"Who are the Reavers?"

"Who are the Reavers?"
Firefly Episode 1 "Serenity" (2002)

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[GZilla311]

1:58 - 2:09

Fox didn't do it in that order.

[koyukimaho911]

I like sex as much as the next person but being raped to death doesnt sound very appealing

[TheMatrixAussie]

@Helge129 More like a primae with an exotic dancer in the cargo

[darkblood626]

You know what makes the Reavers evil they don’t even buy you a drink first.

[Jumpmann]

they had a great transition from the tv show to the movie

[Helge129]

@rollingwith24s more like a combat badger passing a cane.

[Galimah]

Damn Fox! I wanted to see the reavers in action.

[rollingwith24s]

I imagine this would be like flying past a Hurricane loaded with Reavers while in a Stabber, except the Hurricane is shield-tanked nano fitted with webs too?

[InsaneMentalist]

@TheHunterBuddy They've got a wolf-pack sort of hierarchy. And their ships seem to communicate via a language of shrieks and screams. So they might have a group of particularly successful "captains" that bully and trick the other ships into following orders for them.

[InsaneMentalist]

@DorianMichaelsIII The Reavers have a weird sort of linear shared insanity, that means they think really similarly. One Reaver mind is just as crazy and strange as another, but they seem to slowly be establishing a culture. Evil, cannibal, doom-to-the-neighbors kind of space nation. SPOILER WARNING-----------------------­------------------------------­------------------------------­------------The Alliance task-force at the end of Serenity had trouble with the Reaver home-fleet.

[Zellig]

@TheKray11 XD I assumed the shrieks were just living humans being horrifically tortured. I think we do have a point though, because in spite of what sounds like being totally 'chaotic evil' they seems to be fine working together and with each other. Even when they fly into Reaver space they don't see Reaver ships attacking and mutilating one another. They definitely coordinate and stick together. I don't think in the movie they're ever shown even hurting each other.

[TheKray11]

@Zellig Actually you're not that far off, in Serenity when the Serenity is flying through Reaver space and picking up transmissions you can hear a sophisticated series of shrieks and wails coming from the Reaver ships that could, in fact be dialogue. I believe that Reavers have a lot of their sentience remaining, but when they see humans they go into a crazed frenzy.