What scenes are the heart of Firefly? by OPPYH

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What scenes are the heart of Firefly?

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 10:22 AM

Basically all are great, but what scenes really sum up the overall spirit of Firefly? I have a few:

-Safe/Kaylee wants to pick out a present for Simon, moments later Simon enters the store and verbally destroys what she thought of buying him. The hurt, and fragile look on her face is priceless. Truly a heartbreaking moment.

-Jaynestown/The dialog between JAyne, and Mal at the end of the episode. Big props to Ben Edlund. Another genius writer(creator of the Tick) who isn't as nearly as popular as Joss..but should be. Amazing.

-Serenity(part 1)/The opening scene in which you see Mal's soul get crushed..."they're not comin". The Browncoats lose, and after we get a very bitter Malcolm Reynolds.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 12:29 PM

ANONYMOUS1

In The TrainJob

Mal kicking the guy in the engine. His regret at having to do it. Then the second guy caving in.

Ariel

Mal hitting Jayne with the wrench. Going to space him. Giving him another chance when Jayne says don't tell anyone what I did.

Out of Gas

Dinner table happy scene. Then Fire. River seeming to sense the Fire before it happens. Zoe pushing Kaylee out of the way. Mal shutting the door in the face of a giant fireball coming at him.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 1:43 PM

BYTEMITE

The heart? I'd have to say there are three moments that sum up the series and which are also very moving, uplifting, and/or just awesomely cool.

1) Safe. "You're on my crew."

2) In the pilot. Mal: "We're still flying." Simon: "That's not much." Mal: "It's enough."

3) Safe. "Big Damn Heroes, sir."

Honorable mentions:

Pilot. Simon (affectionately, to grateful River): "Well, you're a dummy."
-Reason not included: redundant, already have the "crew is a family" aspect up there.

Safe. Simon climbs up onto the pyre with River.
-Reason not included: Same.

Technically, the honourable mentions tend to tug at my heartstrings more than my actual selections, but I was going for what in general sums up the show.

It's also strange that these are mostly from the pilot and Safe, which are excellent entries, but neither one is my favourite episode (Out of Gas).

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 1:43 PM

PENGUIN

All of the dining room table scenes...

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:22 PM

SLUMMING

Just another moment for consideration, though by far not the only one that could be mentioned....

Shindig

Inara: Why would I want to leave Serenity?

(Camera pans to cargo bay full of cattle.)

Mal: Can't think of a reason.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:24 PM

OLDGUY

What Would Mal do ?

Pilot epi : Jayne - "anyone you can walk away from.. I call that a win".
Mal - "yeah....we win..."
that scene instantly captured the mood of the series..underdogs...even their best n brightest moments aren't....well...too bright

Our Mrs. Reynolds: actually the tie-in across Shepard Books "Special Hell"
it represents what I like best about these stories...they do such a great job of threading the script to really make one liners count later in the show. Special hell was fantastically delivered by Book..and it was funny when he did it..but then to be able to drop it in right in the heat of passion just brought it all home.

Safe: The Big Damn hero scene in it's entirety. It was a nice interplay between Mal and Z and then Mal's delivery and description of Jayne hanging out the cargo door.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 4:02 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
2) In the pilot. Mal: "We're still flying." Simon: "That's not much." Mal: "It's enough."

Those who did not see Firefly when it was first broadcast miss the irony in that line. Serenity (the pilot) was the last episode FOX aired before lowering the boom, so those were the last words we heard until the DVDs came out.

There are two particular scenes that have a special meaning for me. At the end of "Out of Gas" when Mal asks if they would be there when he woke up, then the scene fades to his memory of when he first laid eyes on his ship.

The other is from "Safe" when River consoles Simon about the fact that when he found her she was broken, and that he gave up everything he had to help her. "No, mei mei. Everything I have is right here."

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:13 AM

GASLAND2012

I highly agree with Serenity (part 1)
Sets the stage for Capt. Reynolds!

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:29 AM

EVILDINOSAUR

Last scene of the pilot, the whole conversation between Mal and Simon, particularly "We're still flying", "That's not much", "It's enough"

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:29 AM

EVILDINOSAUR

Last scene of the pilot, the whole conversation between Mal and Simon, particularly "We're still flying", "That's not much", "It's enough"

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:45 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Hate to say it, but a couple key moments for me, that sum up the whole feel and attitude of the show, aren't in the show at all - they're in the movie! The opening scene where we meet the whole crew in one long introduction, as Mal wends his way through the whole ship, and the closing scene where River is learning to pilot the ship through the storm. Those are the heart of what the show always was, to me. Funny, quirky, touching, happy, sad, hopeful, uncertain what the future holds, but certain that it's worth finding out.

Mike

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Monday, May 24, 2010 4:40 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Safe:

River Tam: But, I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. You found me broken. It's hard for you. You gave up everything you had.

Simon: Mei-mei, everything I have is right here.

Jaynestown

Book and River's "faith fixes you " scene.

Serenity - Pilot

Mal: If anyone starts getting too nosy, shoot them... politely

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

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Monday, May 24, 2010 5:24 PM

XANA888

I think that the last scene of the intro, with Serenity flying over those galloping horses, really embodies the whole sci-fi/western thing. When I first watched the show, it kind of just jumped out at me.

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Monday, May 24, 2010 10:13 PM

SIGMANUNKI

Firefly was a show based on character and plot development. So, a handful of scenes cannot be pointed at to say, this is the heart of Firefly. It's really the whole thing. All pointing at single scenes is, is pointing at snapshots that aren't really representative of the whole, but only a moment thereof. And even what is in that moment is fleeting because everything was always in constant motion.

The heart of Firefly is too abstract to be able to list a handful of scenes that might represent it.

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