Scenes that have you in awe
POSTED BY: MerryK
UPDATED: Sunday, November 30, 2008 21:34
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Couple of em.
On two very different levels...
"Big Damn Heros!"
First was that they did come for them, and boy did they ever, with the whole cavalry fanfare and lots of entirely deliberate grandstanding.
But underneath it, the fact that they were spead out, and carrying shotguns with aircover, cause they were absolutely, even murderously, serious about it in spite of those antics.
The other was the small flashback scene in The Message, when Zoe sneaks up on the alliance goon and FHWIPP...
Add to that the scene where she brings Niska the ransom in War Stories.
In so many sci-fi shows, there's a distinct tendancy to view the captains right hand 'man' as someone lesser, in competence and ability, but Zoe, and the way her nature and abilities are framed by the scenes that home in on it - will FIRMLY disabuse any notion of that concerning her.
Even in the scenes where she's being lighthearted, Firefly never, EVER lets you forget that woman is pure death on two legs if she means to be, every scene has that slight razor edge to it, if you go back and watch real careful, you'll notice it right away and then go "wow, I never really caught that the first time around.."
Which is why Firefly is so great, just so many layers, like an everlasting gobstopper.
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Just had more thought. Many have complained about Zoe and the portrayal Gina was forced to give.
FMF mentioned she was not a lesser XO, and this is similar to Spock - who would doubt he COULD lead, command, captain? He just didn't when Jim was around.
Many roles done by women, and minority women, have a lot of gab to them. Zoe is not a gabfest, and that may very well be why I like her so much. At least at the early parts, she speaks fairly concisely, not blathering on and on, so that when she dies speak, she is listened to (maybe also that active gun hand contirbutes). When she makes a funny, it needs not be extensive for all to enjoy it. She may not have the most lines, and intentionally so, but I think she makes the most of the few lines she has, and more of all the scenes and background activity she has.
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The episode where they go to rescue Mal. I duno, I always get all warm and fuzzy when they team up, including Brook (kneecaps only!) to rescue him.
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Originally posted by JaynesMane:
The episode where they go to rescue Mal. I duno, I always get all warm and fuzzy when they team up, including Brook (kneecaps only!) to rescue him.
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Book has good lines, but this is our first taste of River's potential. After this we can figure her threats of killing Jayne ability are not idle.
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I really like the dancing scene in "Taken." After all the pain and confusion we see in River prior to this episode, we finally get a glimpse of River as she was before the Academy: Graceful, dancing, and, above all, happy. But of course, like many of Rivers small moments of happiness or lucidity, it is cut traumatically short by forces beyond her control.
Call me nuts, but I also really liked the torture scene with Mal and Wash, although not in a Sun Tzu sort of way.
Actually, that's not correct. I liked this scene precisely because we see Mal as he truly is. Despite the pain, despite the high probability of death, despite the hopeless situation, Mal's primary thought was the well-being of his crewman. So through the pain he strives, in a darkly LOL-inducing manner, to keep Wash concentrating on something, anything other than the torture. The effect this has on Wash, once he realized what Mal had done, is noteworthy. Wash understood how a leader like Mal could inspire the loyalty shown by Zoe and others. And it's clear from his actions (picking up arms and taking an active role in Mal's rescue) that he now feels that same loyalty.
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