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Shepard Book's Past
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:23 PM
SHANYU
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:40 PM
SGTGUMP
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:45 PM
MICHIZURE
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by sgtgump: You see, the thing about Book is, he's a preacher.
WULFHAWK
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:56 PM
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 5:45 PM
AGEHN
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:14 PM
SHEPHERDQ
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:13 AM
ECGORDON
There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.
Quote:Originally posted by ShepherdQ: note.. Shepherd is the opposite of Mel... In the war Mel lost his faith In the war Book found his faith
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:01 AM
PURPLEBELLY
Quote:Originally posted by ecgordon: Who's Mel?
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:23 PM
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 8:02 PM
YT
the movie is not the Series. Only the facts have been changed, to irritate the innocent; the names of the actors and characters remain the same
Quote:Originally posted by Michizure: Personally, I find it interesting that Book apparently dropped "out of the world" sometime just after the end of the Unification War. He's competent in a fight, well informed, and well connected, but initially he wasn't prepared for how rough life can be on the edge.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:05 PM
Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:30 AM
RETARDOSAUR
Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:26 AM
Quote:Originally posted by YT: That lack of preparation made me think that he had been "out of the world" for a lot longer than the six years between the War & the pilot ep. Was there some dialogue that locates his seclusion to after the War?
Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:14 AM
CYBERSNARK
Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:27 AM
CARDIE
Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:35 PM
Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by ShanYu: a high ranking officer with many talents
Friday, September 24, 2004 3:23 AM
Quote:Originally posted by PurpleBelly: Isn't that an oxymoron? Or had the Alliance military a less politically driven staff cadre than the systems we know and pay for?
Friday, September 24, 2004 4:10 AM
ZOID
Friday, September 24, 2004 4:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by PurpleBelly: Quote:Originally posted by ShanYu: a high ranking officer with many talents Isn't that an oxymoron?
Friday, September 24, 2004 4:33 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004 4:45 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004 5:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by zoid: BOFH?
Friday, September 24, 2004 5:48 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004 8:45 AM
BEENWITHAWARRIORWOMAN
Friday, September 24, 2004 9:27 AM
BDJSB7
Friday, September 24, 2004 3:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by beenwithawarriorwoman: Here's my theory, and it may come from watching too much Alias - I believe Book is the Alliance equivilant of the CIA - he was sent to find a) Simon/River or b) Mal, Serenity, et al.
Quote:Book ... seems intent on feeling them out... This is what one does on a deep cover mission.
Quote:"That ain't no shepherd." Also nothing new, but since spoken in the PRESENT tense from someone who knows lots of PRESENT information about the crew...
Quote:He won't kill anyone. Possibly religious motivation... but just as possible it's one of those rule things... deep cover officers can't kill either.
Quote:... if he were Alliance-type CIA, there are only two reasons for him not to: either he's after a bigger fish than Serenity affords him, or he's gone rogue.
Friday, September 24, 2004 8:18 PM
THERON
Friday, September 24, 2004 8:29 PM
Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: To my knowledge he only named one character that never actually made a physical appearance in the show and that is who Book is.
Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:42 AM
Saturday, September 25, 2004 11:15 AM
THESOMNAMBULIST
Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:06 PM
THEREALME
Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:31 PM
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: By the way, anyone have any clue what brain-blown is? Been wondering that for a while.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:30 AM
MANTICHORUS
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: Hahahahaha, everyone likes the idea but no one agrees with it but me and a couple of my friends. :) That is one of the reasons I posted it, I would like some help debunking it or making it better. A good many times when I was trying to figure out Book I threw my hands up in the air in disgust, there truly is very little there to go on. And you may be right, Joss may have left it open so he could run with it in any direction he felt like when the time came. And alliance/independent anything is still a good back story. Even if I don't think it is right. On the Shaun Yu in the past, I got that impression as well, but not so far back as to be Earth that Was. I think he was someone who came to power before the War of Unification. My reasoning for that is pretty simple, it would be a darn cool back story for a character. :) Ok, that and during Jaynestown, Simon, mentions the ancient Egyptians, and every one just stares at him until he explains. But a good many people seem to know who Shaun Yu is without any explanation.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:44 AM
CORWYN
Quote:Originally posted by Mantichorus: Actually, the only members of the crew who seem to know about Shan Yu are Book, Simon, and (possibly) River.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:12 PM
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by corwyn: Quote:Originally posted by Mantichorus: Actually, the only members of the crew who seem to know about Shan Yu are Book, Simon, and (possibly) River. Mal knows enough about him to know he wrote books. "you starting a book club." Thank You Kindly.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:53 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: And let us not forget (as if we could) that Niska also knew Shaun Yu.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: Dead (Reavers), won't touch it, can't afford it, and brain-blown. By the way, anyone have any clue what brain-blown is? Been wondering that for a while.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Theron: Shanyu: Thanks I appreciate the thinking outside the box comment. :) All of the other ideas seem to pat for me, to been there and done that formulaic for this show. As for Shanyu in the show, I forgot I had the eps on my computer and watched that scene again, no where in there do they say he was a chinese philosopher. They say he was a psychotic dictator but not a chinese man. If they did somewhere else in the eps could you point it out for me? I would very much appreaite it as that would pretty much shoot my theory in the foot and let me move on. :) /B]
Sunday, October 3, 2004 4:02 PM
Monday, October 4, 2004 3:23 AM
SHW
Quote:Originally posted by TheRealMe: My theory? I believe that Book is actually another person whom we have heard named but never seen: Richard Wilkins, the Alliance General who won the Battle of Serenity Valley. The Real Me
Monday, October 4, 2004 5:24 PM
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