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Originally posted by AG05:
I was watching Casablanca on TCM a couple of days ago, and I remembered how much I liked the character of Rick (Bogart). I'd seen the movie years ago and really like it, but it was only after watching Firefly that I made the connection. Rick would have made a good Browncoat. In fact, Rick is really very similar to Mal in a lot of respects:

Both men fought on the losing sides of wars (Rick ran guns to Ethiopia and fought in the very brutal Spanish Civil War on the losing side.)

Both men are seen as "men of honor in a den of thieves", although both men are willing to break the law quite frequently.

Both men claim not to be (and try not to be) idealists, but both are.

Both men experienced a sudden, traumatic event (the Battle of Serenity Valley for Mal, the fall of Paris and the loss of Ilsa for Rick), and the experience left both men very bitter.

Both men are making an attempt to get by, when some fugitive and his chick show up and complicate the hell out of everything.

The point I'm trying to make is this: I think these characters would understand each other very well. I find a certain appeal in a character that has fought a noble battle and lost. I'm not sure why.

Not much of a point, now that I look at it, but I figured I'd put it out here and see what people thought.

Mercy is the mark of a great man.
Guess I'm just a good man.
Well, I'm alright.

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Oh, and Nathan starred in an episode of "The Outer Limits" in 1999, I think, that was a direct ripoff of "Casabalanca". It's very hard to find but well worth watching if you can find it.

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