So why did your convert, convert?
POSTED BY: dietcoke
UPDATED: Saturday, December 11, 2004 19:38
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My first convert was my husband. He liked Mal because he was kinda a geek hero and he thought Jayne was hi-larious!
My second convert was my best friend from college. She wasn't into the first show but loved the train job! Her (Broadway actress) favorite line was Book's about special hell....
I failed on my best friend's husband. He had an issue about Mal being too young to be the captain and so bitter at any early age.
Sigh.....young people can be strong and negative too....
What is your conversion stories?
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my first convert was my brother...
he never liked Buffy or Angel (has no patience w/teenagers or vampires)
but he has liked a lot of sci-fi and he was open to it...
and by the end of the premier episode 'Serenity' he was completely sold on Firefly!
I've had a lot of successes w/people who basically are open to sci-fi
but I've had some failures w/women who got turned off in the first 10 minutes (because of the opening war scene)...
but more success than failure (I've bought 10 sets of DVDs for family & friends and at least an 80% success rate...).
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I think that just about everyone that I've shown this to, something like 20-25 people, have liked it. There's now 5 boxed sets floating around my campus.
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My husband converted me when he bought the DVD set. I took it to my spinning guild retreat and converted 3 of my compadre's -- that's right, a bunch of yarn makers with spinning wheels and all, nearing middle age sitting around the TV at with a beautiful view of the potomac watching Firefly.
Since then, I was in a Baha'i study circle -- a group that studies spiritual realities together -- this group was learning to become tutors for study circles -- kindof a facilitator who is part of the process but not a leader. I hooked 4 people (2 participants and their spouses) from that group. Another one was already hooked, but wanted to see the DVDs, but they weren't compatible with his computer.
My most recent convert? My mom! She was visiting and planned to catch up on the hot love scenes from a soap we watch and I said "hey, you should check out the guy who used to play Joey in THIS show..." Good thing Cap'n tightpants played the soaps!
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hey dc! well my first was actually afailed atempt--a friend of mine loves angel and buffy(he has worn out the discs) so i bought him a set for his b-day 2 years ago and he didnt like it,plus he thinks joss should just stick with the buffyverse!?! grr arrgh!to be fair ,he did say he will go see the movie for me. my second try worked my friend matt,is a big fan of old westerns and enjoys some sci-fi but is a huge horror fan--but he hates buffy and angel. but he gave it a shot and has said he liked it and is looking forward to seeing the movies(he loved zoes' line on what reavers do to people) my girlfriend likes it but not as much as i would hope 
but i gotta tell ya my fav story is my best friend joel who for the longest time has avoided the show,he loves the original star wars but thats about it for sci-fi,anyhoo,i gave him a set and told him that if he didnt like it donate it to his library,well the first night he watched the pilot he called me and said "this show is fucking awesome"and now he is hooked!shiny! next in line--my friend andrew and when the movie comes out whether they have been"converted" or not i am buying tickets for all my peeps.
"Hamsters is nice."
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I watched this, went to my best friend and told him: You HAVE to see this. He's hooked.
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Everybody I've actually converted was a Blakes7 fan (a show that shares the "Life's a bitch, then you die" outlook).
Theoretically I bought the DVDs as a gift for my boyfriend, who thought they were pleasant enough one-time viewing but I couldn't really count as a convert. (Of course, he's a mundane, so what can you expect?)
I tried recruiting a Harry Potter/The Professionals/Due South fan, and she didn't like Firefly at all--she said it was just Star Wars with an inferior class of Han. On Sunday, I'm trying again with a Man From UNCLE fan--I'll see how that goes.
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Originally posted by embers:
my first convert was my brother...
he never liked Buffy or Angel (has no patience w/teenagers or vampires)
but he has liked a lot of sci-fi and he was open to it...
and by the end of the premier episode 'Serenity' he was completely sold on Firefly!
I've had a lot of successes w/people who basically are open to sci-fi
but I've had some failures w/women who got turned off in the first 10 minutes (because of the opening war scene)...
but more success than failure (I've bought 10 sets of DVDs for family & friends and at least an 80% success rate...).
Pish, that's stereotypical :-p More of my converts are women, men just can't be bothered with the sci-fi thing half the time. Random but true in my case.
Well, my first convert was - myself, LMAO. I met Nathan this one time, and I'd only seen Firefly once. I'd actually seen The Train Job, and found it very confusing and random as a pilot, and didn't like it, so proclaimed that Firefly was trash. After meeting Nate, I told myself "Phoebe, now, you are going to LIKE this show. You are going to buy the DVDs, and you are damn well going to LOVE it or else." So I bought them, and I loved!
Next port of call... was my mother. She was an easy convert - she loves Nathan, she loves Joss, no difficulty whatsoever in getting her to enjoy Firefly.
I tried - with VERY limited success - to convert my best friend Nina to the fandom, but she's a bigger fan of things like Friends and "Life of Brian". Ironically, she's coming to the Serenity convention with me next year!
Then I moved onto my MSN pals... ahh, wasn't that fun?
I bugged them incessantly, ranted, raved, gave them pictures, informed them of every little thing I could think of, offered them a running commentary as I was watching episodes through my DVD ROM drive, and so far I've convinced around 10 people to go out and buy the box sets. Four of them have, and they LOVE Firefly... So, lesson of the day! Let your passion fly free, bug people incessantly, and they'll become Firefly fans just to shut you up! Of course, that doesn't work, because once they become firefly fans you bug them even more to talk about it!
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The first converts were the sister/cousin housemates - they were there when I had it on. My sister commented on a piece of music on another show once, saying it sounded like the Firefly theme. Now when I point at the Tv and shout "Zoe" or wave at "Jayne" they roll their eyes. Okay, they always did that, but now they know why.
Convert number two was easy. She's a horsewoman and we used to watch old Battlestar: Galactica when we were kids. We even traded the books around. She was hooked after "Jaynestown."
Convert number three was unsuccessful. "Serenity" moved too slow for my brother. But I'll bag him.
Convert number four fell for the writing. She was an Angel and Buffy fan. I've been loaning her "Firefly" two discs at a time and every time I see her, without fail, she asks me why it was cancelled; "The writing was so GOOD!"
I got another guy in my sights too. Star Wars fan, but maybe not so much with the Western mentality. Wish me luck.
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Well, sadly I'm 0 for 2 - maybe.
My first attempt really can't be counted, I suppose, as she's got life issues which are more than a bit distracting. She never watched the full DVD set, and I doubt she payed attention to much of what she DID see. While she's a big Buffy/ Angel fan, Firefly never really 'grabbed' her.
Convert attempt 2 zipped through the DVD set in record time, but I've not heard a full review other than... " I liked it ". Hope remains there.
On the brighter side, my dad ( in his 70's ) liked some of the more humorous lines. He's definatly not that much into Sci Fi, so I was a bit surprised. Prob deserve an 'E' for effort on that one.
One of my brothers is intrigued by what I've said about Firefly, but he rarely has time to sit down to follow an entire series. Hopefully the BDM will change all that and he'll go buy the DVD set, or I can send him my loaner set--- if he asks nicely.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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