They reused the Starship Troopers armor as the Alliance armor to save money. TV executives didn't like the pilot. Joss and Tim wrote this episode over the weekend. I loved Mal kicking Crow into the engine.
I knew that stuff looked like Starship Troopers, I didn't think it was actually reused though that's kind of surprising. I am absolutely loving Mal as a captain!
There are lots of hints about the Companion's Guild. Inara mentioned it in the first pilot, talking to her young cliemt. She went to school on Sihnon, which is implied, is the capital world. Companions are more than sex workers, although they do that too- they have high social status, they are well trained, mannered and sophisticated. They are trained at music, dance, the arts, much like the mistresses, the demimondaine, at the French courts of the 17th & 18th Centuries. We get hints in the coming episodes and the movie...
"i would've thought they'd have some kind of defensive capabilities" it's the same as with civilian ships in international waters. they're not allowed to defend themselves. they're required to rely on the navy (real world) / alliance ( _firefly_ ).
@@WereintheBasement in the pilot, the alliance captain hopes that "someone will step on those roaches". the serenity survives by staying under the radar, by not being worth a lot of effort. it's easier to maintain plausible deniability when you're just thieving. there's no worse way to stay under the radar than to add military hardware to their ship.
You mentioned Randy Quaid. He and Jay Baruchel(of "She's Out Of My League," "This Is The End" and "How To Train Your Dragon") are almost a two man show in "Real Time."
@@WereintheBasement It isn't always immediately obvious, but everything River says or does is important, in one way or another. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to understand what it means, and sometimes you have to wait an episode or two. Unfortunately, Whedon had a 7-year plan for this show much like Buffy and Angel, but he did not get that time, and they had 11 or 12 episodes filmed/in the process of filming when the execs sent word that Firefly was being cancelled, instead. Fox aired the series out of order when it relied heavily on being serialized (unusual for the time), they scrapped the 2-episode pilot that set up most of the world-building, airing it last instead of airing the the 2 episodes that had been filmed, and they moved it around to different days and time slots at the last minute (that is to say, AFTER the TV guide for that week had been printed and sent out to stores and subscribers) so it was difficult to find. Honestly, it's kind of a miracle that the show developed a fan base AT ALL. Luckily though, it did create fans, and the internet (though kind of new) made it easier for us to find each other and to campaign to get a DVD collection released, to get the Sci-Fi channel to pick up Firefly and air it in the proper release order, and to prove to Universal that there would be enough interest in a feature film for them to take on the chance of giving Whedon a shot to do a movie to at least wrap up a few things for us at an accelerated pace.
Like the leafy lamp! Enjoyed the reaction. Yes, companions are respected members of society. (Mal doesn’t much respect the job but he does respect the people who hold it.) Not really what we think of a sex worker. More Geisha/ courtesan. They do attend an academy, the inference is from a young age.
Did anyone tell you because FOX refused the pilot they had a week to make this a pilot. They were so freaked out by it the next two episodes were made to be emergency pilots if needed.
"The Train Job": The-Fox-TV-executive-ordered "second 'Firefly" pilot. By the way, that "Shepherd Book" introduction didn't show up in the original broadcast or the DVD set. Mal "observes" Unification Day with a Donnybrook and takes a job from psychotic crimw boss Adelai Niska.
Actually, I caught the series when it was first run on TV (still have the VHS tapes from when I recorded it) and yeah, the intro is on there. Since Fox didn't run the pilot, the intro was added (Book first, later Mal) to explain the main worldbuilding plot points that we missed from not getting the pilot.
"Two by two, hands of blue" obviously refers to the two blue gloved Alliance agents seeking River.
"Obviously" 😅
They reused the Starship Troopers armor as the Alliance armor to save money.
TV executives didn't like the pilot. Joss and Tim wrote this episode over the weekend.
I loved Mal kicking Crow into the engine.
I knew that stuff looked like Starship Troopers, I didn't think it was actually reused though that's kind of surprising.
I am absolutely loving Mal as a captain!
The armor was also used in one of the Power Rangers shows, "Lost Galaxy".
LOL The Feds on the train were wearing Starship Troopers uniforms
There are lots of hints about the Companion's Guild. Inara mentioned it in the first pilot, talking to her young cliemt. She went to school on Sihnon, which is implied, is the capital world. Companions are more than sex workers, although they do that too- they have high social status, they are well trained, mannered and sophisticated. They are trained at music, dance, the arts, much like the mistresses, the demimondaine, at the French courts of the 17th & 18th Centuries. We get hints in the coming episodes and the movie...
"i would've thought they'd have some kind of defensive capabilities"
it's the same as with civilian ships in international waters. they're not allowed to defend themselves. they're required to rely on the navy (real world) / alliance ( _firefly_ ).
Yeah, but no secret weapons? They aren't allowed to rob trains either or steal Alliance goods
@@WereintheBasement
in the pilot, the alliance captain hopes that "someone will step on those roaches". the serenity survives by staying under the radar, by not being worth a lot of effort. it's easier to maintain plausible deniability when you're just thieving. there's no worse way to stay under the radar than to add military hardware to their ship.
Also same in the real world. You can rob someone and it's a misdemeanor. Even if a firearm is just present it is now a felony.
You mentioned Randy Quaid. He and Jay Baruchel(of "She's Out Of My League," "This Is The End" and "How To Train Your Dragon") are almost a two man show in "Real Time."
The last scene you see the guys asking about river had blue gloves on and there are two of them, hence "two by two, hands of blue"
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@@WereintheBasement It isn't always immediately obvious, but everything River says or does is important, in one way or another. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to understand what it means, and sometimes you have to wait an episode or two. Unfortunately, Whedon had a 7-year plan for this show much like Buffy and Angel, but he did not get that time, and they had 11 or 12 episodes filmed/in the process of filming when the execs sent word that Firefly was being cancelled, instead. Fox aired the series out of order when it relied heavily on being serialized (unusual for the time), they scrapped the 2-episode pilot that set up most of the world-building, airing it last instead of airing the the 2 episodes that had been filmed, and they moved it around to different days and time slots at the last minute (that is to say, AFTER the TV guide for that week had been printed and sent out to stores and subscribers) so it was difficult to find. Honestly, it's kind of a miracle that the show developed a fan base AT ALL.
Luckily though, it did create fans, and the internet (though kind of new) made it easier for us to find each other and to campaign to get a DVD collection released, to get the Sci-Fi channel to pick up Firefly and air it in the proper release order, and to prove to Universal that there would be enough interest in a feature film for them to take on the chance of giving Whedon a shot to do a movie to at least wrap up a few things for us at an accelerated pace.
Mal was hoping to steal from the Soul Train. It didn't work out.
Like the leafy lamp! Enjoyed the reaction.
Yes, companions are respected members of society. (Mal doesn’t much respect the job but he does respect the people who hold it.) Not really what we think of a sex worker. More Geisha/ courtesan. They do attend an academy, the inference is from a young age.
Thank you! Keep an eye out I'm hoping to be able to post these weekly.
Did anyone tell you because FOX refused the pilot they had a week to make this a pilot. They were so freaked out by it the next two episodes were made to be emergency pilots if needed.
"Two by two, hands of blue" - didn't you notice the creepy guys at the end were wearing blue gloves?
I was expecting it to be more metaphorical, I was really scratching my brain.
"The Train Job": The-Fox-TV-executive-ordered "second 'Firefly" pilot. By the way, that "Shepherd Book" introduction didn't show up in the original broadcast or the DVD set. Mal "observes" Unification Day with a Donnybrook and takes a job from psychotic crimw boss Adelai Niska.
Actually, I caught the series when it was first run on TV (still have the VHS tapes from when I recorded it) and yeah, the intro is on there. Since Fox didn't run the pilot, the intro was added (Book first, later Mal) to explain the main worldbuilding plot points that we missed from not getting the pilot.