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locker_monster) wrote2008-04-16 08:24 pm
locker_monster) wrote2008-04-16 08:24 pm
Quick thoughts about Serenity: Better Days #2
I've gotten a little behind on my comic thoughts. I blame school. But it's the last week. Hooray!
I wonder why Dark Horse doesn't make Firefly into an actual comic series. I think there's enough demand out there; just look at how well Buffy Season Eight is doing. Or maybe they're just saving all the really good stories for a sequel. :-D
The only thing that annoys me about the Firefly comics is how they have to squeeze in this big story in just three issues. Since it's likely Dark Horse will keep releasing these comics, this is the only chance Browncoats will have to see any developments with the characters. And three issues just isn't enough. You have to service the story and please the fans with new content at the same time. It leaves me with the feeling of wanting more. Actually, that's probably the whole plan. Leave the fans wanting more. :-)
The best part about this issue was seeing how the crew would spend their share of the money. The best vision of the future, because it's poignant and completely impossible to ever see in the future, has to be Wash's. It's so simple; him, Zoe, and their child. I like to think this proves this story is set after "Heart of Gold" because Wash was so against the idea of having a family at that time. Clearly Zoe's argument convinced him maybe raising a kid on a ship isn't so bad after all. Of course, we'll never ever get to see this. Second place for best vision of the future has to be Book's. Whoo, hookers and blow. ;-) The "blink blink" sound effect by Wash's head made me laugh, mainly because that would be Wash's reaction but how the heck do you show that in comic book form? I do believe Book when he says he's kidding, but the fact that he can so aptly describe such a scene just fuels the theory that he was a crook or some such before becoming a preacher.
The others' were all right. We got to learn the name of Jayne's mother: Radiant. Hmm, I can see how Jayne ended up with such an odd name. ;-) Kaylee's was sweet, wanting to set up a parts shop for her dad. I don't know if it was supposed to be a joke, but I laughed when I noticed all the shelves Kaylee was riding past in that one panel were compression coils. I guess Kaylee never wants to be caught with a bad compression coil again. Interesting that in Simon's he sees River working with him, like he expects her to enter medicine as well. And River's... Well, that's River for you.
This whole Dust Devil thing seems a little weird. Too much stuff going on. Is Inara so put off by the idea that Mal might be a Dust Devil that she's willing to hand him over? I doubt that's the case. And was that Simon leaving Inara's shuttle at the end of the issue? I can see Mal and the others buying off people or something because the crew clearly didn't have any money by the time of the movie. Unless they spent it all upgrading the ship.
The best part about this issue was seeing how the crew would spend their share of the money. The best vision of the future, because it's poignant and completely impossible to ever see in the future, has to be Wash's. It's so simple; him, Zoe, and their child. I like to think this proves this story is set after "Heart of Gold" because Wash was so against the idea of having a family at that time. Clearly Zoe's argument convinced him maybe raising a kid on a ship isn't so bad after all. Of course, we'll never ever get to see this. Second place for best vision of the future has to be Book's. Whoo, hookers and blow. ;-) The "blink blink" sound effect by Wash's head made me laugh, mainly because that would be Wash's reaction but how the heck do you show that in comic book form? I do believe Book when he says he's kidding, but the fact that he can so aptly describe such a scene just fuels the theory that he was a crook or some such before becoming a preacher.
The others' were all right. We got to learn the name of Jayne's mother: Radiant. Hmm, I can see how Jayne ended up with such an odd name. ;-) Kaylee's was sweet, wanting to set up a parts shop for her dad. I don't know if it was supposed to be a joke, but I laughed when I noticed all the shelves Kaylee was riding past in that one panel were compression coils. I guess Kaylee never wants to be caught with a bad compression coil again. Interesting that in Simon's he sees River working with him, like he expects her to enter medicine as well. And River's... Well, that's River for you.
This whole Dust Devil thing seems a little weird. Too much stuff going on. Is Inara so put off by the idea that Mal might be a Dust Devil that she's willing to hand him over? I doubt that's the case. And was that Simon leaving Inara's shuttle at the end of the issue? I can see Mal and the others buying off people or something because the crew clearly didn't have any money by the time of the movie. Unless they spent it all upgrading the ship.
I wonder why Dark Horse doesn't make Firefly into an actual comic series. I think there's enough demand out there; just look at how well Buffy Season Eight is doing. Or maybe they're just saving all the really good stories for a sequel. :-D