Super SPOILER FILLED Serenity thread

[Nifft]

Open character slot ideas:
- Book's son, who comes looking for revenge and finds a cause to champion;
- Inara's assigned (male) bodyguard, who looks like a model, acts like a commando, and makes Mal nervous on several levels;
- Mal's "wife", who was being hunted due to events from the movie, blames Mal for stirring up trouble, and guilts him into giving her shelter -- though that does put the girl/boy ratio up a bit high, the Inara / "wife" tension would be amusing;
- Zoe's dad or uncle, who knows a bit about piloting, and reminds us of Wash in small ways;
- River's mysterious younger sister, who appears out of nowhere, and wants to be a cheerleader; or
- Spike. He makes every series better.

-- N

 

[Greylock]

The way I see it, when they're heading to Mr. Universe's hideout, there's two possibilities:
1) They don't expect to be intercepted by the Alliance; or
2) They expect to be intercepted by the Alliance.

If #1, then why on earth do they lead the entire population of Reavers toward Mr. Universe's planet? That's suicide!

If #2, then why on earth do they even bother to go there? Surely if the Alliance gets there before they do, Mr. Universe is going to be dead and the facility is going to be destroyed.

A little of one, a little of two:

Yes, Mal figured it was an ambush, hence, kiting the Reavers.

No, he expected to find Mr. Universe alive.

Made sense to me anyways.

 

[Hand of Evil]

A great movie.

Anyone else notice the similarities in commando tactics between Early, The Operative, and Book? I think there's a colony of well-spoken black men who are trained as secret commandos.


Anyone else notice that the movie was basically a state Ninja vs. a ship full of Pirates? And at last we see that Pirates are clearly superior.

-- N

I was thinking the very same thing! Book and the Operative was very interesting, and order of clones/family or something else. Freaking amazing.

 

[Crothian]

A little of one, a little of two:

Yes, Mal figured it was an ambush, hence, kiting the Reavers.

No, he expected to find Mr. Universe alive.

Made sense to me anyways.

It made perfect sense to me too, Mal does not understand or expect the easy killing the agent does and has his people do.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

My favorite line. (paraphasing) "If something happens to me, or i'm not back back in an hour ... You take the ship and come and rescue me".. You so expect him to say get everyone out of here.

I liked Zoe's response better- "What, and take *my* ship into danger?"

It seems to get overshadowed by the laughs at Mal's line, though. (A pity, too, since it's probably one of the last lighthearted quips we'll hear from her for some time.)

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Mal: Zoe you have the ship and if I'm not back in 1 hour you take this ship and you come rescue me.

Zoe: What and lose my new ship.

God I loved that part.

Yes- that's the line. Should have read down one post before responding.

Glad to see someone else enjoyed Zoe's quip, though.

 

[Umbran]

Oh sure it could. It would just be a little different.

No, it would be a lot different, and that's the problem. The thing that made the show work in the first place was the character dynamic. You make it sound as if holding the old audience with what would by necessity be a radically different dymanic would be easy. I don't agree with that assessment. Very few TV shows survive loss of major characters well. Thus my doubts.

Now, be glad that there's no sign of time travel in the Firefly universe. Because then the connections between Book and the Operative could be much more than coincidental...

 

[Banshee16]

Just thought I'd throw it out there - US Weekly says in this week's issue that Nathan Fillion "doesn't have a face for movies" ... WTF??

I read another review that said Nathan Fillion is the new "Han Solo" that the Star Wars prequels were missing.

I don't think it's clearcut. Some reviewers just can't get past the fact that this is based on a cancelled TV show. They assume that it sucks just because of being cancelled. My local paper had a blurb where they basically called it a TV quality space epic that only exists because of a bunch of guys in their basements complained about their show being cancelled.

I was pretty miffed, as it's a pretty ignorant, and abusive thing to print.

Banshee

 

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

One theory about Book that I read a while back is that he was an Alliance general at Serenity Valley who was disgusted by his side's actions, joined the clergy, and deliberately sought to travel with an Independent veteran of that battle.

As soon as the woman from the recording mentioned the opposite effect, I knew where the movie would go with that.

I also thought it was appropriate that the words "pax" and "pox" are pretty similar.

 

[Fast Learner]

I don't think the ex-general thing would give him the kind of clout he had at the Alliance cruiser... I'd think they wouldn't like him much.

Pax means peace, and dying = finding your peace, so there ya go.