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Lieutenant with Unit Patch Pointing Down
Wednesday, February 7, 2007

This screen cap is just as Mal is getting ready to pull the patch off the dead lieutenant. With the the lieutenant's head and shoulders to the left, the point of the patch is clearly pointing down the arm. There are a lot of folks going with the point up appearance of the patch and who am I to argue. Mal is alive and the lieutenant is dead, that alone speaks volumes.


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Wednesday, February 7, 2007 6:37 PM

CRUSTACEANFREAK


Not to mention the patch is shown as an upside triangle with a right-side-up star in the Firefly Official Companin, Vol 1

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 7:51 PM

PHOENIXROSE


Yep, it seems that Mal's own coat is the only place where the patch is the other way 'round. I always wondered why.
Thank you for this screencap, though! I watched this scene so many times before I put my patch on my coat, and it's good to see it finally captured!

Thursday, February 8, 2007 6:12 AM

AGENTRUSCO


Mal's the rebel. That kinda expalins it, no?

Thursday, February 8, 2007 1:03 PM

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER


Well...officially, the reasoning is probably one of Shawna's helpers made a goof. Unofficially? Still hold NewOldBrownCoat's idea to be a good one: direction indicates officers vs. enlisted;)

BEB


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Lieutenant with Unit Patch Pointing Down
This screen cap is just as Mal is getting ready to pull the patch off the dead lieutenant. With the the lieutenant's head and shoulders to the left, the point of the patch is clearly pointing down the arm.

There are a lot of folks going with the point up appearance of the patch and who am I to argue.

Mal is alive and the lieutenant is dead, that alone speaks volumes.


Unit Patch Pointing Up
It is often asked which way the unit patch seen in the Firefly series pilot should be worn. The main trouble is it appears both ways.

Mal appears is a couple spots with the point up, while the dead lieutenant is wearing his, point down.

Is Mal just being a contrarian or is the lieutenant not only dead, “gross and corpseifying“, but directionally challenged too?

Or did the props/costuming folks just screw up while switching the patch around. <I>(If you look closely you can see Mal is wearing the same patch showing the two yellow bars of a lieutenant’s rank.)</I>


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