Series/Firefly

It is depressingly realistic in that regard, though.

Hardly anybody watches anything for the depressing realism. I see your point, though. I dunno...

I liked Wash, but knowing that he was going to die way before I ever watched any Firefly kinda put a damper on the emotion of the scene.

It wasn't just a random spike, it was from one of the Reavers, whom they were trying to evade.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he knows that. He meant "A random spike from the Reavers," he wasn't saying the spike came literally out of nowhere.

I actually didn't know the spike came from the Reavers. That sort of makes it better.

Wasn't the cockpit facing a wall, though?

Nope. The ship spun to face the docking bay entrance. The shot immediately after is out through the cockpit, revealing that they are not alone.

edited 7th Nov '11 7:43:23 PM by Ironeye

Where else would it have come from? I agree it would be even more ridiculously random if it wasn't the Reavers.

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I really need to turn spoiler block back on...I have'nt watched serenity yet.

Though I read that once before, now that I think about it. I made myself forget though.

Update: I have seen Our Mrs Reynolds, Jaynestown (by far the funniest ep I've seen so far) and Out Of Gas (By far the most emotional episode I've seen so far).

Man I am really loving this show and now I want to buy Serenity so I can have the complete series.

I always figure that if I were introducing someone to the show, if at any time they felt like quitting, I'd have them skip to Jaynestown, or if they were past that, Trash.

While I agree with Trash... I feel you have to have seen Our Mrs. Reynolds for it to have the full effect...

True.

I never really got what everyone thouht was so great about Jaynestown. I mean, it had a lot of great parts, and was a good episode, but no more than any other.

It's especially hilarious, with an emotional tinge. The same is true for Trash, and to a lesser extent, Our Mrs. Reynolds.

To me Jaynestown shows some nice development in Jayne's character, a lot more of development for Kaylee/Simon and just the overall hilarity and absurdity (which is noticed by Simon hilariously) of Jayne being a hero with some added emotional feel. (plus I loved Inara's subplot with the Magistrate's son).

This show keeps getting better for me.

Eh, yeah, I guess. I mean, I do like the episode, it just didn't feel like the best episode everyone hyped it to be.

For me, the best episode was Out of Gas.

My favourites are Ariel, what with Simon moonlighting as a criminal mastermind and all, Out Of Gas, Our Mrs. Reynolds and Serenity - the pilot. Jaynestown was good, but the environment a bit... I dunno, didn't appeal to me, and I've found other episodes much better. Still funny as hell, though. Then there's Bushwhacked, pretty good, and Objects In Space, and Heart of Gold... Trouble is, with shows that good, it's tough to pick favourites.

The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne...

I think I do like Ariel very much. Not sure if I think it's the best, but off the top of my head it's very good. All of them are, of course, but... oh, and Objects in Space. I wish wish wish we could have seen more of River being a creepy genius.

Frankly I'm not making up my mind on what's my fave ep until I watch the whole show. But Out Of Gas just worked well for me especially managing to juggle 3 separate stories all connected.

My favorites are Ariel, Objects in Space and Trash. My least favorite is The Message, when i recently started watching Firefly again, I stopped there and I haven't continued since. IDK why, but something about that episode...

I really liked...well, them all, I think. I can't pick a favorite. That's not really a statement for the show, though. I don't have a favorite movie or anything like that either.

Now that I think about it, one of the nice things about Trash is that it gave a taste for what the show could have been. At only, what, the twelfth episode or so it was already delving into Continuity Nods and recurring characters. Not just Saff, but the whole Ariel bit at the end as well.

I know I'm a little late to the party (I only watched Serenity this weekend and didn't want to get into discussions without watching it), but I'll throw in my two cents regarding Wash dying. I hate spoilers, but I accidentally found out about it and was pissed off. But I watched Dollhouse completely cold with no spoilers at all (quite an achievement, for me) and Bennett's death was so sudden and shocking, like Wash's, that it haunted me for a week or so afterward. So in a weird way I'm not sad that it was spoiled for me, because I really liked Wash. A little bit of warning kind of prevented me from having to pause the movie and get over it so I could watch the awesome scenes that followed.

edited 5th Dec '11 10:07:02 PM by Psychobabble6

I finally watched War Stories and what can I say

It was great not only did I see more of the relationships between Zoe and Wash/Mal but Inara's subplot was hilarious and nice plus the I'll Be in My Bunk gag was great ad now I'm one step closer to finishing this show.

If you like River, you'll love Objects in Space.

I'm going to be honest and say that I really wish Objects in Space wasn't so focused on River.

I mean, I don't mind her, but I felt the villain of that episode was interesting, and he was wasted by having the plot focus so much on how awesome River is.

What show were you watching?

Objects in Space is about how much trouble River is causing them, and then it turns out she can pull her own weight.

And then the whole thing is dipped in Whedonistic Existentialism Fondue.

edited 13th Dec '11 7:44:16 PM by TParadox