NEWOLDBROWNCOAT'S BLOG
NOBC scores a convert
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:17 PM
All these months, I've been sticking Firefly posters on my toolbox, mentioning it in conversation, shown folks the FFF website, but not pushing it. No, "It's the greatest thing since...., well, like ever... ya gotta watch it", just, "I like this thing-- It's available for free on Hulu."
Finally one of my co-workers said, "Hey, I ran out of stuff to look at over the weekend, so I checked out a couple of episodes of this Firefly thing. It's good. I think I'm about 90 % hooked. I gotta watch another episode when I get home tonight. Maybe a couple..."
He's hooked on "that girl, the smart, crazy one, with her brother the Doctor." He watched the Big Damn Pilot and The train Job, and he finds it hard to believe that he hasn't seen the best stuff yet.
Les'see, what else did he get? Got a pretty accurate reading on Simon, River and the Tam family, just from the Pilot. Flipped out over the crew salvaging the "treasure", which turned out to be food bars. Liked Mal tossing Crow thru the engine.
Does seem like he missed most of our favorite stuff-- no reaction to Jayne, Wash, Zoe, or The Shepard. Nothing on Badger or Patience. Not much reaction to Inara. Didn't have anything to say about Wash's dinos.Missed the point of Mal shooting Patience's horse, and Dobson, but got it quick when I mentioned them.
But he's a lot more than 90 % hooked, if he's gotta watch more late at night, since we both work swing shift.
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