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Originally posted by ecgordon:
If you listen to Joss' commentary for that ep you will hear him say it was just him trying to be "artsy fartsy." He uses a similar technique in "Heart of Gold" in a scene with Mal and Nandi.

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Originally posted by Ursula:
I thought it was because Joss is a guy and thought still frames of nekkid Inara were hot.

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Originally posted by j6ngo1977:
Inara has a device that manipulates time. It's the hourglass you see when she is with her first client. The client in fact refers to it when he is leaving. The camera also focuses on it just before Book enters her shuttle at the end of the bathing scene.

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Don't forget the vial containing explosive nail polish

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
IIRC a similar technique is used in the sex scene between Inara and the unnamed client early in the Serenity pilot.

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IIRC a similar technique is used in the sex scene between Inara and the unnamed client early in the Serenity pilot.

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I don't remember a scene-freeze during the sex scene...*runs for DVDs*

Nope. It's the "lose focus/pull focus" gag, also used in Serenity when Jayne impugns Mal's war record. I reckon that's Joss' way of saying, "Look at the overwhelming physical and/or emotional sensations!"

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Originally posted by CBY:
What is the reason for this "time stops"? First I thought that the DVD might be censored or damaged but that's not the case. Any ideas? Are they used to indicate a "timeless" feeling of some sort? (I bet this has been discussed before)

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Originally posted by jossisagod:
Not to contradict you but I believe the intro scene between 'nara and Book was Morena's FIRST professional scene. The sponge bathing may have been her first professional semi-nude scene.

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Originally posted by Unsardonic:
[Now... will somebody please tell me (remember: I said I'm buried in overwork 18-hours-a-day-7-days-a-week so, in Baldric's immortal words, "I don't know who I am or where I live...") if a BDSequel or a BDRenewed TV Series has occured during my inability-to-keep-up-on-events ...or not...

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Originally posted by Unsardonic:
Morena says her "Firefly" audition was the first thing she attempted immediately after her classes at Julliard. She says she auditioned on a Friday and they said, to-the-effect-of, "Well, that was just fine, by the way, you start on Monday."

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Originally posted by Murkymerc:
I'm a little ashamed. I assumed that someone had posted screen shots of the hot scene when I came into this thread.

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Maybe so, but she did the movie 'Way Off Broadway (2001)' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250625/ before 'Firefly (2002)' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/

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Originally posted by grizwald:
oh dear, does that woman have lovely skin.

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You still think that is Morenas actual skin? I bet she has a nasty orange-peel-skin or something

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Originally posted by j6ngo1977:
I love the 'lose focus/pull focus' shot. Adds movement and pace to the whole frame. It's one of the things that makes Firefly special. It looks like sloppy camera work but it works so well.

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Originally posted by Moose:
Only one I think is still a regular is ECGORDON, though I think I've also seen YT somewhat recently.

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Originally posted by Moose:
Only one I think is still a regular is ECGORDON, though I think I've also seen YT somewhat recently.

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