Spoken intro in Fox broadcast version of Firefly by Caitlyn

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Spoken intro in Fox broadcast version of Firefly

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:08 AM

There was, if I remember rightly, a spoken into voiced by Mal on the broadcast version of Firefly. It's missing on the DVD set. Was the into something that was added to try and make the series comprehensible after Fox decided not to air "Serenity" at the beginning that really didn't belong, or are we really missing something from the theme/intro on the DVD set?

"Wuh duh ma huh ta duh fung-kwong duh wai-shung doh"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:11 AM

BARNEYT

Good question - there was one done by Book in the earlier parts of the series too, which I really liked. I guess it was just something added by Fox to help new viewers, but it would have been nice to have on the DVD.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:14 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave

You do remember rightly, and you are correct, they have indeed gone missing. I say they because there were three different versions. Book did the first version, then Mal did two, the second worded slightly differently and a bit more sarcastically from the first.

They also left out the "Last time on Firefly" montages...um...oh, and the gag reel is MUCH shorter than the original version. Others more resourceful than I can maybe tell you where to find the full gag reel. I got mine on CD from another browncoat.

Did I leave anything else out?

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:22 AM

CAITLYN

Grrr

I didn't watch a lot of episodes when it was broadcast. Like I said in another thread... I felt like I was thrown in the middle of the story. I gave up on the series quickly. Keith (my housemate) got me to watch it towards the end of it's run. Once I saw "Serenity" I realized what Fox had done to it and realized that I had completely misjudged the series. Now that I've seen most of the DVD set in the right order I know Firefly was awesome.

Tzao-gao! Now I need to find the original intros somewhere. They could have at least been an extra on the DVD!

"Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:25 AM

WERZBOWSKI

You remember correctly... There were actually two intros one by Mal and one By Book.

If you would like to dload those two intros follow these links:

Mal's Intro:
http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0107Safe/01x07-01.wav

Book's Intro:
http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0101TrainJob/01x01-38.wav

They come from: http://www.wavsite.com/ and you can also get a fair amount of Firefly, Buffy and Angel audio clips from this site as well.

Here: http://www.wavsite.com/television.asp

Hope this helps.

"We will rise again!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:50 AM

CAITLYN

Thanks! except... Chanain says there are two versions of Mal's intro. Anyone know where I can find both?

"Helping fix people, that's important."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:00 AM

WERZBOWSKI

The second version is also on that site...I think.

I remember seeing Mal's intro listed in two seperate episodes so maybe the second one was the slightly different one? I just dloaded the first one and disregarded the second one as a repeat.

This is the link for the second mentioning of Mal's intro. However judging by the file label it's not the quote they have printed out. As I have no sound on this computer (work) I can't check it.

http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0105OutOfGas/theft.wav

Good luck...

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Friday, January 16, 2004 2:13 AM

WERZBOWSKI

Ok...I took home the second audio file last night and checked it..It is a SLIGHTLY different intro by Mal.

So just to recap for anyone else looking for these. Here are the three different spoken intros for the show...

Mal 1:
http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0107Safe/01x07-01.wav

Mal 2:
http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0105OutOfGas/theft.wav

Book:
http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/70605/0101TrainJob/01x01-38.wav

"We will rise again!"

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Friday, January 16, 2004 4:38 AM

CAITLYN

OK, now that I've heard them, yeah.... they're just explaining what we all should already know. Must've been Jos' way to try and undo some of the damage Fox did by skipping Serenity and going all out of order. I can see why they're left out of the DVD.

"Tah-shr SUO-yo DEE-yure duh biao-tze duh MAH! The
filament in the grav-dampener's stripped."

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Friday, January 16, 2004 4:41 AM

TUNNEL

Hey Browncoats

Earlier I posted this thread

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3279

At the site refered to it has the intro monologs on all the episodes. It also has a different monolog on the Original Pilot by some nameless announcer.

They change from Book's opening to Mal's at Ep 5 or 6.

Book's is a very general description about the 'verse.

Where as Mal's is more specific to him, Serenity, and his crew. I wasn't aware that Mal had two versions.

The nameless announcer's is a general desc of the verse but gives a little different info from Book's

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:46 AM

CAITLYN

I was talking to my housemate about this and he seems to remember that Fox made Jos change the intro to remove the reference to guns. Seems like Fox execs don't like guns much. Does anyone know if that's true?

"Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful
race, and we must live in harmony..."

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:20 AM

SAINT JAYNE

Quote:
Originally posted by Caitlyn:
Seems like Fox execs don't like guns much. Does anyone know if that's true?

That's the first I've heard of it. I know Fox doesn't like horses. In the commentary Joss remembers selling the intro to Fox by saying that the space ship was scaring the horses, so it was OK.

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:54 PM

INVISIBLEGREEN

These episodes had the following prologues:

Serenity, War Stories, Trash, The Message & Objects in Space - No Prologue

The Train Job, Bushwhacked, Our Mrs. Reynolds, & Jaynestown - Book Prologue

Out of Gas & Shindig - First Mal Prologue

Safe, Ariel, & Heart of Gold - Extended Mal Prologue

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:59 PM

FLYINFREE

Quote:
Originally posted by Tunnel:
Hey Browncoats

Earlier I posted this thread

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3279

At the site refered to it has the intro monologs on all the episodes. It also has a different monolog on the Original Pilot by some nameless announcer.

Not so nameless...that's Joss doing a pretty bad accent.

"...we're still flyin'."
"That's not much."
"It's enough." Malcolm Reynolds and Simon Tam - Serenity

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 5:30 PM

BLUEEYEDBROWNCOAT

It sure sounds like Joss to me.

I don't ask for much - just Firefly back on the air once a week.... oh, and maybe world peace.

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 5:46 PM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by FlyinFree:

Not so nameless...that's Joss doing a pretty bad accent.

I was wondering if that was him...

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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