Favorite non-verbal character moments
POSTED BY: shambleau
UPDATED: Saturday, October 9, 2004 16:06
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I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet! 
Jaynestown - when we see, for just a few precious seconds, Kaylee innocently sleeping on an equally innocent and oblivious Simon. They just looked so sweet together.
Then, further on in that scene, after the "Not with Kaylee!" moment, the look on Kaylee's face before she walks off is priceless. As is Mal's "Haha, you did it again, see you later" face before he follows Kaylee out of the bar thing. And Simon's left there scratching his head confusedly like "Uhh... what the hell just happened?"
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In HOG, when Inara tells Mal he'll be paid for helping Nandi because she wants to keep their relationship strictly professional. She keeps her head turned away and looks steadfastly at the dressing table mirror. Mal looks stricken.
In The Message, the stalking of Tracy by Jayne and Zoe when he has a gun to Kaylee's head. Completely professional and done wordlessly, with Jayne taking out Tracy instantly when Mal distracts him, no signal needed.
Early licking the metal. A great "WTF!?! This guy's nuts!" moment for the audience.
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Every single time Simon looks at River... His devotion burns deep within his soul---it's so very powerful; definately karmically linked through many, many reincarnations, i say. His hope is so gentle yet unwaivering, simmering beneath all his fears and regrets; All of which he puts aside for her... Gives me chills to feel that bond without a word being said. I've always been a fan of "us against the world" what can i say, i'm a sap. 
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River: Is it time to go to sleep again?
Simon: No, mei-mei, it's time to wake up.
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Also, the scene in The Message when they have taken Tracy to his family---seeing JAYNE of all people be torn with deep anguish just gets me everytime... feeling him relate his own homesickness (?) or at least love for him Mommie via the funeral, i love the way it breaks through his macho, gun totin' exterior in such a genuine waver of emotion that you can see wash over him. Excellent shot of the Captain looking to the camera with the snow falling, as well.
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River: Is it time to go to sleep again?
Simon: No, mei-mei, it's time to wake up.
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Okay, got a couple.
That little smile Kaylee gives Simon in Serenity after Mal says "Is that all we got?"
The look on Inara's face in Heart of Gold when she's telling Mal that she's leaving. She's trying not to break down, and even all her companion training is failing her. Oh, wow. And the look Mal has after she finished, like he's just lost everything.
(I can't belive nobody did this one yet!) When Mals walks into the bar on Canton in Jaynestown and we see Kaylee and Simon laying together on a bench. And then they jump up. He he he. I love that one.
The look that Simon has on his face in The Message when Kaylee has her head tilted and she's studying the cow fetus. He just thinks she's the cutest thing. And the fact that more often than not, he's looking at her and not the 'alien.'
Jayne's whimpery face in Jaynestown when he rips off the tape.
Okay, stopping now.
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WOW! This is a looong thread! I'll have to go back and read it all!
Now these probably have been stated earlier but here are my favorite moments sans voice:
A) When Mal shoots the Fed mole in Serenity (I mean WOW! he was so pissed at all the crap it was just as if "BANG! like I need any more 'le se' today...especially from your sorry ass" That sold me on the show right then and there!)
B) (my all time favorite in any movie/show ever) In JAynestown, when Wash hears the people in the bar in Canton strike up the chorus, he looks like a dog that just heard the strangest sound...ever. PRICELESS! I laugh out loud every time!
C) And for the special side of me, a 2 for 1. The scene where Inara and Mal are kneeling over Nandi's dead body. Inara looks at Mal and all it says is "somebody needs to make that SOB pay for killing my friend and I can't do it so I *need* you" and Mal's look in return says "Because I love you I will do it and because it pains me to see you suffer you will have justice" There is no scene where more is said between two characters without a single word of dialogue.
And sure there's a dozen dozens more, but hell, these are damn fine actors, every one of them. Even the guest stars and bit parts were amazing!
Now then, just 198 days until the best day on Earth-that-was! It is my son's birthday! And it just so happens he'll get to see the coolest movie ever that day...twice...at least. :)
Cilantro!
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A couple of Badger moments:
In "Shindig" when Mal and Jayne are having tea with Badger, the expression on Mal's face when Jayne supplies the word "pretentious" that Badger is looking for. You can see that Mal can't believe that Jayne knows that word exists, much less knows what it means and supplied it to Badger in exactly the correct context.
Also, the expression on Badger's face as River is disassembling him in front of his henchmen and the crew of Serenity.
I was sorry to see that Badger was not a part of the movie and am sure he would have contributed greatly in future episodes.
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Just thought of another one, no two no...*sigh* here they are!
It's verbal, only because there is screaming, but the way Wash reacts the first time he sees Tracey (not dead) on the bridge. Oh do I laugh everytime! And there is the underlying way everyone else is like, "What, he's not dead...geesh.", except Tracey who is wondering what just happened.
Oh, and that moment in HoG when Kaylee asks Wash to tell her she is pretty, and Wash almost has a look of "I hope my warrior wife can't hear this" combined with a "It's so inappropriate for me to be in a whorehouse telling the kid-mechanic I'd do her in a heartbeat!"
The WTF? look Agent McGinnis gives the sonic-wand when the Hands of Blue agent deploys it. He tries to act as if he didn't notice but almost wants to laugh at the odd device.
The broad range of expressions when the crew see Jayne's statue in Canton for the first time.
Mal-This is funny!
Simon-Holy crap, the man-ape is a god?!?
Kaylee-This is shiny, I am consumed by its awe-inspiring presence.
Wash-This ain't possible, but here it is. What does it all mean?
Jayne- F*** me. I need to get out of town, now!
Egads...this thread will go on forever! I love it!
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Originally posted by TenthCrewMember:
... Oh, and that moment in HoG when Kaylee asks Wash to tell her she is pretty, and Wash almost has a look of "I hope my warrior wife can't hear this" combined with a "It's so inappropriate for me to be in a whorehouse telling the kid-mechanic I'd do her in a heartbeat!" ...
And later, when Kaylee throws him out of the way of the gunfire and lands on top of him.
The look on his face was priceless.
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