Firefly beat Lost to the punch *very slight Lost spoilers* by Early

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Firefly beat Lost to the punch *very slight Lost spoilers*

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UPDATED: Friday, September 9, 2005 12:06
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Thursday, September 8, 2005 9:56 AM

Very Slight Lost spoilers

Ok so I was watching episode one of Lost with the commentary (yeah I'm that guy) and it came to the part where the guy got sucked through the jet engine. They made a comment on how dramatic that was and how it set the whole tone and how no one had ever done that on TV before. These guys obviously didn't watch The Train Job. Seriously people no one beats Joss to the punch, so quit trying.

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Friday, September 9, 2005 7:40 AM

SICKDUDE

Oh, tell me they didn't!!!

I find that weird, because you think they would've watched FF. JJ Abrams and Joss are about the same age, have similar interests, and are both based in Hollywood. Also, they've both worked with (the ever lovely) Gina Torrres.

Besides, that's not necessarily the first time. What about The Phantom Menace? The Incredibles? The X-Files (a wind tunnel, not an engine)?

As a sidenote, I got the Lost boxset also. Love it!

"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson

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Friday, September 9, 2005 8:07 AM

STEVETHEPIRATE

Keep the moment in context. In the Firefly episode, Mal was kicking a bad guy into the engine for refusing to alter a plan made with his equally bad boss. The scene was more about the act, not the engine. In the Lost episode, a guy on an island after a plane crash was wandering around aimlessly and got sucked into a still active engine. This scene is more about the gravity of the entire situation. The guy getting sucked into the engine makes everything more grim, maybe more real.

I haven't heard the commentary yet, but I'd think they were saying it hadn't been done within a certain context. Makes you wonder if Serenity's engine should have exploded, though ...

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Friday, September 9, 2005 8:35 AM

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Also, "Out of Gas" explored the characters' past through flashbacks before "Lost", so really the entire series could be considered a ripoff of that episode.

OK, I'm kidding, but I do think "Lost" is highly overrated.

"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon

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Friday, September 9, 2005 8:37 AM

JIMMYOLSEN

Dude, you don't seriously think Whedon was the first guy to have a guy being sucked through something and dieing do you? It happened in The X Files about 3 times.

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Friday, September 9, 2005 12:06 PM

SICKDUDE

Quote:
Originally posted by JimmyOlsen:
Dude, you don't seriously think Whedon was the first guy to have a guy being sucked through something and dieing do you? It happened in The X Files about 3 times.

Actually, I don't seriously think at all.

"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson

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