So why did your convert, convert?
POSTED BY: dietcoke
UPDATED: Saturday, December 11, 2004 19:38
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Of the 2 people at work:
1 thought it was OK.
The other is as big a fan as I am now.
Brought it to my brothers house and he and his wife watched it in a week. Never seen him get into a TV show since Miami Vice and he got into Firefly. That was cool. His wife watched the whole thing and I know she liked it even though she refuses to 'lower herself as a sci-fi fan'
While my bro had the first 2 discs, the friend that turned me onto Buffy was over and I showed him Out of Gas. He was totally blown away and likes it now more than Buffy or Angel.
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hmmm... well from the first ten minutes i was hooked. ive always been a fan of whedon's work. it occupies the place in my heart that star wars used to.
star-wars-style wipe to a scene in a havana night club in the late fifties. i walk up to an unsuspecting george lucas. i grab him by the face and lay a huge smack on the lips. i say "i know it was you... you broke my heart. you broke my heart."
fade to black.
today. in my little apartment. me at the keyboard typing. cursing under my breath at every typo.
my first convert was one my my gaming buddies. i was watching before the game started and he liked it. i keep two copies so i lent him one.
my second was a buddy at work. i lent him the dvd set and he went out and bought his own and for my birthday he got me a blue sun tee shirt to say thanks for introducing him to a great show.
my third was another co worker. and her husband by proxy.
my fourth was yet another co-worker. she is a huge adam baldwin fan now.
im working my way down the list at work using my spare lending copy to get as many people to the BDM as possible.
ray
“With the first link the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, changes us all irrevokably. The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
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My first convert was my older sister. She liked Buffy, though was never nearly as obsessive as normal fans. She's also a huge fan of sci-fi things, a Star Wars fan, Dune maniac and a big independent movie person. So, when she was home on my last day of school (half day, it was 2 pm...), I popped in Serenity while she was in the room, and she fell for it instantly.
Almost 14 hours later (nearing on 4 AM, and this is a woman that passes out at midnight), she'd watched the ENTIRE series in one big marathon. I have someone to take to the movie with me! Fwee!
I'm also working on converting a long-time Buffy fan into a Browncoat. She currently has my 3rd disk, and has admitted to liking River the most. I think it'll just be one final push into the realm of Objects in Space to turn her into an official fan.
"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."
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I converted my mother. She says she likes it because all the characters are decent, strong and interesting
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Well I’m 3 for 4. My first attempted covert was a big western fan but he refused to watch it after I loaned him my DVD set since it was Sci-Fi, despite me telling him that there was a big western influence in the show.
Converts 2 and 3 where over weekend stay at their house (they were brothers) they tended to like shows like Stargate (which I do too), Farscape, and anime like Outlaw Star. #2 wasn’t so hot on FF but his brother came in the room during the “Strawberry scence” (“Whoa what I walk in on?!?”) and was hooked- so I guess #3 counts as a collatral convert since I wasn’t aiming at him. We spent the rest of the weekend watching the whole series.
But a few weeks latter #2 came over with #4 and he was talking the whole time about Jaynestown (FF grew on him) so after lunch I poped it in and me, my dad, #2 and #4 all watched it, and #4 liked it.
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