NEW Serenity Comic!!!
POSTED BY: PhyreLight
UPDATED: Friday, August 22, 2008 02:46
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A PDF file with all 8 pages of the "Serenity: The Other Half" comic can be downloaded at
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/13/2048723/Serenity-TheOtherHalf.p
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I just found this:
http://screenrant.com/sheperd-book-serenity-fans-rejoice-brusimm-3409/
apparently there's another comic in the making
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Yea, I can't wait for that book. I'll have to save it to my request list.
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Originally posted by rainstick:
I just found this:
http://screenrant.com/sheperd-book-serenity-fans-rejoice-brusimm-3409/
apparently there's another comic in the making
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The Shepherd's Tale comic is going to be an actual comic not an online thing as that article states.
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Originally posted by Mal92Reynolds:
The Shepherd's Tale comic is going to be an actual comic not an online thing as that article states.
What? Are we reading different articles here? It clearly says
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The Shepherd’s Tale will come out as a three-issue online comic
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That sucks that it's an onlie comic (Shepherd's tale, and this one) I like something tangible, that I can slid into a little plastic sleeve and keep on my bookshelf. Then again they probably predict that they won't profit enough to have it printed, which is why they're making both online till they are convinced of the market (which we know is there but whatever) then eventually will have them printed. I'm not saying that's how DH is operating, it's just a guess.
Anywho, I liked it. It's wasn't superior 'Bow Down And Worship Teh Awesomeness That Is Whedon' writing but it was good. It gave us some more flesh to the 'verse and the crew, and hey, they're starting to draw Simon better, which has been bugging me since I started reading the comics. Comic book Simon tends to look like a black haired Ken doll.
The downside. Where the diyu was Kaylee?!
Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash
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So your going to believe one little web article over the creators and the Serenity: Better Days letter section. I think I'll believe the latter.
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No, when I read your post the first time, I thought the last bit "as that article states" referred to the whole sentence, ie that you were suggesting that the article states it will be an actual comic not an online thing. And of course the article didn't say anything about an actual comic, which is why I "corrected" you. Only after second reading I realized that what you actually meant was that there would be an actual comic as opposed to what the article states (the online thing). Honest misunderstanding. All shiny.
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Originally posted by PhyreLight:Quote:Well, you gotta take into consideration that the crew needed the job, and he was suspicious of the it because they gave him half up front unlike everyone else they've worked for.
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
At the end we get that Mal knew the guy was bad from the start (quite a stretch imho) and put her with him to put her in a position where she'd have to kill him so she'd be bloodied like the others and bound by guilt? That's pretty hardcore bad!
Don't think it's half as bad as what Mal did at the end of 'Better Days'...IMO, that was uncharacteristically disloyal (taking away everyone's fair share of the bounty) and naive (did he really believe he could tip off some crooks and there wasn't a good chance someone on the crew might be injured or killed?). Despite what Inara says, it wasn't sweet at all...
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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!
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Originally posted by Platonist:
I often wonder why Inara didn’t take River to the Training House with her. What a great place to hide her. She’s the perfect age and would have fit in with the other students, with out to many questions asked. And, she would have been safe under the umbrella of the Guild.
My response to this -
“For practical and political purposes, the Guild are Alliance. How do we know that this wasn’t what they had in mind for River all along? Graceful, accomplished, empathic...the perfect Companion.”
River follows Ilargia’s thought process along the logical progression, nods.
“Dance right up and kill with a kiss.” She begins to shake. “Can be anything...be a leaf, be a butterfly, be a blade in the dark...”
and:
“Their, whatdyacallit, autonomy, wouldn’t be worth a damn, someone decides they can use River’s talents. They’d just march right in. You can’t defend this place.” The walls are stone, but it is a place of courtyards and wide windows, doors of paper.
“They don’t need to defend themselves with conventional weapons. And who exactly would they defend against? The Guild is Alliance. Why take what you can hire out? What were the Academy planning to do with River once they had finished whatever they were doing? I mean, you’re looking for an assassin, who are you going to defend against? The big man with a gun? Or the little girl bowing and serving you tea?”
also:
“I believe that any organisation that spans the known ‘verse so successfully is probably run by complete bastards. Or bitches, if you prefer. If I wanted to maintain, or even extend, power, I’d be absolutely frothing to get my hands on a psychic who could kill you with her toenails, and in a graceful fashion, too. Because I expect minds can be really open and relaxed at a certain juncture. Wouldn’t even need the pillow talk.”
As for Mal letting River take up a gun - the man was a soldier, and an officer. He's been responsible for sending kids of River's age out to die before. Command means making the decisions others can't or won't make. And I think River is quite aware that she can't go back. I think she has a clearer view of the truth than Simon - she's not 'safe' in the Core world, but she can fit in and be useful on the Rim.
“Why would I want to go back?” River shocks him. The question is sharp, looks for an answer. “Pretty doll. Tired of dancing at dinner parties. Talks of the bad things that we pretend aren’t there. Make her sleep.” Her head lolls suddenly, eyes glazed. “Poor little doll, let her sit in the sun and dream of stars. Push her chair out of the wind, and mind she doesn’t spill tea on her dress.” The tone is purely their mother’s. Head snaps up again. “No place there. Except, “ and her hand lashes out, stops against his neck, feather-light, “this.”
The moment stretches, frozen time. Simon’s eyes wide with shock.
“Made me a thing, Simon. Left jagged edges that don’t fit the hole. Never be safe.” Hand drops away, and suddenly, she’s a girl again, small shoulders bony in an overlarge gown. “Don’t want to dance for others.”
and:
.” She puts her hands over his. “Have a home, have a family. Don’t want to leave them lost in the woods - need a navigator.” She sighs, lets her hair fall forward. Peers up at him. “Know you want dirt beneath your feet, not under your fingernails. But I am not a broken doll - can’t keep me in the toybox until someone wants to play. I am...useful on Serenity. Not decorative. Need me to fly them through the storms.”
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