Why was Early such a freaky dude?

POSTED BY: tmurrie
UPDATED: Saturday, July 17, 2004 16:28
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TMURRIE

Friday, July 16, 2004 9:22 PM

I was just wondering why Early was so weird. I don't have to tell you guys that he was a strange guy. Did he have some sort of zen-like equalness with himself, or was he just messed up. Either way, thinking you're a lion is creepy, even if he heard Simon wrong.

MYSTERION

Friday, July 16, 2004 9:25 PM

TMURRIE WROTE:

I was just wondering why Early was so weird. I don't have to tell you guys that he was a strange guy. Did he have some sort of zen-like equalness with himself, or was he just messed up. Either way, thinking you're a lion is creepy, even if he heard Simon wrong.

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Hmmm.....I think maybe some from Column A, and some from Column B.

And thinking you are a lion is probably better self-image than thinking you're a aardvark or some sort of invertabrate, right? :)

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JUSTANOTHERMUDDER

Friday, July 16, 2004 9:30 PM

Very creepy...
I kinda thought he pretended to mishear Simon on purpose. Always throw off the other person in a conversation... that way you get to keep the upper hand. ;)
I have no idea why he's such a freak. Freaks happen. LOL. But I don't think he has any sort of zen equalness about him... he's just in denile about the fact that he is a sick sick man.
Notice he got very unnerved when she told him about himself?

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PURPLEBELLY

Friday, July 16, 2004 9:37 PM

I believe the reason for Early's misperception, and expression of normally internalised thought and action, is that his mind is being actively probed by River which has these side-effects. The readings of other characters is passive and not noticed by the subject.

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THATWEIRDGIRL

Friday, July 16, 2004 9:43 PM

are aardvarks really so bad. Would a badger or cougar or duck or egret be better?

I think all space bounty hunters need a little unevenness about them. It's a tough job. oh and he likes playing with his marks' heads. Kinda fun. So he called himslef a lion. Lions are scary.

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HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Friday, July 16, 2004 10:13 PM

hey don't be dissing ducks.

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HIGHIRON02

Friday, July 16, 2004 10:26 PM

In the commentary, Joss explains what he was trying to accomplish was that Early and River were connected. Perhaps opposite sides of the same coin. Early liked to use mind games on his victims. River had played him like a fiddle, using his own mind games, only revealing herself when all the pieces were in place and the trap was baited. Joss also used this to express the tactile nature of this episode and his own personal beliefs. When Early asks if the room has meaning if no one is inside it. Joss wants to say that simply that an object (or person) exists, it has meaning. In a tactile sense, the more we touch or connect to an object (or person), the greater meaning it has. The odd scene, where Early licks the framework, is simply another way of connecting to his environment.

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PINGJING

Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:02 AM

That's so funny that this discussion came up, because I was just thinking about this today. Like Highiron02 said, I think it has to do with Early's connection with other people, or the lack thereof. He's connected with River, in a way, but he can't relate to other, normal people. So when Simon asks him a perfectly logical question, he comes up with the most illogical answer. But to him it makes sense.

That, and he really does throw Simon off. You can just see Simon thinking, what kind of nut job is this guy?

Julia

JCKNIFE

Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:13 AM

I don't mean to dumb down the dialogue here but does anyone else think the design of Early's ship was a nod to Boba Fett's Slave One?

FEMALEJAYNE

Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:07 AM

he was in a suit so maybe his hearing was temparaly screwed up? I know people who think/act like him so I don't think it's all that weird.

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