Firefly and the joys of...well, of IT.
Mar. 17th, 2005 01:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elliejaneHmm, it's way too late over this side of the Earth to actually start POSTING on my lj. But, heck, I've just read several refs to Firefly in the past half hour.
I have started watching Firefly and it is good :) ::nods beatifically::
Bought the box set half price from HMV (subsequently finding out it was even cheaper on Amazon) and am 3 eps in. I've watched the 1st ep, Serenity, at least twice, and I love watching the characters emerge, the back storys getting told in hints and bits. I feel like I'm watching Character Introduction 101 - and oh, does that sound like I meant it in a bad way? I don't, I mean it in a oh, so this is how you show that someone may talk mean but is someone to be trusted by those he cares about.
A moment I loved was when Kaylee is all happy about getting passengers and Jayne grumps about her being so darn cheerful. And Mal comes back with the comment about wanting to duct tape her mouth and dump her in a locker (or something). Kaylee's response is a kiss on the cheek, an "I love my captain" and a wide smile. Right there you know that Kaylee is the perpetual upbeat type and that she is at ease with and trusts Mal enough to show teasing bit of affection. And Mal is caring enough to indulge in that sort of banter because he is secure in the relationship, and they come off as kind of brother sister types right there.
I know it's a small thing to like. And perhaps it's a well used technique, perhaps this is a writer's shorthand I simply haven't been aware of before. Possibly I am taking more notice now because I want to KNOW how other folks introduce characters and do this dance of who am I, what do I do, what do I feel without using a 20 questions technique. (Am trying to write an original story, as are so many folks, including those folks who inspire me in the first place. Am not saying this is a good or mention worthy thing! It's just a thing that's making me a bit analytical, atm)
And another small thing. The Shepard. He was as strong and centred as you would expect, a man used to placing a lot of faith in, well, faith. He stands up for himself, for things, for other people during the episode and somehow I expected this. Yet at the end he had tears in his eyes as the told Inara he wasn't sure he could cope with this lifestyle. With life on this ship. That made him more human to me, less stereotypical preacher. A little like how Zhaan was your outwardly centred spiritual soul, only to find out as you went along that she is about conflict and rage as well.
And you know what? I am SUCH a shipper at heart. Because I got a kick out of seeing ship in Mal's reactions to Inara. His calling her a whore..can be seen as a very multilayered reaction. I am assuming I am seeing ship where it is intended? At any rate Mal's clenched jaw and blase attitude was lovely.
These are good characters. I am enjoying knowing them, as well as enjoying processing how they are delivered to me! I hope I continue to enjoy them. I also hope I won't want to hit walls and desks when all of the eps have been gone through and I am waiting on the film.
I have started watching Firefly and it is good :) ::nods beatifically::
Bought the box set half price from HMV (subsequently finding out it was even cheaper on Amazon) and am 3 eps in. I've watched the 1st ep, Serenity, at least twice, and I love watching the characters emerge, the back storys getting told in hints and bits. I feel like I'm watching Character Introduction 101 - and oh, does that sound like I meant it in a bad way? I don't, I mean it in a oh, so this is how you show that someone may talk mean but is someone to be trusted by those he cares about.
A moment I loved was when Kaylee is all happy about getting passengers and Jayne grumps about her being so darn cheerful. And Mal comes back with the comment about wanting to duct tape her mouth and dump her in a locker (or something). Kaylee's response is a kiss on the cheek, an "I love my captain" and a wide smile. Right there you know that Kaylee is the perpetual upbeat type and that she is at ease with and trusts Mal enough to show teasing bit of affection. And Mal is caring enough to indulge in that sort of banter because he is secure in the relationship, and they come off as kind of brother sister types right there.
I know it's a small thing to like. And perhaps it's a well used technique, perhaps this is a writer's shorthand I simply haven't been aware of before. Possibly I am taking more notice now because I want to KNOW how other folks introduce characters and do this dance of who am I, what do I do, what do I feel without using a 20 questions technique. (Am trying to write an original story, as are so many folks, including those folks who inspire me in the first place. Am not saying this is a good or mention worthy thing! It's just a thing that's making me a bit analytical, atm)
And another small thing. The Shepard. He was as strong and centred as you would expect, a man used to placing a lot of faith in, well, faith. He stands up for himself, for things, for other people during the episode and somehow I expected this. Yet at the end he had tears in his eyes as the told Inara he wasn't sure he could cope with this lifestyle. With life on this ship. That made him more human to me, less stereotypical preacher. A little like how Zhaan was your outwardly centred spiritual soul, only to find out as you went along that she is about conflict and rage as well.
And you know what? I am SUCH a shipper at heart. Because I got a kick out of seeing ship in Mal's reactions to Inara. His calling her a whore..can be seen as a very multilayered reaction. I am assuming I am seeing ship where it is intended? At any rate Mal's clenched jaw and blase attitude was lovely.
These are good characters. I am enjoying knowing them, as well as enjoying processing how they are delivered to me! I hope I continue to enjoy them. I also hope I won't want to hit walls and desks when all of the eps have been gone through and I am waiting on the film.
