Curious about a couple smalll details...

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ABILITY6

Saturday, April 8, 2006 6:20 AM

I was revisiting the dvd's and just noticed a couple things for the first time, wondered how many others spotted this also. In "War Stories," there's Book's line about Simon not having shot anyone yet, and Mal reacts by starting to laugh, only to reach up to his chest in pain. Obviously, he's reacting to the damage left by Niska's torture device, which to me is a very nice acting touch on Nathan's part which I just never caught before. Along those same lines, at the end of the ep, Jayne smacks Mal in the exact same spot before he sits down to eat the soup, which is quite humurous when you remember the wound Mal is still nursing.

Another interesting moment comes in "Trash" when Yolanda/Saffron is confronted by her former husband and Mal draws a gun from the flower bouquet to stop her from shooting him. I never knew what he said before, but this time it was clear that he calls her "YoSaffBridge" which of course is a combination of all three of her names. The funny thing is when I checked the subtitles to see if I was correct, it just says he's speaking Chinese. But I think I'm right about this.

Anywho, nothing earth-shattering, just thought I'd pass this along.

"Yolanda?"

CANTONHEROINE

Saturday, April 8, 2006 6:56 AM

There's heaps of places where the subtitles get it wrong. I'm especially fond of the one in the message where Jayne's reading his Ma's letter, and says that 'Mattie is still sick with the damp lung.'
The subtitler took this as one word (damplung) and said it was Chinese.

If you take note on the boards around here, you'll see that pretty much everyone call's Mal's bride 'YoSaffBridge'. It wasn't only noticed - it stuck.

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ROLANDREYNOLDS

Saturday, April 8, 2006 7:32 AM

Yeah, you're right. I didn't catch the YoSaffBridge thing myself until my friend pointed it out to me. It was hilarious. Also in Trash, if you watch real close when Mal and YoSaffBridge are getting away in the shuttle, you can see her take Mal's gun out of his holster.

I love Nathan's attention to detail, like when Joss praises him in the Objects in Space commentary. Just so solid.

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J6NGO1977

Saturday, April 8, 2006 12:47 PM

wow you never knew Yo/Saff/Bridge? Only the hottest, sociapath woman with a split personality, on the planet :) Yep that's what's so good about Firefly is the continuity and attention to detail. Best example is 'compression coil'. Mentioned by Kaylee in the pilot and a few other episodes only for it to blow in 'OoG', half way through the season.

ECGORDON

Saturday, April 8, 2006 2:00 PM

My personal favorite subtitle flub is in "The Message."

After Tracey is shot and then grabs Kaylee coming out of her room, he yells, "Gorramit, Mal!

The subtitler entered, "You're a rabbit, Mal!

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

ABILITY6

Sunday, April 9, 2006 2:12 AM

These are great, I'm gonna start running the subtitles more often!

"Yolanda?"

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Sunday, April 9, 2006 2:37 AM

I think my favourite dodgy subtitle is:

Inara: I didn't mean petty, I meant [SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]

Mal: That's Chinese for petty.

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NOSADSEVEN

Sunday, April 9, 2006 5:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
I think my favourite dodgy subtitle is:

Inara: I didn't mean petty, I meant [SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]

Mal: That's Chinese for petty.

That one has to win an award, or something...

But here is as good a place to mention the most recent small continuity detail I noticed. (Yes, after watching the series when it originally aired on FOX, watching the DVDs endlessly since they came out, I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen these episodes...I noticed something I hadn't ever before...last week.) That black band around Jayne's calf during the opening scenes in Bushwacked is a bandage over his gunshot wound from TTJ. I'd always noticed it, just never connected it. Duh.

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PIZMOBEACH

Sunday, April 9, 2006 6:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
I think my favourite dodgy subtitle is:

I'm just curious: what interested so many of you to watch the shows with subtitles? It's something that would never have occurred to me! (being an English speaker and all

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CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Sunday, April 9, 2006 6:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:

I'm just curious: what interested so many of you to watch the shows with subtitles? It's something that would never have occurred to me! (being an English speaker and all )

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