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Originally posted by JaynesGirlfriend:
Hey, maybe they could get the invisible Miss Kitty Fantastico to guest star.

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
Shows like Firefly need lots of silly subplots. Here's my submission.

One day while Serenity is parked at a busy spaceport, a cat sneaks aboard and makes itself at home. This little stowaway is discovered once the ship is back in deep space, and is wildly popular. Kaylee goes all googoo with it. Book saves it choice scraps from the kitchen. Even Jayne is known to talk to it when he thinks nobody's listening.

The one holdout is Mal, who hates cats, and would like nothing better than to stuff this one out an airlock. Only fear of a mutiny prevents him from doing so. So of course the cat, with the famous perversity of its species, attaches itself to the captain, following him around, cuddling up to him whenever he sits down. At first he shoos it away loudly, but unpleased looks from the crew force him to grit his teeth and try to ignore this little shadow.

At the end of the ep, Mal's had a particularly bad day, has had fights with everybody else on board, Lonely, depressed, and exhausted, he goes to his cabin, and flops down on his bunk. Immediately, the cat joins him. He starts to chase it away, but then grudgingly makes room for it. As we blackout, he's seen scratching the cat between the ears -- and talking to it.

JOSH, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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Originally posted by JaynesGirlfriend:


And what better way to do that than to have Kaylee masquerade as a Companion? Kaylee all done up like Inara plus she's gotta fend off unwanted sexual advances? That's what I call funny, folks! Or sexual harrassment, take your pick.

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:



Actually, Jewel Staite could have just as easily been cast as Inara -- before she put on the extra weight she needed to play Kaylee.

This business of Kaylee's chubbiness makes me think Whedon wants to do some stories where a woman's self-image is an issue.

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Originally posted by Alternity:
Maybe it's my TV, but Kaylee doesn't look chubby to me, though it's hard to tell with those overalls. If you want an example of Joss casting someone chubby, look at Amber Benson in Buffy. She's chubby, but not unpleasantly so. And kudos to Whedon (or whoever did) for casting her; she makes the Buffy cast as a whole seem more normal or realistic.

roj

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Originally posted by Kalimac:
Frankly, when I look at that scene in The Body when Buffy and Tara are sitting next to each other in the hospital, I just can't see why anyone finds Sarah Michelle Gellar attractive.

There's Amber, looking perfectly proportioned, and this reed-thin waif beside her, looking somewhat past dead.

Of course, this look really works for Buffy, as the premise of the series sort of demands it. But why is this supposed to be attractive?

(P.S. I love Amber.)

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Originally posted by Alternity:
Maybe it's my TV, but Kaylee doesn't look chubby to me, though it's hard to tell with those overalls. If you want an example of Joss casting someone chubby, look at Amber Benson in Buffy. She's chubby, but not unpleasantly so.

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
I'm really attracted to the Buffy of the first 3 years. Then she just got too thin!

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Originally posted by Alternity:
I know a lot of fat people.
The average woman of 150 pounds is going to weigh more than the average *young* woman like Amber Benson or Sara Michelle Gellar or Jewel Staite.
But I still think that Amber Benson is chubby by TV standards. I really like Amber's character on Buffy and always looked forward to episodes that included her, but after The Musical she seemed to disappear and it irked me to think that they probably wrote her out of the series just because she wasn't TV skinny. I've been misunderstood. I'm a big fan of Amber Benson.

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Originally posted by TinyTimm:
I have no doubt of your intentions or devotion. I just like to remind people that the body image offered by TV is representative of less than 1% of the population.

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Jeff
Who notes the only two characters in BtVS who weren't too skinny were killed off.

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
Anyway, anybody who thinks Sarah Gellar isn't the most gorgeous female on the planet has a screw loose!

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
Speaking of STARSHIP TROOPERS, anybody notice that the Alliance soldiers are wearing recycled MI battle gear?

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Jeff
Who notes the only two characters in BtVS who weren't too skinny were killed off.

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Beside Tara, who do you mean?

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
Speaking of STARSHIP TROOPERS, anybody notice that the Alliance soldiers are wearing recycled MI battle gear?

--- Joe

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Please. I have yet to forgive them eliminating the Marauder Suits.

Jeff
Who wants to see good power armor shots.

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Originally posted by TinyTimm:

Joyce Summers of course.

Jeff
Who is of an age where most of the female cast constituted underage females. But, Joyce in Xander's dream, wearing red satin....

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Originally posted by BlackJoke:
For the record, they couldn't have Kaylee pose as a companion, if only for the reason that it would totally negate having the character of Inara. If it is true that having a companion on board allows Serenity to land in certain ports, all they really needed is someone to dress the part, and a good hacker to put a fake companion profile on the cortex for interested parties to view. If people in the ports wondered why the companion doesn't actively look for customers while in port, a cover story of a recruiting for new companions or something equally plausible could be used. The sole purpose of Inara is to be a love interest for Mal. Morenna may be a sweetheart, but Inara is the weakest character.

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Originally posted by Jasonzzz:
...and the entire ship is filled with fur balls.
Oh wait, I guess that one has already been done in about 18 different episodes of ST.

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
This business of Kaylee's chubbiness makes me think Whedon wants to do some stories where a woman's self-image is an issue.

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Originally posted by BlackJoke:
Exactly why did she live Zenion?

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