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.
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.
The Chinese didn’t bother me a bit, but HBO would have been nice for…other reasons, articulated in previous posts (#31). 
One can only imagine what Inara’s sponge bath might have looked like on HBO!
It’s been a half an hour without a “I’ll be in my bunk” reference. 
See? That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
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!”
Say what? They have no time to post?
I can always be found in my bunk when the discussion moves to the women of Serenity.
My husband and I like to sing along to the theme song too. Though we often say “you can’t take this guy from me.” 
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.
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.
At this pace, I might not want to see a Firefly marathon ever. I’ll watch some more today, though.
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.
And that Mal’s Song filk is very nice indeed.
I’m gonna check out the X-Files episode she’s in, though, just to see her in a different character.
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.
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.
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.
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.