Watching firefly
POSTED BY: farscapeman
UPDATED: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:49
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The interrogation scenes held that ep. together and were also my fav. part. Especially liked jumping from Zoe being all closed mouthed to Wash's interview. In the extras on the fourth disk they have some outtakes of Wash from that scene that are hilarious (he's ad-libbing and trying to crack up the alliance officer). Seeing more about the reavers in Bushwacked was pretty cool (by cool I mean freaky) but it might raise some questions when you get to the movie.
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I see I'm not the only one who appreciates the darkness of "Bushwhacked." I think it is closer to the feel Joss wanted for the show before FOX demanded more action and humor. Also, it is a good reason for my opinion that if Joss was not able to head up a revival of the show then Tim Minear is the only other person I would trust with the job.
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I am so behind in becoming a part of this enthusiastic Firefly family, but better late than never!!
I became a fan through watching Castle, and have not looked back. I so look forward to reading your comments and analysis of episodes.
I am a proud Browncoat!!
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It makes me sad thinking this show never made it to season 2. I just watched the entire season and BDM. I almost didn't watch OiS because I don't want the series to end, but sadly I had to.
Wash's dinosaur dialog is my favorite lines for the entire series. It's just funny and plain genius.
P.S. I'm new here too. 
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Welcome to all the noobs. Please join in the conversations in the various threads. We're friendly (mostly) and love to hear about what you think of the shiniest show in the 'verse.
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Here's something to make your mind go - Hmmmmmmm.
Bushwhacked was the series second episode (as per Fox) and introduced the Reavers as the zombies/natives making live interesting for the crew (and others). It also gave us more insight as to River's character.
When I first saw this on network TV, I thought she was going to be 'someone special' to keep an eye on. But as I watched the series on DVD I noticed how little River appears throughout the series and that it kept building throughout.
What it also did was delve further into the characters for both what and how they saw their relationships. More is revealed in this ep than in the BDM (IMHO). Loved the responses by Wash and Zoe during the questioning. We see how in tune Kaylee is to Serenity (remember the pilot), we also see how Book thinks and his affect on Mal and the doctor.
We know that Mal is flawed but he thinks of his crew first and foremost, even Jayne. Jayne might be a mercenary and an opportunist, but he knows the chain of command (heh, heh!). But I don't think his loyalty is ambigious. He's loyal to captain and crew, for now, until something better comes along. Actually, I think he feels like this is family, not like the next heist at all. That one's hard to pin down.
That's what makes this show so gorram appealing.
There that makes 4 responses.
Enjoy noobs, one and all.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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It's a toss-up between OMR, Jaynestown and OIS....wait there's OoG/
As u can see, not easy pickins'
No matter what, enjoy at your pace.
BTW love the fact that you're a newbie and reliving FF through your eyes. Thanks for posting.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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THANKS ALL! I am geeky enough that I am writing down your responses and keeping them by the dvd of what to watch out for. Thanks for the teasers.
Anything that adds to the fun of watching is cool!! Anyone have any good firefly song mp3's? I hear those are out there as well.
gorram appealing
What is gorram?
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Originally posted by farscapeman:
THANKS ALL! I am geeky enough that I am writing down your responses and keeping them by the dvd of what to watch out for. Thanks for the teasers.
Anything that adds to the fun of watching is cool!! Anyone have any good firefly song mp3's? I hear those are out there as well.
gorram appealing
What is gorram?
"Gorram" was one of Joss' ways of getting the characters to cuss without being censored (cussing in Chinese was the other way). "Gorram" as a replacement for the big G*d*mn and "rutting" (or "ruttin") for the F-bomb is how I always took it.
I have a whole plethora of MP3's from the show I downloaded from the site that someone was good enough to post, but can't remember where at the moment.
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"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"
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Oh, my, I'm coming in WAAY late, apparently you started back in July, yes? Where are you now, and why aren't you telling us about each epi as you've watched them, huh, huh, HUH?? Don't you know some of us are DYING to enjoy vicariously what you're experiencing? 
Okay, my grin got bigger and bigger as I read down this thread, then I realized I'd be reading all day and skipped down to reply. So I may repeat what others have said; if so, please excuse.
I, too, envy you mightily. I found Firefly last year, and it was the first time I've ever gone looking for a fansite to join, which speaks for itself.
I've been on another Firefly board ever since, and just "set up house" on this one a couple of days ago, so I guess I'm a "newbie-but-not-a-newbie", or something. Still "new" enough to know how you feel, but I've learned a lot from other Browncoats. You still have SO much fun ahead of you!
What I didn't learn until now was the sequence stuff mentioned early on in this thread. I'm just now opening up the 'verse to my husband, so I'm going to take notes too (and you don' hafta be a geek to do that, trust me, just a Browncoat!) so he sees it "right" the first time.
Me, I saw Serenity the movie first...bumped across it in the video store, looked interesting, rented, LOVED it and that was that. Being a fan of Buffy--well, the show anyway--and Joss as well, I heard about Firefly, rented it, and it seemed somehow vaguely familiar. When I rented Serenity afterwards, I laughed out loud: THAT was why it was familiar, and why I liked the movie so much!
I know the whole story now, and yes, do pick up "Done the Impossible"--it's cheap and there are people here and on other Firefly websites who are in it, and it tells the tale. Whether you see it before or after Serenity doesn't matter to me, but me, I had to eat every DVD, all the extras, everything I could get my hands on before I got around to DOD.
I'm still amazed at how new people keep showing up here and elsewhere who are just now discovering Firefly. Weird, isn't it? I don't know if anyone has given it a name or not, but I call it the "Firefly Effect"...'cuz it's not just Joss, it's the whole THING.
So here's my "Firefly Effect" story, for your entertainment.
I'm a sci fi buff, even bad sci fi, so it was no surprise Firefly knocked my socks off, or so I thought. I talked about it endlessly, and about the Firefly forum I was on, and joked to my husband that he knew I was going to make him watch it eventually, didn't he? He sighed and said yes (after 30+ years of marriage, he doesn't fight it anymore!).
Meanwhile, I had exposed my good friend who lives with us. This is someone NOT into sci fi at all. She fell in love. We started just night before last on our second go-around: AT HER REQUEST. If you knew her, you'd know how weird this is...she's only seen bits of movies her kids had on the TV as they grew up, rarely goes to movies, and before coming here never saw anything twice. That tells the tale.
So finally I got around to exposing Jim. Here's where it gets really funny. My husband is 70. He's always been a "world is half full" kinda guy. Negatives are BIG, positives are leeetle. He's not a fan of anything; he likes reading sci fi, but has walked out of many movies, is pretty picky, and doesn't particularly like sci fi series or movies.
So we watched epi 1. He's got hearing trouble, so half way through he took a break to mow the lawn and when I asked him what he thought, he said "I can't make out a lot of it and I'm confused". So I put subtitles on (which he religiously puts on now when he watches it...and ONLY then!) and gave him some background. When we finished the second half, I asked what he thought. First words out of his mouth: "And they CANCELLED THIS??????"
He is now "rationing" the rest of the DVDs (he's a stronger man than I!!!). He will only watch one epi a weekend, if that, and not another until he has rewatched that one at least once (sometimes twice). Every time he watches an epi, he comes aw
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