Favourite bits that ARE NOT obvious!
POSTED BY: Littlemanlovesfire
UPDATED: Monday, October 4, 2004 23:19
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I love the look on Simon's face when Kaylee is turning her head upside down to look at the "alien" in "The Message." He looks down at her with this little smile, as if to say, "You are the cutest thing I've ever seen." And so she is.
I also adore the way that Mal catches Kaylee's hand on the way up the stairs at the end of "War Stories." Maybe that counts as obvious, I don't know, but I remember being really touched by that the first time I saw it.
Also, the fact that Mal understands exactly what River means when she's talking about the cows in "Safe." It's a nice reference back to his early life on the ranch, and of course to the importance he places on being free. (Again... maybe obvious, I don't know.)
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Bushwacked - When Simon and River are hiding outside the Ship. Simon is terrified while River smiles at the view.
The mixed expression on Simon's face of fear of space and surprise at River's wonder is superb. It emphasises their different characters and it made me smile.
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This is very unobvious Wash moment, well I think it is.
The bit where Mal punches Simon in Serenity and Jayne says "saw that coming" and in the background of that shot with Jayne you can see Wash. He is nodding his head up and down and then he looks over at Mal and shakes his head.
I only noticed it last night, I'm not even sure it's meant to be there, but I found it funny. It was very Wash.
"Also, I can kill you with my brain"
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For me it has to be some great Jayne moments, like in War Stories where totally oblivious to Mal's injuries he slaps him in the stomach and then gets the free Wife Soup.
Jayne spitting on his knife and saying, smells like crotch.
Jayne's little whimper just after he has torn the tape off his torso in Jaynestown.
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A moment I keep finding myself hitting the rewind button for is from Jaynestown. It's the morning after when Stitch comes into the Mudder's bar and approaches Simon yelling about Jayne. Just the way Simon says, "Sir," cracks me up. Even in the face of this "attack" he tries to remain very dignified and proper. The tone of it though, it comes out more like "well, a*h*" instead of respectful.
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Originally posted by Berentaur:
The bit where Mal punches Simon in Serenity and Jayne says "saw that coming" and in the background of that shot with Jayne you can see Wash. He is nodding his head up and down and then he looks over at Mal and shakes his head.
That's a great moment...just saw it.
My favorite bit is in Safe, in the beginning of Act Two. Sheperd Book has been shot, and he tells Mal 'Afraid I might be needing a preacher.' Mal begins to turn to Jayne and tell him something, but still replies 'You just lie there and be ironic.' in his deadpan way. I didn't notice it until about the 4th viewing, and I love it.
"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."
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In Bushwhacked, when Mal tells Jayne to get off the ship that's been attacked by Reavers. His face looked funny as he stood there with the torch in his mouth. It almost looked like he thought: 'Why me?" 
I can't remember what episode it's in (although it's mentioned somewhere on the commentary), but Alan Tudyk is miming holding the steering wheel. I never saw it at first. The camera man looked as though he panicked.
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I gotta second the moment in OiS where River hears Mal thinking,
"None of it means a damn thing."
So right on so many levels.
Inarra is leaving, despite his feelings and what he's done, really for her, in Shindig and HoG, and he's crushed.
He's always trying to deal straight with folk, and getting screwed for it.
He fought hard for indepence and lost, not least I'm guessing because of what he may view as the incompetence or just plain cowardice of his superiors in that war. After all, he held Serenity valley and they backed down.
And for the actor saying it, I wonder if he knew at that point that they weren't being picked up? The look on Nathan's face, the subtle crack in his voice. Either he felt part of that, or he's the world's most brilliant actor.
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Okay,
I just watched Shindig again yesterday and noticed something I hadn't previously. As River is ripping labels off of the canned goods and Book and Simon go to stop/help her, Jayne peeks at someone else's (Simon's?) cards. He then says, "Are we gonna play cards or are we gonna screw around??" The scene immediately cuts to Zoe and Wash who have, obviously, just been screwing around. Quite funny, I thought.
Mal-licious
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Wow I have another moment... There are so many.
But one of my favourites without dialogue is the scene in Jaynestown the morning after they've all been drinking.
I just love the way Kaylee is lying on Simon - it's as though she placed herself on top of him, while Simon was asleep, and yet its so innocent looking . Even funnier that they spring appart when Mal looks at them suspiciously.
Also in Jaynestown the look Mal gives Jayne as they're ready to leave the ship and he's talking to the doctor, he takes a quick glance at Jayne and just briefly interupts himself to wonder about Jayne's get-up. Classic. It's so very subtle the acting is just superb.
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