Talk:Objects in Space
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[edit] Editorial assistance needed
I'm rather unhappy with the synopsis I wrote for this episode. (I think I'm burnt out after the other 12 Firefly episode articles I fleshed out. Now I know why it takes so long for TV episode articles to get written!) I think it needs a less subjective tone, although the episode is so fraught with symbolism that it's hard (for me at the moment, at least) to see how to convey its content without the subjectivity. I'd really appreciate some editorial assistance to clean it up. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 08:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Who is Sir Mildred Pierce?
And why is it the link for 76? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.151.13.191 (talk • contribs) 17:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- Good question. I hadn't bothered to check this out when it was added to the article a while back. Now I see that the current article on Sir Mildred Pierce contains a bunch of non-existent or broken links, there is no sign of either SMP or 76 (apparently a collaborator) in All-Music Guide, and the most prominent Google traces of this name come from flickr (a personal picture website), copies of WP, and other music-related, anyone-can-post sites. I am nominating the SMP article for deletion and have removed the info from this one. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fett reference
Okay, I'm 99% sure that Boba Fett is the inspiration for this particular episode. It's been a while, but I know Joss references Fett in the episode commentary; I just can't remember to what degree. I'm not at a point where I can just pop in the disc and double-check it (since I'd have to watch the entire episode... oh darn), but I'm restoring it with a {{fact}} tag. I should have time tomorrow to watch it; when I do (or if someone else wants to beat me to it), I'll either add the notation or remove the entire line (obviously depending on the results of the commentary). That work for you, Plange? EVula 02:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sure thing! Since you're going to the trouble, can you also note which track # it was on too? Eventually we'll have to do that for all of our sources from the DVD but we may as well get it for new ones... thanks! plange 02:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Absolutely. Hmm, perhaps I should scour some of the other Firefly articles to see if there's anything else I can validate at the same time. It'll be like killing two psychotic bounty hunters with one pseudo-psychic ploy... hmm, that phrase just doesn't work as well as the original. Blast! EVula 02:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Okay, so I won't be able to get to it tonight, and the next opportunity I'll have the time to do so will be this weekend. Just giving you a head's up so that you didn't think I'd forgotten about this. :) EVula 14:55, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Finally watched it; Jubal Early is most definitely inspired by Boba Fett. I've rewritten the trivia bullet [1] with the new information. I've got the chapter number in a comment; if at some point we do in-depth inline references, there it is. I also added the chapter for the Nausea reference, too.
- I'm still watching the episode, and will edit the article some more as I hear more that I can. EVula 18:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Last Episode
Is it just me, or did this episode really feel like it had some inside commentary about the series cancellation? The bounty hunter is named "Early" .. the series was cancelled early. The hunter could represent the critics and/or network execs who ended the series early. The bounty hunter seems to know everything about the characters, but seems to focus on wierd details, his quirky questions could be seen as the critics not understanding this series. Food for thought ... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.219.88.140 (talk • contribs).
- Hate to say it, but its just you. "Objects in Space" wasn't the last episode to be filmed; that was "The Message". I think you're just reading way too much into Early's last name (and everything else). EVula 20:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Plus it's WP:OR and so not appropriate for the article. We can only give the explanation given by Whedon himself for Early's name - Jubal Early was a Civil War general who Fillion claims was an ancestor. There's no proof he was an ancestor, so we can't go that far and say he is one, only that Fillion told Whedon that, and Whedon liked the name and used it. --plange 20:27, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, there's not even a source for the Fillion connection; the bullet says that Joss mentions it in the commentary, but I didn't hear it when I was listening for the Boba Fett reference. EVula 20:40, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
