[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
I don’t like this fake swearing. If it’s an attempt at some future-speak, which I respect and is really hard to make authentic, he shouldn’t have. The show would have been much better off on HBO.
I seem to be saying that a lot these days.
[/QUOTE]
It’s not fake swearing. It’s Chinese (Mandarin, I believe) swearing. Or at least, colorful language. If the actors could get their mouths around it (they can’t) it would be understandable to Chinese speakers today. The point of using it, in narrative terms, was that by the time of Firefly, China and the US had blended into a homogeneous culture, and everyone grew up using both English and Chinese.
For fake swearing, see Battlestar Galactica, *Farscape *and, possibly, Red Dwarf.
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
It’s not fake swearing. It’s Chinese (Mandarin, I believe) swearing. Or at least, colorful language. If the actors could get their mouths around it (they can’t) it would be understandable to Chinese speakers today. The point of using it, in narrative terms, was that by the time of Firefly, China and the US had blended into a homogeneous culture, and everyone grew up using both English and Chinese.
For fake swearing, see Battlestar Galactica, *Farscape *and, possibly, Red Dwarf.
[/QUOTE]
It’d STILL have been better on HBO. Too many times someone stubs their toe and says “Aw darn!” instead of “Motherfucker!” like they’d really say.
That kind of stuff tends to pull me out of the moment sometimes.
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
Too many times someone stubs their toe and says “Aw darn!” instead of “Motherfucker!” like they’d really say.
[/QUOTE]
I’d say you were exaggerating if I hadn’t not 30 minutes ago dropped a big serving spoon on my toe and said, “Motherfuck!”
[QUOTE=Ponderoid]
Here’s something longer to sing along with: Mal’s Song, extended filk version of the theme.
[/QUOTE]
Allegedly when Dockery heard the Ballad of Serenity, she said “This is a chorus in search of a song.” Then wrote one.
Here is the CSTS website listing the cities (US, Canada, and Australia) and dates for the charity showings. Originally the CSTS showings were clustered around Joss’ birthday, but somehow three-quarters of the prints were destroyed. I’m betting that’s why they’re scattered across an entire month, now.
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
…I’m now also a Kaylee guy. OMG, that girl is just ridiculously gorgeous.
[/QUOTE]
Yup. I had been re-watching some Wonderfalls recently, in which Jewel Staite is a raging bitch* (and not the likable kind) and found going back to sweet ol’ Kaylee very refreshing.
*-she also wears black leather pants. Just sayin’.
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF]
Yup. I had been re-watching some Wonderfalls recently, in which Jewel Staite is a raging bitch* (and not the likable kind) and found going back to sweet ol’ Kaylee very refreshing.
*-she also wears black leather pants. Just sayin’.
Also, you theme song-haters, you might not want to go see a Firefly marathon in theaters. We sing a lot.
[/QUOTE]
At this pace, I might not want to see a Firefly marathon ever. I’ll watch some more today, though.
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF]
Yup. I had been re-watching some Wonderfalls recently, in which Jewel Staite is a raging bitch* (and not the likable kind) and found going back to sweet ol’ Kaylee very refreshing.
[/QUOTE]
I’m gonna check out the X-Files episode she’s in, though, just to see her in a different character.
[QUOTE=Bosstone]
There are people who don’t like the theme song? :eek:
I mean, I thought it was very ehn to start, but once I got to know the characters it took on new meaning. I damn near cry when I hear it now.
[/QUOTE]
I hate it. I hate it on a physical “if I don’t fast-forward past this or mute it before I hear any more I’m going to punch someone” level.
Love the show, though, and the music used in the show, too, for that matter.
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF]
*-she also wears black leather pants. Just sayin’.
[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but I thought she looked a little too thin in Wonderfalls (and Serenity). She apparently complained about having to put on weight for Firefly and promptly took it off afterwards.
[QUOTE=Figaro]
I hate it. I hate it on a physical “if I don’t fast-forward past this or mute it before I hear any more I’m going to punch someone” level.
Love the show, though, and the music used in the show, too, for that matter.
[/QUOTE]
Amen. I fast forward through the entire theme song.
So I watched the episode about some train robbery today. Not so bad. I dn’t know what the captain’s character is at this point. Really, I feel like I don’t know Zoe either. On one side, they’re pretty badass and relatively ruthless (at least in their efficiency). On the other side, they get gushy with sentimentalism with regards to chasing the almoghty dollar.
The plot and a couple of other little things were cute, though. I’ll watch some more relatively soon (I really need to return this boxed set soon).
It is difficult to ‘get’ Mal from Serenity (the pilot) and The Train Job, for the simple reason that Whedon was asked to make Mal more wisecracking after Serenity. There’s a notable personality shift between the pilot and the rest of the series. In the movie, which Whedon had more control over, Mal went back to the grimmer personality he had in the pilot.
[QUOTE=Bosstone]
It is difficult to ‘get’ Mal from Serenity (the pilot) and The Train Job, for the simple reason that Whedon was asked to make Mal more wisecracking after Serenity. There’s a notable personality shift between the pilot and the rest of the series. In the movie, which Whedon had more control over, Mal went back to the grimmer personality he had in the pilot.
[/QUOTE]
I was told this before as well. I figured I hadn’t seen enough to notice the shift or to have a complete picture (which is true), but it appears that I do.
