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Originally posted by traveler:
"Just keep walking preacher man."

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The "speaking without moving her lips" thing foreshadows the escape scene in the BDM.

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Originally posted by ormaybemidgets:
About not seeing River's lips move, I think that's not right. Like you said, it's a quick cut and I don't think it's enough to be sure.

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Along the lines of your original idea, maybe River has picked up that the incident will lead Kaylee to tell the others about the War Stories incident. Maybe "Kaylee?" is a plea to keep her secret.

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Originally posted by silence:
how can someone with such a sweet smile kill people with her brain?

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
In the scene where River picks up the gun, just as all the commotion breaks out and everyone is shouting at her, River's voice calls out, "Kaylee?!!" We don't really see her lips move.

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River looks confused at the sudden cacophony. Looks down in her hand -- and there is a BIG DAMN GUN in it. Pointed at Simon and Kaylee, the latter of whom looks shit-scared.

River lowers the gun, looking grouchily confused, as Simon comes to take it from her. She looks over at Kaylee, who fades out to the passenger dorm, unable to deal.

RIVER
Kaylee...?

SIMON
What were you thinking? Where did
you get ahold of this?

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Originally posted by MettaSutra:
The shooting script* was written like this:

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River looks confused at the sudden cacophony. Looks down in her hand -- and there is a BIG DAMN GUN in it. Pointed at Simon and Kaylee, the latter of whom looks shit-scared.

River lowers the gun, looking grouchily confused, as Simon comes to take it from her. She looks over at Kaylee, who fades out to the passenger dorm, unable to deal.

RIVER
Kaylee...?

SIMON
What were you thinking? Where did
you get ahold of this?

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Originally posted by msg:
OK I am realizing in Objects in Space I don't think River is hearing what they actually think. I think she is hearing what she is afraid they think about her. I could be bonkers, but I honestly think if you look at each statement....they are all negative, unkind, and in many cases not at all like the character. I mean " I would still be there ( unspoken if it wasn't for you)- Simon" I don't give half a hump if you're guilty" -Book "None of it means a damn thing"-Mal and then after she hears all this she says to herself it doesn't mean what you think...She's projecting her fears not their thoughts

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Clearly the action was tightened up a bit, either in shooting or editing. Your suggestion makes sense for the as-written scene, and could still apply to the as-shot. But the latter is more ambiguous and gives us lots of room for this sort of fun discussion.

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Originally posted by msg:
OK and that cute little giggle after she says"permission to come aboard captain" is just so unRiver and yet so her. A child-like and sweet moment for both of them


It seemed a defining moment for those two. Mal even smiled at River's joke about Simon being difficult because he nearly ruined her plan to take care of Early. I was left with the impression that Mal had gained some trust for River. That she wouldn't hurt them. Of course this is before the movie, Miranda and the bar fight. Even in the movie Mal trusted River to help with the robbery.

It was like at the end of the movie where Mal and River are sitting at the controls. Mal says something to the effect that she already knows what he is going to say but she wants him to say it anyway. Yes I can read your mind but what you have to say is important. Mal will never replace Simon but that makes his trust in her even more important. Just as he told Simon "You're part of the crew" in "Safe" I think Mal tries to acknowledge to River you're part of the crew. And to Mal that is family. It is the only family he has. River doesn't just read peoples thoughts. See knew Mal needed to talk about loving Serenity. So she told him she wanted to here what he had to say. She understands peoples feelings. This may not even be from the experiments. She may have had this ability to know others feelings before they experimented on her. Well I'm babbling now. But that's my theory. "Permission to come aboard captain".

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Originally posted by dc4bs:
Mals thought of "None of it means a damn thing" could be that he thinks what he feels doesn't matter as, given the situation, he beleives (disparingly - he says the line like hes fighting tears / husky voiced and also says it facing Inarra, not River) that he believes he can never actualy have her love so none of what he feels could ever really mean a damn thing between them. When she told him she was leaving, he has took that as a personal rejection of him, not the overall situation and, of course, he would have no knowledge of my conjectured previous heartbrake of Inarra.

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Originally posted by ormaybemidgets:

Inara: I'm a big girl. Just tell me.

Doesn't seem to have anything at all to do with River.

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Mal: None of it means a damn thing.

This, you could probably say applied to River. As in; her recovery doesn't mean anything, he still doesn't like her.

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I'd have to disagree here, strongly. :) Mal is quite fond of River.

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I think she is hearing what she is afraid they think about her.

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Originally posted by farfly:
Other than Book's hair, I never got the impression that River was afraid of anything.

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Originally posted by HeWhoKicksAlot:
Defining moment of just how capable River is, revealed only to Kaylee. Then comes the smile followed by, "No power in the 'verse can stop me."

Chills.

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