How powerful is belief? Strong enough to make you fight for the causes you believe in? Strong enough to help you protect those you love? Even strong enough to make you stand up to zealot assassins or fight space zombies? For Malcolm Reynolds, yes.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about one of their favorite movies, Joss Whedon's SERENITY, and how belief can be a powerful motivator for Nathan Fillion's character Mal, for the assassin that is after him and his crew, for Mal's mentor and friend Shepherd Book (RIP, Ron Glass,) and for us.
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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright & Alan Seawright
Edited by: Alan Seawright
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - Who is Malcolm Reynolds?
02:36 - Spirituality, Belief, Religion, oh my!
04:37 - Mal’s twisted moral code
06:53 - Mal learns what he’s up against
10:24 - Mal loses his moral center
13:52 - The operative accidentally helps Mal
16:14 - Mal finds a cause to believe in.
21:12 - Handy with a gun, that Malcolm Reynolds
23:54 - Technical discussion - Technical Difficulties
24:34 - Love keeps you in the air
26:58 - Outro