10th Anniversary Rewatch
POSTED BY: ecgordon
UPDATED: Sunday, November 4, 2012 23:59
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8 or 9 pm ? I keep forgetting, which came first on the Fri nite schedule. John Doe, or Firefly ?
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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Firefly was first at 8pmEST.
I'm going to watch in the FOX Broadcast order tonight.
I wish I had time for the full FOX experience. I would throw in a couple of baseball games and an Adam Sandler movie too.
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Ok... 8pm it is. Just an hour away.
I'm gonna go w/ the pilot, as Joss intended.
Screw the suits @ FOX! 
ETA - and as for going w/ the whole 'FOX experience', I also have dvds of John Doe. Alas, they're not exactly HiDef quality ( more like VHS ) but it's all I got.
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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Yay! FOX Widescreen!
eta: I had forgotten about the "fade to suede". 
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One thing I didn't like about the dvds was the loss of this from the ending credits.
Joss and Tim's Executive Producers credit replaced it.
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To be honest, it's been ages since I broke out the series DVD set. Even though I've seen the shows dozens of times, they still never cease to amaze.
So unlike any show before or since... Been said a million times I bet, but even so, it's great to watch again, one more time.
I really did pick up on some things which otherwise folks would just miss... Jayne's reaction to Dobbs, after Kaylee was shot, and again when he's waiting outside the med bay.
Simon calling River a 'dummy', and the resulting hug... so touching. And that's just in the PILOT episode!
Powerful stuff.
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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I did watch the pilot last night, and yep, it's still the best gorram show in the 'verse.
I will watch "The Train Job" tonight, on a Friday at 7pm (Central), so that's consistent with FOX's evil plan. I'll follow it up with "Bushwhacked," and still have time to watch the return of Haven on Syfy at 9.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Has it really been ten years already... Maaan alive does time fly.
Re-watched it earlier this year with my folks who would visit for dinner. At first it was once every week, by the second disc they were coming over every night :D They loved it! Even though they'd seen it before. I can't think of any other show that my folks have re-watched.... (Fawlty Towers, maybe....)
Mum's favourite character is Jayne and she thinks the crew treat him unfairly, so towards the end of the show she couldn't stand Mal and the way he'd be with Jayne, and my Dad thought Book was the best character and was beside himself with wanting to know more about Books past.
They were both annoyed that it was cancelled. Interestingly they prefer the show to the film, both siting that the film was too bleak.
Ten years... Jeez.
°...Well here I am.°
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Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:
Mum's favourite character is Jayne and she thinks the crew treat him unfairly, so towards the end of the show she couldn't stand Mal and the way he'd be with Jayne, and my Dad thought Book was the best character and was beside himself with wanting to know more about Books past.
On Jayne, I might be reading into it more than there is, but I am seeing him as being more misunderstood as well. The incident at the dinner table, which resulted in Mal telling Jayne to leave, gave me pause. Jayne kinda likes Kaylee, whether in a kid-sister sort of way, or in a 'I'll be in my bunk ' way ,but his comments were intended, however crudely put, to be in jest. He wasn't MEANING to be a vulgar lout, it just came out that way. We know Jayne wants to be in control of the ship, but seriously? Does Jayne even think he'd know how to do that, or want that job ? I think he's just ticked at Mal, and it started at the dinner table, where he embarrassed him in front over everyone, Kaylee especially.
Also, something Mal said to Simon, at the very end, finally clicked w/ me. Mal told him " you aint' weak ". Mal says that twice, to emphasize that point. What I find interesting is , later on, Kaylee says the same thing to Simon, after he got slapped down in the bar in 'Jaynetown'. I wonder about that. Now, clearly, Simon is smart and strong willed. He is , however, the smallest male on the ship. And Wash, more a lover than a fighter, clearly is more able bodied than Simon.
So, why the repeated words of assurance to Simon that he ain't weak ?
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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Watched Serenity last night and as always I thrilled at the greatness that is Firefly. I wanted to weep for what could have been or just as easily ranted at the stupidity of Fox tv execs.
LONG LIVE FIREFLY!
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