Posted by Angus Manwaring on 10/11/05 20:21

On 11-Oct-05 09:42:00, Lee@DVDDebate said
>On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:40:40 +0100, Jason N
><news@REMOVETHISTOREPLYjnewt.clara.co.uk> wrote:




I don't want to be accused of being unpleasant, but...





SPOILER SPACE, TWATTY!!!!


































>>In the context of the movie I think the death worked, and certainly
>>don't think it was cheap or meaningless as I have heard some people
>>claim. The character died a hero having just crash-landed the ship and
>>saving the whole crew.
>>
>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.

>I just liked Wash. He was my favourite character and killing him in
>such a shit way was enough to put me off wanting to see the film
>again. I honestly didn't think I'd say that. Worse than that, it also
>makes me disinclined to re watch the series because now I know that
>characters actions are ultimately futile as he'll be dead soon anyway.

>>I don't think I would have liked the manner of death so much if it had
>>happened in Firefly, but in the movie I think it worked well, however
>>sorry I was to see the end of the character. The stakes have to be
>>raised in a movie to keep an audience's interest, and so that's why this
>>worked for me.
>>
>>Something I forgot to mention in a previous post was Zoe's reaction. I
>>have read complaints abouther reaction. Anyone that took notice of her
>>in the show shouldn't be surprised at her going into soldier mode. She
>>was in a war where she saw friends killed, and had to fight on. That
>>what she does here, but this time almost gets herself killed by not
>>keeping control of herself completely. I thought her reaction was
>>completely in keeping with the character.
>>
>I could see that that was the thinking, but it just came off as
>nonchalance. Also, none of the rest of the crew seemed to give a toss
>either and went on happily cracking jokes.

>Lee.
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