Firefly post

[estepheia]

I have a sudden, overwhelming urge to watch the final Jayne/Mal scene in Ariel again. God that show was brilliant. *sigh*
I haven't posted a Firefly--- waaaaaah! post in a long while, so I thought I'd share.

So tell me, which is YOUR favorite Firefly scene? Where did the acting blow your mind? Which scenes make your gut clench with emotion, which ones make you choke up? To make the choice easier: You may pick three. Tell me the scene, and gimme the reason. Come on guys, you know you want to! Let's all bask in the afterglow of watching this fabulous show.


1. Ariel - Jayne: "I got stupid, the money was too good." and everything that follows. Guh. Wonderful acting. And the stunning realisation that the only thing that saved Jayne was his capacity for shame, the fact that he cared about what people thought of him once he was dead. This sense of genuinely pending doom averted makes this scene so powerful. Mal was really going to let Jayne die. What a telling scene. Guh.

2. Objects in Space -"Jayne: "What? You mean like masturbatin'?" - Jayne and Book talk in the kitchen and River wanders through and suddenly we hear Jayne and Book's thoughts. Funny flips into creepy in the blink of an eye. Also, I adore the mercenary/preacher interaction/budding friendship.

3. Our Mrs Reynolds - several scenes come to mind: The seduction in Mal's quarters, Mal wearing women's clothes, Jayne offering Vera as payment for Saffron. Um.... uh.... can't decide. But anyway, one of these makes third place. :-)

Comments

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

Three favorites? Eep, ok, the first one was easy but the other two were hard.

1. Ariel - same scene as you for almost the same reasons. It was the moment that I really fell hard for the show and so holds an extra-special place for me because it was what led me online to find out more about it and then into trying to save it and then into Joss-fandom in general. The reason that I love this scene so much is, as you said, because I believed Mal was really going to let Jayne die, and I'd never seen that on television before. Also, it is one of the very few times that Mal really loses his temper and it's a powerful sight. And Jayne not saying he was sorry but that, essentially, he didn't want to lose their respect. The whole episode is brilliant.

2. The Message - I cry like a little girl at the end every. single. time I watch this episode. The music, the full meaning of Tracey's message, the non-magic snow, it all works together to get me, although part of it is I'm primed emotionally from the scene just prior where Tracey dies.

3. Out of Gas - All of it, really. ;) Specific scenes include Mal standing back up after being shot; all of the flashback scenes; at the end when they're all together in the sickbay as a family (or at the beginning when they're at the table and happy); and the final flashback where Mal meets Serenity for the first time.

And I didn't even get to mention War Stories and the Real Mal or the uber-creepiness of Early in Objects in Space or Simon and River's closeness at the end of Ariel or the fact that it's always silent in space! So much goodness.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for playing.
The Message is one of my least favorite epis, maybe because they use Tracey's message so often. But I agree that even this episode has powerful moments,
And you are of course right about Out of Gas. That episode is fantastic, especially how Zoe doesn't like Wash. Brilliant! But then I'd have to also mention Simon's first appearance in 'Serenity' and the brilliant ending of 'War Stories' with Mal offering sex to Zoe. LOL.

*smiles* What a wonderful show. I'm sad it got cancelled, but boy am I happy to have the epis we've got. :-)
I love my DVD set. *sigh*

Oh and yeah, silent space! Excellent. I hope they don't compromise that for the movie.

BRILLIANT.

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

Damn, you nailed all of mine! Although I must add "I'll be in my bunk" Jayne and the deleted scene in Our Mrs. Reynolds that's all about the Crazy Space Incest and...just so many things, really. This game is hard.

April 22, is it? I can't wait!

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Jayne and his bunk=OTP! :D

April 22 indeed!

[tajnyj.livejournal.com]

My favorite scenes are a little sillier, I admit, much as I love the more heart wrenching bits too.

1. Serenity Pt. 1 - Wash and the dinosaurs. "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

2. Bushwhacked - The basketball scene, where it's indicated that the watchers are unsure who's on what team, or in fact what the rules might possibly be. And it ends with yet another good Wash line. Which gets it even more points. ;) "Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!?" (deadpan) "Oh right, that would be me. Back to work."

3. Shindig - In this one it's a toss-up between Kaylee surrounded by admirers at the dance, or her in her quarters with the dress at the end.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, those are fabulous too!

I also love Heart of Gold, Jayne and the woman he's with, the whole professionalism... LOL

But the dinosaurs, those truly rock. Wash is so cool.

Thanks for playing.

[rabid-x.livejournal.com]

Well dang you to space! Yer makin' me think of stuff I can't properly place. And put Jayne right on back firmly in my head. Damn. I will have episode names all sorts of wrong if I don't go looking them up... *runs off to do so right now*
Following transcript quotes snagged from Whoa. Good Myth: A Firefly Resource Site (http://firefly.shriftweb.org/index.shtml)


1:Objects in Space- RIVER(V.O.):You're afraid. KAYLEE:He tied me up. I don't know where he came from. RIVER(V.O.):It's okay. It's gonna be okay. KAYLEE:I told him where you were. I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do. I... RIVER(V.O.):Shh. I'm fine. But I need you to do something for me. Gotta be brave. KAYLEE:I'm tied up. I-I can't... RIVER(V.O.):Got tools. Something sharp. Don't be scared. I'm right here.
I liked this exchange because it showed that even though River knew Kaylee had been afraid of her, she still trusted Kaylee. That River knew Kaylee could do what was needed - with encouragment - even if Kaylee was afraid of the situation as well. I think it reminded Kaylee that, while River was indeed a very frightening girl, she was just a girl. And that made the jacks scene at the end all the sweeter.

2:Out of Gas-: MAL:(nodding off)Yeah. Think the doc might not be wrong about that one. Just gonna need a few...(forces himself not to drift)
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Hi. My name's Captain Malcom Reynolds and erm... I need my crew. *poke* Ow. I mean my.. friends. *poke* Ow! Fine! Even if I don't say it much. There. Ya happy?

3:Ariel-: When Simon has River on the table and is looking at the holographic display of her brain and telling Jayne about what they did to her. Jayne's face (to me) shows the first signs of "My plan was not a good plan" but he's too far in to back out now. That maybe the money might not be worth giving the Alliance back a gal who's brain they'd messed with in nasty surgical ways. He's a mercenary and he doesn't like the Tams much but brain surgery is a bit far even for Jayne.

And well my other that I couldn't resist including is in Jaynestown when the kid gets shot. Again the look on Jayne's face. Boy's starting to realize that there's more to life than money and whores.

And may I say that hearing Adam Baldwin sing the Jayne song at Dragoncon was fabu!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Brilliant choices. The show is so full of memorable moments, that it's hard to decide which one to pick.

Out of Gas was a genuine feel-good epi, warm, funny... *sigh*

And yeah, I thought AB did a fine joy in Ariel. His expression was just subtle enough to pass as a brief pang of discomfor, maybe even conscience. That's what I like about Whedon's shows, the fact that the characters do not have one voice, the way all the Federation characters on Star Trek do, but that they can dither between states of enlightenment or redemption, that they can be both foolish and smart, even in the very same scenen.

Adam Baldwin rocks!

[bhadrasvapna.livejournal.com]

As list mom for the mal_contents I should answer. I'm not going to include what has already been mentioned.

1. Serenity: the end when Mal is talking to Simon.
SIMON: Are you always this sentimental?
MAL: I had a good day.
SIMON: You had the law on you, criminals and savages... half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded including yourself, and you're harboring known fugitives.
MAL: We're still flying.
SIMON: That's not much.
MAL: It's enough.

2. Objects in Space: When River comes back to Serenity and floats down into Mal's arms. That will be inconage eventually.

3. Jaynestown:
Jayne.....
The man they call Jayne...

He robbed from the rich
And he gave to the poor
Stood up to the man
And he gave him what for
Our love for him now
Ain't hard to explain
The Hero of Canton
The man they call Jayne...

Our Jayne saw the mudders' backs breakin'
He saw the mudders' laments
And he saw the magistrate takin'
Every dollar and leavin' five cents
So he said "You can't do that to my people"
He said "Can't crush them under your heel"
Jayne strapped on his hat
And in 5 seconds flat
Stole everything Boss Higgins had to steal...

He robbed from the rich
And he gave to the poor
Stood up to the man
And he gave him what for
Our love for him now
Ain't hard to explain
The Hero of Canton
The man they call Jayne...

Now here is what separates heroes
From common folk like you and I
The man they call Jayne
He turned 'round his plane
And let that money hit the skies
He dropped it onto our houses
He dropped it into our yards
The man they called Jayne
He stole away our pain
And headed out for the stars...

He robbed from the rich
And he gave to the poor
Stood up to the man
And he gave him what for
Our love for him now
Ain't hard to explain
The Hero of Canton
The man they call Jayne...

Wash: We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero...

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Yup, the scene from Serenity is on my short list too. Which isn't actually very short because there are so many fantastic favorite scenes.

Fox are idiots.

might be a newbie around here

[gables.livejournal.com]

but i'm still gonna answer:

Serenity the end of the war - the moment that everything Mal believed in shattered and stabbed him. it takes impressive character to even attempt to recover from that.


Bushwhacked another end shot where the alliance cruiser destroys the settlers ship. the example of what happens to those who don't have the above character.

War Stories ok here's my bit of levity. The end where mal tells zoe that they must sleep together to relieve the sexual tension. mostly cause i love zoe and walsh.

Re: might be a newbie around here

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved that moment in War Stories. :-)

I think I have to watch the whole lot again and I will, once I've worked myself through the stack of borrowed DVDs.

Thanks for playing. :-)