Comments on: Sari-nity

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:03:46 +0000

Hmmm, somehow I missed that movie. By the by, there's a movement afoot to get a second season of Firefly made.

Er, I'm not so sure that's legit - there have been questions floating about the web on how sincere that effort really is.

By: M E-L

M E-L — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:41:23 +0000

No, Alan Tudyk played Heath Ledger's squire in A Knight's Tale.

Hmmm, somehow I missed that movie. By the by, there's a movement afoot to get a second season of Firefly made.

//Whedon-fan

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:49:21 +0000

Don't you mean Nathan Fillion?

No, Alan Tudyk played Heath Ledger's squire in A Knight's Tale.

By: Amba

Amba — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:48:58 +0000

The movie didn’t eschew desi philosophy entirely: don’t you remember Mal’s ‘Lord Buddha, please bring me a pony?’ The planet that Inara was on seemed to be South Asian-themed: the aforementioned Buddha looked more like a traditional Indian depiction than an East Asian one, and Inara’s clothes were India-inspired throughout the movie.

By: Charu

Charu — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:37:52 +0000

"Btw I think there was a hint of a Punjabi song in an episode too."

I heard that song on the series DVD. It was from an old Punjabi folk song O'Ma-da-nee-a or something like that. Shame they don't list the music or songs on the DVDs. It was a cool song would luv to know who sang it.

By: M E-L

M E-L — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:55:20 +0000

"Heath Ledger"? Don't you mean Nathan Fillion? And hey, um, spoiler alert.

By: Manoj

Manoj — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:40:10 +0000

andrea: you wonder, and the firefly faithful put up a website.

Are the actors speaking Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, or some mixture? All the dialog is Mandarin Chinese with the occasional Taiwan Mandarin Chinese flavor (e.g., si for shi).

By: Desi Kirk

Desi Kirk — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:22:39 +0000

I knew you would comment here Andrea :p … But you are right about the ‘ethnic’ element. In the Firefly universe, Mandarin is a second language to English and the desi clothes are mostly worn by the ‘companions’ (respected geishas in that world). That gives the show an ‘international’ outlook I guess. Not sure how that makes me feel. I really loved the show because I am a sucker for scifi. Btw I think there was a hint of a Punjabi song in an episode too.

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:48:33 +0000

nope, it’s Morena/Inara… i so want to be her, but am much more Kaylee.sigh.

Firefly had its share of desi-inspired costuming. One of the guest characters in the episode where they crash a posh ball is decked out in a sherwani (and looks pretty darn good, even though he’s a total jerk in the episode) … I distinctly remember Inara in lehenga choli in one episode as well. Guess I have to go back and re-watch the whole series – again – to find other examples. But it’s mostly in the clothes; the ‘ethnic’ element, (note that all of the characters, even the Tam siblings, are white except Zoe…and the villains), is definedly Chinese. I wonder if those are REAL Chinese swear words they throw around?

And i missed the Punjabi on the ship parts ! good catch )

By: Gujjubhai Is Confused

Gujjubhai Is Confused — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:34:10 +0000

Ummm…isn’t that Teri Hatcher in the Sari-ish thing?