How can I work Firefly/Serenity into a wedding speech?
October 10, 2010 6:49 AM Subscribe
I'm giving a speech at a wedding next week, and in need of some geeky quotes to work in!
The bride and groom are big Firefly fans, but I've looked through a couple quote collections from the show and haven't found anything that I could fit easily into a wedding toast. Other similar geeky shows are encouraged, especially Lost, but if anyone can take some Firefly reference and twist it into marriage advice, a toast, or other appropriate form, that'd work best. Let's have it, MeFi!
The bride and groom are big Firefly fans, but I've looked through a couple quote collections from the show and haven't found anything that I could fit easily into a wedding toast. Other similar geeky shows are encouraged, especially Lost, but if anyone can take some Firefly reference and twist it into marriage advice, a toast, or other appropriate form, that'd work best. Let's have it, MeFi!
"I'll be in my bunk."
posted by escabeche at 6:52 AM on October 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by escabeche at 6:52 AM on October 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Douglas Adams is also encouraged.
"Then you already know the answer to a long and happy married life"
posted by The Lady is a designer at 6:55 AM on October 10, 2010
"Then you already know the answer to a long and happy married life"
posted by The Lady is a designer at 6:55 AM on October 10, 2010
Certainly you should use 'shiny' as describing something that's good! And of course, you could make some mention of 'serenity'.
posted by adrianhon at 8:08 AM on October 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by adrianhon at 8:08 AM on October 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
10-10-10 expresses in binary is 42. Too bad they aren't getting married today - but maybe you can still find a way to use that trivia.
posted by COD at 8:10 AM on October 10, 2010
posted by COD at 8:10 AM on October 10, 2010
The episodes "Our Mrs. Reynolds" and "Trash" are largely about marriage, they should have some choice quotes. "OMR" has two of the series' best one-liners: Mal (to Jayne) "Well, my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle" and Zoe (to Wash obvs) "Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?"
posted by nicwolff at 9:21 AM on October 10, 2010
posted by nicwolff at 9:21 AM on October 10, 2010
Heh, after looking up quotes:
posted by nicwolff at 9:23 AM on October 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Saffron: I do know my Bible, sir. "On the night of their betrothal, the wife shall open to the man as the furrow to the plow, and he shall work in her, in and again, till she bring him to his fall, and rest him then upon the sweat of her breast."
[Cut to Mal, who is openly staring now.]
Mal: Whoa. Good Bible.posted by nicwolff at 9:23 AM on October 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Regarding LOST, maybe you can work in a reference to them being each other's constant. Or a reference about everyone crying jears (definition #1) of joy on their happy day.
posted by Shesthefastest at 9:40 AM on October 10, 2010
posted by Shesthefastest at 9:40 AM on October 10, 2010
Look at Zoe and Wash's various lines. I suspect you'll find something. That one sex scene, "wife soup," any time he refers to her as a warrior woman...
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:39 AM on October 10, 2010
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:39 AM on October 10, 2010
Darn it, you beat me to it, Nic. :)
More for the bride to say, but from the same episode (admittedly, in the context of the episode, said deceitfully): "I cried for I'd not dreamed to have a man so sweet, so kind and beautiful. Had I date to choose, I'd choose you from all the men on all the planets the night sky could show me."
posted by Fizzgig at 11:46 AM on October 10, 2010
More for the bride to say, but from the same episode (admittedly, in the context of the episode, said deceitfully): "I cried for I'd not dreamed to have a man so sweet, so kind and beautiful. Had I date to choose, I'd choose you from all the men on all the planets the night sky could show me."
posted by Fizzgig at 11:46 AM on October 10, 2010
Best answer: I always thought the last lines of Serenity were a wonderful metaphor for a successful marriage:
Mal: "Know what the first rule of flying is? Well I s'pose you do, since you already know what I'm 'bout to say."
River: "I do. But I like to hear you say it."
Mal: "Love. Can know all the math in the 'verse but take a boat in the air that you don't love? She'll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home."
posted by platinum at 11:49 AM on October 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Mal: "Know what the first rule of flying is? Well I s'pose you do, since you already know what I'm 'bout to say."
River: "I do. But I like to hear you say it."
Mal: "Love. Can know all the math in the 'verse but take a boat in the air that you don't love? She'll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home."
posted by platinum at 11:49 AM on October 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Oh. Firefly. I thought you meant geeky quotes like "Pi seconds equals a nanocentury." Or "If the code and the comments disagree, both are probably wrong."
posted by Bruce H. at 2:54 PM on October 10, 2010
posted by Bruce H. at 2:54 PM on October 10, 2010
Best answer: A toast to ‘Unification Day’ will probably work quite well, as would wishing the bride and groom luck with “the shiniest marriage in the 'verse”.
posted by jaffacakerhubarb at 6:23 PM on October 10, 2010
posted by jaffacakerhubarb at 6:23 PM on October 10, 2010
A toast to ‘Unification Day’ will probably work quite well, as would wishing the bride and groom luck with “the shiniest marriage in the 'verse”.
Any true Browncoat will see a toast to Unification Day as an excuse to start a good bar brawl. I wouldn't. ;)
posted by Fizzgig at 7:01 PM on October 10, 2010
Any true Browncoat will see a toast to Unification Day as an excuse to start a good bar brawl. I wouldn't. ;)
posted by Fizzgig at 7:01 PM on October 10, 2010
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posted by RobotNinja at 6:51 AM on October 10, 2010