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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2463209" data-attributes="member: 1057"><p>I've loved this show from the first episode I saw (<em>Train Robbery</em>), and actually from within the first 5 minutes of that episode. The moment that sealed it for me was [SPOILER]Mal getting thrown through the tavern window in classic movie Western style, and it's a holo-projection window that reforms after he "breaks through."[/SPOILER] They took a classic Western cliche and had a little fun with it. I thought: "Genius. I'm in."</p><p></p><p>I love Westerns, so that has a lot to do with why I like the series. Other things:</p><p></p><p>-Good characters. I find I'm interested in them and what they do and where they're going and why they do what they do. I like the conflicts, the network of friends, the alliances, the confusion, the mixed perceptions, the complexities.</p><p></p><p>-Good dialogue. Spoilers. [SPOILER]"We will make our home in this land and we will call it . . . this land." "'Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. We got kidnapped by hill folk and it was the best day ever!'" "A special hell." "If I'm ever going to kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed." "Even Vera'd barely pierce the hull, and she's the best I got!" "It's very vague on the subject of kneecaps." "I can kill you with my brain." "As long as you're on my table, you're safe." "How big a room?" "You want something slinky? I'll buy you something slinky. Captain, can I have some money to buy Zoe something slinky." "How can you say that about me? How can you disrespect me in front of others?" "With swa?" "How drunk was I last night?" "Fight with him sometimes, too." "Well, I was fired, from a fry-cook opportunity."[/SPOILER] etc.</p><p></p><p>-Nice attention to details. No sound in space outside of atmosphere. Nice.</p><p></p><p>-Good mix of humor and gravity (in the "grave" sense, not the mysterious force that keeps us from flying off into space, though that's certainly nice, too).</p><p></p><p>-Sense of fun.</p><p></p><p>-Good cast. Nice work, casting department. Nice work.</p><p></p><p>-Interesting world development that nods back to history (U.S. Civil War, a historical topic of interest to me) just like, well, hey, life.</p><p></p><p>-The world looks lived in, not sterile. Not everyone has the same technology or wealth level, just like, well, etc.</p><p></p><p>-Good writing and plots, from <em>Jaynestown</em> to <em>Out of Gas</em> to <em>War Stories</em> to <em>Objects in Space.</em></p><p></p><p>I think the show's terrific. It's the most fun with a Western I've had in a long time, and it also happens to have spaceships and advanced guns and strange technology. Bonus! The only thing it needs is a scene with Kaylee and Inara and Zoe. Together. In the shower.</p><p></p><p>{Ahem}</p><p></p><p>I'll be in my bunk, </p><p></p><p>Warrior Poet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 2463209, member: 1057"] I've loved this show from the first episode I saw ([I]Train Robbery[/I]), and actually from within the first 5 minutes of that episode. The moment that sealed it for me was [SPOILER]Mal getting thrown through the tavern window in classic movie Western style, and it's a holo-projection window that reforms after he "breaks through."[/SPOILER] They took a classic Western cliche and had a little fun with it. I thought: "Genius. I'm in." I love Westerns, so that has a lot to do with why I like the series. Other things: -Good characters. I find I'm interested in them and what they do and where they're going and why they do what they do. I like the conflicts, the network of friends, the alliances, the confusion, the mixed perceptions, the complexities. -Good dialogue. Spoilers. [SPOILER]"We will make our home in this land and we will call it . . . this land." "'Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. We got kidnapped by hill folk and it was the best day ever!'" "A special hell." "If I'm ever going to kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed." "Even Vera'd barely pierce the hull, and she's the best I got!" "It's very vague on the subject of kneecaps." "I can kill you with my brain." "As long as you're on my table, you're safe." "How big a room?" "You want something slinky? I'll buy you something slinky. Captain, can I have some money to buy Zoe something slinky." "How can you say that about me? How can you disrespect me in front of others?" "With swa?" "How drunk was I last night?" "Fight with him sometimes, too." "Well, I was fired, from a fry-cook opportunity."[/SPOILER] etc. -Nice attention to details. No sound in space outside of atmosphere. Nice. -Good mix of humor and gravity (in the "grave" sense, not the mysterious force that keeps us from flying off into space, though that's certainly nice, too). -Sense of fun. -Good cast. Nice work, casting department. Nice work. -Interesting world development that nods back to history (U.S. Civil War, a historical topic of interest to me) just like, well, hey, life. -The world looks lived in, not sterile. Not everyone has the same technology or wealth level, just like, well, etc. -Good writing and plots, from [I]Jaynestown[/I] to [I]Out of Gas[/I] to [I]War Stories[/I] to [I]Objects in Space.[/I] I think the show's terrific. It's the most fun with a Western I've had in a long time, and it also happens to have spaceships and advanced guns and strange technology. Bonus! The only thing it needs is a scene with Kaylee and Inara and Zoe. Together. In the shower. {Ahem} I'll be in my bunk, Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]
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