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Your Favorite Fireflygasm ...

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UPDATED: Friday, April 30, 2004 02:55
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Sunday, February 1, 2004 8:48 AM

Help me out folks.
Where was Inara's remark to Mal about cleaning his guns at the dining room table? Something about "every well brought up thief knows that the small side arm goes on the left hand side of the place setting".
I LOVED that!!

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Simon: Can you move your feet?
Kaylee: Are you asking me to dance?

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Sunday, February 1, 2004 10:16 AM

FOURSKYS

Hey guys. I've been reading this site for awhile, but never posted before... Thought of a few great quotes that you guys missed...

From Safe:
River to Simon while waiting to be burned, "Post holer: For digging holes for posts." And then she turns to Simon and gives him the most innocent smile...

From Serenity:
Jayne to Mal after walking back from seeing Badger, "Can't get paid if you crawl away like
a bitty little bug, neither. We gotta
share this job. Ten percent of nothing
is -- let me do the math here -- nothing
into nothing, carry the --" You gotta lova Jayne doing math...

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Sunday, February 1, 2004 5:24 PM

FFYING2

Quote:
Originally posted by Serena:
Help me out folks.
Where was Inara's remark to Mal about cleaning his guns at the dining room table? Something about "every well brought up thief knows that the small side arm goes on the left hand side of the place setting".
I LOVED that!!

It's from the beginning of Heart of Gold, before Inara gets Nandi's wave.

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Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
I think it's in "Ariel" but I could be wrong. It's the moment when Book is talking to Mal about all the things Simon is doing for his sister and Mal says, "Yeah, he's my hero," in that weird little voice.

That's from the beginning of The Train Job, after the first commercial.

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There are so many great things. So here are just some things that weren't merely surprising (like the wonderful Crow-kicking) but came from out of nowhere.

- OMR
Mal (in drag): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people?

- TTJ
Niska: Oooh. You do not like I kill this man.
Mal: Oh, no. I'm sure he was a very bad person.
Niska: My wife's nephew. At dinner, I'm getting earful. There is no way out of that.

(yes, he said "EARful"]

- TTJ
Sheriff: Yep. Blew the back of his head right off.
Mal: (beat) So... would his job be open?

-OiS
Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

Ying
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Monday, February 2, 2004 8:55 AM

SERENA

Thanks ffying2.
Now I have to go and re-watch HofG.
Thank G for the DVDs!
Happy flying!

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Simon: Can you move your feet?
Kaylee: Are you asking me to dance?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 12:17 PM

SERENA

Glad you joined us, FourSkys.

I was just thinking of when River is telling Book that they won't die of suffocation in Out of Gas.
You think she's reassuring him that it will be alright.
Then she says: "We'll freeze first"!!

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Simon: Can you move your feet?
Kaylee: Are you asking me to dance?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:05 PM

GWEILO

This has probably already been mentioned but here’s my favorite of the moment:

Last episode, the bounty hunter is making a ruckus, waking most people except Jayne. Jayne finally stirs after a particularly loud noise and rips the cloth from the wall, as if he’s reaching for his stash of weapons... then uses the cloth as a blanket and just goes back to sleep. Classic Jayne moment! ~LOL~

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Monday, April 5, 2004 4:56 PM

HLGEM

Don't know how I missed this thread the first time.

Aside from kicking Crow into the engine which has been mentioned numerous times, there's

That momment when Inara and Mal stand over Nandi's body and so much flashes between them, but not a word is said.

And when Inara tells Mal she's leaving and you see the pain in his eyes.

And that great scene in Jaynestown when they come on the statue of Jayne. "This is what going mad must be like."

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Monday, April 5, 2004 5:11 PM

ANKHAGOGO

Quote:
Originally posted by makerofpaths:
Quote:
Sadlittleking wrote:
(Early) gets killed off at the end of his first episode. Does that seem right to you?

Quote:
IMHO, I wouldn't count out a bounty hunter (or Joss).
Figure on a plan B or C. And: "Well, here I am" doesn't sound like the guy's terribly concerned by his predicament.

Wvery time I seen that bit, I always think of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, after Ford and Arthur get dumped into space by the Vogons. It's not impossible that Early gets saved, just very very improbable. I completely expect him to show back up at some point. Ok, I
hope it.

"So...would his job be available?"

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Monday, April 5, 2004 6:18 PM

TMURRIE

Whenever they went for hardburn to escape, i always had to cheer especially in the pilot " YEAH WOHOO GET YOUR ASSES OUT OF THERE BOOYAH!!!"
and when Wash did the crazy ivan when the reavers were following close behind.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 8:52 PM

WREN

At the start of "Serenity" when we see Serenity light up for the first time. I knew then that everything was gonna be all right.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 5:24 AM

CYBERSNARK

Twice, both from Serenity:

-Mal's bitter "we won" after stealing the loot from the corpse ship.

-Kaylee eating the strawberry. Though admittedly for entirely different reasons.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 6:59 AM

CORWYN

Quote:
But Joss is right (duh)--visually stunning is also a big deal. The entire "Objects" episode could almost be watched with the sound off, as could "Out of Gas."

What a great idea! I would love to have that as an option in language section (music and sound effects only, or even music only).

Before we mention every line in every episode...

Jubal: "...I don't think of myself as a lion..."

How many TV shows have people mishearing things?

River: "No power in the 'verse can stop me."

The key to this line (I think) is that she is quoting Kaylee back to her. Without that it would be too spooky. And I think Kaylee would never be comfortable with her again, as it is, she can eventually come to terms with it.

Best use of silence in a TV program goes to... 'Out of Gas'

Joss - (since you might still be reading this) Thank You Kindly, you have changed my life.

kermit didn't know the half of it.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 8:06 AM

SBWATCHER

Two that come to mind for me would be:

first, at the end of Jaynestown when Jayne says they are probably putting the statue back up right now, and Mal says something like "I guess every person who's ever had a statue made of 'em was a son of a bitch in one way or another." too true!

second, the last scene in The Message, ending with the recording "... find someone to carry you." and then the zoom in on Mal. Never was Whedon's goal of building extended families more poignant for me then in that moment

"What's sanguine mean again?"

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 8:45 AM

ZOID

Awesome thread.

I have lots of favorites; but for me the most scintillating is at the very end of Season 1.

In OiS, River and Kaylee are playing jacks and River holds the ball up to her eyes (from profile view). To me, the ball looks like Jupiter without the Great Red Spot, and may even be CG'd to enhance that illusion.

So she holds this world up to her eye, says "I can win this", then lets it fall as she scoops up jacks, and the season fades to black...

I'd call that foreshadowing.

Joss wrote, above:

Quote:

"...-- The part where the crew finds out about River's REAL... oh wait. That's the movie. Never mind.

Or mind in a while.

Thanks again.

-j."

Respectfully,

zoid
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"River didn't fix faith. Faith fixed River."

- Senator Richard 'Book' Wilkins, Independent Congress
author of A Child Shall Lead Them: A History of the Second War of Independence

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 10:54 AM

MAUGWAI

Glad thread was revived. My favorite moment is actually a camera shot: Mal and Zoe going up against Patience and her posse in "Serenity", when they pull out their guns and the camera pans around them. Every time that shot goes by during the credits, I 'bout cream my pants.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 11:02 AM

SKYDANCE

The 2-hour Pilot got me.

Struggling through all that, everything going against them, an open firefight on the planet while trying to unload that marked food ... Jayne comes down, they're discussing things ... and the call comes down from Wash that there's incoming. Cut to a shot of a Reaver ship entering atmosphere.

I hit pause, jumped up, and screamed out something to the effect of "Wow, this is amazing. Who thinks of this stuff?"

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 12:36 PM

THECLAPS

The one part that absolutely convinced me this was the best show ever was in War Stories when Zoe sees Book picking up a rifle and asks "Doesn't the bible say some pretty specific things about killing preacher?" to which Book replies "Yes, but it gets a bit fuzzy around the area of kneecaps."

I noticed some other people loved this part, but what actually sold me was the part when he follows through on that statement on the skyplex. Mal - "Cover our backs preacher"
/Armed goon comes running down corridor
/WITHOUT shouldering his rifle, Book shoots the goon in the knee, followed by the best stunt I saw the whole series... Wonder if he hurt his face any!

That and in Safe, the "Dear Diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Dear Diary, today we were captured by hillfolk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever!"
And when Simon comes back at the end and Jayne is in a rush to return all the things he took from Simon's room and is caught in an awckward moment

Or when Jayne was going to offer the deck of cards to Simon and River in Trash.

Those were the funny bits... But there are TOO MANY

The most dramatic part in the whole series that just touched sooo deep was in Safe, Pretty much the whole second half of the episode, from Simon's "I didn't realize it would be that easy [to destroy this family]" to when he's willing to get burned alive with his sister (postholer: digging holes for posts) and Mal's simple retort "You're on my crew. Why are we still talking about this". Now THAT's family.

I still swell up with emotion everytime I think of it.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 12:58 PM

ECGORDON

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

Other than simply posting all of the episode titles, I guess I can add one thing here that I'm pretty sure no one else has mentioned.

I watched "Out of Gas" again last night, and it has one of the best Mal moments in the entire series. They bring Zoe to the infirmary and Wash is frantic about her condition. Mal tells him to get to the bridge to help figure out what happened. When Wash says "Don't ask me again," then Mal says "I wasn't asking, I was telling." Then he grabs Wash and bangs him up against the wall, and even Jayne backs up and seems frightened of Mal's force of will.

As much as Zoe means to Wash, you know she means as much to Mal, but the entire crew and his ship have to take priority over the welfare of just one of them. Speaks volumes about Mal, and you know he would have done the same thing no matter who was on the table and who was defying him.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 1:24 PM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
As much as Zoe means to Wash, you know she means as much to Mal, but the entire crew and his ship have to take priority over the welfare of just one of them. Speaks volumes about Mal, and you know he would have done the same thing no matter who was on the table and who was defying him.

The interesting thing about that scene is the original script actually had Mal saying something along the lines of if Wash had didn't help save the ship, it wouldn't matter if the doc saved Zoe, since they'd all die. They changed or cut that part to make Mal more uncompromising and not willing to explain, just insisting on and expecting people to follow his orders when they are in peril. This is also evident in The Message, where an earlier draft of the script had Mal and Book at least trying to explain that they had a plan and Tracy waving the gun around and not listening/believing them. (another example is when Mal tells Simon to go get her sister in Bushwhacked and doesn't explain why, causing Simon to ask "why, are you going to put her in plain view, too?!?" and Book to chastize Simon, since Book always knows what's going on)

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 2:55 PM

CHUCKYBONES

I can't believe in this whole thing, nobody has mentioned this one:

In Serenity, right after they've pulled the Crazy Ivan and escaped the Reavers, and they're all celebrating, and they show Kaylee sitting there, patting the bulkhead, and in the sweetest voice she says, "That's my girl. That's my good girl." I fell in love with Kaylee and Serenity in that moment.

I fell in lust with Kaylee when she ate the strawberry...

Mal in the desert: "Yep... that went well."

Jayne: "I'll be in my bunk."

Jayne in "Our Mrs. Reynolds": "I call her Vera."

Jayne in "Heart of Gold": "My John Thomas is about to pop off and shoot around the room, there's so much tasty in here!"
Wash: "Would be you'd get your most poetical about yer pecker." [Jayne nods.]

The closing scene of "The Message."

All of the bits with Mal and River; has anyone noticed that Mal actually gets River more often than anyone else? I think he has a lot of soul, and River really takes to Mal (when she's not viciously insulting him in Mandarin).

Chuckybones

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 3:09 PM

BADGERSHAT

Definitely the moment in the pilot, when they open the box with River inside... hold for a beat, then Mal's simple line--

"... huh..."

It's become a part of every day language in my household.

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 3:12 PM

BADGERSHAT

Oh, and also, in "Out of Gas" during the flashback when Mal shows Serenity to Zoe, the exchange at the end (and forgive me if it's misquoted)--

"Get her up and running again."

"Yep."

"So, not running now?"

"Not so much."

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 5:16 PM

MALICIOUS

After reading this e-n-t-i-r-e thread (and having most of my favorites STOLEN by others

) I'd have to say the goosebump factor was highest at the end of "The Message" when it turns out Mal was holding the bullet with Tracey's name on all that time.

Mal-licious

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 8:51 PM

PEG

The final scene of Bushwacked is very dramatic. The Dartmunder blows up the salvaged ship just as Serenity pulls away, hugh explosion but no sound. Great moment,very memorable. When ever someone who has never seen Firefly asks me about the show,I recommend they watch Out of Gas first--great story,character insight and my personal favorite.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2004 3:41 PM

MISSOURIFIREFLY

I mentioned this one on another thread because it's my favorite, but I don't think it has been mentioned here (sorry if I just missed it). I love the scene in "Serenity" where Mal is visiting Kaylee when she is first waking up after they operated on her. It really shows how much Mal cares about Kaylee. It's so sweet how he calls her "Mei-Mei." I love her line, "You just have to have faith in people." Such a touching scene, and it says a lot about both their characters.

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 4:42 AM

FIRESPINNER

The last unaired episode, "The Message". The music and the cinematography at the end of the episode when they overlayed the phrase from the war during the funeral, "When you can't run, you crawl, when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you". Then panned through to each of the members and ended on Mal.
That whole scene really touched me.

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 6:09 AM

BLACKEYEDGIRL

Okay this is the moment I fell in love with Firefly, and I know it's a might bit ridiculous, but it's too good to not love!

The Train job:

Inara: What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?

MAL
That it was manly and impulsive?

INARA
Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was "don't".

MAL
Well, you're holding my mechanic in thrall. And
Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room?
Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys
maybe got loose?

The monkeys comment made me fall apart, from that moment on Firefly owned my ass.

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Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:05 AM

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

I was just looking at the really old threads - and just had to resurrect this one from the bowels of Archive...

"Observe Analyze & Respond"
Motto of the A.P.E.s
Alliance Protean Engineers

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Friday, April 30, 2004 2:47 AM

EMPRESSPIRK

Thanks for digging this up DragonFly...
All the above are great. I'll just ad mine.

From Safe:
The thirty or so seconds til Simon says "Light it". There's a little tune after he gazes up at River and takes the last step next to her that makes my stomach lurch every time.

Also the River dancing/ gun fight mix with the music from that episode is great.

"You're talking to Serenity... and Early...Serenity is very unhappy"

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Friday, April 30, 2004 2:55 AM

FIREFLYTHEMOVIE

Quote:
Originally posted by DragonFlyDirector:
"Observe Analyze & Respond"
Motto of the A.P.E.s
Alliance Protean Engineers

What's that from?

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