What scenes are the heart of Firefly?
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 08:13
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Hate to say it, but a couple key moments for me, that sum up the whole feel and attitude of the show, aren't in the show at all - they're in the movie! The opening scene where we meet the whole crew in one long introduction, as Mal wends his way through the whole ship, and the closing scene where River is learning to pilot the ship through the storm. Those are the heart of what the show always was, to me. Funny, quirky, touching, happy, sad, hopeful, uncertain what the future holds, but certain that it's worth finding out.
Mike
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Safe:
River Tam: But, I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. You found me broken. It's hard for you. You gave up everything you had.
Simon: Mei-mei, everything I have is right here.
Jaynestown
Book and River's "faith fixes you " scene.
Serenity - Pilot
Mal: If anyone starts getting too nosy, shoot them... politely
Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."
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I think that the last scene of the intro, with Serenity flying over those galloping horses, really embodies the whole sci-fi/western thing. When I first watched the show, it kind of just jumped out at me.
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Firefly was a show based on character and plot development. So, a handful of scenes cannot be pointed at to say, this is the heart of Firefly. It's really the whole thing. All pointing at single scenes is, is pointing at snapshots that aren't really representative of the whole, but only a moment thereof. And even what is in that moment is fleeting because everything was always in constant motion.
The heart of Firefly is too abstract to be able to list a handful of scenes that might represent it.
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