Firefly – Disc 1
Besides the pilot episode which I talked about earlier, the first disc of the boxed set of Firefly also has the episodes “Train Job” and “Bushwacked.”
Both of these episodes continue the ideas brought forth in “Serenity.” The future is grim, but good people still can survive. After stealing some drugs from a train, Mal decides to give the loot back because without it, the town would suffer. Apparently, living on a terra-formed planet has its difficulties with new and unusual diseases. Flying from place to place seems like such a great idea.
Besides the plot, the characters get more time to shine. Simon, who is usually quiet and submissive, takes a stand with the rest of the crew and drugs the truculent Jayne when the mission goes wrong. Jayne and the bendy, pretty lights is one of the funniest sequences in the entire show.
In “Bushwacked” the audience gets to see for themselves the work of the “Reavers” (sp?), the feared “bogymen” of deep space. It’s still difficult to understand how they survive in deep space. They can’t all just be mindless animals, especially if they have the technological skills and the foresight to set up booby traps. I am sure that in the movie we will hear more about Reavers.
Also in this episode is a very funny sequence where the crew is interrogated by Alliance men. This scene says so much about the crew and their relationships to each other, especially the way Zoë refuses to talk about her marriage and Wash can’t shut up!
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www.netflix.com provides me with all the DVD’s I can handle.
As for books, my thanks go out to www.amazon.com, Borders (a chai latte, please!) and all the used book sales I can get to.
For anything I can’t find in any of these places, I go to my local library. (Interlibrary Loans are SHINY!)
LIBRARIANS: the GPS locators in a wilderness of information.
Both of these episodes continue the ideas brought forth in “Serenity.” The future is grim, but good people still can survive. After stealing some drugs from a train, Mal decides to give the loot back because without it, the town would suffer. Apparently, living on a terra-formed planet has its difficulties with new and unusual diseases. Flying from place to place seems like such a great idea.
Besides the plot, the characters get more time to shine. Simon, who is usually quiet and submissive, takes a stand with the rest of the crew and drugs the truculent Jayne when the mission goes wrong. Jayne and the bendy, pretty lights is one of the funniest sequences in the entire show.
In “Bushwacked” the audience gets to see for themselves the work of the “Reavers” (sp?), the feared “bogymen” of deep space. It’s still difficult to understand how they survive in deep space. They can’t all just be mindless animals, especially if they have the technological skills and the foresight to set up booby traps. I am sure that in the movie we will hear more about Reavers.
Also in this episode is a very funny sequence where the crew is interrogated by Alliance men. This scene says so much about the crew and their relationships to each other, especially the way Zoë refuses to talk about her marriage and Wash can’t shut up!
<*<*<*<>*>*>* >
www.netflix.com provides me with all the DVD’s I can handle.
As for books, my thanks go out to www.amazon.com, Borders (a chai latte, please!) and all the used book sales I can get to.
For anything I can’t find in any of these places, I go to my local library. (Interlibrary Loans are SHINY!)
LIBRARIANS: the GPS locators in a wilderness of information.
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