Subtle yet interesting show observations -- post yours

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UPDATED: Friday, December 7, 2007 19:19
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The whole Wash being a leaf on the wind quote.

If a leaf is floating on the wind, it's already dead and it just doesn't know it yet.

That officially felt freaky when I realised it.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

The final shot in Safe. Everybody's sitting around the dinner table eating. They're passing a plate of bread. River hands it to Jayne, he takes a big ol' hunk and passes it on. River reaches out and steals it off his plate.

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I'm not so sure about subtle; or rather, 't was the kind of subtle that Joss, no doubt, really hoped we would pick up on. :) Because it's a small, but precious and endearing River moment. It's, in the generic sense, about familiy and trust. But here, at the closure of the namesake episode, Joss' absolute genius shines thru; it's about River feeling secure enough to do that: she feels "Safe."


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Originally posted by asarian:

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

The final shot in Safe. Everybody's sitting around the dinner table eating. They're passing a plate of bread. River hands it to Jayne, he takes a big ol' hunk and passes it on. River reaches out and steals it off his plate.

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I'm not so sure about subtle; or rather, 't was the kind of subtle that Joss, no doubt, really hoped we would pick up on. :) Because it's a small, but precious and endearing River moment. It's, in the generic sense, about familiy and trust. But here, at the closure of the namesake episode, Joss' absolute genius shines thru; it's about River feeling secure enough to do that: she feels "Safe."

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Good observation!

There's another subtle aspect to it. Earlier in the episode, Jayne stole a lot of stuff from Simon and River. Now she's returning the favor...

Didn't I read somewhere that Summer did that herself, rather than it being written into the scene?


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Originally posted by Kizyr:
It wasn't until I'd watched the Serenity pilot three times that I noticed Mal kissing the cross around his neck at the Battle of Serenity Valley. Me and my friend just looked at each other in amazement, since it was the first time he'd noticed it, too. B]

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I noticed that when I watched that episode the second time. I thought about the comments about Mal loosing his faith and becoming more cynical about god after the battle of Serenity.

Siri

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to continue from that scene, the operative is shown in complete darkness, sorry if its allready mentioned

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Yep. And that would explain why River was so unfamiliar with the Bible. Though Simon bowed his head when Book said grace in the pilot, and that got me confused from the beginning. But Simon was probably just being polite.

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Yeah. I can imagine Simon doing that out of politeness. But, he may also have different religious beliefs than his parents. Either/or.

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When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't do that you sit still and watch episodes of Firefly.

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they all bowed their heads except for mal

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Originally posted by MRSU:
Yep. And that would explain why River was so unfamiliar with the Bible. Though Simon bowed his head when Book said grace in the pilot, and that got me confused from the beginning. But Simon was probably just being polite.

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Yeah. I can imagine Simon doing that out of politeness. But, he may also have different religious beliefs than his parents. Either/or.

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When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't do that you sit still and watch episodes of Firefly.

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they all bowed their heads except for mal

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Yeah, 'cause Mal lost his faith at Serenity Valley.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

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Originally posted by Volk564:
in the pilot episode serenity, Mal looks at one of Patience's men and after some banter, says "Nice hat," after which Jayne shoots him. The nice hat thing was a signal to Jayne, as he couldn't see who Mal was talking to - the hat gave him away though, hence the shooting.

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Actually this one ticks me a little because they're all wearing hats. Maybe his is nicest. Joss has commented that mostly the bad guys wear hats. Although almost all our BDHs do at some point.

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Looking at the yourtube video of Nathan kissing Sean I notice Sean's making the same gesture at one point.

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Can I have a link?
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I was curious too about Nathan kissing Sean so I went a-searchin' and found this!

Annie

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