There was a story Alan Tudyk told somewhere about a fan (I might not remember the details exactly) bringing him something to sign at a convention. Without thinking he signed it "Wash, I'm a leaf on the wind" and the woman broke down crying right in front of him. That's when he realized how important his character was to people.
@catserver8577 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the only ones who don't understand how affecting this show was is the stupid executives. Executives=Alliance, IMO. I'm sure they never thought people would still be angry and crying this long after. This is why we can't have nice things.
@dsfddsgh Жыл бұрын
You would think with Joss Whedon's record when it came to hit TV shows that Fox would have given him more of a chance with Firefly. Just goes to show you TV execs are totally clueless about what is good and won't give shows like this a chance.
@SuddenReal Жыл бұрын
@@dsfddsgh Fox has the highest record of shooting down their own series. One of the most amazing sci-fi series in '95 was Space: Above and Beyond. It only had one season because Fox decided to trash it. And that's just one of the many examples of shows they cancelled.
@CinderByte Жыл бұрын
It was part of the 10th anniversary special called Browncoats Unite.
@Ellis_Hugh Жыл бұрын
@@dsfddsgh That wasn't even the last of his shows they axed - R.I.P. Dollhouse after only two seasons. Of course, they killed The Sara Conner Chronicles right when it got amazing too. Meanwhile The Simpsons just got renewed for seasons 35 and 36.
@DirigoDuke Жыл бұрын
I knew. I knew as soon as I heard her say, “As long as Zoe and Wash are still married,” I knew this video would tear MY heart out.
@arklytte Жыл бұрын
Same
@Angelderbat Жыл бұрын
Same. 😭
@djgeigerman Жыл бұрын
I thought, “Sweet summer child.”
@Marc-dm1fh Жыл бұрын
I still clearly remember my girlfriend having the same reaction to Wash's death when we saw it at the cinema. I think in that moment she hated me for getting her hooked on the show.
@benjamintherogue242111 ай бұрын
My heart sank. I knew my hardened black heart was in trouble. Her reaction made me sadder for what happened than when I saw it the first time.
@Erulin688 ай бұрын
One thing that shows how Firefly is beloved is that during Steven Swanson's first mission to space in 2007 he brought with him the DVD set of Firefly and its movie spinoff, Serenity, and left it on the International Space Station library. Astronauts can only take a few possessions with them so taking it up there with him makes him the ultimate fan. It is said that all people that stay on the Space Station watch it and return to Earth as Browncoats.
@user-lb1pu2hu1e28 күн бұрын
Fun fact: The cost to send something to space is $11,000 per pound.
@TryMyMartini9 ай бұрын
You: "They killed off Wash! What was even the point of that??!?" Joss Whedon: (points at your crying) "This."
@benjaminlin6524 Жыл бұрын
I love the line from Zoe at the end: "She's tore up plenty, but she'll fly true." It felt like she was talking about more than just the ship.
@MagsonDare Жыл бұрын
She wasn't talking about the ship at all, IMO.
@dunringill1747 Жыл бұрын
Mal & Zoe talked to each other as true warriors and respected comrades. There is no doubt they were using the ship as a metaphor when discussing if Zoe is holding up.
@Ladco77 Жыл бұрын
Mal wasn't asking about the ship either. They each knew what he was asking.
@Shawn_M Жыл бұрын
Zoe is a Machine! A total soldier.
@jeffburnham6611 Жыл бұрын
Mal loved Serenity, it was his home. He wasn't asking how Zoe was holding up. It wasn't even known if Serenity would ever fly again. Zoe wasn't nearly as tore up as the ship was which is why Zoe told Mal that Serenity would "fly true".
@steveclevenger5826 Жыл бұрын
I adore Mal’s final speech, about love keeping Serenity in the air. Absolute poetry.
@LightningRaven42 Жыл бұрын
Straight up directly to the fans back then, who made the movie real.
@Heritarshe Жыл бұрын
Indeed, he even looks directly at the camera (aka us) when saying the line "love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down". That's pretty damned direct.
@this.is.a.username Жыл бұрын
very well said, Joss adlibbed old sayings about love and sailing ships
@sbscrbr111 Жыл бұрын
River takes over for Wash, as pilot of Serenity. That's a balance that I really needed. Well done. On Miranda she collapsed and threw up, all the lies and evil that the Alliance had forced into her head, and she said "I'm okay." And from then on she really was.
@ShallowRavers Жыл бұрын
Watching anything Whedon always makes me think of Nick Cage in National Treasure: 'People don't talk like that anymore'. His dialog has a sound to it like nothing else..
@user-bz6mn3tu8k5 ай бұрын
“Goin’ on a year now I ain’t had nothin’ twixt my nethers weren’t run on batteries” is one of the greatest lines of dialog ever written. It manages to be dirty and wholesome at the same time. I will die on this hill.
@MichaelTE Жыл бұрын
It still amazes me that this movie is almost 20 years old. It still feels like yesterday when I first saw it. Still one of the best sci-fi stories and universes ever created.
@rawkmode6315 Жыл бұрын
In 14 episodes and a movie, this television show connected with its audience in ways that most shows can only dream of.
@TheOldKevin Жыл бұрын
The operative is one of my favorite movie antagonists. That scene where he tells Mal that he's building a better world that he has no place in because he's evil was amazing to me.
@Tantalus010 Жыл бұрын
It IS very rare for the bad guy in a story to go, "yup, I'm the bad guy." Nobody in real life ever thinks they're the bad guy. At least, not really.
@NixyRose72 Жыл бұрын
@@Tantalus010dammit. Now I'm gonna have Billie Eilish in my head all night...."I'm the baaaad guy.... duh" Cue insanely catchy 🎶 music😊
@vadalia3860 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Love a good well-intentioned extremist for an antagonist.
@robpegler6545 Жыл бұрын
@@Tantalus010 Well, yes and no. He acknowledged that his methods were evil, but he still justified them as serving what he perceived as a greater good. When he learned that the "good" masters he served had unleashed something as awful as the Reavers and then just washed their hands of it and walked away, that was when he truly realised he was on the wrong side.
@meewec2091 Жыл бұрын
@@Tantalus010 part of why i like yuber in the suikoden series, he just wants to cause chaos. that and unlike a lot of bad guys he'll basically go "yup, we've lost" and fuck off instead of grandstanding about how great and powerful he is before getting killed.
@eldritch5058 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and reacting to my favorite show. We watch these because it's the closest we can come to watching things we love again for the first time. Your emotion is what we all felt and all expressed (or wanted to express). Welcome to the Browncoats, you can't stop the signal.
@funnylilgalreacts Жыл бұрын
Aww thank you! I fell in love so hard with this show and this movie wrecked me. But i still recommend it to everyone I can...
@charleswatkins855811 ай бұрын
Great COMMENT, COULDN'T AGREE MORE !
@jamesburk25447 ай бұрын
Your reaction vindicates the movie. Only weak-tea movies don't inspire strong reactions. This is tuly a movie that reaches us at a primal level and makes us feel, no small gift in a world that has traded most real art for cotton candy.
@THEvagabond293 ай бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts Only found FLGR through BSG, its been a long time since i watched the show since its live airing and it was an epic show... that was worthy of my childhood memories.
@critthought2866 Жыл бұрын
When you started laughing at Wash's "I am a leaf on the wind" after the landing, everyone who has seen the movie started a countdown to "And she's about to have the rug pulled out from under her in 3...2...1... and there are the tears!" Yeah, Joss knew just how to rip people's guts out. Since Book is your favorite character, I think you'll really enjoy the Shepherd's Tale. It's an amazing story.
@carlperez372416 күн бұрын
I watched you smiling at that line and I just kept thinking - ah, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
@Logan_Baron Жыл бұрын
"How is she (Zoe) okay right now?" She's not. But as a warrior, she knows she has to compartmentalize.
@VegetaLF7 Жыл бұрын
The line she shares with Mal at the end sums her up perfectly. "She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly" was 100% about herself, not Serenity.
@Xone9 Жыл бұрын
That's definitely part of it, I believe another part is she was in shock by what just happened.
@patrickdrew4891 Жыл бұрын
Some have expressed various theories about Zoe's state of mind and reaction to Wash's demise. My take has always been that, at that point, she had completely abandoned any sense of self-preservation and was basically throwing herself to the wolves. She had nothing to lose ("You really think any of us are going to get out of this alive?") and was executing her function as warrior with reckless abandon. Jayne barking at her to "Get your ass back on the line!" while she ignores him supports this notion. I saw her behavior as a pretty strong reaction, not a lack of. Her telling Mal that she was OK ("To the job, sir." (IIRC)) was her duty to say but, clearly, she was not OK based on her behavior.
@haukikannel Жыл бұрын
She was also ready to die… Only the rest of the group did draw her back to life!
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
@@patrickdrew4891 She'd been in a lot of situations where her death was imminent, just never cared so little about carrying on. Such a wonderful Wheedonesque line after she says "You really think any of us are going to get out of this alive?" and Jayne looks around and say "Well, I was hopin' that I might..." The line might seem contrived, but it's in character down to the core.
@paulfeist Жыл бұрын
It's been TWENTY YEARS.... and every time I hear "I'm a leaf on the wind" I tear up. I was hugging you virtually from just before Wash's final "I'm a leaf on the wind"... We couldn't warn you, but, we wanted to warn you. After Book, I thought to myself "Well at least Kaylee and Wash are safe... they wouldn't dare...". They dared. In case you haven't read this tidbit yet: Zoe was pregnant. So, something of Hoban Washburn will live on!
@BELLA-mf6hb Жыл бұрын
In Heart of Gold they spoke about having kids.
@ohnhai Жыл бұрын
I can’t watch . I have to look away each time..
@bridgethaines7127 Жыл бұрын
It'll will never NOT be "too soon".
@YezaOutcast Жыл бұрын
the death of wash doesnt make any sense. it was completely random and didnt have to happen. even from a storytelling point of view it didnt make any sense to me.
@cmorrow74 Жыл бұрын
@@YezaOutcastThe point was to pull the rug out from under the audience and make them question the fate of the entire crew. If Wash could be killed, nobody was safe, and it just made the stakes that much higher.
@riftwalker9296 Жыл бұрын
Also fun little fact is that Summer (River) and Sean (Simon) built up such a relationship over the series and the movie that in the scene after Simon gets shot and River says "You've always taken care of me. My turn" they had to shoot it numerous times because Summer kept bursting into tears.
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
That rings so true. I've watched the reunion special, and it's obvious that the emotional investment of this wonderful ensemble cast is like no other. And all the truly wrenching emotional moments are delivered in plainspeak, in character, and with perfect timing. Note: My favorite all-time emotional impact line from the show is when Jayne, having sold out his own fellow crew members, gotten betrayed and then caught, and he realizes Mal is going to "space" him out the airlock says "One thing, Mal. Don't tell 'em what I done." His concern isn't his impending death, but what the crew, the people who, it turns out, he *ACTUALLY LOVES*, will think of him. Just...wow. And for Mal to realize that this display of Jayne's innermost priorities meant that Jayne truly was a member of his crew and could be trusted in the future...amazing writing.
@quentinmichel7581 Жыл бұрын
That was a wonderful short little moment in the scene just before they head to Miranda where they're sitting around the table and Jayne makes the comment about what Shepherd Book had told him that if he "can't do something smart do something right". He then takes a drink of the liquor and slides the bottle directly over to Simon. I think it was an obvious indication that he was making his peace with Simon.
@michaelgillman2505 Жыл бұрын
It was actually originally scripted that each of them would have their say. However once you hear Jayne of all people say that, nobody else needs to say a thing.
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
@@michaelgillman2505 Really? Wow. Another perfect choice in a series absolutely rich with perfect choices. Also amazing that they didn't drag the scene out, or exploit the emotional significance of it.
@Skylaman Жыл бұрын
It’s been an absolute honor to go in this journey with you. You don’t know us…. But we are all Browncoats…. And we felt everything you felt on our first watch. Being reminded of why I loved this show in the first place, is everything. Thank you so much, Angela, for your passion for this show! “You can’t stop the signal.”
@allenfogarty2384 Жыл бұрын
Your honor flatters my... honor.
@raymondamador1487 Жыл бұрын
Yeah happy Xander was there to screen comments. He laid down a true foundation of this show, for her. All KZfaq creators need a person like Xander to moderate their channels.
@jsharp3165 Жыл бұрын
💯
@alex0589 Жыл бұрын
Damn right **pounds table**
@BigDamnHero74 Жыл бұрын
“No Power In The ‘Verse Can Stop Us! We Aim To Misbehave!” ❤ 🤗
@Budini67 Жыл бұрын
The saddest thing about Serenity, or the entire Firefly series, is that you can never watch it again for the first time. The next best thing is to watch people react to it. TY, FLG... Watching this *with* you is awesome! 🤗😎💖🙏🏼🕊
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
+1, exactly right.
@NickB58828 ай бұрын
Agree 100%. Can’t Stop The Signal
@iagorincon10 ай бұрын
I love that pre battle speech from Mal. I also love how Jayne takes a shot and slides the bottle to Simon. It’s as if they are finally in the same crew.
@NickB58828 ай бұрын
Nice catch! Can’t Stop The Signal
@andreaislandgirl720 Жыл бұрын
I watched and loved Firefly from the beginning and was so upset when it got canceled. I was so excited when I found out about Serenity coming out, I made sure to see it in the theatres right when it came out, and believe me, EVERYONE in that theatre was shocked at Wash's death. You could hear gasps and sobs coming from so many people, all Browncoats and lovers of the show. I am not ashamed to admit that I will still ugly cry whenever I watch Serenity.
@Paul_Oz24 күн бұрын
i remember going to the movie opening night and the entire packed crowd sang the opening theme song. I went to the movie alone, but I was home.
@bencracknellCA Жыл бұрын
So much credit is due to Ron Glass and Alan Tudyk for making these characters that we all loved and made us feel everything youre feeling ❤
@xaviergarrak Жыл бұрын
Knowing this day was coming made it bittersweet watching you fall in love with Firefly. We browncoats are still not okay and even after all this time the movie hits SO HARD. This show is truly one of a kind. Seeing Book and Wash die will always hurt, because we love them so much. Just know that all of Firefly fandom is here for you and we understand your happiness and pain.
@velinion1 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I feel like Firefly fans are united by the dual trauma of Firefly's botched release (episode release order, cancellation) and Wash's death.
@CortexNewsService Жыл бұрын
We will NEVER be okay about that.
@Paul_Oz24 күн бұрын
at the risk of mixing mediums, so say we all...
@rmartinson19 Жыл бұрын
I thought the way they handled Mal and the Operative's character arcs was just beautiful. Mal succeeded because he learned to believe in something again, and they defeated the Operative not by killing him, but by proving him wrong, stripping him of his faith in the righteousness of his cause. That line at the end where he says "there's nothing left to see" is so good. He built his whole identity around his unquestioning service to the Alliance, his willingness to do anything, no matter how evil, to further their cause. With the cause proven hollow, his identity becomes equally hollow, leaving nothing behind but a man arguably as broken and disillusioned as Mal was at the end of the war between the Alliance and the Independents. For the Operative, this fight was his very own Battle of Serenity Valley, and I think it would have been fascinating to see where he might have gone from there.
@AlecSorensen11 ай бұрын
Plus Chiwetel Ejiofor was just SO perfect for the role. In some ways, it looked almost like Doctor Strange 2 was set up to have his character play almost the mirror image of the agent character (the self-righteous, unswerving dissident instead of the self-righteous, unswerving agent)... and you know what? I would have watched the heck out of him play the role again.
@all1lla19711 ай бұрын
Here, here!
@elricengquist99894 ай бұрын
I loved how the two characters are playing in reverse of each other. Mal in the start is how the operative is at the end a broken man that lost his faith/belief in what he did, while the operative is how mal was in his youth during the war believing that what he was doing was justified, but than about near the end the two switch positions with mal now the one that has found his belief in his cause. The operative's strength was his ability to believe that all the evil he was doing (would not be surprised he detested what he was doing) would in the end lead to a much better world/s for all to live in, but when he saw what the alliance's actions had created in the reaver with their seeking of perfecting things only leading to even more evil it crushed him an his beliefs in what he did tearing out his heart. The operative is a dark hero much like Ashram from the anime record of lodoss wars they seek to improve an better the lives of their people via anything they have to do even if that means becoming evil an doing terrible acts even to innocents if that leads to their people's happiness.
@johnwalkeristhatdude30183 ай бұрын
I want a show about him he’s a far better character than the entire cast combined he acted circles around all of them
@jackal59Ай бұрын
@@johnwalkeristhatdude3018 I disagree, but he is a great actor in a great role.
@TGrimm2 ай бұрын
40:47 she's not ok. She's dissociating so hard from grief that she's practically a suicidal war machine.
@jspettifer Жыл бұрын
Summer did 95% of her own stunts. Whedon did long takes of her fighting-“She was a dancer so we were able to train her in ways that others can’t do.” One of the stunt coordinators said, “She can kick a guy from behind, around a pole, can we build a pole?” Whedon: “Yes we can.”
@Valp85 Жыл бұрын
It's even more of a fun detail considering that Whedon have on many occasions said that he really don't like doing action sequences because it's such a PITA to make it look interesting, easy to follow, and move the plot forward
@mirozen_ Жыл бұрын
"She always did love to dance." 😊
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
@@Valp85 Please note that other directors handle such concerns by just not making it interesting, not easy to follow and do nothing to "move the plot forward", instead just amping up the sound track, shaking the camera and doing 30 cuts/minute.
@robh942 Жыл бұрын
“He ain’t comin.” Hits so hard. And “Zoe, are you here?” Really shows why she’s always been by Mal’a side as an unshakable badass. Even in her lowest moment she was there for them, though recklessly.
@StarlasAiko Жыл бұрын
And when Mal asked "How's she's keeping up?" he was not really talking about Serenity, and Zoe was not really answering about Serenity.
@DarrenBenfer Жыл бұрын
It's what they both learned on the battlefield - emotional time comes later, fighting time comes first. It's cruel to them, they both realize it, but you can't grieve someone if you're dead yourself.
@Trollificusv211 ай бұрын
@@StarlasAiko "She's tore up pretty bad, but she'll fly true." Gut-wrenching moment.
@Raving11 ай бұрын
That hit hard, "He ain't coming.". The finality of it. Nothing more needed to be said. Not when they were not only up to their eyeballs in Reavers but the Alliance also waiting their turn.
@Trollificusv211 ай бұрын
@@Raving Y'know, whatever sins against speech and propriety Joss Whedon has committed, he has always had a great gift for character and dialogue. My wife and I were just exchanging line after line from this movie, ranging from hilarious to magically-timed, to eyes-stinging emotional. I'm really glad I'm not so sophisticated I can't appreciate the gold in this movie and in the show.
@PaperbackWizard Жыл бұрын
The line that hit me the hardest, I think, when I first watched this movie was when the Operative said a lot of innocent people were dying up there and Mal said "You don't know how true that is". Mal had such...compassion for every single Reaver, knowing it wasn't their fault how they were. People mourn for Wash and Book and Mr. Universe, but the greatest tragedy in this franchise is what happened to the people on Miranda, including the "tenth of a percent" that became monsters because of it. And Mal showed how much he cared for them all with that one line.
@RedwoodTheElf Жыл бұрын
My favorite line in the series was when one of the crew said something like "The captain has to handle this fight on his own" and Mal shouts "No I don't!" and they shoot the bad guy. About the ending of Serenity, to quote the wizard Schmendrick from "The Last Unicorn": There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.
@mattmann4241 Жыл бұрын
Mercy is the mark of a great man Ok I’m just a good guy … I’m alright 😂😂😂
@Khaos_Bringer11 ай бұрын
"My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle"
@mattmann424111 ай бұрын
@@Khaos_Bringer “Do you wanna captain this ship?” “Yes” “Well you can’t “
@strafeson10 ай бұрын
That's from the end of the episode "War Stories" in which Mal and Wash get tortured by Niska. Great episode. (Aren't they all?)
@VegetaLF7 Жыл бұрын
At a convention several years back where Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Nathan Fillion were all present to both talk about Firefly and the then-upcoming series "Conman" (basically a fictionalized version of their life starring in a cancelled but beloved TV series, 100% talking about Firefly without it being Firefly), Alan finally explained the significance of his "leaf on the wind" line and what it truly meant. It was the sign that Wash was doomed, because "a leaf on the wind is already dead"
@SoloRenegade Жыл бұрын
Kaylee is in Conman too, and MANY more people, including Joss Whedon, Sam from LOTR, and BSG actors. The Firefly cast is the cast of "Halo: ODST". Mal and Zoe are voice actors for "Destiny". Then most characters make an appearance in episodes of Castle. And then there is Resident Alien with multiple Firefly cast. and Serenity is in the opening pilot of BSG.
@ashleytuchin7693 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I never even thought of it like that. I've always wondered why Joss chose that line. Also, I'm glad to see more people talk about Con Man, it was fantastic. 😂
@DaveAlkemaАй бұрын
@@SoloRenegade Inara was also in Destiny. Sadly, her character was killed a couple of years ago.
@robpegler6545 Жыл бұрын
"I'm gonna show you a world without sin." Gets me every time. Probably the most important line in the movie.
@patrickmcisaac3142 Жыл бұрын
@@Hiraghm yo, wtfuck?
@scambammer6102 Жыл бұрын
@@Hiraghm uh... how about fg decent health care? Is that too utopian for you?
@asmrhead1560 Жыл бұрын
@@scambammer6102 Define "decent". Also, to maintain proper standards we've decided that euthanizing terminally ill patients is the best option For The Greater Good. It's so easy to think in glittering generalities but reality has a conservative bias.
@danielolsen3514 Жыл бұрын
I love that line. Though I equally love: Operative: "there's a lot of innocents in the air dying" Mal: "you have no idea" Because at the end. The reavers are a tragic story. Innocences experimented on.
@MatthewOliphant Жыл бұрын
Saw this in the theatre when it came out. The moment the "incident" happened, the entire theatre stopped making noise-no talking, no crinkling of wrappers, no breathing. Completely changed the feeling in that room for the next 10 minutes. Amazing how leaves, on the wind or on the vine, can get me even after all this time.
@TheGoddamnBacon11 ай бұрын
Not wrong.
@user-bz6mn3tu8k5 ай бұрын
I didn’t watch this when it originally aired, but a co worker did. I happened to run into him and his friends at the cinema right as they were coming out having just seen this. They were visibly shook. That’s when I decided to take his suggestion and watch the show.
@ohbejuankenobi663 Жыл бұрын
The way Zoe deals with is is because as Wash said she is a warrior woman. When a friend dies in combat you push that to the side and grieve later. We are too busy surviving for emotions. Eliminate the threat, collect our fallen friends and live to fight another day.
@michaelgillman2505 Жыл бұрын
I always took it that Zoe was far more damaged by the war than we ever really got to see (due to cancellation). That is why she was with Mal doing the job she did, because after the horrors of the war, it was all she knew how to do and be. Wash was her salve. Wash opened up the human side of her again. When Wash died, the human side just shut off again.
@o-wolf Жыл бұрын
The way she went HAM on the Reaver's showed how much it affected her.. Zoe is the epitome of cold hard efficiency she just gets the job done.. but you could see her just going wild &wanting to go out in a blaze of fury Such a well acted character
@MandalorianRevan Жыл бұрын
Except that's not the way Zoe reacted. She tried to, but she went full on suicidal. Her rush against the Reavers in her need to avenge Wash or die trying cost the crew their ability to defend themselves.
@benjamintherogue242111 ай бұрын
You don't think about it when you're in combat. Trust me, you'll have more than enough time afterwards.
@ohbejuankenobi66311 ай бұрын
@benjamintherogue2421 a trained soldier knows what to do and when.
@michaelnolan6951 Жыл бұрын
Hooray! Just so you know, we all felt this way when watching this movie. We could tell when you about to cry (most of us have done the same!) and we understood the awful apprehension that this might not have a happy ending for anybody, after they killed Wash. Now you fully understand why we are proud to call ourselves Browncoats.
@bryanmacklem2654 Жыл бұрын
And we're VERY proud Angela is one of us now. Along with her being a critter, Marvel lover, and Expanse lover, and soon to be BSG lover, and an all around great person.
@MsJuno Жыл бұрын
I always felt this was Summer Glau's best role. She just emotes so perfectly throughout the movie as the weight of secrets her head as slowly lifted. And the fact that she did so many of her own stunts. They had to build the sets to show off just how flexible she is. "She can kick someone around a pole? Ok, build a pole!"
@michaelgustafsson5920 Жыл бұрын
If you want more summer glau, watch Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
@lassesipila6418 Жыл бұрын
"She always loved to dance" is such a line, when you know Summer Glau's dancing ability is what blows the minds of the director and the audience both. I think he mentioned he considers River's feet to basically be a character of their own and he was constantly amazed by being able to throw anything at Glau and she'd just DO it. Starting with the way she's suddenly just melding into ceilings, all the way to that amazing final battle.
@MsJuno Жыл бұрын
@@lassesipila6418 it is amazing when you realize just how much she was able to do. And how much the whole cast would do, they talked about how Nathan Fillion would do painful stunts all day long until they got just the right shot.
@MsJuno Жыл бұрын
@@michaelgustafsson5920 I have. She is very very good at playing the 'weird girl' archetype.
@mhan00 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelgustafsson5920I’m still pissed off they cancelled that series.
@scotthartley2379 Жыл бұрын
That may have been the best reaction I've ever seen to this movie.
@davidgleffe3636 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful reaction. I've always thought Wash's death made what followed feel more real, more life-threatening, especially as people were injured. We no longer -knew- the crew was going to make it.
@Starsaber222 Жыл бұрын
When I ran my parents through the series for the first time, after Wash died my mother was convinced that the crew would all die but get the message out in the process.
@HuxtableK9 ай бұрын
Yep. Book's death made narrative sense, as he was the older mentor character. But Wash? As soon as Wash died, that marked a turning point for the rest of the movie. Because at that point, you realize that Joss looks to be burning the entire show to the ground.
@NickB58828 ай бұрын
@@HuxtableK I agree with your take on Book’s death but when Wash got killed… I actually thought that anyone/everyone could go as well.
@HuxtableK8 ай бұрын
@@NickB5882 That was the whole point of Wash's death, I think.
@SungJaeUng3 Жыл бұрын
After watching this movie, "I am a leaf on the wind" will burn brightly in your memory until the end of your days. Welcome to the brown coats. Fight for what is right, even if that means being on the losing side. And on dark days, may there always be someone to carry you.
@joeypotter6051 Жыл бұрын
Every time I watch a reaction, and Wash says "I'm a leaf on the wind" and the reactor laughs, I'm like oh honey...you're never going to laugh at that line again.
@robertmckenna3994 Жыл бұрын
@@joeypotter6051 maybe, but you might laugh at this. How do the Reavers clean their spears? They put them through the Wash. 🤣🤣🤣
@marshallprince2583 Жыл бұрын
I've never seen a more emotional reaction on any channel. I was crying right along with you. As for why it was Wash that died and not someone else, I've asked myself that same question. I think that more than anyone else's, Wash's death adds the most weight to the sacrifice it took to get that secret out to people.
@flatebo1 Жыл бұрын
Wash was killed for a few of reasons: 1) Stakes. His death reinforces that anyone can die at any time. By that point in the movie, no one is "safe". And as this movie concludes the entire series, there is no need to keep the crew intact for future episodes. 2) He has no role in the rest of the movie. He's the pilot. The ship has landed - and is broken. He isn't the captain. He isn't a fighter like Zoey (who is also the captain's loyal backup) or Jayne (the muscle/comic relief). He isn't the mechanic/techie (in case anything needs to be repaired or creatively broken later on - and Kaylee needs to resolve her relationship with Simon). He isn't the doctor. Inara needs to resolve her relationship with Mal. And River needs her "My turn" moment to complete her transition from "baggage" to crew member, a transition that requires a heroic sacrifice later in the story since she has only just stopped being the "baggage" on Miranda. So there's nothing for Wash to do but be in the way, especially as he has no outstanding plotlines to resolve. And 3) His death clears the way for River to become the new pilot. River has been the MacGuffin of the series. Well, they finally resolved the question of why the Alliance is after her. And now they aren't after her anymore. So there's no reason for her and Simon to continue hiding on the ship. Or even staying on the ship. Unless she becomes the new pilot. Those are the main reasons for Wash to die during the final battle.
@Desdemona-XI Жыл бұрын
Also, 4: universal couldnt guarantee Alan Tudyk or ron glass for a sequel and demanded they be written out.
@mizrolist Жыл бұрын
@@flatebo1 It's more simple: Alan Tudyk had a commitment at the time and couldn't come back for a second movie if it was produced, just as with Ron Glass.
@AlexSilverCat11 ай бұрын
My favorite movie fact about this is that in River's (so, so, awesome) fight scene with the Reavers, they choreographed the fight movements to give the camera man a moving space to stand and shoot in, creating those awesome dynamic shots. That is just such a wonderful amount of detailed effort, and the final product is just so worth it!
@valashar53136 ай бұрын
That's because it wasn't choreographed as a fight, but was blocked out by Summer as a 'pas de deux', a ballet performance with River and the cameraman as the dance partners. Then the stunt director worked in places in the dance for Reavers to intersect with River for attacks.
@CaptainKMan Жыл бұрын
I am reliving my night in the theater through you. I had all the same emotional damage watching this movie. I have never seen so many grown men with manly tears around me in a theater before and when Wash died I have never heard such a loud collective gasp from an audience. Everyone in the theater just gasped at once. A testament to great character writing from the writers and director and acting chops from our performers.
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
I groaned out loud, and then spent the rest of the battle sequence trying not to go into full on manly sobbing. As others have noted, Wash's death made that whole battle hit so much harder. I was just a wreck as Zoe, and Kaylee, and Simon get wounded, Mal gets beat down, River goes on a suicide run to retrieve the medical bag... The sudden turn, victory from the jaws of defeat, was cathartic, only to be wrenched immediately into the funeral ceremony...just...wow. The pacing on this damn movie! So manipulative! So wonderful! For whatever personal flaws Wheedon might have, I will always be grateful to him for Firefly/Serenity.
@sheldorleconcher8870 Жыл бұрын
I was at a Con years ago and joined a Firefly panel. There was an impromptu costume contest and this young man strolled down the centre aisle in a Wash shirt with a pole impaling him. We all got teary and laughed at the same time. He won. Excellent reaction, thanks!
@Logan_Baron Жыл бұрын
Jayne has grown. They don't point it out to us, but you can see certain points. Main thing is that Jayne is about Actions not words. He won't say how he feels, he shows it. Like in Out of Gas he didn't give Mal a speech about how he cares about or respects him, he just prepared him a suit. Here, when they are talking about they are going to do the right thing, he takes a drink from the bottle and slides it to Simon. After their conflicts, it's accepting him as part of the same crew. Later when Jayne is being thrown about the plummetting ship, it's because he made sure everyone else was buckled in, was assisting them and didn't have the chance to buckle himself in. Put everyone else before himself.
@zooks527 Жыл бұрын
One other - when they're watching the video of the reavers attacking the survey crew, it's Jayne who says to turn it off.
@Logan_Baron Жыл бұрын
@@zooks527 Though I don't think that's neccessarily growth, but more empathy or feelings that we didn't neccesarily see much before. Definitely showing that he's more than just a brute.
@Nagarath1628 күн бұрын
His behavior makes so much sense with the idea that he has sick brother at home. I didn't know that part at all until I read comments under The Message episode - then his behavior fully clicked for me.
@papabear7329 Жыл бұрын
Did you notice in the last scene, Mal called River his little Albatross? Meaning his good luck charm,
@Dodsfall12129 күн бұрын
That's not the meaning of albatross in that context. Mal was being both literal and sarcastic. albatross noun a : something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety b : something that greatly hinders accomplishment : ENCUMBRANCE Fame has become an albatross that prevents her from leading a normal life.
@mlroberson13 күн бұрын
@Dodsfall121 He's still right. remember, earlier in the film Mal points out the Albatross was originally a ship's sign of good luck. so both sentiment can hold true.
@jimforman37546 ай бұрын
"I can't believe they killed Book". Oh my sweet summer child.....
@p0pp4 Жыл бұрын
Summer Glau was originally planning to be a dancer. She was even homeschooled much of her childhood so she could spend more time training to be a dancer. And then, one fateful day, she broke a toe on a fireplace in the center of a room and her career as a professional dancer was over. So she went into acting. Her dance background has always featured very largely in almost every role she's had since she began acting. If you can get the behind the scenes footage you really should watch how Summer trained for the bar fight scene!
@robertwise2032 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Angela, for baring your tears with all of us. Firefly, like Arcane, has a unique way of lodging in the hearts of those who love the characters. You could have given your viewers a sanitized version of your emotions, as a way to protect yourself…none of us would have blamed you for doing so. Yet you shared all the rawness with us anyway. For whatever it may be worth coming from a random human that you will likely never meet; thank you for not shying away.🙏🏾
@Pokesfan2811 ай бұрын
This movie shows how invested we got into these beloved characters. Joss W said that it was important that some of the characters we cared for died. It showed there were actual stakes in the movie. Requires full emotional investment to be a fan, but it makes the whole thing so so good.
@axebeard6085 Жыл бұрын
I love the unspoken part of the classroom scene. "We're not telling people what to think. We're just trying to show them how." ...but we ain't teachin' 'em how to think for themselves.
@mattfolmer7481 Жыл бұрын
The story of Mal and Serenity's crew, through Firefly and Serenity, is full of both happiness and heartache. The highs are hilariously high, and the lows are devastatingly low. That's what makes the journey so exciting. That's what makes us Browncoats.
@joshuamcaleer3501 Жыл бұрын
Joss Whedon said in an interview that he killed Wash because it made the audience scared for the rest of the movie. Book dying hurt, but it could be seen as a way to raise the stakes going into the end of the movie. It's normal. Killing Wash off that randomly and suddenly broke the sense of safety people have for main characters and made people feel like any or all of them could die by the end.
@funnylilgalreacts Жыл бұрын
My question was why was he the expendable one? If you had killed off Zoe that would’ve made, Mal lose his shit. If you kill off Kaylee, everyone would go on full on rage. Only Mal and Zoe witnessed Wash dying. I think I’m trying to come up with a reason why it’s so stupid that he was killed off 😂
@CRTRRTinGA Жыл бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts Honestly, it's because death is very commonly senseless. As a healthcare worker, I appreciated that. Wash was hands-down my favorite character. It *destroyed* me that he was killed. But films/TVs do a great disservice (IMO) by not acknowledging that deaths aren't always blaze-of-glory, last-stand types of events. It can be cruel, sudden, pointless, blink-and-you-miss-it events. Wash's death was one of the most realistic parts of the entire series.
@ashleytuchin7693 Жыл бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass were the only ones who weren't able to definitely commit to future sequels, so Joss turned that into an effective storytelling strategy.
@wild_lee_coyote Жыл бұрын
I also think it was because Wash was always the safest one. The plucky comic relief that stayed on the ship and rarely was in danger. So isolated that War Stories was him putting himself in danger because he was ignorant of what might happen. When you kill the safe one, suddenly, without warning, then nobody is safe. No Browncoat likes it. But if you go back and watch the following scenes, you can see how you are expecting everyone else to die, and not one or two, but everyone. I don’t like it, but I understand why it was done. Few writers have the courage to do it, even fewer on a series they created. Just remember the title song, there’s no place I can be, since I found Serenity, you can’t take the sky from me.
@deadhead8323 Жыл бұрын
@funnylilgalreacts never saw wash as expendable. Killing off the most loved character of the group made everything fair game. So when Kaylee, zoe, and simon were hurt it made everyone truly scared on who would make it out alive. Shepards death definitely feels more emotional for fans since Ron Glass passed away back in 2016.
@OneHardyRue Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen this a hundred times, but I really enjoyed watching and crying with you. Thank you.
@SteveCoronado210 ай бұрын
I loved your reaction❣️ It was, not trying to be creepy, the cutest reaction to a sci-fi spaghetti western I’ve ever seen. You even made me cry when you cried for Book. This is one of my favorite movies and Firefly is one of my favorite series ever. Great job. Instant subscriber. Love the shirt
@mckrackin5324 Жыл бұрын
I actually really liked the way they left Mal and Inara. Her smile said enough. When I saw how upset you got over Shepard, I knew there were hard times ahead for you. This was fun. I'm glad I found your channel.
@jonathangarland5630 Жыл бұрын
It's impossible to watch something for the first time... a second time. Your generosity in sharing your reaction is as close as we Browncoats will ever get to a second first watch. Your raw emotion is a gift to us, and we thank you for it.
@cyberingcatgirls7069 Жыл бұрын
There has been some interesting research into actual memory erasure but I'm sure it's decades away from being a thing we can do safely and even then I'm sure "I wanna watch this movie again for the first time" won't be an acceptable reason to get it. 😅
@Cobrass67 Жыл бұрын
think u nailed a great reaction vid here, its so satisfying to see people genuinely get an emotional reaction from something u love
@danakissmgrits2624 Жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!!!!
@niravelniflheim1858 Жыл бұрын
"I'm not okay." I'm right there with you on that one. 😅😋 I remembered it was a good movie but I cried when you did, couldn't help it ! 😆
@MrTrilbe Жыл бұрын
The reason Summer Glau is so flexible is that she was a professional classically trained Ballet dancer before going into acting.
@shadowphoenix169611 ай бұрын
I didnt know that. I suppose that explains that episode of Angel
@Bob6800a11 ай бұрын
@@shadowphoenix1696 I don't remember the details, but iirc she got into acting after sustaining a knee injury that ended her dancing career.
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
@@Bob6800a **puts on 'Well Ack-shually Guy" uniform** It was actually a broken toe, and she could then no longer dance _en pointe_ . She became one of my all time favorites from being Summer.
@darrellhanning50689 ай бұрын
Joss had originally cast her in an episode of "Angel", as a (wait for it) ballerina.
@omalleycaboose5937 Жыл бұрын
I love Mal being literally saved by the war
@Typhis19 Жыл бұрын
That is a fantastic point!
@DanielS2001 Жыл бұрын
There's more with the war in helping Mal in this film. Mal knows that the worst thing than death is losing faith. Mal knows this because in the pilot episode, you see him wearing a cross and mentions being "on the side of angels." Then the Independents lost the war, and Mal stopped wearing the cross. He knows what losing faith can do to someone and it's worse than dying. By showing the Operative his "world without sin", it basically destroyed his faith in the process, and led to the Operative letting the Serenity crew go. In fact, there's a deleted scene that takes place after the "there is nothing left to see" line, where the Operative asks Mal about the Battle of Serenity Valley and how he managed to move on from it, but Mal never gives him an answer.
@quintonhowells299 Жыл бұрын
How is this comment showing as 2w ago?
@omalleycaboose5937 Жыл бұрын
@@quintonhowells299 Patreon, early access
@quintonhowells299 Жыл бұрын
@@omalleycaboose5937 aaah, thanks
@VerticalBlank Жыл бұрын
Kaylee's "Hell with this, I'm gonna live!", along with confidently racking a gun (something she wasn't comfortable with before) is something that I use when I need to give myself a little jolt of positivity in a difficult or uncomfortable situation.
@johndurrett3573 Жыл бұрын
When I saw this in the movie theater, the entire crowd cheered out loud. We all were looking for some relief after Walshes death.
@lordofentropy Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies have rewatched it many times; Naturally, Firefly is one of my favorite things to ever grace the TV screen as well. Your reaction was so visceral and engaging that I felt like I was watching it for the first time. I'm looking forward to watching more of your reactions.
@Zireael83 Жыл бұрын
i cried again, thank you for the awesome reaction! browncoats forever!
@Pokeysaurus Жыл бұрын
I love the reaction at the title card: "NO NOTES" Also, you're right that they made Simon uncharacteristically assertive over River. I just think that's the only way the could cram 14 episodes of protectiveness into 30 seconds.
@dezzconnor8360 Жыл бұрын
Simon in an Alliance facility, surrounded by Alliance people, is not the same man as Simon out in the wider 'Verse...Out There, he is a fish out of water; none of the social cues and behavioral patterns he learned growing up apply out there. Remember in "Ariel" it was the same thing but more so, because while the core worlds are his environment, a hospital during a medical emergency is His Purpose. On another note, Angela, I salute you for sharing as much of your grief as you did: many reactors will "take a minute" as you did and not come back on camera until they are (at least mostly) composed. Letting us see how raw it was for you, how painful, was moving to me, so thank you for that; I always enjoy seeing others react emotionally to movies and TV as strongly as I do.
@urdaanglospey6666 Жыл бұрын
Up until that moment, Simon's been passive. He wants a safe place for River and he doesn't really know where that is so he isn't fighting for or against staying on the ship. He's been seeing how things turn out. At the beginning of the movie, from Simon's perspective, Mal is literally putting River in harm's way. Endangering River is about the only way TO get an aggressive response from Simon. It makes perfect sense to me! He literally sacrificed his previous life to get her safe.
@TheParagade Жыл бұрын
I've seen this movie dozens of times but I was still crying with you the whole time.
@mana_fiend5 күн бұрын
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down." That's my favourite line in this film. It's a perfect summary of the Serenity crew to me. I believe it's how Mal sees his adoptive family, they keep him in the air when he ought to fall.
@robofwonder Жыл бұрын
I've watched a lot of reaction videos, but this may be the best one I've ever seen (and I'm only a little biased from my love of Firefly and Serenity). You had me relive the emotions I went through the first time I saw the movie, beat for beat. I will never, ever, forget the reactions in the theatre through the last twenty minutes of the film. We genuinely didn't know if any of the crew were going to survive.
@joeypotter6051 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in theatres and when Simon got shot, I literally screamed "SIMON!" I was so scared he was going to die too. Fortunately he lived but Wash's death was such a gut punch, it successfully had me thinking they might kill off the whole cast apart from Mal. Fortunately they didn't. Great reaction, thank you for sharing!
@hellomark1 Жыл бұрын
Wash's death plus all the others getting severely injured, but mainly Wash's death, had me seriously questioning whether any of them were going to survive, which usually isn't even a question in a movie like this.
@scambammer6102 Жыл бұрын
@@hellomark1 "had me seriously questioning whether any of them were going to survive" that's the whole point from a writing perspective. It raises the stakes, increases the suspense and emotional attachment for the rest of the story.
@hellomark1 Жыл бұрын
@@scambammer6102 Of course. That's what a good story SHOULD do, very few actually do this. Most of the "hero's journey" stories I watch, I almost never question whether they're going to complete their goals and survive. It's not even something I consider usually.
@roonilwazlib9877 Жыл бұрын
@@hellomark1 While many of my friends loved Aquaman, I found it boring for just this reason. The makers wanted so badly for me to feel tension, and I was just thinking, "Yes yes, we know what's going to happen, just get to it already."
@falsenostalgia-shannon Жыл бұрын
Yes, that was the exact part where I lost it! Kaylee and Simon were my favorites, and seeing both get shot in a row, knowing characters were being killed…
@Olorin88 Жыл бұрын
Writing is hard. How each of these characters were written is, frankly, a masterclass in arks. Jane sacrifices his safety to secure everyone during the space battle, and defends river’s understanding of Miranda. The doctor chooses to prioritize his interests emotionally, Kaylie stops allowing things to happen and takes control, Inara chooses personal over professional relationships, the captain finds something to believe in again, Book makes that happen and draws a line between faith and belief. Zoe and Wash..together and then separated. River finds her peace in protecting her protector. Well done on reaction. I've enjoyed the journey.
@voiceover2191 Жыл бұрын
I think River finds her peace by being released from the burden of the secret she knew. She literally said after leaving Miranda that she's fine.
@Olorin88 Жыл бұрын
@@voiceover2191 excellent observation and something i missed. Thanks for the insight
@Sephiroth144 Жыл бұрын
@@voiceover2191 That was always my though as well. Once the secret clawing at the back of her mind was revealed, the claws were gone.
@user-vu2uq6fp3z Жыл бұрын
I love this series, thank you so much for sharing your reactions and loving it as much as we do
@ceridangitp Жыл бұрын
You know it's a great movie when it hits you in the feels like that.
@mikekay3313 Жыл бұрын
You are officially a browncoat now. 13 hours of bliss and a lifetime of withdrawl. Great series and reactions from you!
@SDI_IAHawk331 Жыл бұрын
Despite all of the bad things that people have reported about Whedon, he sure knows how to connect people with his characters. So much that they are truly heartbroken at the loss. I have watched several reactions to people watching Firefly, falling in love with these characters and then reaching the final episode. Everyone of them could not wait to see Serenity, but were saddened at the end of a great show. I was angry about Wash and Book, I asked the same questions as you. Thank you for sharing your journey with the crew of Serenity. You're a Browncoat now, remember the saying. "When you can't walk, you crawl.."
@lordhoot1 Жыл бұрын
Whedon, for all his faults (and they are many) knows how to kill his darlings.
@ceherrera7437 Жыл бұрын
I have to be completely honest and let you know that watching your reaction to Firefly renewed the emotional attachment I had to the crew and the show
@DragonExtinction Жыл бұрын
I am glad I found your stream tonight! I haven't seen Firefly or Serenity in ages. It was so cool to watch it with you. I understand how you felt about wash and Book dying but that is how Joss goes. He wants it is not just the "red shirts" die but even main characters as it makes it much more suspenseful. I saw you have the Expanse in your playlist too! That's my favorite sci fi tv show ever!
@Wulfdon Жыл бұрын
I knew this was going to hit you hard...like an operative coming after your beliefs. You seemed surprised by Zoe's calmness after Wash's death. She's a warrior woman and had a battle to fight. Time for grief after her husband's killers were all dead. And it's not goodbye to these characters, right? It's "See you next month when I watch the series and the movie all over again!" That's how I deal with it. Browncoats Forever!
@ScorpioVI Жыл бұрын
I was at a handful of the screenings of Serenity in 2005 and the screams and crying of women in the audience when Wash got killed was something to behold. I can’t remember another movie other than John Wick when people got that upset at a death. Thank you Angela, for the Firefly and Serenity reactions. I never saw Firefly on FOX and found it in 2004 when I was having a rough time in life and this show got me through the worst of it. I was an OG Browncoat who took part in the viral campaigns to get more eyes on Serenity when it came out, hosted Firefly viewing parties, and bought more box sets of Firefly and gave them away in an effort to spread the word. I pretty much watch every Firefly reaction on YT and yours was undoubtedly the best I’ve seen so far. You are a Browncoat through and through.
@5calambres Жыл бұрын
You are a gem for this community. You did so much for us and i think you deserved some credit for that. So here is my "Thank you so much!" I hope you got noticed by the producers and actors. Have a nice day captain tight pants ;)
@garyt7193 Жыл бұрын
Lil!.......this is the 1st time I've come across your channel. I'm also a HUGE Firefly fan, (so disappointed how the series was cancelled so soon). I've seen the series multiple times, on DVD, and of course, the movie Serenity, when it finally came out. Your reactions were indeed priceless. Kaylee is still my favorite, but Shepard was right behind. I had a feeling how emotional you would get with his and Wash's deaths (especially with how Wash died) Joss Whedon really went with the gut punch, in this one, after having us all fall in love with these characters.....even Jayne And it sounds like you did watch the Bloopers to the movie, Serenity. Hopefully, you also watched the bloopers, in the Firefly series, as well. They will surely lift up your spirits. That said, you hooked me, and I'm now a subscriber. So, always remember..... "whatever it is you believe.... *just believe it* "
@wilwhileaway Жыл бұрын
That gut-wrenching feeling is exactly why they killed them off. They got just the reaction they wanted. I've been watching the show and movie every year for 15 years and still tear up nearly every time. Fun crying-related fact about Serenity: In the scene where Simon has been shot and River is telling him how much he's taken care of her, they had to do a tone of takes for that because Summer Glau kept breaking into sobs, Sean Maher was just that good!
@panvlk Жыл бұрын
So, I guess now it's time for the Firefly joke... Q: How do Reavers clean their spears? A: They run them through the Wash.
@funnylilgalreacts Жыл бұрын
TOO SOON
@barriemajor4960 Жыл бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts Don't worry. We Browncoats have being saying that for nigh on 18 years.
@BK45AUS Жыл бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts Blame Fillion, he's the one that said it...
@TheNeilBlack Жыл бұрын
@@barriemajor4960 I legit called someone out on Reddit the other day for calling too soon on a scene that's almost old enough to vote. I was heavily downvoted. It will always be too soon.
@DoctorNerdererАй бұрын
I scoured the comments to see if someine made the joke already (much late to the party) and I'm not disappointed
@hcolebatch3627 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Thank you for hearing the story, feeling out love, and sharing our pain. You now know what being a Browncoat really means. You … are on our crew❤❤❤
@Spiritbro7711 ай бұрын
I tear up every time I see this movie. I've seen it dozens of times. When she says "my turn" it always gets to me.
@arnieadam Жыл бұрын
I recall listening to a long interview with Joss Whedon where they asked him about those two deaths. He said he didn't want to kill off those characters, but they were hoping this moving would provide a reboot for the series and those two actors have other contractual agreements that would mean they couldn't come back. So Joss chose this heart rending path to deal with that. It killed us all.
@thomashiggins9320 Жыл бұрын
Canonically, Zoe wore that dress exactly twice. The first time when she married her husband. The last time when she buried him. From the standpoint of dramatic storytelling, Wash had reached the apex of his character arc. Also, by demonstrating a willingness to kill Wash, that way, it meant the final fight between the crew and the Reavers (with Mal elsewhere) was genuinely terrifying and meaningful. It was very real to the audience that they could've all died, right there, and it put us all on the edge of our seats -- the same as it did you. I haven't owned a television for more than 35 years, so I missed the TV show, entirely. Then I saw the advertisements for the film, and read the chatter that it came out of a show that got canceled early, but that science fiction fans just loved. As a long-time science fiction fan, myself, I decided to hold off on the film until after I'd seen the series, so I went out and bought it on DVD. I loved it, and loaned the DVDs to my mother, and she refused to give them back so I bought another set. My sister saw it at my mom's house, and she watches it again -- series and film -- every six or eight months, or so. I've had two other DVD set "permanently loaned" out to friends -- and that's okay with me. I just go buy another one. 😊
@all1lla19711 ай бұрын
Sounds a lot like me. 😆
@Trollificusv29 ай бұрын
That's what a true Browncoat does. Can't stop the signal. You find somebody whose favorite sci-fi show is Firefly, you've met a good person. I've given this some thought, and it ends up being kind of complicated, but it's always true. And I'm not one to glorify "entertainment". But this show and the movie are just special.
@karls.oddsson4681 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking me and all the others to experience Firefly and Serenity again. Watching your reactions was touching and pleasure, so thank you for sharing.
@jamesburk2544 Жыл бұрын
I'd say that it's fairly obvious that Book was once an operative before he changed, which makes him such a wonderful character. Some of the best people who were once operatives and were redeemed by learnking better and putting it in action,.
@rayjaymor8754 Жыл бұрын
His past is revealed in a novel called 'The Shepherd's Tale'. My Dad and I had a bet, as he too was convinced he was an Operative but I thought he was a detective/cop. We were both WRONG. Completely wrong.
@rayjaymor8754 Жыл бұрын
If you don't wanna read the book though SPOILER . . . . . . . . . . . . He was actually one of the founding members of The Browncoats. He went under-cover as a double agent working with the Alliance but feeding information to the Browncoats. They never caught on that he was a spy (which is why he got medical assistance that episode) but he was discharged after a mission he led had a catastrophic "failure"... which was all part of his plan anyway. Before that, he was a criminal. Which is why he was so upset in the first episode at how quickly he "fell in with criminals and beat a lawman senseless" - he literally JUST left the church trying to turn a new leaf and become a better person and wound up right back in it almost straight away...
@MandalorianRevan Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I subscribed to the operative theory. I definitely didn't see that coming.
@GregoriousGregori9 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your heart with us.. And yes.. during those scenes.. I shouted so many bad words at my screen. The death of Wash was to remind us of how the verse & how life will always do the unexpected & tear your world apart for no reason other than it can. It took a lot of courage to share this & Your reactions were right there with my own So again thank you
@elvwood Жыл бұрын
Thanks for being so open in this reaction - I can really sympathise. This movie is (at least) a double whammy for me. My wife and I had two small children so we'd hardly been out on our own for ages, but we both loved the show so we arranged a friend to babysit so we could go and see this the day it opened. Then we couldn't get in. I was disappointed but my wife was really upset - I couldn't understand why until she explained that my mum had died and she was holding off on telling me so I could at least enjoy the movie first. It was a really caring thing to do, and I appreciated it enormously even though it didn't work out. Then we saw the movie a few days later, and, well, you can guess how we felt about Book and Wash. I wish we could have had this whole storyline evolve over a couple of seasons, but I am so glad they made the movie. Enjoy the bloopers!
@davidboivin7996 Жыл бұрын
It's not all about the destination....it's about the journey too. Loved being a passenger on your ride. Browncoats Forever!! ❤️
@urborg74 Жыл бұрын
Oh man, you made me cry more than I did the first time I watched it. You've got a good heart. In spite of the pain this remains one of my favorite movies of all time. Such a great story with great characters. It was a real treat to experience it again through you.
@pilotalan6 ай бұрын
I just found your vids. I never cry in movies, but watching your reactions to Book and Wash made me cry like a baby. I've seen the series and movie several times. THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me see Firefly and Serenity for the first time again.
@masamune2984 Жыл бұрын
“You’re not a Reaver, Mal.” Such a subtle, important line. The Alliance has NEVER acknowledged the existence of Reavers, but you can see it click on Mal’s face when the Operative says that. Mal has no idea what Reavers really are or the Alliance’s role at that point, but that strange acknowledgement by the Operative gives Mal just enough spark of in idea to BELIEVE in SOMETHING, like Book said, and to start formulating a haphazard plan to at least get to Miranda, knowing nothing about the Reavers relation, other than that they float out there, and the Alliance always meddles, and clearly did something to River. His plan was to follow Book’s advice and his plan was to believe in River, and that she had some reason to get there, even though he has no evidence or proof of any connection or even anything to gain from it. The two just happen to line up…because “I don’t care what you believe, just believe it. He believed in something, without knowing what, or why…just who…even on a leap of total faith when he may not have had an ounce of a reason…other than his belief in Book’s words, and being back in “war mode”…faith in his crew.
@therabbits69 Жыл бұрын
You are over thinking it. That line did non of that it gave him the idea to do what they did to serenity and get passed the reaver blockade. It wasn't some big revelation for Mal, the line "You're not a Reaver, Mal" basically gave him the idea to make them LOOK like reavers. that is it.
@masamune2984 Жыл бұрын
@@therabbits69 I didn’t say it gave him a big revelation. And it certainly gave the the Reaver appearance idea. But you are misinterpreting/misunderstanding. The movie (and series) clearly set up that Reavers are denied as myths by the Alliance, despite that OBVIOUSLY not being the case. For someone as high up as the operative to use even the term wasn’t just slang. It was an acknowledgment that the Alliance is once again two-faced, and it was extra weird for someone like him to say it. Mal did not “have a big revelation,” as you misinterpreted my comment to suggest. It was just a subtle thing that HAPPENED to be about Reavers. Having watched this series and film dozens upon dozens of times, I will stand by that subtly, even if people misread it, or overthink my own comments.
@therabbits69 Жыл бұрын
@@masamune2984 You literally wrote all that to again fall short of the point of that scene. The alliance didn't reveal anything the crew of serenity already KNEW that the alliance was hiding the fact that they knew the Reavers were real. This was already shown in the TV series. The operative literally revealed NOTHING that was already common knowledge for Mal. He already knew that high ranking officials and special ops would know about them.
@anitelufalemei4200 Жыл бұрын
@@masamune2984 well he’s right. You’re overthinking the dialogue and the scene
@emileklos Жыл бұрын
Your reaction to Wash’s death is probably the exact reason why it happened, and i feel that both Wash and Book were the most logical ones. Book’s death triggered Mal to directly confront the Alliance instead of weaving through their web. And in the case of Wash, it seemed like the only choice for shock factor. Mal is the captain, and had to finally win a battle against the alliance by completing the mission of releasing the video, Kaylee and Simon had to conclude their arc and finally get together, Inara served the purpose to continue the “will they won’t they” arc to the bitter end and keeping us forever wondering, River needed her “it’s my turn moment”, Jayne wouldn’t have gotten the same shock and awe reaction from the audience, you said yourself you’d prefer it to happen to Jayne, so the option was Zoey or Wash, and from a plot point, Zoey is the better fighter. At least that is my logic and why I think Wash was the most effective character death.
@dustyb58 Жыл бұрын
Alan Tudyk couldn't commit to a sequel so they had to kill him just in case. That's the story I've heard.
@johnobrien7562 Жыл бұрын
I think you're absolutely right. I also got the sense Wash would have quit if Zoey died. Mal and Zoey had the experience of the war and had a strong bond, and as a soldier, Zoey is better adapted to heartbreak and losing those she cared about. And Whedon is gonna Whedon. He's very fond of shock deaths, as anyone who watched his Avengers movies can attest.
@ThubanDraconis Жыл бұрын
@@johnobrien7562 Yes Whedon is like that. But think about it, when watching most series you know that the main characters are going to come through somehow. But when Joss Whedon is writing the script you can never really be sure, it makes the scene more tense. For example, I really though Mal was going to kill Jayne in that airlock scene in the series and that made it quite tense for me.
@Niinsa62 Жыл бұрын
Wash makes sense as the one to kill off for the shock factor, he is so sweet. And also, as another commenter already wrote, Alan Tudyk was already signed up for some other project and couldn't be in a sequel. So they chose him to die, just in case there was a sequel. Oh, and Alan Tudyk is brilliant in 28 Days (a Sandra Bullock movie about a recovering alcoholic, he has a minor but important role there), and in Death At A Funeral (the original, British one, not the American remake). And in A Knight's Tale. And he is totally shiny in Tucker And Dale Vs Evil!
@Sephiroth144 Жыл бұрын
@@dustyb58 And they were outta Carbonite...? Also, part of me worries it was to make way for a possible Mal/Inara/Zoe love triangle
@Slamraptor Жыл бұрын
And I though I was the only one crying in this. ),: Thanks for the honest reaction. /: The stakes are so insanely high in this movie, I love it.
@raymondtaylor3516 Жыл бұрын
I seriously enjoyed watching your firefly journey. Like it's been said we can't ever have a second first time of watching it but seeing your reactions came close. Thank you. I do hope you ended up making it to the book because I seriously enjoyed it when it originally came out.
@markgreen5990 Жыл бұрын
My wife and I saw the movie first. We didn't even know the series existed until we saw the line at the end of Serenity's credits thanking all of the Browncoats, fans, cast and crew of Firefly. When we got home, we immediately ordered the series on DVD so we could watch it. The movie is so well written. That first single-shot scene on the ship you are introduced to every character, including Serenity herself, and you pretty much know everything you need to know about them and their life together. It's true you don't feel the same way about Book's death because he's not in the movie much, but Ron Glass's performance in his final scene makes an impact. Wash's death is more of a hit because it's a shock, and at the moment of his triumph, and because he is such a likeable character. Like others in these comments, thank you for your openness in sharing this reaction. Knowing what was coming and hearing your hopes for these characters in your reactions, I knew it would hit you hard. But seeing how hard it did hit, well I was crying right along with you and for you. On a happier note, and as you really could use some levity after this movie, you will definitely enjoy the blooper reels. There are a few different ones, you'll want to see them all. In addition, there are a number of videos of various conventions with Firefly panels. It is hilarious to hear about all the fun they had on set. They were all really a family behind the scenes too and there are great tales to tell. Some of the standouts: - Alan Tudyk asked to read a fan's contest-winning, eulogy for Wash, which he then proceeds to edit and make into a hilarious good time. - Hearing about Nathan and Jewel's "creatively giving each other the finger" one-upmanship game. This goes on for years after the show was over. Also, if you didn't know, there are CDs of music written by fans and were sold at conventions to raise money and awareness to get Serenity made. There are some really talented people out there and the music they wrote is amazing. Thank you for your channel and sharing with us.
@bimbkin2830 Жыл бұрын
My buddy did the same thing went and saw the movie and was like " wait its a show?" watched the show and then went and saw the movie again. im glad he made me watch firefly before watching Serenity
@desmonwalkin6019 Жыл бұрын
Im in the same boat. I saw the movie several time before I found out it was a tv series.
@rayjaymor8754 Жыл бұрын
It's funny because when the movie was announced my girlfriend at the time (now wife) was a massive browncoat and we saw the trailer and she was super excited. She generally doesn't even like TV or movies for that matter so seeing her THAT excited about a movie prompted me to get the series. To think I was complaining about having to wait 2 months to see the movie, let alone people that waited years....
@ToyHunter-wc9dz Жыл бұрын
Same for me. I saw the movie before ever watching the series. That alone removed the emotional impact of the character losses. Bought the box set and have watched them all through 20+ times since. Serenity hits much different now than in the theater. The movie was a result of fan support, as they said, most cancelled series never get a movie to wrap up their story. As short as it is, and as much as we all would've liked more seasons and stories, it got about as good an ending as fans could've hoped for.
@Polum824545201 Жыл бұрын
still in premiere, but i can already tell you're gonna make me tear up a little lol "he ain't comin'.." gets me EVERY time it's been fun rewatching Firefly along with you, i like how in-depth you go into the recap after each episode Cheers, Browncoat
@arthurcamargo8416 Жыл бұрын
I sympathize and empathize with you over the death of Book and Wash. As well as there being no "resolution" between Inara and Mal. I do like your shirt, and your necklace. Can't start the day without it! Great reactions. I think I became a fan thanks to your commentary! I am looking forward to seeing what's next!
@jamesspringer-rj3iq5 ай бұрын
At the memorial service, Zoe was carrying small rockets with prayers that were written on paper and tied to the rockets; and shot to heaven. Which is an ancient Chinese tradition.
@blairhaffly1777 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite reaction from you so far. As a lifelong athlete I adore the pure physicality of Summer Glau. I also love her line, "I like to hear you say it". I'm not crying, you're crying. Beautiful job. We've all been there.
@dalesharp9953 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction!!! The Miranda storyline was supposed to be at the end of season 2. Wash and Book wouldn't of died if the series continued. Book's death helped Mal believe in something. Wasn't death was to show how dangerous the situation was. It was also said that Alan and Ron couldn't commit to additional movies.
@Battersea-kd9to4 күн бұрын
This is probably the most emotional reaction video I’ve ever seen. You really got me.
@stefanlaskowski6660 Жыл бұрын
A fantastic and heartfelt response. Your tears reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw Serenity.