tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067790849166063967.post4827599385036848647..comments2023-05-24T14:41:28.979+01:00Comments on Doll House | Hot House: SerenityI.V.P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17167362896416316361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067790849166063967.post-85997360965681322672010-02-06T01:26:33.108+00:002010-02-06T01:26:33.108+00:00'it felt forced and inconsistent with earlier ...'it felt forced and inconsistent with earlier successes.'<br /><br />Totally didn't even consider that. Tbh, I don't really evaluate probabilities when I'm watching <i>Serenity</i>. You can punch about a gazillion holes in its plot if you wanted to. (Why do they have to deliver the package in person? Inara's 'wave' demonstrated that you can send video messages across space...)<br /><br />The lack of a 'sense of danger' was exactly the problem Wash's death was supposed to solve. I guess the close juxtaposition of incredible luck (space battle) and some very bad luck (harpoon) could be jarring. I think it was DESIGNED to be jarring. I guess the unintended consequence was that it stuck people in the 'WTF just happened??' phase of grief for too long...<br /><br />And I am SO gonna quote you on that.I.V.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17167362896416316361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067790849166063967.post-90568321246659090222010-02-06T00:56:58.116+00:002010-02-06T00:56:58.116+00:00Wash's death was a problem for me because it j...Wash's death was a problem for me because it just didn't feel real. Not at any point did the realisation occur. Part of this problem is due to the way his death happened. The harpoon did seem a little too random. Not only did I not expect it, but I didn't understand it. This might just be stupidity on my part, but I remember being far more concerned with (and confused by) what went through him, rather than his mortal peril. I suppose I just didn't feel that there was ever the chance that an important character would die because it just doesn't make all that much sense. They just escaped an entire fleet of crazed cannibals and the colonial fleet enacting what can only be described as 'the most insanely dangerous plan ever' and survived. There just wasn't any sense of danger there. Buffy had a whole season (and because this was the final ever episode, you could argue it had seven) to build up this incredible climax where I could believe an important character could die because the stakes were so high and consequently Anya's death hit pretty hard for me.<br />I can see why Whedon would want a character dead at this point to stress that every character was in jeopardy, but it felt forced and inconsistent with earlier successes. And anyway, if you want a real hard-hitting "random" and unexpected death then show someone dying from a foolish everyday accident, a car crash or even from some illness (N.B. Joyce's death from Buffy - Amazing!). Harpoon through the chest? It's just too dramatic.....<br />I know this might sound like I'm bashing Serenity, but I think that Wash's death was an anomaly Having thought more about the film since, I really have warmed to it. Ejiofor's Operative was truly an incredible character - he might even be one of my favourite villains/antagonists of all time, film-wise (don't quote me on that, but he is aaaawesome).Ihttp://i.comnoreply@blogger.com