![]() But Mal and the others assume that something like this is the case. Universe and is waiting for the crew with a gigantic fleet. The Alliance has already tracked down Mr. That brings us to my favorite scene in the movie. Universe to relay the departed inhabitant’s transmission. So the crew decide to tell the whole galaxy, using Mr. And it is what the Alliance wants to remain hidden. That was the secret River captured in her mind during the surgeries. River’s psychic connection to the Reavers comes from the memories of one of the doctors who must’ve been on the planet at that time. All except for a small percentage of the population who grew volatile, and eventually, became the notorious Reavers. The people laid down and died, literally. According to a transmission left behind by one of the planet’s inhabitants, the Pax worked too well. They used a chemical called G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate, or Pax for short, to make the human population more docile. It turns out the Alliance had been trying to create a utopia. They fly through the fleet of Reaver ships, land on Miranda, and discover the Alliance’s terrible secret. Everyone is reluctant to take part but in the end, they acquiesce, and the Serenity is covered in red paint and corpses. He plans to visit Miranda in the hopes of finding something he can use to get the Alliance off his back. Universe.ĭesperate, Mal decides to cover his beloved ship with the bodies of his friends in the town to disguise the Serenity as a Reaver Ship. ![]() ![]() but the movie failed to do this, only showing the characters we’d seen earlier in the film, save for Mr. Here, would’ve been a great moment to recap different points in the series, showing the various villains and allies they’d met along the way. It turns out the Alliance has been going through all the crew’s contacts and murdering them. But this was by no means the worst moment in the film. So I can understand why Firefly fans would be disappointed by the Shepherd’s death. But remember, unlike many fans, I hadn’t seen the Firefly series yet. Admittedly, it meant little to me when I first watched the movie. Dropped plot points like that almost always annoy an audience - and a plot point that has frequently been alluded to is going to stick out like a sore thumb. But both the series and the movie hinting frequently at the Shepherd’s dark past, a past we will now never see. Having familiar characters die is not a bad thing in and of itself. The Shepherd’s death introduced a real story problem. But when they arrive, they find the town destroyed. Instead, they return to the Shepherd’s town. They debate going to the planet but decide against it because there is a fleet of Reavers between Miranda and their current location. But thanks to some last-minute trickery from Inara, she and Mal manage to escape.Īfter this, River finally remembers the meaning of the word “Miranda.” She tells the crew that the word is actually the name of a planet. ![]() When he arrives at Inara’s home, he and the Operative fight. When Inara calls Mal, he quickly realizes it’s a trap, but goes to spring the trap anyway because he fears for Inara. He goes to see the ambassador Inara on her home planet and sets a trap for Mal. In the next scene, the Operative appears again. ![]() This becomes a problem as we’ll see later. The Shepherd also drops hints regarding his past. It’s not a big deal, but it does provide a hint that Joss Whedon was having some trouble reconciling the movie’s script with the series. So, now we come to understand that the series, the events of the movie, and the time gap needed to change the nature of Mal and the Shepherd’s relationship all happened within less than a year. Earlier in the film, Mal points out that Simon and River have been on his ship for eight months. Now it seems as though Mal has begun looking to the Shepherd for guidance. In the series, Mal and the Shepherd were always at odds and most of their arguments seemed to center around matters of faith. I want to take a moment here to point out a small but poignant plot hole in the movie. ![]()
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