River Tam said:
I just started reading this story hour recently, and I love it! It reminds me of Firefly, which I really enjoy. Martha reminds me so much of Kaylee.
Nah,
Kaylee is up about everything and it is VERy hard to bring her down...less you scuff her ship.
Since Martha had her mind invasion, she has hardly been able to go through any event without revisiting it and things seem to pile on her higher and higher til the stress shows and then threatens to break her.
Compaired to Kaylee who passes through event after event reacting at the moment but then letting it go...burning it off in the joy of living in space. Where Martha would simply perfer to have her beloved ship fade into the life of an unharrassed trader, Kaylee revels in the adventures aboard Serenity(Ex: Train Job: Simon Tan asks "What are we doing?" as Kaylee is preparing to lower Jayne and Kaylee happily replies "Crime". She clearly loves the adventure of it all and trusts her Captain to plot a course out of the dangers inherent.(Train Job: Kaylee "So everything will be ok then", Zoe,"Perhaps you're not remembering some of the captain's plans?")
From my reading Martha is a worrier who can only handle so much stres before she starts degrading. Kaylee is the eternal optomist who can bouy herself in almost every circumstance...often really annoying those around her.
But I love it in the opening scen of the pilot when she hops up on a ledge and cuts power as Serenity goes "dark" and then..in pitch black..says "Now I can;t get down". That will forever be a hallmark of the mind and soul of the show.
(I just can't wait til the backstory on Book is revealed...which will NOT happen in the upcoming movie...[sob])
Ah for the complexities of a sinner gone to the cloth for his effects on the worlds in space when even the simple life can not absolve him and he ventures out seeking souls to heal with his own hands..and earn his peace.
For those wondering what the FRELL we are on about...
Serenity opens nation wide on Sept 30..
and if you ahve not bough the DVD set..go here and see what we are all on about.
(as well as the re-assembled Original pilot)
http://versaphile.com/download/firefly.html
WARNING: Episodes are NOT in their proper order