Summer Glau fight in Serenity

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UPDATED: Saturday, January 28, 2012 21:52
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SAYNO2WMMA

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:41 AM

My thoughts on Serenity bar fight one of the best I've seen .But there must have been sore stunt men because the way they were doing it having her kick and punch at full force then just touching is not that easy to do I don't see how she could have learned to do that in that short of time. It takes experts a long time to have that good of control.Thats not to say she was that bad at it that she was knocking them out but i'm sure they must have felt more then just a tap.

ECGORDON

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:57 AM

I think Summer has said that she trained for about three months, plus her dance experience helped her with a lot of the moves.

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:27 AM

That scene made the break-away bottles seem hefty enough to hurt when they hit.

TWO

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:01 AM

Serenity bar fight rehearsal
This is the rehearsal video for the Serenity Maidenhead scene. The stunt woman playing River is Bridget Riley. www.imdb.com/name/nm0726994/

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity", where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

VEXEM

Friday, January 27, 2012 12:34 AM

Still the best fight scene ever IMO.

CHRISISALL

Friday, January 27, 2012 1:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by two:
Serenity bar fight rehearsal
This is the rehearsal video for the Serenity Maidenhead scene. The stunt woman playing River is Bridget Riley. www.imdb.com/name/nm0726994/

Wow. Thanks Two!!! Never seen that b4.
Awesome.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, January 27, 2012 1:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Vexem:
Still the best fight scene ever IMO.

In the top 20 for me. Ip Man has the best IMO.

The laughing Chrisisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, January 27, 2012 9:07 AM

Yes thanks TWO.

It's great to see that! Incredible amount of work and so inventive.

CHRIS. What's the trick they do to make the dust puff off the shoe when it hits someone in the face....?

I love the part where the guy gets kicked on the ground and he just goes spinning off... Hilarious. A bit much but fun to watch.

smile:

(Ip Man gets my vote too, followed by the Protector.)

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PIZMOBEACH

Friday, January 27, 2012 10:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by two:
Serenity bar fight rehearsal
This is the rehearsal video for the Serenity Maidenhead scene. The stunt woman playing River is Bridget Riley. www.imdb.com/name/nm0726994/

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity", where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

Thx TWO! Damn! I think if I were Summer and saw that sequence I'd be a little intimidated. "You want me to do that?!?" I know Summer has dance training and was in great physical shape, but she strikes as such a kind, gentle soul, and this physicality comes from another place.
There was a shot of one of the stunt people landing on a set of prop stairs HARD - those guys are tough.

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TWO

Friday, January 27, 2012 10:08 AM

A repeat of Serenity River Bar Scene Previz from 87eleven. Included in this version was a picture within picture of the Summer Glau fight from Serenity.
87eleven worked on Joss Whedon's The Avengers (2012) www.87eleven.net

I always imagined River learning the moves for this fight not at the secret government training facility, but while working in a future Cirque du Soleil/Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. That was art River truly loved, but her Mother aborted River's career on Broadway by withdrawing permission and sent River off to school instead. Parents are always thwarting their children's dreams and yet River ends as a ninja/space-pirate, which is better than dancer/stunt-woman. Mom loses, River wins.

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity", where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

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