The top 6 reasons I hate Jubal Early
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It's a toss up for me between Jubal and Saffron as Joss' best villain in the series. Saffron makes for great action and comedy episodes where rule of fun is important for Firefly, whereas Jubal appealed to Joss' existential leanings and built a very edgy and quirky episode around him.
One thing I didn't like, though, is you have four black characters in the series and the movie, two protagonists and two villains, but all of them are just a hair scary and violent. It kind of creates some unfortunate implications. Maybe in a future episode they'd have introduced a scrawny black genius hacker who wouldn't hurt a firefly.
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I loved Jubal. Great villain.
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
It's a toss up for me between Jubal and Saffron as Joss' best villain in the series. Saffron makes for great action and comedy episodes where rule of fun is important for Firefly, whereas Jubal appealed to Joss' existential leanings and built a very edgy and quirky episode around him.
One thing I didn't like, though, is you have four black characters in the series and the movie, two protagonists and two villains, but all of them are just a hair scary and violent. It kind of creates some unfortunate implications. Maybe in a future episode they'd have introduced a scrawny black genius hacker who wouldn't hurt a firefly.
I've never felt there was any implications with Firefly. Most of the crew save Simon and Kaylee are a touch suspect and have a less than savoury nature. (I know what you're thinking, 'Wash didn't have an unsavoury side to his personality' - well don't forget that moustache!!) :D
If these sorts of issues are raised it's actually very difficult to defend and almost impossibile to strike some sort of concomitance. Not just with this show but with any.
I think It's more about context.
It bother me less in something like Firefly which is totally make believe but does bother me more with shows such as Friends or How I met your Mother, which are set in one of the most multicultural cities in the world and yet the characters seem to have no black or asian friends.
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Probably true, but I do wish Joss had thought of stuff like this when he was making the series so we wouldn't even question it. Also having more Asian-descent cast. Maybe if there's a reboot.
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Probably true, but I do wish Joss had thought of stuff like this when he was making the series so we wouldn't even question it. Also having more Asian-descent cast. Maybe if there's a reboot.
I honestly think there's not an answer to this. If you cast an even mix of cultures it draws too much attention to itself. LOST attempted this and it worked to a point, but many of the episodes resulted to stereotypes to allow for it.
I think the show that presents this without drawing attention to itself is EUREKA.
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Don't hate the playa.... hate the game.....
Why was a skitzo-serial-killer on the Alliance's payroll? Because he was VERY good at what he did, right?
You ever see Leonardo in "Catch Me if You Can?"?????
Same thing, except Jubal Early liked to beat, murder and it was implied that he loved raping women and possibly even men and corpses while he did his dirty work, all paid for by Unkle Sam.
The fact that Jubal Early was the bogey man wasn't what was scary.
That fact that Jubal Early was the bogey man on Unkle Sam's payroll was what was scary....
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I don't think that Early is working for the Alliance, he's a freelance bounty hunter. They'll give him the reward money just like they would for anyone who turns in the fugitives. ... Or more like, They'd not give him the money just like they would with anyone who turns in the fugitives, remember Ariel?
I didn't notice the thing that Byte pointed out about race. Now that she says it I guess I see it, but I don't think it was intentional and I personally don't see a point in trying to annalyze such things because it seems insignificant to me. But that's just me.
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He still gets a check from the top guys from the Alliance and that makes him an employee in my eyes.
There are plenty of freelance journalists and photographers that work for major newspapers today, and although they might not get health benefits or a steady salary, they're still on the payroll, so to speak.
This is the same Alliance that probably did give health insurance to the hands of blue, so the fact that they would gladly pay Early for his services doesn't surprise me at all.
The fact that the episode about Jubal existed, in my mind, speaks volumes of what the Alliance was capable of doing.... How far they would go as a means to an end.
Jubal Early = Blackwater.....
Discuss......
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R.I.P. to another good thread......:(
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