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Ten Things I Learned from FireFly:

1. How to swear in Mandarin
2. Walk softly and carry a big Jayne
3. Mudder's Milk isn't always sweet
4. If you get drunk, make sure there's no preacher in the area first
5. Dancing is good for the artificially-induced, mentally-unstable soul
6. Dead is dead - it don't much matter who pulls the trigger
7. If it looks too good to be true, shoot 1st and ask questions later
8. Cross-dressing isn't for everyone
9. Even the best laid plans tend to not go smooth
10. You can get protein from food, but not necessarily food from protein.


Translations I've picked up that show up often in these stories *grin*:

xiao mei mei = little sister (affectionate diminutive)
mei mei = sister
Tzao gao = oh crap.
Wuh de ma = mother of god
ta mah duh = mother--cker
kuang = madman
go se = dog sh-t
Luh-suh = crappy
dong ma = understand/clear
Hwun dahn = B-st-rd, Son of a b-tch, Stupid, etc

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5 Things I Learned from 'Firefly'

One of the more inspirational television series for me over the past several years has been "Firefly." The short-lived science fiction show hit a nerve with many fans and critics. While one group embraced the cowboy/sci-fi genre, the other largely disregarded it. In many ways the show was ahead of its time, but it taught me a few things about life:

Family Comes First : When Sean Maher's Dr. Simon Tam breaks every rule in the book and spends a ton of cash to get his sister, played by a really young looking Summer Glau, out of a government lab that is experimenting on her, the series emphasizes just how important family is and at what lengths brothers will go to in order to protect their baby sisters. On a grander scale though, Dr. Tam has it right.

Geeks can be Really Hot : Girls that know how to fix things can intimidate a lot of guys, but girls that know a lot about machinery and spaceships can be downright terrifying. If Kaylee, played to sultry perfection by Jewel Staite, were any more knowledgeable she would have been on another show. She is a bit of a nerd and awkward, but she is a vision. Of course, Nathan Fillion's Captain Malcolm Reynolds is not exactly the coolest guy in the school, but he is obviously not lacking in the charm department either.

Sometimes the Fast Decision is the Best One : In one episode a gun wielding agent is holding a member of the crew hostage, when Reynolds walks onto the ship the guy starts to talk only to be shot by the savvy captain. This scene taught me that sometimes the decisions you make on the fly can be the best ones of all, because everything turned out alright for him.

Loyalty Means a Great Deal : The crew of Serenity, the ship featured on "Firefly," might not be the best or the brightest, but their dedication and trust to one another is unquestioned (with the exception of the brilliant Adam Baldwin's Jayne on occasion). Loyalty and belief in your friends are important qualities. I think we could all benefit from the characters that were featured regularly on the show.

The End Can Come Quickly and Unexpectedly : When "Firefly" was unceremoniously yanked from the airwaves by a certain broadcast company (the name rhymes with box), it underscored just how quick and unexpected life can be. The fact is: sometimes you don't get to say goodbye.

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Ten things I learned from watching Firefly

If your captain is a decent sort, but he leaves you behind, he probably had a pretty compelling reason. He'll be back. Try not to get yourself set on fire while you're waiting.

If you can't fix it, bypass it. If you can't bypass it, you'd better have a spare.

Hitting someone with a closed fist can hurt, but it is, on occasion, hilarious.

Sometimes kissing can lead to unpleasantness.

Always have a plan B.

Don't get greedy. You could end up getting smacked upside the head with a wrench and maybe thrown out of an airlock.

Never underestimate the destructive powers of a stressed-out teenage girl.

If you're a married man, never praise another woman's cooking, unless you never want to have sex again.

No matter how carefully you plan, things almost never go smooth.

Never say 'no' to a man whose got you trussed up near an engine intake.

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Things I learned from Firefly
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I learned that betrayal is sudden, but inevitable.

I learned that I can wear my pretty floral bonnet and still end someone.

I learned that the Bible is a mite fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

I learned that Stegosaurus and a T-Rex can never be friends.

I learned that after a long day, you’ll feel better if your spouse tears your clothes off.

I learned that spaceships are not science fiction but telepathy is.

I learned that, despite being told not to hit someone in the face with a closed fist, sometimes it’s just hi-larious.

I learned that the key to most situations is giving Jayne a heavy stick and standing back.

I learned that “If someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back!”

I learned that if someone vows revenge, kick them into the intake of the port engine.

I learned from Jayne the best way to make a girlfriend (or drag-queen friend) feel better about herself. Tell her, “If I could make you prettier, I would!”

I learned form Jayne that it’s best not to kiss’em on the mouth.

I learned that nuthin’ from nuthin’ is uh… nuthin’

I learned that some things need to be translated into Captain Dummy Speak.

I learned to swear in Chinese.

I learned the Bible can be pretty racy when it discusses plows.

I learned: stealing medicine from very sick frontier folk: BAD; stealing medicine from Alliance Hospital and selling to not as sick frontier folk: GOOD.

I learned that strawberries can be very erotic.

I learned that tearing the clothes off your spouse is work… work… work. But hey, somebody’s gotta do it!

I learned “whore” is just another way to say “I Love You”.

I learned that if someone tries to kill me, it’s ok to kill’em back.

I discovered that I’m happy with being just all right.

I learned that if you love it… it will go away.

I learned that while there isn’t always justice in the universe, there always friends.

I learned that no power in the ‘Verse can stop me.

I learned that once you’ve found Serenity, you can’t live anywhere else.

I’ve learned that if I’m still flyin’… it’s enough. Everything else will come in time.

I learned that sometimes it’s better to go to your bunk.

I learned that big, ugly, violent guys look better in red.

I learned that sex is a thing worth surviving for.

I learned that Joss Whedon is an unmercyful god, and sometimes the devil.

I learned the readings of Shang-Yu.

I learned to never trust a woman called Saffron, Brigitte or Yolanda.

I learned that is better to vote on the whole murdering people issue.

I learned that you don’t fix faith, it fixes you.

12 Things We Learned From the 'Firefly' Special 'Browncoats Unite'

Joss Whedon's Firefly premiered on Fox on September 20, 2002. The show averaged a measly 4.7 million viewers per episode and was 125th in Nielsen ratings. It was canceled after eleven of the fourteen produced episodes aired.

But the show lived on. In fact, it became more popular after the show was canceled. Fans started throwing viewing parties of the DVD to recruit new fans.

Ten years later the Science Channel filmed a special panel with the cast that aired last night called "Browncoats Unite." The anniversary special took place before the Comic-Con 2012 audience panel and featured five of the original cast members: Alan Tudyk (Hoban “Wash” Washburne), Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb), Nathan Fillion (Captain “Mal” Reynolds), Summer Glau (River Tam), Sean Maher (Dr. Simon Tam) sitting around a table along with executive producer Tim Minear and writer Jose Molina. Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra), Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye) and Gina Torres (Zoë Washburne ) were interviewed separately and their clips are woven into the special.

Here are 12 of the best things I learned from the Firefly Browncoats Unite special.

12. Tudyk Had a Lot of Great Ideas for the Show "Alan Tudyk definitely pitched the most episodes." Fillion said, "He had a great one where there were some criminals who engage in illegal dogfights, and there was a planet where one side of the planet was perpetual night. They had these big, feral dogs there that were so mean and awful, and we had to go out and trap them.

"We had this dog pheromone of some kind, and Jayne was messing around, and splat!, the thing bursts and we're all covered in this pheromone. So we have to run back to the ship with these feral dogs chasing us, and we get the dogs back to the hold of the ship, and we're safe. But in the journey back to get them back to the criminals, River comes in, communes with the dogs, and domesticates them. So now they're the same dogs, just nice."

Jewel Staite added, "This is the stuff that Alan thinks about ... Dog fights, mustaches, and tattoos. He's a strange man."

Note: This wasn't part of the special as it aired, but was referenced to by Tudyk and Blastr provided the quotes.

11. Jayne Was Intentionally Played Over the Top : Adam Baldwin decided to see how far he could take the gruff nature of Jayne's character. He played him as extreme as he could. Baldwin gave the example of the line "nothing into nothing, carry the nothing...still nothing." He said that Fillion stopped him to ask, "Is he really going to talk like that?"

10. Wash Wore the Same Thing as Joss Whedon : Tudyk came on set for the first time with his red hair spiked and wearing a gaudy Hawaiian shirt. To his amazement Whedon walked on set wearing, as Tudyk said laughing, "the exact...same...shirt!" A photo of Whedon wearing one of his Hawaiian shirts is shown to illustrate the point. Whedon loved his shirts.


9. They Wrote the First Episode in a Weekend : After the pilot was made, the studio complained about the tone and style. Torres pointed out the Fox audience, at the time, was a young audience. They felt the episode was too dark, without enough humor. They also complained about a lack of action. Whedon and Minear didn't think it would get picked up. But they got the call to make the next episode. The problem? They had to write the first episode in a weekend. The team got it done and "The Train Job" was born. It had everything the studio wanted and became an instant classic.


8. Wash’s Anger Was Real : Minear talked about how the "Techobabble" (the term used for technical jargon) was stressful for the crew and sometimes literally meant nothing. The cast had to try and make it work for the audience.

In the fifth episode, "Out of Gas", they gave Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion the script for the scene when they argue about how to save the ship an hour before filming. They were furious and Tudyk used that anger in the scene.

Tudyk says it's his favorite scene from the whole series.


7. Joss Told Them They Were All Expendable : Baldwin said Joss impressed on them the show was not called the "Captain Mal Show" or the "Jayne Show.” It was Firefly and anything could happen to the characters. Baldwin said this convinced him to make his character loveable "quick." It led him to wear the beloved goofy hat from Ma Cobb as proudly as he could.


6. "Out of Gas" Began With Mal Dying : The writers were in a tough spot and running out of time. The ratings were poor and they needed a good episode. Whedon and Minear were having dinner and Joss asked,"Can the episode start with Mal shot in the gut? Can he just be gut shot and bleeding out in the cargo bay?" From there,they formed the origin episode to give the viewer’s something to talk about in hopes of boosting the ratings. Gina Torres said they wanted the fans to say, "This is what I learned this week. You have to watch this show!"


5. The Constant Threat of Cancellation Brought Them Together : The cast talked often about how the threat of being cancelled pushed them to make the show better. Baldwin said, “We're on the chopping block from the get go...so we need to make the best show we can because we don't know how long we're going to be around.” The rest of the crew nodded in agreement. When they announced they were canceled, the crew took it hard. Fillion said he couldn't sleep that night because he thought the set was going to be so sad and everyone would be dragging. It was the opposite. Everyone knew it was over, but they decided to give the last three or four days everything they had.


4. Tudyk's Autograph Made a Fan Cry : ***Spoiler Alert*** : The Serenity movie had just come out, and the infamous line, "I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar." was immortalized as the final words of Wash’s character. Shortly after that, Tudyk went to a convention. Signing an autograph for a fan he wrote, "I'm a leaf on the wind" and handed it to her. She bawled, "How could you write this on my picture?!" He quickly got her another picture. That's how deeply the fans were affected by the characters.


3. Inara’s Secret Was Revealed : There was a dark secret in Inara's character that was never revealed on the show. She seemed to be running from something that she didn't want to talk about. In the episode "Out of Gas" Simon said, "I don't want to die [on this ship]," Inara replied, "I don't want to die at all." Minear and the cast debated whether they should reveal Inara's secret, in case the show comes back. Finally, it was confirmed for the first time: Inara was dying from a terminal illness.


2. The Lost Episode That Silenced the Cast : During the final part of the special, Minear is sharing some story ideas that never made it to film. In the pilot episode, when the crew is going to be boarded by Reavers we see her holding a syringe. The fans have often speculated what it was. It turns out when Inarra takes the drug to kills anyone who rapes her. In one lost episode she is taken by the brutal Reavers and Mal goes after her. He goes on board and finds her surrounded by dead Reavers. The entire ship raped her. He finds her horribly brutalized. Mal gets down on one knee. It was supposed to be a turning point for their relationship. He finally treats her like a lady. The reaction from the cast is striking. Everyone goes silent and Tudyk lays his head on the table saying, "That is so dark." In fact, this is the first story Whedon proposed to Minear saying, “these are the kind of stores I want to tell."


1. The Firefly Crew Was Captain Mal : Fillion pointed out that, to him, the crew represented different parts of his personality that he had lost. Book was his faith. Zoe is his capacity for love. Wash is his humor and Jayne is his selfishness, although Baldwin added "brawn" which made the cast laugh.

It was great seeing the cast back together again and I'm looking forward to the inevitable DVD of the special, which will bring even more of the signal.


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