used a Church Lady joke, y gotta love that.

Seriously, there is a lot of forshadowing that Book is on a personal quest, not a missionary one. There is also a more than subtle allusion that he himself had a criminal past....pretty coool facet to a preacher character IMO.

and Church Lady quotes....lets not forget that.

RADWORLD

Monday, October 28, 2002 6:21 PM

My faves...Wash, for being the most similar to myself in demeanor and attitude. And Kaylee..just for "rowrrrr". Just something about a woman with grease smudges and a jump suit that does it for me.

RHEA

Monday, October 28, 2002 6:38 PM

I love them all, with the possible eception of Simon and Inara.

Mal makes me drool. He's exactly what I had hoped the captains on Enterprise and Andromeda would be - and he reminds me a lot of Gary Cooper. I love the actor, love the character.

Jayne - what's not to love?

Kaylee is absolutely entrancing. And I love that the engineer is a woman.

Zoe and Wash are too cool. I LOVE Wash's dinosaurs, and how they keep popping up. And I like what a mismatch they are for each other, but they're kind of cute together anyway.

Book is a wonderful character, and I love the interaction with Book and River. Just thinking about the hair scenes lays me on the floor.

Simon's still a little vague, but he's getting there.

Ditto for Inara, who's like a hothouse flower. I think my problem with her is that we know more about what she *does* than who she *is.*

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