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Or, why I love Captain Tightpants

He's turned being an ass into an art form.  He's heroic when he doesn't want to be.  He's resolutely impractical. He's stupidly loyal. He's comically inept with the woman he loves and a damned fine hand at everything else.  He's Joss Whedon's best (male) creation since Spike went all mushy on us. 

Three reasons to love Mal Reynolds


  • He's darned heroic

  • He has a way with words

  • I did mention the tight pants, right?

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Doesn't that feel good?

“Well, my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”

There can be only one winner

For a straight guy, Joss Whedon does a pretty good job of writing sexy male characters. One drawls, wears tight pants, and shoots straight. One snarls, bleaches his hair and drinks blood. Convince us all that your choice is the right one!

Who's sexier, Mal or Spike?

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Mal Reynolds, aka Capt. Tightpants

sonia_simone says:

Ah, Victoria is giving me fond memories . . .

Posted January 02, 2008

Victoria_Neely says:

Then there was that time he was Capt. NoPants!

Posted January 02, 2008

flowergardener says:

I want to see more! more please, more!

Posted December 28, 2007

Spike, the vampire with Billy Idol's haircut

GypsyPirate says:

Captain TightPants is hot, but...there's just something about Spike. Yummy.

Posted December 15, 2007

sonia_simone says:

They both have the reluctant hero thing going on, but I'll always have a soft spot for Spike's snarly, snarky cynicism. Sure, it's just an act--that makes it even better.

Posted December 15, 2007

 

Firefly in Chinese

One of the amazing things about Firefly was the casual (often barely audible) use of Chinese. The natural mix of English and Chinese told a great backstory about the cultural future of the planet, as well as being a convenient way for Joss Whedon to let his characters swear.

Here are a few of my favorites; you can find more at fireflyfans.net

Gun-hoe-tze-bee-dio-se: Engage in a feces-hurling contest with a monkey.

Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze fuh ur-tze: Son of a drooling whore and a monkey.

Tai-kong suo-yo duh shing-chiouh doh sai-jin wuh duh pee-goo: Everything in space is stuffed up my ass.

Firefly books and soundtrack from Amazon

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What's your favorite Mal quote?

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Mercy is the mark of a great man. (stabs him a little.) I guess I'm just a good one. (stabs him a little more.) Well, I'm all right.

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Well, my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

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We can't die, Bendis. And do you know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

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I don't like fellows that kill me. Not in general.

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Wash. We've got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss.

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But when a man engages in clandestine dealings, he has his preference for things going smooth. She makes things not be smooth.

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Get the DVDs!

You can watch them a million times and keep seeing new things. The extras are great as well.

(snif) I can't believe the gorram bastards cancelled it.
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