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mcv <mcvmcv@xs4all.nl> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic gray.wizard@moria.mines wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 May 2006 07:36:45 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>It also made you pretty sure that River was going to die too when she
>>>ran out, tossed the med pack in and sealed the door.
>> 
>> Yeah, damn bastard...I fell for it hook, line, and sinker, too.
>
>I didn't. River is never going to die. At least not permanently. It'd
>be like killing Buffy.

Um, hasn't Buffy died at least twice in her series?

The parallel between River and Buffy doesn't fit though - Buffy is the
core of her show, River is a supporting cast member.

Buffy had to be brought back for the show to continue, River did not
have to survive the movie since there isn't likely to be any more
Firefly in any form,  and he'd already killed two of the cast off.

It could easily have ended up with Mal sending out the wave, then making
it back to the others just in time for the Reavers to break in and kill
them all.

Be a downer for sure, but when the writer/director *KNOWS* there isn't
going to be any more there's no _need_ to keep the cast alive.

Xocyll
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