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Malcolm Reynolds' similarity to Luke Skywalker in the final reel...(*spoilers*)

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 14:48
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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:48 AM

CHRISISALL


Mal SHOT the unarmed Operative! At that point he was a very REAL danger to them all, and Mal was taking no chances.
At the end, he does not kill the defeated Operative, who then posed no immediate threat; he takes the higher road to mercy and to 'show' him something, a decision that would ultimatly save his crew and his ship.
Just like Luke spared the defeated Vader, a decision that would ultimatly save him and the rebel fleet.

Anybody else make that connection?

Chrisisall, who loves moments of evolved behavior and redemption

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:55 AM

INDIANABANZAI


As an original series Star Trek fan, I'd have to go with comparing that to Kirk not killing the Gorn on Cestus III.


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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:01 AM

CHRISISALL


Incredible that I didn't think of that, however, the Gorn did not later play a direct part in Kirk's or his ship's survival...
Good connection, though!

Live long and avoid Reavers Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 11:18 AM

CYBERSNARK


I was gonna make a smart-ass comment about Luke's ship never falling apart under him, but I just realized that it did.

ANH, during the Death Star battle. The stabilizer breaks loose and R2 has to fix it on the fly.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 1:29 PM

SKYSCRAPER


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Mal SHOT the unarmed Operative! At that point he was a very REAL danger to them all, and Mal was taking no chances.
At the end, he does not kill the defeated Operative, who then posed no immediate threat; he takes the higher road to mercy and to 'show' him something, a decision that would ultimatly save his crew and his ship.
Just like Luke spared the defeated Vader, a decision that would ultimatly save him and the rebel fleet.

Anybody else make that connection?

Chrisisall, who loves moments of evolved behavior and redemption




I took it more as Mal was just so pissed off with the guy, he wanted to do the most painful thing he could do to him. There was no mercy or sympathy in what Mal wanted to do. Killing him was too fast. I think being forced to watch what happened to that woman on the video is as painful as it gets. Being forced to watch how everything he once stood for was perversed horribly.

You almost feel a pang of sympathy for the Operative at the end of the movie. He dedicated his entire existance to the Alliance, and now, he no longer believes in them. He didn't even have a name. He doesn't exist as a person, but as a tool to the Alliance. I'm reminded of something Jubal Early said (Objects in Space), "If nobody is in the room, does the room still have purpose?" I probably didn't get that quote right. Point is, The Alliance no longer wants The Operative, and now.. he has no purpose. Now... he has nothing.

Of course.. in the long run, I'm more concerned about our family then him.





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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 2:48 PM

CHRISISALL


Showing him was a chance at life and redemption, no matter how angry Mal was, if he just wanted the Operative to feel pain, he could've dumped him off the edge of the platform and just left him down there; Mal wanted him to understand- and to feel destroyed, or choose to change his ideas completely.

Chrisisall

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