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Simon's Dad
Saturday, December 23, 2006 6:01 AM
JLIN
Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:24 AM
BAGHEERA
Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:40 AM
SIGMANUNKI
Saturday, December 23, 2006 8:47 AM
REGINAROADIE
Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:41 PM
Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:31 PM
NBZ
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:44 PM
ASARIAN
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:37 PM
ASORTAFAIRYTALE
Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SigmaNunki: Then it /probably/ became a, I hope that they don't come after us type thing. So, let's just play the role of the good Alliance citizen and not stir the s**t. But, one must also point out all the times in which I *had* to say "probably." We basically know nothing about this. We don't know the mother and father characters *at all*. So, we wouldn't know there motivations. One of them /might/ have been being threatened.
Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by asarian: I just found an even earlier shooting script, and it's quite revealing:
Quote:Originally posted by asarian: P.S. Remember the BDM? River: "You take care of me, Simon. You've always taken care of me." In this shooting script we suddenly learn it was actually a reference to this earlier draft of Safe, where Simon says: "I'll take care of her. Just like I always have."
Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:26 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SigmaNunki: Quote:Originally posted by asarian: I just found an even earlier shooting script, and it's quite revealing: And b/c you post it here it must be true, right? Also, by the mere fact that this is a EARLIER shooting script (of questionable authenticity for that matter, but let's assume that it is authentic for the /moment/), means that this is NOT what Joss decided to say in the end. For that matter, how do you even know that this is what Joss wanted to go on /after the change/? Quote:Originally posted by asarian: P.S. Remember the BDM? River: "You take care of me, Simon. You've always taken care of me." In this shooting script we suddenly learn it was actually a reference to this earlier draft of Safe, where Simon says: "I'll take care of her. Just like I always have." Or we can reference something from Simon's dad, /that actually made it into the series/. To paraphrase: "I always thought that it was River that is lost without her brother. Perhaps its the other way around." Which "suddenly" means that this is just a reference to a kind older brother that cared enough about his little sister to take care of her. Enough that the parents thought that River would be lost without her brother. As a comment to you, you're really going to have to stop making references that did NOT make into FF canon. Reference the series (in context please) for things to defend what you believe to be true, but stop this sophistry of bringing in things that didn't actually make into the series/movie.
Sunday, January 21, 2007 5:18 PM
ORANGEHAT
Sunday, January 21, 2007 5:47 PM
DOCTROID
Monday, January 22, 2007 9:52 AM
CAVALIER
Quote:Originally posted by asarian: Quote:Originally posted by SigmaNunki: Then it /probably/ became a, I hope that they don't come after us type thing. So, let's just play the role of the good Alliance citizen and not stir the s**t. But, one must also point out all the times in which I *had* to say "probably." We basically know nothing about this. We don't know the mother and father characters *at all*. So, we wouldn't know there motivations. One of them /might/ have been being threatened. I just found an even earlier shooting script, and it's quite revealing: -------------------- SIMON Dad! Forget my record! River is in trouble! GABRIEL River isn't here! Simon looks like he's been slapped across the face. Stunned. GABRIEL (cont'd) We are. And we have to be very careful what we do. This is a government school, Simon. People in our position... it's important that we show support for this government. SIMON You're talking about politics? This is about your daughter! GABRIEL This is about our lives. "Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:10 PM
LEIASKY
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:16 PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:23 PM
DESKTOPHIPPIE
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:52 PM
FOLLOWMAL
Quote:Originally posted by DesktopHippie: I think it's no accident that the first thing we see when we meet the Tams in 'Safe' is the barrier around their house. The world Simon's parents live in is much smaller than Simon's and River's. Simon's parents are concerned with what goes on within their circles - what people will think of them, the status their children can earn, what a good family they are. Everything outside their narrow world is fenced off - unknown, dangerous and nothing they want to get involved with. It's clear that Simon had a bit of a fight to get what seems to be the 'verse version of the internet installed in the house. And even though he was just a kid, his father was already telling him that he had to become 'a brilliant surgeon' to earn it. Everything about those first scenes shows what a closed off, regulated world the Tams lived in. Graphics available at www.desktophippie.com
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:46 PM
WANWEITRIP
Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by WanWeiTrip: Genius! Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots... SHUT UP!!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by WanWeiTrip: I think the parents were written as an example of "All that is required for evil to succeed is for the good to stand by and do nothing." They are not inherently evil but by not acting (for whatever reason - fear or uncertainty) they have allowed bad to happen. They have stood by (as many of us do) and said "It is not up to me. Things will be worse if I rock the boat." In that sense it is better that they were left a little ambiguous and unclear, that we don't know all about them. We are made to feel about them, as they feel about River's situation - uncertain. Genius!
Friday, September 28, 2007 12:38 PM
WYTCHCROFT
Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:54 PM
RIVERFLAN
Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:59 PM
Quote:Originally posted by RiverFlan: here's the link
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