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Originally posted by Hauger:
I have but one complaint: Jewel Staite. Don't get me wrong, she's gorgeous. But her acting is awful. With all the actors, the 'futuresque' invented words come across stilted and forced.

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Originally posted by Hauger:
With all the actors, the 'futuresque' invented words come across stilted and forced.

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Originally posted by Hauger:
Hey, all...

Got hooked on FireFly when my brother introduced the show to me. Love the stories, the characters, the whole 'feel' of the thing.

And I just rented Serenity and watched that for the first time. I have but one complaint: Jewel Staite. Don't get me wrong, she's gorgeous. But her acting is awful. With all the actors, the 'futuresque' invented words come across stilted and forced. I can usually endure it. But Staite's sickly-sweet delivery pulls me right out of the movie. I very much would rather Kaylee had bit the dust instead of Wash.

Oh well. It's all good. Even with the sometimes-clunky dialogue and acting, the series kicked butt.

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Originally posted by capercaillie:
If you listen to the Director's (aka Josh aka God of the 'verse) commentary, he literally gushes over Jewel's performances - listen in particular to his comments on her work on the Serenity pilot (strawberry scene) and Objects in Space (scene with Jubal Early in the engine room). He also states in the book that his favorite line in the BDM is the one about the "C..(something)engines, they fall right out of the sky" which he says Jewel nails perfectly. So, if Josh is happy, I'm happy!

Granted her chirpy delivery does seem grating at time. In fact, I love Jayne and Mal's interaction in the Serenity pilot when they talk about duct-taping her mouth shut. But, hey, that's life....there are those people who drive us nuts but gorramit, we love 'em just the same.

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Originally posted by Piffle101:
Everyone's entitles to their own feelings, and opinions. I just wanted to say Jewel reads, posts, and has a username here, so try to be a little considerate.

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Originally posted by ethan:
Jewel Staite is a terrific actor. Her reactions are wonderfully intuitive and easily convey very hard to convey emotions.

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Like I said, it's all good.

Maybe it's the writing I have a problem with, more than her. How can an actor deliver 'twixt my nethers' and sound conversational?

Mal, similarly, seems to slog his way through some of the Fireflific gobbledy-gook.

Again, it's worth it, since the story is worth hearing. But some of the lines are either too odd or too much a challenge for these actors.

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"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

....sort of loses its punch when I screwed up on the first go-round...

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Originally posted by capercaillie:
Hey Optimus,

How about a little "optimistic" outlook here? Gee, and I thought it was content that counted. You didn't have to rain on my parade just to get your rant out. Did you read the comment or just feel the need to nitpick it?

You, well "josh" darn it, you really bummed me out. Sorry that I am so clearly a neophyte here. And there I was....thinking that my opinion might actually be interesting to someone....

"I could easily forgive [your] pride, if [you] had not mortified mine." - Jean, I mean, Jane Austin, oops Austen

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