"We're all just floating"

POSTED BY: Apex
UPDATED: Monday, July 26, 2004 05:14
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APEX

Friday, July 23, 2004 11:46 AM

At the beginning of Objects in Space, River 'hears' voices before she goes walk-about, and the final thing that she 'heard' was "We're all just floating."

Now, i just watched that episode again and i still cant figure out who it is. I think its Early - anyone know for sure?

PURPLEBELLY

Friday, July 23, 2004 1:02 PM

http://www.fireflywiki.org/113.html
has the shooting script as:
Cut to EXTREME CLOSE UP on River's closed eyes. There is talk, chatter from every shipmember, like static in her head, rising slowly. The noise builds until --

A MAN'S VOICE
We're all just floating...

--her eyes snap open. That voice could've been in the room with her.

So there's no direct help there. I would like it to be Early, though, as that fits with River reading his suppressed existential angst.

THEREALME

Friday, July 23, 2004 1:58 PM

I thought that I recognized it as Early's voice. Why else would River need to go find a gun?

The Real Me

RADHIL

Friday, July 23, 2004 2:45 PM

I always thought that sounded exactly like Early. Both the voice and in the manner of speech. Possible to be wrong though.

Is there any credit for "disembodied voice" in the episode? Doubt we'd be that lucky, but, heh.

Radhil Trebors
Persona Under Construction

DIXIEFLATLINE

Friday, July 23, 2004 7:51 PM

Just rewatched the episode last night, and I'd say it's definitely Early. I don't think there was anyone else credited who it might have been either. (Weird thing is, IMDB has two guest credits for the episode: Richard Brooks as Early, and Blake Robbins as Agent McGinnis. Agent McGinnis was the arresting officer in "Ariel", and I certainly don't recall him showing up in OiS. Must have been a slip by someone entering data on IMDB.)

SERGEANTX

Friday, July 23, 2004 8:04 PM

Joss says in the commentary that it's Early.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

LUPINADDAMS

Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:06 PM

I've asked this elsewhere but;
can anyone work out (or does anyone know for sure) what *the other voices* are saying? I suspect they ight give us further insight on the various crew member comments later in the episode...

"You are what you do."
Andrew Vacchs

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:12 PM

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Originally posted by LupinAddams:
I've asked this elsewhere but;
can anyone work out (or does anyone know for sure) what *the other voices* are saying? I suspect they ight give us further insight on the various crew member comments later in the episode...

Can't make much out (and I've just A-B repeated the 4 seconds over and over. Someone needs to audio record that snippet and slow it down.

First bit is too quiet, but I think I can make out Adam and Morena -

Adam (something like) - I've seen blood before, lots of it

Morena - Maybe we should do something about all the blood.

Anyone with keener hearing able to shed more light? Doesn't sound like it helps with this episode though!

"I threw up on your bed"

SHINY

Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Misguided By Voices:
Quote:
Originally posted by LupinAddams:
I've asked this elsewhere but;
can anyone work out (or does anyone know for sure) what *the other voices* are saying? I suspect they ight give us further insight on the various crew member comments later in the episode...

Can't make much out (and I've just A-B repeated the 4 seconds over and over. Someone needs to audio record that snippet and slow it down.

First bit is too quiet, but I think I can make out Adam and Morena -

Adam (something like) - I've seen blood before, lots of it

Morena - Maybe we should do something about all the blood.

If that indeed is what they are saying, then they may have gotten lazy and just used the background voices that Mal hears as he wakes groggily at the end of Out of Gas. Go back to that episode and compare.

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

CROWLEY

Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:08 PM

I have a theory that the things River hears Simon, Jayne and Book saying at the beginning isn't reading minds but somehow hearing what they have actually said in the past or will say in the future. Jayne said the same thing at the end of Ariel and Simon says the exact same thing a bit further into the episode. Who knows where Book's line comes from. Voices from OoG there would seem to support this theory.

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