Wash and Book
POSTED BY: BYTEMITE
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 04:49
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I'm sure Joss also always planned to kill Wash anyway guys, it's not like Joss has a tendency to leave his cheerful and non-angsty characters unscathed.
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Quote:But Joss botched the mechanics of Wash's death scene. He needed to revise deeper than: "Wash baby, oh, baby, please get up!" Why are Mal, Zoe and Wash, especially, completely oblivious to the Reavers waving bye-bye through the cockpit window? Just because the audience can't turn the camera and look out the window doesn't mean Mal, Zoe and Wash can't see Reavers under their noses.
Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
I'm sure Joss also always planned to kill Wash anyway guys . . .
I am guessing Joss forgot that when Reavers can see into a window to aim at Wash, Wash can see Reavers out the window.
Joss could have Reavers blindside Wash by blasting him through the starboard wall of the cockpit. Now EVERYBODY is surprised! It would have looked cool for the Reavers wood lance to come straight at the camera, smashing it. A missed opportunity.
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
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I always figured the Reavers dropped down on them rather than came at them from in front, and/or that briefly the crew was too busy coming to terms that they where still alive after that crash landing to notice the Reaver ship.
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Quote:After a crash, a real pilot is hyper-vigilant, looking for more danger coming from any direction.
Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
I always figured . . . that briefly the crew was too busy coming to terms that they where still alive after that crash landing to notice the Reaver ship.
Wash gets shot down by a Reaver ship that throws lightning bolts. It is an awesome weapon that puts fear into any pilot. But Wash calmly acts like Reavers have run out of lightening, the fight is over, Wash won, peace on Earth. Not believable. I blame Joss for turning on the cool too soon in the scene. Wash is channeling a cartoonish James Bond, 007.
I've seen movie pilots eject and Nazis warplanes return to strafe the parachutes. There is no chivalry when fighting Nazis or Reavers. It is not over until one side is dead, Dead, completely dead. Joss' pilots make speeches, but real pilots don't congratulate themselves for surviving the previous 30 seconds. I am a leaf on the wind . . . doesn't sound right until hours after the fight is over and your heart is beating at a normal rate.
I am a leaf on the wind... watch how I *splat*
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
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After a crash, a real pilot is hyper-vigilant, looking for more danger coming from any direction.
Uhhh... You know that personally? Because it seems to me like as soon as the vessel came to a stop, the pilot would be having a "holy $#!% I'm still alive" moment as much as all the other crew and passengers. Kinda like how a driver of a car will take a breath and compose themselves after a near wreck before they can continue. I was pretty sure that's human nature.
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Quote:At 41:15 into the Firefly - Browncoats Unite video, Joss says, "I don't think I would have killed anybody." Alan Tudyk raises his arms in triumph. Joss' eyes get weepy. I'm thinking that is because Joss accidentally set himself up with a really hard problem of how to bring back Wash. It's a writing problem so difficult that it is eye watering.
Originally posted by GATORJ:
On the 10th Anniversary show they said the only reason those two characters were allowed to die was because they were not available for a sequel. If the show was to continue in some form, ie TV or movie sequels, and if they were available, I suspect they would be resurrected. It was far too early in a series with a limited cast to kill off two major characters.
Joss did cloning in his Alien Resurrection script, so that avenue is closed, but there are alternatives more fantasy than science-y:
www.etakooramnahsmech.com/?p=259
Whedon . . . You have forgotten me.
www.etakooramnahsmech.com/?p=215
www.etakooramnahsmech.com/?p=65
Use the Force . . . and a team of expensive special effects people.
Firefly - Browncoats Unite
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
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