This review is what I hoped for, but your linked review is what I feared. WHICH IS IT, CRITICAL COMMUNITY?
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This review is what I hoped for, but your linked review is what I feared. WHICH IS IT, CRITICAL COMMUNITY?
The DVR joke was extra funny/appropriate, as my DVR had missed the first minute of the broadcast.
The DVR joke was extra funny/appropriate, as my DVR had missed the first minute of the broadcast.
Pope could give him some instruction on yelling his son's name in overdramatic fashion and at great volume and duration.
Pope could give him some instruction on yelling his son's name in overdramatic fashion and at great volume and duration.
Why wouldn't they? I've heard those bars make a man out of a mouse.
Why wouldn't they? I've heard those bars make a man out of a mouse.
Yeah, they definitely could've made more of an effort to tie the events together. It's possible to fanwank it, but it takes some effort. I mean, the bounty hunter was the first alliance-related villain to discover that the Tams were even on Serenity, right? Maybe he somehow reported that, or the information he used…
Yeah, they definitely could've made more of an effort to tie the events together. It's possible to fanwank it, but it takes some effort. I mean, the bounty hunter was the first alliance-related villain to discover that the Tams were even on Serenity, right? Maybe he somehow reported that, or the information he used…
@avclub-78bdfa83009fb79fce8a73303b724ee2:disqus In all seriousness, you're totally right, I have no idea what we're even arguing about anymore.
@avclub-78bdfa83009fb79fce8a73303b724ee2:disqus In all seriousness, you're totally right, I have no idea what we're even arguing about anymore.
Simon also flat-out says he picked River up from these people on Persephone. The only reasonable retcon is that Simon's lying to the crew for some reason, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But it's such effective exposition in the movie that, really, I'm fine with it.
Simon also flat-out says he picked River up from these people on Persephone. The only reasonable retcon is that Simon's lying to the crew for some reason, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But it's such effective exposition in the movie that, really, I'm fine with it.
I think it's more a mechanism for Whedon to identify Mal as the "hero", in the central conflict of Mal vs the Operative. I mean, the Operative is classy, refined, personable, and absolutely a hero in his own mind. If we accept that the Operative's words accurately reflect his psyche, and I think we are meant to, his…
I think it's more a mechanism for Whedon to identify Mal as the "hero", in the central conflict of Mal vs the Operative. I mean, the Operative is classy, refined, personable, and absolutely a hero in his own mind. If we accept that the Operative's words accurately reflect his psyche, and I think we are meant to, his…
Well, but you could make arguments for a lot relevant of factors, if you want to truly capture how "successful" a movie is, such as population increases and theater propagation. But if you're judging financial success, ie budget vs income, neither factor you mention is relevant, as the money spent on the movie is…
Well, but you could make arguments for a lot relevant of factors, if you want to truly capture how "successful" a movie is, such as population increases and theater propagation. But if you're judging financial success, ie budget vs income, neither factor you mention is relevant, as the money spent on the movie is…
But Wash's death ties thematically back to what I think is a very crucial line that Zoe has in the beginning of the movie (a line we are discussing further down in the comments as well): the one about how the definition of a hero is someone who gets other people killed. Sure, it didn't have to be arguably the…
But Wash's death ties thematically back to what I think is a very crucial line that Zoe has in the beginning of the movie (a line we are discussing further down in the comments as well): the one about how the definition of a hero is someone who gets other people killed. Sure, it didn't have to be arguably the…