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In the novelization for the movie Serenity, Mr. Universe is revealed to have been a student at the same flight school as Wash, achieving the highest possible grades by manipulating the school's software; Wash, knowing that he was a better pilot than Mr. Universe, was able to arrange for Mr. Universe to provide him with information in the future ...
Sep 30, 2005 · Serenity: Directed by Joss Whedon. With Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin. The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
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- Joss Whedon
- 2005-09-30
The crew contacts reclusive hacker Mr. Universe, who discovers the message designed to trigger River's mental conditioning. He notes River whispered "Miranda" before attacking and warns that someone else has viewed the footage.
Mal carries River back to Serenity, but the incident is captured on camera. The crew contacts a reclusive hacker known as Mr. Universe who analyzes the commercial and discovers a subliminal message being broadcast across Alliance space designed specifically to trigger River.
Mr. Universe : Can't stop the signal, Mal. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere. Mr. Universe : You guys always bring me the very best violence. Mr. Universe : [Watching the video feed of River fighting in the Maidenhead] And, she falls asleep. Which, she would be sleepy. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : Can you go back?
Joss Whedon’s Serenity opens with a flashback that reveals how Simon (Sean Maher) broke his sister, River (Summer Glau), out of an Alliance security base – events which are set prior the original Firefly TV series. But then the film leaps past the end of the series to continue the story of the transport Serenity and its crew. Because of her special abilities, Mal (Nathan Fillion), Jayne ...
Mal is unwilling to simply abandon the two fugitives, and Wash suggests they ask an old friend, Mr. Universe, a hacker and tech junkie who set up shop on an out-of-the-way planetoid and monitors all transmissions in the system.
