Gunfighting in Serenity

POSTED BY: Hawk
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 08:35
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HAWK

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:26 PM

Evenin' all, this is my first post here. I'm an english DVD initiate of about two months and I'm passing the DVDs round to all my friends.

At any rate, is there any news regarding the Serenity firearms? Mal's gun in the series always looked a bit oily-plastic to me. Also the sounds of the guns were rather mild I feel, a cross between the traditional "laser" SFX and a normal gun. It's just a little concern of mine but now the BDHs aren't under Fox's yoke anymore they can produce a satisfying "hammer" sound.

On a similar note, I was wondering what everybody's thoughts are on Leone influences in Firefly. You know the schtick in the Dollars movies; highly talented assassins moving through the wastes, drawing like lightning and shooting with unerring accuracy.

Would anybody like to see that in Serenity? Or should the movie play the show's average joe angle exactly as it was played in the show? I myself don't mind either way.

THEREALME

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:27 AM

Welcome, Hawk. Glad to have you here.

Somewhere here (in the Blue Sun Room, I think), there are example pics of Mal's, Zoe's, and both of River's guns. Maybe Jayne's too. Not easy to find, I'm afraid, but you could look.

There was a question about River's guns, for example. As to if the gun she used in War Stories was the very one at the beginning of Objects in Space. The conclusion was, they were different.

The Real Me

KOHAN

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:55 AM

welcome...

Regarding the gun sounds; if what you state were true, you'd think after spending all that time and money on visual effects and to "lack of" sound in space, that they could reused old gun sounds out of the sound library at fox?

I forgot where I read this, but it was stated that the guns that our BDH uses is basically a more refined chemical-based firearm. (instand of the conventional gun powder) Therefore more rounds can fit onto one clip, (that's why you don't see them reload as much) and the sound is slightly off from what you'd think it be.

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SOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:16 AM

There's a lot of knowledgeable people on this site with regards to firearms (or at the very least, more knowledgable than me - which isn't saying much). I've learned a lot from various threads that have come up over time. Here are some that may be of interest to you.

Do we have evidence that Firefly guns are guns?
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=739

Jayne’s guns
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3999

Gina Torres gun trivia
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3459

Guns in the ‘verse
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=2426

Guns on FF
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=1426

My theory about guns in Firefly
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=624

River’s guns
http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1071

I'm sure there are many more threads, but these are just the ones I could find easily.

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

HAWK

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:35 AM

I always presumed that the constraints of network tv were responsible for the "gentler" guns.