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"You shot me in the back. I haven't made you angry, have I?" The delivery there was utterly perfect. Almost as good, though... "There are a lot of innocent people in the air being killed right now." "You have no idea how true that is." Easily the best, most emotional fight in a sci-fi movie, IMO.
Joss Wehdon managed to create characters we REALLY cared for. The ending of that movie is so intense that you are on the edge of your seat the whole time, constantly shouting NO in fear that someone of the crew may die. Especially after Book and Wash died. It showed that they are not afraid to kill the main protagonists.
I love the fact the operative, as a way to see how dedicated Mal is to this fight, asks him if he believes. Because he knows until now, Mal hasn't believed in much of anything and STILL ran him ragged. If he's now a believer in a cause (In this case, spreading the truth) then this fight is gonna be a real nightmare. And through the operative, the audience gets told that Mal is literally now a man on a mission. He's not there to misbehave, he's there to get something done, at all costs, if needs be.
The Operative could have broken Mal's neck when he got behind him, but this had been his hardest assignment and I think he wanted to gloat, so he used his nerve cluster attack and, when he thought Mal's muscles were locked up, went to retrieve his sword and talk about Mal having already lost. This gave Mal to opening he needed. It was the Operative's own sadistic nature that betrayed him.
kind of interesting that mal's injury and surgery would probably have been in his service record, which i would have imagined would have been part of the research the operative did. just shows the operative's hubris getting in the way of a simple fact he probably read.
The Operative recognized the Reaver ships when he saw them, so he had to have known about them and their periodical raids on settlements and lone ships, and yet he did not seem to think that the Alliance should be doing something about them as part of "building better worlds." This makes his complaint about "a lot of innocent people dying" hypocrisy. When did he realize that, I wonder.
@@josephmanno4514 The Operative had ordered the destruction of every settlement known to be friendly with the crew of the Serenity, including the children, and then said straight to Mel's face that he and his had no place in the world he and Parliament were building. Do you really believe that such a man cared in the slightest about innocent lives? During the battle against the Reavers, the Operative had his ship follow the Serenity, causing confusion that had to have added to the casualties the Alliance Fleet suffered. If he had cared about the people under him, he would have grabbed an auxiliary craft and some Marians and left the ship to its captain to focus on the battle. The reason the Operative was so angry was because he'd been outsmarted by someone he'd mistaken for a stupid country bumpkin. Mel Renalds was far too stubborn, but he'd repeatedly shown that he had a tactical mind worthy of any officer in the Aliance military, a loyal, capable crew, and his familiarity with the Balad of the Ancient Mariner showed that he was well educated. The Operative should have realized that Mel was planning a surprise, possibly involving the Reaver. Instead, he got that smile wiped right off of his face, and that ticked him off.
@@ethenallen1388 In the novel, the Operative had noted that if the Alliance had found Mal first as a child an indoctrinated him into believing in the Alliance, then Mal could have been one of the greatest Operatives ever.
@@Svensk7119 I just took another look at the battle between the Alliance and the Reavers and it stayed mostly on the Serenity. The way the view shifted from Serenity to the Operative's ship does strongly imply that he was trying to follow them.
In the novel, the Operative had noted that if the Alliance had found Mal first as a child an indoctrinated him into believing in the Alliance, then Mal could have been one of the greatest Operatives ever. The Operative also acknowledged to himself his own hubris in his defeat. He had previously reviewed Mal's entire file but had ignored the significance of the shrapnel injury as he had thought it hadn't impacted Mal's fighting ability. Thus, he had missed the fact that it had been moved and had not prepared an updated strategy.
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Criminally underrated movie ❤
I love that "Not exactly plan A" line. PERFECTION! :)
"You shot me in the back. I haven't made you angry, have I?"
The delivery there was utterly perfect.
Almost as good, though...
"There are a lot of innocent people in the air being killed right now."
"You have no idea how true that is."
Easily the best, most emotional fight in a sci-fi movie, IMO.
The thing about being angry goes right back to an earlier scene where the operative explains it won't be possible to make him angry.
Joss Wehdon managed to create characters we REALLY cared for.
The ending of that movie is so intense that you are on the edge of your seat the whole time, constantly shouting NO in fear that someone of the crew may die. Especially after Book and Wash died. It showed that they are not afraid to kill the main protagonists.
I love the fact the operative, as a way to see how dedicated Mal is to this fight, asks him if he believes. Because he knows until now, Mal hasn't believed in much of anything and STILL ran him ragged. If he's now a believer in a cause (In this case, spreading the truth) then this fight is gonna be a real nightmare. And through the operative, the audience gets told that Mal is literally now a man on a mission. He's not there to misbehave, he's there to get something done, at all costs, if needs be.
"I'm going to show you a world without sin."
Another powerful and great line.
Joss was a douche, but he could write some amazing stuff.
The Operative could have broken Mal's neck when he got behind him, but this had been his hardest assignment and I think he wanted to gloat, so he used his nerve cluster attack and, when he thought Mal's muscles were locked up, went to retrieve his sword and talk about Mal having already lost. This gave Mal to opening he needed.
It was the Operative's own sadistic nature that betrayed him.
“It’s pride, in point of fact.”
@@spencergsmith Which is funny because the movie begins with him killing an officer for his pride...
Actually I would have LMAO if Mel would have said:"Do you know what's your sin?" "Your sadistic nature...!"
kind of interesting that mal's injury and surgery would probably have been in his service record, which i would have imagined would have been part of the research the operative did. just shows the operative's hubris getting in the way of a simple fact he probably read.
@@benjackson8731 those were Rebels remember? Also without that trick the scene doesn't work.
The Operative recognized the Reaver ships when he saw them, so he had to have known about them and their periodical raids on settlements and lone ships, and yet he did not seem to think that the Alliance should be doing something about them as part of "building better worlds." This makes his complaint about "a lot of innocent people dying" hypocrisy.
When did he realize that, I wonder.
It's not hypocrisy. Not every fresh-faced ensign or crewman on an Alliance ship is part of an evil plot. So ... yeah ... lots of innocents dying.
@@josephmanno4514
The Operative had ordered the destruction of every settlement known to be friendly with the crew of the Serenity, including the children, and then said straight to Mel's face that he and his had no place in the world he and Parliament were building. Do you really believe that such a man cared in the slightest about innocent lives?
During the battle against the Reavers, the Operative had his ship follow the Serenity, causing confusion that had to have added to the casualties the Alliance Fleet suffered. If he had cared about the people under him, he would have grabbed an auxiliary craft and some Marians and left the ship to its captain to focus on the battle.
The reason the Operative was so angry was because he'd been outsmarted by someone he'd mistaken for a stupid country bumpkin. Mel Renalds was far too stubborn, but he'd repeatedly shown that he had a tactical mind worthy of any officer in the Aliance military, a loyal, capable crew, and his familiarity with the Balad of the Ancient Mariner showed that he was well educated. The Operative should have realized that Mel was planning a surprise, possibly involving the Reaver. Instead, he got that smile wiped right off of his face, and that ticked him off.
@@ethenallen1388 In the novel, the Operative had noted that if the Alliance had found Mal first as a child an indoctrinated him into believing in the Alliance, then Mal could have been one of the greatest Operatives ever.
@@ethenallen1388 Point of order,
The Operative did not order his ship to follow. He took an escape pod when the ship was, presumably, about to crash.
@@Svensk7119 I just took another look at the battle between the Alliance and the Reavers and it stayed mostly on the Serenity. The way the view shifted from Serenity to the Operative's ship does strongly imply that he was trying to follow them.
In the German version he says "But that doesn't mean, that I too want that."
Meraviglioso
Come on Castle! You got this man!
What I never understood was how Mr. Universe had so much clout. Did the tee vee show explain better, or not? I have only seen clips of the series.
He beat the operative! I be damned way to go mal
In the novel, the Operative had noted that if the Alliance had found Mal first as a child an indoctrinated him into believing in the Alliance, then Mal could have been one of the greatest Operatives ever.
The Operative also acknowledged to himself his own hubris in his defeat. He had previously reviewed Mal's entire file but had ignored the significance of the shrapnel injury as he had thought it hadn't impacted Mal's fighting ability. Thus, he had missed the fact that it had been moved and had not prepared an updated strategy.
Mine is wrath and why I summoned Ares