*sigh*

Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:11 PM

i had this whole big rant written about this person i know who was being a complete troll about serenity and the browncoats, saying there wasn't that many of us and we weren't going to achieve anything real and he was talking all the way through serenity and offering us all pirate copies of the BDM and just basically being a complete ass...ooh, i'm all fired up now.

right, my friend (charis, otherwise known as bob) and i went to our other friend's *heather) house and i brought my firefly and serenity DVDs 'cause that's the kind of gal i am. unknown to me, two others were coming (rhino and the troll). i'd bulldozed them all into watching serenity and they were all being okay about it (there was alcohol involved it's the only way. i mean, heather and bob actually named themselves the anti-sci-fi brigade, but back to the rant). except the troll.

not only did he spend the whole night making fun of me and being really sexist and rough with me (he's a six foot six walking ball of muscle-bound testosterone. i'm a skinny little five foot tall teenage girl. even rhino told him to back off, but did he? nooooooooo, 'cause he's mister i'm-so-cool-and-strong-with-my-tae-kwon-do-that's-so-much-more-important-than-passing-higher-english) but he talked all the way through the small part of serenity that we managed to watch. we gave up when we realised there would be no way to hear what was going on over little gems such as this pair:

"oh, this bit's really cool. it's the best bit in the whole film. it's really funny. listen. you missed it. go and put it back so they can see it again."
they missed it anyway.

"i'm playing triple x in my head. i can do it word perfect every time. it's better than this."
WHAT?!? it was the part with the reavers chasing the mule out of town!! how the hell can vin fricking diesel talking in a funny accent be more exciting than a heart-pounding, palm-sweating, breath-stealing chase which may result in the horrible, bloody, violent deaths of our heroes?!?

and you know what the worst part was? not only did he talk through the movie and prevent everyone else enjoying it and dismiss the browncoats as "a small bunch of weirdos" who will achieve "pretty much nothing" because we're all too busy "signalling the mothership and telling spock to beam us up", but he owns a pirate copy of serenity . a PIRATE copy. unpaid for. stolen. depleting joss's stores of much needed and deserved support as the networks don't seem to care about public outcry, only facts and figures. and do you know what he did when i made the incredulous "what the hell?" face? he offered me a copy. he said i was jealous. never mind the fact that we were trying to watch my official DVD. the paid for, legal, supporting joss one. never mind the fact that we brought our series to the big screen. never mind the fact that there are countless articles about how that was achieved.

i mean, to just dismiss us like that? some of us (and i'm not including myself in this for the reason that i became a browncoat after filming started) spent an incredible amount of energy, time and money bringing serenity back. so you know what? if you ever meet someone like him, i'm begging you, for joss's sake, don't make my mistake, tell them exactly what a troll they are. remind them of our triumphs through tribulation. and maybe, just maybe, we'll shame them into crawling back under their rocks with the rest of the insects.

wow, i almost had myself convinced there. i know you're thinking "wow, what a drama queen etc. etc." but i don't got this crown for nothin'!!! so just ignore me if you want, i just needed a place to vent (hey, don't judge me, i have career-defining exams in 3 weeks time!!! )

b

ps. a few positive points, though:
1. the anti-sci-fi brigade were BOTH telling the troll to shut up because they wanted to watch the movie
2. one of the a.s.f. brigade actually referred to serenity as the BDM (they're using the lingo! soon they'll be wearing hawaiian shirts an

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