Favorite non-verbal character moments

POSTED BY: shambleau
UPDATED: Saturday, October 9, 2004 16:06
VIEWED: 41700
PAGE 14 of 15

PREV PAGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NEXT PAGE

YT

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 2:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by est120:
jayne is not afraid of any human but he sure is afraid of the reavers. it is kind of like that native american guy in predator. remember that line?
"you aint afraid of no man."
"somethings after us, and it aint no man."

Character's name is Billy, played by Sonny Landham. The director said the insurance company ordered them to hire a bodyguard for Sonny. Not to protect Sonny, but to protect other people from Sonny.

Keep the Shiny Side Up

DUKE

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 2:25 PM

One of my favs, although certainly unintentional, is the first meeting with Nikoli (sp?) in The Train Job.

As detailed in the DVD commentary, this was the first scene filmed for the show. I expect it was even filmed before Serenity.

Looking at Jayne, who is much more clean cut than he apears in any other scene, EVER, you can see a sort of crazed look in Adam's eyes.

It's as if he is screaming, "Okay, I was told to stand on this mark. But why am I here? Who am I? Dude, I hevn't even been given a script yet!"

"I'll be in my bunk..."

YT

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 2:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PurpleBelly:

Jenny kissed me.

Please tell me who wrote that. Where is it published?

Keep the Shiny Side Up

YT

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 3:05 PM

Wow, 130 replies, and nobody has mentioned my favorite.
Jayne's parting from Mal, in Out of Gas: the look & the timing are perfect.

But yah, this show has a lot of good non-verbal acting and, as the examples given here illustrate, some of them are not the focus of the scene (so you know it's the actor's).

Keep the Shiny Side Up

SIGNYM

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 7:18 PM

I know this is a repeat, but...

Ariel: River's face when Simon is injecting her. Trusting Simon is the only thing that overmatches the terror. The look of fear on her face, the stillness of her body, the tear sliding down her temple... I just want to pour comfort into her.

OoG: when Mal is putting the catalyst back into place, his cheeks are shaking. I like it when actors can stop looking pretty long enough to play an unpretty moment.

LJOSALF

Thursday, October 7, 2004 2:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YT:
Quote:
Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
The moment in Serenity when Jayne puts a single round in his gun and you know that one's for him

Actually, I didn't (know that). Food for thought.

Look again. We only see Jayne load one round but there is already a round in the other barrel. Doesn't mean he's not contemplating beating the Reavers to the punch, so to speak. Could be he's choosing who matters most to him in the crew and then making sure he has for himself as well. Or could be he has ample reason to be afraid of Reavers in particular.

In the Train Job, by the way, one of the things Jayne says to justify quickly closing the deal with Niska is that Niska and associates are stone killers, "not cuddly like me." and "I ain't walkin' into that." (Keep in mind that, at this point in the series, a wounded Jayne is the only obvious defense the ship has--Book's and Inara's fighting skills have not been revealed and the others are not really fighters.) Jayne is clearly unnerved, though. Jayne's whole reaction during this sequence made me wonder if he hadn't been abandonned to his fate sometime in the past in circumstances similar to Mal and Zoe's and barely survived through pure pragmatic self-interest.

Ljosalf

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

ALTERNITY

Thursday, October 7, 2004 5:07 PM

Quote:
Jayne removing his hat as the message is being played...a silent tribute to a fallen soldier.

Jayne, normally thought of as one who has little feeling for anyone but himself, removes his hat twice in that episode (The Message). I sometimes think that the writers introduced the hat just to show that hidden side of Jayne.

roj

GIOVANNISKID

Friday, October 8, 2004 3:49 PM

I like the look on Mal's face just before he kicks that 'Crow' guy through the engine on The Train Job.

NYNAEVE

Friday, October 8, 2004 4:11 PM

QUOTE]
Jayne, normally thought of as one who has little feeling for anyone but himself, removes his hat twice in that episode (The Message). I sometimes think that the writers introduced the hat just to show that hidden side of Jayne.

roj

It's amazing how one little inanimate object can effect a whole episode, from Jayne's joy in receiving the hat from his mommy to where he takes it off in the snow.....

YT

Friday, October 8, 2004 11:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Alternity:
Quote:
Jayne removing his hat as the message is being played...a silent tribute to a fallen soldier.

Jayne, normally thought of as one who has little feeling for anyone but himself, removes his hat twice in that episode (The Message). I sometimes think that the writers introduced the hat just to show that hidden side of Jayne.

Hidden sides. The hat also facilitates showing something of Jayne's relationship with his family. ("Man walks down the street wearing that hat, you know he isn't afraid of anything", while largely true, is hardly a secret.)

Although Jayne removes the hat in essentially the same way (different hands?) in the two scenes, I interpreted them slightly differently. The first, I agree, is a tribute to a fallen soldier (which prompted another thought, which I'll describe later*). In the second, he appears sadder. Part of it, I'm sure, is that this was the last scene shot, & Adam Baldwin (the actor, and all the actors & crew) knew that this was the end of a wonderful chapter in their lives. But I think it was sadder for Jayne. After seeing what kind of man Tracy was, I believe Jayne could recognize a kindred spirit. Maybe he realized that there, but for the grace of Book's god, goes Jayne.

* the tribute to a fallen soldier made me wonder if Jayne had been in the war. Either on the side of the Alliance, but sent to prison by a court martial, & escaped, or for independence, but deserted. In either case, he would have fled far & wide, perhaps having a close brush with Reavers before giving some thought to moving off the edge.

Keep the Shiny Side Up

Wutzon: Atlanta Rhythm Section, "So Into You", from "Champaign Jam"

PREV PAGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NEXT PAGE