The "Academy" was on Miranda, I think.

@@catserver8577 So Simon went to Miranda to rescue her and then magically forgot that it existed? No, Miranda is a completely separate thing from the Academy.

@@catserver8577the academy was on a core plant. I forgot which one. But it is shown in the show that Simon was in jail and his dad had to bail him out. He was working on information and contacts at that point. No one had been to Maranda for years. The alliance had received the message but decided to cover it up.

@@catserver8577 3:53 "And you put them in a room with a psychic" That is how River knows about Miranda

They also removed the part of River's brain that allowed her to block out her emotions. Which means she couldn't not use her psychic powers

As Alan Tudyk sat right next to him

Still to soon

"How do they clean a Reaver ship? Easy, they just run a River through it!"

Movie came out in 2005 and it's still too soon...

​@@cnut5475 the obligatory reply...

It's also the same thing she said in the episode where Malcom has flash backs of when they got serenity

NO. SHIT. I could tell that the first time I saw it, who couldn't?

Points!

Dude. Too soon.

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I loved this when I realized Ashleigh’s growth

Theme song: "You had a riot? On account of me? 💕"

Joss intended the theme to be something Mal had come up with while strumming a guitar in his cabin, but couldn't finish. He was disappointed that the final version used in the show sounded "too professional". After the show aired the song was expanded by a fan, Michele Dockrey, to a full version. Here's "Mal's Song", as performed by Vicky and Tony: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/eYihaZd-e6iCw4k.html

@@therealpbristowThe final bit of the score for the film is the Firefly theme being played on a single guitar over the last of the credits.

@@almag4571Shiny ❤

We hate when we see our own dark impulses in others?

I was just gonna say, haven't seen another reactor so much like Jayne😂. I mean she hates River just like Jayne does... Lol..

You mean she lets the intrusive thoughts win sometimes?

That would have been an incredible experience. I"m glad you and you buddy were able to make it.

Then cries of incredulity. Then muted sobbing… 😭😭😭

I've known my wife for 21 years now. We met in high school. I've never seen her cry over a movie before or since - with the sole exception being that scene.

No one who got wounded was in the movie poster. I dunno if that was intentional, but it had me terrified 😅

I completely disagree, usually I'm all for the meaningful sacrifice plot device, but this was not it. Wash dying had zero impact on the story, it didn't inspire anyone to do anything, I was waiting for Zoe to save the day maybe as revenge for her dead husband, but no, she was just sad, which is natural, but it doesn't really make for an interesting story arc, Wash death just didn't feel earned at all and it didn't feel impactful outside of "damn that's really sad", and imo it was a complete waste of a great character. It felt like they where trying to be shocking for the sake of shock.

@@TheOdMan Exactly. I hate that " well now we know anyone could die" nonsense. It's trite and unimiginative.

They only killed off the characters for the actors who refused to sign multiple picture deal.

@@Dularr its not that they refused, they already had signed contracts for other projects.

"Summer Glau has working memory confirmed."

I've attended or worked cons for decades, That's always so cool.

I got Summer Glau to sign my Firefly soundtrack. She said to her manager at the time "Hey I didn't know this was made, I need a copy asap!"

Summer seems pretty awesome.

@@RobertLeather I mean, yeah, but I'm pretty sure the implication is that she remembered one person out of presumably hundreds after a couple of years

...and of course her occasional crazy poses balancing weirdly on railings, and clinging to ceilings!

@therealpbristow if memory serves, that was her preforming that ceiling stunt when Jane was going to shoot her ...

It was quick (blink and you'll miss it), but Summer doing a roundhouse kick to the head of the guy grabbing her from behind was an insane use of her dance skills.

Her first appearance in a Whedon property was an episode of Angel, where she played a ballerina.

No shade or anything, but it's 'twixt'. Short for betwixt, or between. It's old 12th century English.

I met Adam Baldwin and he signed his disc for the series dvd collection, "I could stand to hear a little more." lol

@@TheDissident77 Oh that is freakn hilarious!

The operative used to 'believe hard' (as Shepherd Book put it) in the cause. He justified his actions, however grotesque, in that they were somehow creating a "better world". When he saw what the Alliance had done to the people of Miranda, he lost faith in that cause. The fact that Shepherd Book seemed to know exactly the type of man that the operative was... and all about belief... makes you wonder what his role in the alliance was. Much like the operative, Book lost his faith in the alliance and found something else to believe in. And he recognized that Mal had lost his faith in many things, and needed a cause to believe in too. Makes you wonder what new cause the operative found to fill the void.

@@Mr.Ekshin check out the “Shepherd’s Tale” comic, they do answer that.

Him breaking the operative's faith was pretty appropriate, because that's what happened to Mal himself during the war.

@@bwiedor The Shepherd's Tale only tells *part* of Book's story - how he knows so much about crime. 😉 Sadly, they never got around to giving us the other part of his story, that tells how he ended up with an identity card that got him top-notch, "right now" care when they brought him to an Alliance cruiser when he was shot. It's a good book, and well worth reading; it just doesn't tell his whole story. 👍‍

​@@Mr.EkshinPerhaps the Operative found his way to a Seminary and became a Shepherd.

Then River puts a plastic rocket on a plinth at the memorial site at the end of the movie.

"I'm surprised you make it this far... in that outfit..."

My favorite line comes from one of the bloopers: Jayne, don't steal too much of their shit!

My favorite line in the whole series is during the Wh*rehouse episode when River says "Who do you think is in there?" It's so ridiculously silly but actually wildly profound at the same time.

​@@darkglass1 Oh wow how did I never notice that link before? That's a very cool hark back

That is kind of a subtle thing to point out if viewers didn't notice it about the growth of Jayne's character. He is actually being selfless there in assuring everyone else's safety before his own.

@@whoarocket Agreed, but we knew Jayne had a soft side in EP 1, when he is watching Kaylee get surgery....

Don't think I've ever noticed that. Jayne does keep growing...

He also passes the drink to Simon sliding it across the table to him. ❤ jayne

@@MsAriesQueenif you can't do something smart, do something right.

And, like a leaf on the wind, it's already on the way to its death, once out hits the ground.

I think that's a true testament to the show though. The relationship between Inara and Mal was written so well, the writers knew they could tease more of that without giving the full satisfaction of a love story. I'd like to think though that had there been newer seasons, it would have eventually gone into a complicated love/hate relationship.

@@neil2444 "gone into"? Felt like it was there from day 1.

​@neil2444 I doubt it. Joss said during the making of buffy that people love the obvious couple that can't get together, but as soon as you put them in a relationship, viewership goes down. "Happy Buffy is good, but sad buffy is great." It was something like that.

@@neil2444 If this had a restart back then, as opposed reboot, I would have opened with Zoë in labor having her & Wash's child with the Simon and Inara attending. Then a placard with "x years later "showing the child as a little kid", and that's how I'd start the movie. Still not sure if I'd also have a child of Kaylee and Simon as well. 🤔

@@johnguillemette1969ugh that sounds horrible...

It's not mine. Why do I have to carry it.

@@miker252 It's also the secret that was scrambling her brain. On Miranda, after she throws up, (34:41) she says "I'm OK" ....and then she realizes she actually is OK now. She says "I'm OK" again, This time in amazement.

Well on the surface Zoe is talking about the ship and her repairs. She is also talking about herself at a deeper level.

NO. SHIT. I could tell that the first time I watched it

@@Jason_xofilos True. I did mean at face value it's about the ship, but I was really just clarifying the subtext for Ashleigh as she didn't acknowledge it when Zoe said it, so she may have missed it.

@@awakeningcry Good for you? Plenty of people miss the subtext the first time around so what's the issue with pointing it out?

"I'll be in my bunk."

For me it was when Zoey says, "You didn't think we were getting out of this alive, did you?" and Jayne says, "Well I might!"

I mean to say.

Too soon.

For me it was when Kaylee said "To hell with it! I'm gonna live!"

"I could hear a little more" does it for me.

I laughed so hard at that also. Like, talk to me again in 30 seconds

She wasn't wrong though. They were all still alive after the landing. It wasn't the landing that caused a fatality.

He had set the scene from his earlier planetfall. Mal: Define "interesting"... Wash: "Oh, god! Oh, God! We're all going to die!" Mal: "Just get us on the ground." Wash: "That part will happen, most definitely!" Zoe: "Are we going to crash?" Mal: "Talk to your husband.'

He wore the costume in an episode of Castle.

@@markmosley3547 'The Part You Don't Know You Need Until You Need It' is also on a bookshelf in that show, I think you can see it in the same episode with the "Space Cowboy" costume. Also, when Becket asked where he learned Chinese, he says something like "From a show I loved.'

@@markmosley3547 Man, the first 2.9 seasons of that show were so great...

Zoe’s line is about her. In the commentary Nathan said that he didn’t understand that the first time he read it and after Gena performed her part he had to do his again because he realized they were talking in short hand. He had to redo it with different emotions behind it. Think he actually said “oh this is about you”.

Whedon said that if he had been allowed to make Season 2, it would have been about the Miranda storyline that got turned into this movie.

Also in the Deadpool 2 trailer where he is changing (slowly) in the phone box there are Firefly posters all over the background scenery.

@@derekclear3913 Nice..I gotta rewatch that.

Hints of this included: The syringe in The Train Job. People thought it was a suicide shot, but it was likely Inara’s medication, and implied her thinking she would die of her disease, not by Reavers. Her “check-up” on Ariel. “Same as last year” note she didn’t say she passed or was healthy. Nandi’s realization in “Heart of Gold” that Inara’s sadness wasn’t just about not being with Mal. Nandi didn’t know what was wrong, but she did know it was more than unrequited feelings.

@@Sakrysta You are missing my favorite one. Which I use as proof when people claim she wasn't dying. The episode where she looks up and away and says "I don't want to die at all".

Yes!!! I knew I was forgetting something!

well... he's right..

Yeah, my biggest memory of seeing the movie was the woman in the seat behind me making a noise like she had been punched in the stomach when Wash died. I get why they did it though, after that it felt like no one was safe

Wooah, didn't know that, thanks!!!

The most common script on the Internet was one that was rejected and parts were used in 2 episodes that did air. There were hopes from the writer to reuse more of it later on. Joss did mention that there was a 15th script that was at least in first draft, if not in final form when they were cancelled, which was slated for shooting after The Message. There was also a 16th script that was en the early stage and had just been green lit to go into full draft writing, but it was only a basic outline at the time. The Message originally was to take place after Objects in Space, but after being cancelled, Joss thought that Objects in Space was a better send off to the show, so he did a bit of re-editing. The movie was what part of Season 2 was planned to be. Joss basically fully wrote Season 2 when he was writing the script for the movie, then remembered, he couldn't have a 15 hour movie. Having to mostly cut it down to the main arc of the season, which was going always be leading to Miranda. When the movie was green lit, Joss said he knew he had to kill a main character, but had no idea who it would be. There was an option for a second movie, if the first did well at the box office. There were 2 actors that couldn't commit to more than one movie, Ron Glass and Alan Tudyk. As Joss said, kind of made the decision easy. The movie unfortunately did not do well at the box office. Whedon does not like people feeling comfortable, he wants you to think that anyone could die at any time. Just see some of his other work. Though to be fair, with The Avengers, he was told he had to kill of a main character. Poor Coulson. You might want to read the comics though. A Shepard's Tale tells you Book's full back story. Zoe and Wash having a baby was a story point in Season 2. This was kept in the comics with Zoe having unknowingly gotten pregnant just before the events of the movie. Yes, Mal and Inara get together, and we find out why she ended up on Serenity. I actually need to go back and read them again because it has been a while and I've forgotten everything that happens. Joss was involved in at least some of the comics.

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@@y00t00b3r Sorry, did my typo harm you in some way? Do you feel superior now? Hope this doesn't affect my final grade. Have a superior day.

I missed the show Entirely. But went back and watched it after seeing this in theaters.

There is a copy of the series on the ISS.

Thank you for your service!

At least you got to enjoy all the episodes without knowing there wouldn't be more.

As well as Bernard the Head Elf in The Santa Clause.

I liked him in Numb3rs.

And 10 things I hate about you

And he was in a very bad "Justice League" CBS-TV pilot made in 1997. You can find it online (but not on UKposts) with a little websurfing.

Second this! Hilarious group of people!

"Put Book front and center, he's our friend, we should honor him!"

TRAAAAAAAAAAAAP!

Actually, her dying of cancer was a different plot point. During a 2012 Science Channel Firefly reunion special, executive producer Tim Minnear explained that now-controversial writer-director, Joss Whedon, actually pitched the show to him based on a dark storyline involving Inara's syringe, explaining that the syringe contains a poison that is to be used in the case a Companion's client becomes violent. The violator would then "die a horrible death" after the sexual encounter. This plot point was to be used in a future episode where the Reavers kidnap Inara. Malcolm would arrive on the Reaver ship in order to save Inara, only to find all the Reavers dead-implying that the syringe had been used. Malcolm then "gets down on his knee, and he takes her hand. And he treats her like a lady."

@@BigDamnHero74 Well I think Fillion came up with that as a possible story (or Alan Tudyk) Not that it was shown necessarily as that was the reason it was shown in the 1st episode. I saw that special as well.

Yep, apart from cleverly disguised but necessary cut when Mal and Simon are on the staircase.... Because the set for the upper deck was actually built *beside* the lower one.

@@therealpbristow I think also that was the furthest they could get before someone messed up and yelled Summer! Lol

No power in the ’Verse can stop us ❤

That’s how I always took the ending of the nameless man. It was basically Joss giving us Book’s backstory, without spoon feeding it to us, which I appreciate. I appreciate the ending lines with Mal & Inara too. It would’ve been too easy to have them kiss & give everyone that kind of trite ending.

Book has three backstories. I do like the idea his stories are hinted at.

This was the prevailing fan theory until joss published the shepherds tale that Ashley shows at the end. We were close in a lot of the theories but way off in others.

Not true.

that is just a fan theory (it's so interesting how people always post fan theories as facts on Joss shows) that Joss himself debunked when The Shepards Tale came out years ago. That said however, the nameless man would be a promising recruit for a future Shepard like character.

I second The Expanse.

Jewel Staite. Jewel Shepard appeared in a very different assortment of movies.

Not irony, Serendipity. 😁

He was terrific, but I am so glad he had to stop before woke reached its peak. I don't ever want to see what a Whedon show might have looked like under woke management. I'm eternally grateful I got to experience at least thirty years of good, normal entertainment before we re-entered the Dark Ages. The Eighties, Nineties and Noughties were a glorious time to grow up in.

@@ghostbeetle2950 Joss Whedon pioneered gay relationships on TV you moron.

@@ghostbeetle2950Seriously? If Whedon started Buffy today, you lot would be calling it “woke,” even though Whedon’s “feminism” was almost entirely performative given how he treated his female cast members.

@@unkindestcut Couple of thoughts-though I wasn't planning to start a whole thing-I agree, it's difficult when he's got those accusations and I find the women in those cases believable, too. Makes it hard to trust the man. But there are a lot of artists and musicians and such whose art I can appreciate or even really love who turn out themselves to be absurd humans. Also, I kinda find it easy to agree with ghostbeetle because the timing of Joss' work was when it was just a political bent, a prevailing cultural awareness and fighting for women. But these day's the "wokeness" is more like an outrageous religion that works to pit people against one another. One is easy to watch and dismiss what you don't agree with. The other berates the person not lining up with the beliefs.

@@unkindestcut Bull. Not a single one of Whedon's characters was ever left without a proper development. Not a single Mary Sue, not a single unearned succes amongst them. And Whedon never tore down his male characters to build his female ones up more. Whatever anyone thinks of him personally, he knew how to write. That is all.

Came here to say this

But stop after season 3 or 4. It's very diminishing returns after that, unfortunately.

Space cowboy.

I didn’t stop, Jayne showed up later than that.

@@christinabrown8399 If you want more Jay watch Chuck instead!XD

I think Nathan is better in the rookie, he's not as smug as castle

It's the missing audio from back at 35:30 with the sex bot, maybe? It got quiet and I originally thought she had done a string of swears that she blipped out, lol.. but it seems the audio got moved accidentally in her video editor? Typo maybe? Transposed 35 for 53, etc?

@@kaisokusekkendou1498 it seems like it accidentally got added to the track with the "like & subscribe" animation overlay, and then whenever that was copy-pasted in, the missing audio also played. This happened in another of her reactions earlier, with LOUD ass music lol

Once a Browncoat, Always a Browncoat ❤

@@BigDamnHero74 Shiny. (Also, excellent username ❤️)

'More terrifying than anything before them' 🤔 Sure Jan... The Reavers are the first threat introduced, and the last time they are mentioned is episode 3... The blue hands are mentioned at least as much and Niska has two whole episodes devoted to him (and he actually manages to kill Mal...) Whedon just picked one of his unresolved mystery boxes and went with it for the movie.

​@LordVolkov i didn't mean before then in the show. There are very few terrifying things in any show on television. I have never seen a show that did a better job of making a bad guy scary. I also do not believe he just "picked an unresolved" bad guy and put them in the movie. I think the plan all along was to have them be the big bad of the show, it just wasn't around long enough.

@@hackthedungeon If he did, wouldn't he have more of them in his show? A hastily created villain (Niska) from the pilot 2.0 (Train Job), which was written after the 2-part pilot was filmed (and whatever pre-production worldbuilding Joss did before that), has more screen time than the Reavers...

There was a six season run planned for this show. Reavers were supposed to show up throughout it. @@LordVolkov

@@LordVolkov If you are wanting to have multiple seasons of a show, you don't jump right in with the big bad in season 1 episode 1. You ease into it. Dribble little bits in along the way. keep them mysterious and unknown. It builds the fear, that is what foreshadowing is for. That is why you don't see Jaws until the 1 hour 21 minute mark of the original movie, to build suspense.

It didn’t help that they showed the episodes out of sequence so much that the Audience had trouble following the plot line so the show failed to grow a following so ended up axed in favour of an old reliable show

The Orville doesn’t get enough love