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Posted by Lee@DVDDebate on 10/12/05 09:28
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:27:30 +0100, Jason N
<news@REMOVETHISTOREPLYjnewt.clara.co.uk> wrote:
**SPOILERS (for anyone stupid enough to still be reading this thread
and not realised that already)
>> He didn't die a hero, though, did he? His death was nothing to do with
>> landing the ship. OK, he did a bit of great piloting and saved
>> everyone, but his death was not as a result of his heroism. He just
>> died. This is what pisses me off about Wash's death; the pointlessness
>> of it. To me he might as well have choked on a grape. The way he died
>> meant nothing. If he stayed on board to pilot the ship alone so that
>> everyone else could jump to safety and live, then fair enough.
>
>He successfully glided the ship in for a crash landing, saving everyone
>on the ship. That made him a hero. He then died. He didn't stop being a
>hero because of that.
The same would still be true if he died by choking on a grape after
the crash landing. he would still have died immediately *after* doing
something heroic but he didn't die *doing* something heroic. That's
the difference.
> I do see what you are saying, but I don't agree
>with it. As regards pointlessness, it raised the stakes for the final
>battle immensely. Didn't you fear for everyone's life after that?
>
You're right, I did, and that just made me want to not bother watching
it any further. If he'd killed Kaylee I would have walked before the
end credits!
Lee.
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