Super SPOILER FILLED Serenity thread

[Mage of Spellford]

Awesome movie!

Did anyone think that the planet Miranda was Earth? When River glanced down through the vid screen in her desk the image displayed was a blue planet with a single large moon.

When I saw that I thought that the secret might have been that the alliance had destroyed Earth, rather than it being used up.

 

[ecliptic]

Earth existed hundreds of years ago, so no it wouldn't be Earth.

 

[Shadowdancer]

I thought Jayne at one point was wearing another Blue Sun T-Shirt (to replace the one River sliced up), but I could be mistaken.

 

[Dark Jezter]

But, yeah, total fake out. Zoe's going to die! Kaylee's going to die! Simon's going to die! River's going to die! Jayne is going to live.

My reaction was slightly different. I kept thinking "Please don't let Jayne die. In fact, let everybody else survive... except for Inara."

 

[Pielorinho]

But, yeah, total fake out. Zoe's going to die! Kaylee's going to die! Simon's going to die! River's going to die! Jayne is going to live.

He might!

Daniel

 

[Hijinks]

let everybody else survive... except for Inara

What are people's issues with Inara? I don't particularly like or dislike her, she's just a love interest for Mal, in my opinion. I'd prefer for him to hook up with Zoe (after a long grieving period on her part, of course) but I think they're too alike. Inara and Mal are polar opposites; softness versus stone cold hard skin, forgiveness versus mercilessness, love versus war.

 

[RangerWickett]

Inara looks surprisingly like my friend Courtney. A bit more voluptuous, perhaps. Anyhoo, I'm a fan of her.

Inara, I mean. Of course.

 

[Fedifensor]

Killing Walsh shouldn't have been quite so unexpected. He did the same thing to Doyle at the end of the first season of Angel and for much the same reasons. Though it made Walsh's death no less, shocking, effective or sad.

I disagree. Doyle's death was a heroic death, where he chose to die to save everyone else.

Wash died for shock value, nothing more. I've watched most of Buffy, all of Angel, and Firefly several times over, and I like Joss as a writer. But I really hate this tendency of him to kill a character simply for shock value. Especially when that character showcased something extremely rare in both movies and television - a person in a committed relationship that doesn't cheat on his partner, even when tempted. He also brought a necessary lightheartedness to the crew - something that was utilized extremely well in the series.

Book's death was also annoying to me, but for a different reason. In addition to the already-mentioned fact that Book lived long enough to give a long death scene (heck, about as long as the entirity of his non-dying screen time) but not long enough to be revived by a competent medic, he died with his story untold. That bugs me - there was significant build-up in the series that Book was the man with a mystery past, only to have it fall flat with his death in the movie.

I'll still give the movie an 8 out of 10, but I'm docking Joss 1.5 points for killing Wash, and another half point for Book.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Wash's death was pointless and meaningless, just thrown in for shock factor. It added nothing to the story. It was a meaningless death...

Book, on the other hand, had meaning. It was showing just how far the Operative was willing to go to get at the crew. Killing all their friends who would help hide them.

Other than that, the movie was great. I can't say I watched the TV show when it was on, though I knew about it (hey, it interferred with game night! D&D or Firefly, what would you choose?)... But I do have a question. What purpose did Inara serve? Why was she part of the crew? What did she bring to the table?

 

[RigaMortus2]

Earth existed hundreds of years ago, so no it wouldn't be Earth.

What would that have to do with them screwing up Earth? As I remember, the Human race left Earth because it became over populated. So why couldn't those who were left behind on Earth be part of this messed up experiment that went terribly wrong?