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Mal Reynolds is still my hero.
« on: 2011-11-18, 00:25:53 »


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Re: Mal Reynolds is still my hero.
« Reply #1 on: 2011-11-18, 09:13:39 »
Yep mine as well!  :)

Man I wish that show survived!  :'(
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« Reply #2 on: 2011-11-18, 14:01:55 »
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« Reply #3 on: 2011-11-18, 15:07:35 »
I never got into this...tried watching it but it didn't grab me.
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« Reply #4 on: 2011-11-18, 15:23:51 »
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Re: Mal Reynolds is still my hero.
« Reply #5 on: 2011-11-18, 15:54:12 »
The show was awesome. It takes a couple of episodes to realize just how well written it is. It doesn't help that the first episode they aired wasn't the actual pilot. They saved that for about half-way through the season.

But yeah, that's one of my favorite scenes in the whole series, is the sword fight... simply because of Mal's moment there. :)

BTW, you can skip to 8:30 in that clip to see the part we're referring to:

http://youtu.be/61doRQq7qbU?t=8m30s
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Re: Mal Reynolds is still my hero.
« Reply #6 on: 2011-11-18, 16:44:40 »
Didn't even know the show existed until Serenity hit theaters in 2005.  Went and saw the movie by itself, loved it, found out there was a show and was blown away.  Such a shame it didn't last beyond the first season.  I run through the DVD's now and again.
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« Reply #7 on: 2011-11-18, 17:11:00 »
Watching that clip now...is that...is that Morena Baccarin?  Holy crap, it is.  *drool*  You guys should see her in Homeland...she is flawless, as a physical specimen of beauty.

Edited to add:  there are a number of actors in this show that I like watching...Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin and Summer Glau to name a couple...might be I need to check this out more thoroughly.  I do recall seeing some weapons and clothing from the Serenity movie in the MRL catalog but they never sparked my interest so I figured the show would be the same way for me.  I might be wrong...imagine that.  lol
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« Reply #8 on: 2011-11-18, 19:09:11 »

Yeah, it really is top-notch all the way through. You just have to get used to its style, and that takes a couple of episodes. I'd watch them in the order they're on the DVD set, since they were shown out of order on TV. The DVD compilation sets it straight.
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« Reply #9 on: 2011-11-18, 20:02:28 »
netflix has the whole series as well!  ;)
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« Reply #10 on: 2011-11-18, 20:15:32 »
No netflix for me...I'll take your word for it that it is that good and just buy the dvd set.  should make for interesting watching over a weekend.
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Re: Mal Reynolds is still my hero.
« Reply #11 on: 2015-09-02, 20:40:36 »
Mal is one of the more perfect embodiments of the code of chivalry.