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FIREFLY EPISODE DISCUSSIONS
Scenes that have you in awe
Friday, November 9, 2007 8:39 PM
MERRYK
Friday, November 9, 2007 9:33 PM
PEGLEG
Saturday, November 10, 2007 5:09 AM
DEEPLYKIDDING
Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:19 AM
WALTZING
Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:28 AM
Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:51 AM
Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:59 AM
WYTCHCROFT
Quote:Originally posted by Waltzing: I'll narrow it down to my favorite scene. It's the scene in the very beginning, right after River's been walking through the ship and listening to thoughts, where she ends up in the cargo bay. We've been following River, and suddenly there's this shot from above, showing the floor strewn with orange leaves, as though a wind had just blown through a stand of trees in autumn. The sudden juxtaposition is both startling and breathtaking. The soft warm color of the leaves starkly contrasts with the cooler colors of the ship. Also, the appearance of something so natural as leaves catches our attention because they're so rare in the somewhat artificial and cold setting of a spaceship cruising through endless space. In addition to the beautiful image, what I love about this scene is that everything is suddenly silent. All the voices and ship machine noises stop, almost as though River had indeed stepped into a forest. In this moment, we are truly in her mind, separate from the ship and everyone else, staring at objects that 'don't mean what you think.' The scene ends abruptly when the real world of the ship comes crashing in with the crew shouting in consternation at River's possession of the branch-turned-gun. The leaves are gone and we are back on the ship, pulled back into the real world of the other characters. Every time I watch I am continually impressed with the subtlety of this scene, and the incredible attention to detail that makes it wonderful.
Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:14 AM
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:15 PM
LAWMAN
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:55 PM
Monday, November 12, 2007 8:14 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Monday, November 12, 2007 8:23 PM
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:35 PM
STAPLES
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:21 AM
BLUEBOMBER
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:35 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:49 AM
PACHELBEL
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:25 AM
BROWNCOATSANDINISTA
Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:40 PM
PHOENIXRISEN
Monday, November 26, 2007 5:52 PM
THEHEROOFWILLIAMTOWN
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:38 AM
AMDOBELL
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:31 AM
DRDUBER
Friday, November 30, 2007 5:59 AM
KACEK
Quote: Another one is the war scene at the beginning of the pilot (have you figured out that Serenity's one of my favorite episodes?). It's all action, all humor, and then suddenly the music changes and Mal just stands there with the perfect look on his face. It's not just horror, it's not just sadness, it's not just disbelief...it's something you understand but can't describe. The music is perfect, and the slightly slow motion, and the framing as Bendis gets shot down right next to Mal as the ships land. We don't need any other explanation for why Mal is who he his.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:37 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by wytchcroft: Quote:Originally posted by Waltzing: I'll narrow it down to my favorite scene. It's the scene in the very beginning, right after River's been walking through the ship and listening to thoughts, where she ends up in the cargo bay. We've been following River, and suddenly there's this shot from above, showing the floor strewn with orange leaves, as though a wind had just blown through a stand of trees in autumn. The sudden juxtaposition is both startling and breathtaking. The soft warm color of the leaves starkly contrasts with the cooler colors of the ship. Also, the appearance of something so natural as leaves catches our attention because they're so rare in the somewhat artificial and cold setting of a spaceship cruising through endless space. In addition to the beautiful image, what I love about this scene is that everything is suddenly silent. All the voices and ship machine noises stop, almost as though River had indeed stepped into a forest. In this moment, we are truly in her mind, separate from the ship and everyone else, staring at objects that 'don't mean what you think.' The scene ends abruptly when the real world of the ship comes crashing in with the crew shouting in consternation at River's possession of the branch-turned-gun. The leaves are gone and we are back on the ship, pulled back into the real world of the other characters. Every time I watch I am continually impressed with the subtlety of this scene, and the incredible attention to detail that makes it wonderful. well that was the one i'd have picked too! but i wouldn't have said it a tenth as well - lovely description/summation of that scene. great post:)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:12 PM
BLUESUNCOMPANYMAN
Quote:Originally posted by jewelstaitefan: To be clear, there is a lot of this episode I don't get. For one thing, how does the gun get to the cargo bay floor? Jayne had it locked up, there is no inplication that River took it there with her, but that she just discovered it there. Are we to think she "walked" the ship in ephemoral form, merely thinking/imagining/sensing the walk through, with all the reading of mind, and she was in the cargo bay the whole time, with the gun? Or was she actually walking, and reading when in proximity to each of the others, then "coming upon" the gun in the cargo bay? I don't see why she would have broken into Jayne's weapon arsenal, if that's what she did. I don't recall any commentaries or such which explain this.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:28 PM
LWAVES
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:00 PM
SHEPARDBOOKEM
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:29 PM
Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by jewelstaitefan: So how does River unlock Jaynes lock? So far we all agree that Jayne did have this specific handgun locked up. Did she unlock the lock with her mind? What?
Thursday, December 20, 2007 2:30 PM
TUJIAOZUO
Thursday, December 20, 2007 2:46 PM
CHRISTHECYNIC
Quote:Originally posted by TuJiaoZuo: However my number 1 favorite sequence of all time is the introduction of Serenity in the movie. Regardless there's no cast or dialog, it is what gets me the most. The serene silence of space accompanied by the slow mournful beginning of the song with the cello, pulling back to see Serenity moving through the black. The music building and exploding into an adventuresome, frontierish anthem as she prepares to break into the atmosphere, and as it reaches it's crescendo.... a part flies off of the ship. That thirty seconds to me is the essence of the series intself. It's all about the ship, it's all about the home Serenity is and the struggles in the new frontier. It's so beautifully done with the CGI and the soundtrack that it still leaves me in awe.
Monday, March 24, 2008 8:38 AM
TWILIGHTSEEKER
Monday, September 15, 2008 11:43 AM
TWITCH
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 3:30 PM
WYTERABIT
Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:59 PM
TRAVELER
Saturday, October 4, 2008 4:22 PM
PHYRELIGHT
Quote:MAL: Everybody dies alone.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:29 PM
SHINYGOODGUY
Sunday, November 2, 2008 12:01 PM
JAYNESMANE
Thursday, November 6, 2008 4:38 PM
ANABELEE
Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:35 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Sunday, November 9, 2008 9:56 PM
Monday, November 10, 2008 3:18 AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JaynesMane: The episode where they go to rescue Mal. I duno, I always get all warm and fuzzy when they team up, including Brook (kneecaps only!) to rescue him. ---
Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:34 AM
AG05
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