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Theory on Book
Thursday, March 4, 2004 7:42 PM
CALHOUN
Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:59 PM
TALONPEST
Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:40 PM
ATHERTONWING
Quote:Originally posted by Talonpest: It would very much go against everything we know about Reavers... namely that they're uncivilized insane canabalistic savages...
Friday, March 5, 2004 1:04 AM
WREN
Friday, March 5, 2004 5:44 AM
PALADIN
Friday, March 5, 2004 6:03 AM
DUKE
Friday, March 5, 2004 9:19 AM
REYVNDARKNIGHT
Quote:Originally posted by Duke: I am sticking to my own personal pet theory that Book is ex-Alliance. A commanding officer who fough on the Alliance side at the Battle of Serenity and, upon witnessing the utter devestation, resigned his commision and got religon." "I'll be in my bunk..."
Friday, March 5, 2004 9:30 AM
BENSHAHN
Friday, March 5, 2004 9:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by ReyvnDarKnight: I would even go so far as to say that if you remember, Book seemed to be looking specifically for a certain ship in the pilot episode. Maybe Book is aware of Mal's history at the Battle of Serenity and he is seeking to serve out a personal form of penance by looking for Mal.
Quote:Originally posted by ReyvnDarKnight: I believe that he was a General, a famous General, who perhaps won the Battle of Senrinity. That would certainly explain the reaction of the Alliance officer when he saw Books ident card.
Friday, March 5, 2004 10:29 AM
Friday, March 5, 2004 12:05 PM
WHOODAHN
Quote:Originally posted by Talonpest: I don't think he was a general. His line in Objects in Space, "I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. Now where does that leave you?" indicates that he was more of a judge/jurry/executioner kind of guy. Also his knowledge of people like Niska and the carrion house aren't something a general would be dealing with. I'm thinking Gestapo style secret police.
Friday, March 5, 2004 12:53 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Duke: Quote:Originally posted by ReyvnDarKnight: I would even go so far as to say that if you remember, Book seemed to be looking specifically for a certain ship in the pilot episode. Maybe Book is aware of Mal's history at the Battle of Serenity and he is seeking to serve out a personal form of penance by looking for Mal. Actually, this can't be the case. He tells Inara, "I think I got on the wrong ship." He would not have said this if he had been looking for Serenity and Mal. If you look at the pilot you will see that he is not interested in Serenity until he hears her name. This probably interests him because of his connection to Serenity Valley. His only relationship to Mal is a literary one( a parallelism.See my previous post).
Friday, March 5, 2004 12:58 PM
SHINY
Quote:Originally posted by benshahn: [p]Now hears the interesting bit. In terms of the story, Book and Mal are parallel characters. Both have experienced the same or similar things but have reacted in different ways. Mal's response is to retreat from religion, Book response is to retreat into religion.[/p] [p]Now here's an even more interesting bit. What would you call someone from an earlier time and circumstance who lost their purpose? You might call them "dinosaurs". Wash's dinosaurs might be an allegory illustrating the above. A land that will be your grave, sudden but inevitable betrayal, and at the end, one dinosaur denies god (No god) and the other appeals to god(Dear God in Heaven), these could represent the Battle of Serenity, Mal, and Book. Ok, this might be a stretch but it's a comfortable one.[/p]
Friday, March 5, 2004 1:42 PM
Friday, March 5, 2004 10:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Shiny: Now that I think about it though...weren't "no god" and "dear god in heaven" 'spoken' by the SAME dinosaur? (the one the T-rex was attacking?)
Saturday, March 6, 2004 2:56 AM
Saturday, March 6, 2004 6:06 AM
RANGER
Saturday, March 6, 2004 6:40 AM
CHRISTHECYNIC
Quote:Originally posted by Ranger: I think the theory that Book was an important actor in the Alliance before he became Book runs against the premis of the show (this isn't about the people who made history, it's about the people history stepped on).
Saturday, March 6, 2004 7:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by benshahn: Quote:Originally posted by Shiny: Now that I think about it though...weren't "no god" and "dear god in heaven" 'spoken' by the SAME dinosaur? (the one the T-rex was attacking?) Nope. It happens quickly but if you go back and look you'll see this: The T-rex attacks the stegosaurus, the stegosaurus says "No god". It then attacks the T-rex which then says "Oh, Dear God in Heaven". The stegosaurus attack is a much smaller movement as the toys are close together at this point.
Saturday, March 6, 2004 7:21 AM
LEAFY
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