How did you FIRST discover Firefly?

POSTED BY: Caite
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 05:56
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MONTANAGIRL

Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:09 AM

I was a fan of Buffy and Angel, and heard about Joss's new show on Fox which sounded like something I'd probably enjoy. The problem is I never quite figured out when it was on, and when it was on I usually wasn't home from work yet, so I managed to miss it entirely when it was aired.

Then at my brother's wedding in September, I was talking to him and it came up that I had not yet seen Firefly. He hollered across the room to his best man to let him know that I hadn't seen Firefly. (Henry and I are both B5 fans so we'd had slightly obsessed fan discussions before.) Henry vowed to rectify my lack, and as soon as he got home from the wedding he FedEx'd me his Firefly DVDs. I had strict orders that I could only have them for a month. Once I watched the first episode, I was hooked. I watched them all in a weekend, got to the end of OiS, and began violently cursing (albeit belatedly) the morons at Fox ending this show when there was so much story that needed to be told.

Then somehow, I can't remember exactly how, I found my way here And my brother got me my own set of DVDs for Christmas. And I'm getting my mom to knit me a cunning hat for the movie.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

TOMANTA

Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:18 AM

The summer ads for it is what got me interested. I knew a little about Joss Whedon, had enjoyed a few episodes of Buffy but wasn't hooked on that show (yet).

Firefly and John Doe both looked pretty interesting to me, so I set my VCR to record them when they first aired. Hooked my brother on Firefly at the same time :).

Firefly looked funny, but I didn't expect it to be nearly as good as it is. I was hooked by the end of The Train Job :). John Doe I expected more from, didn't care for the formulatic approach to that show.

"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear

CAITE

Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:39 AM

giving my own thread a bumpity bump!

PIRATEJENNY

Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:22 AM

Quote:
... I liked her from Hercules The Legendary Journeys and Cleopatra 2525..

I use to love Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules and Cleopatra 2525. I still even sing the song

Cleopatra 2525 were the women with the will to surive!!lol

I started watching from the get go I saw the previews and I tuned in for the 1rst show only I thought I had missed something..it wasn't until after the show was canceled and I came to this sight that I found out that they never aired the pilot..so I really didn't miss anything!!lol

RONER

Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:53 AM

Well first of all I'm new here and want to give a big howdy out to everyone. As far as how I got hooked on Firefly it was all because of a t-shirt. I'd heard FOX was going to have a sci-fi show. With it being FOX I was worried it would be craptacular and didn't give it too much thought. I'd never watched Buffy so I was unaware of Joss's briliiance. So anyway, I'm at Wizardcon Chicago, Yes I'm a comic geek, and some people were handing out Firefly t-shirts and hats. I was given a T-shirt and thought it was cool. So when I started seeing commercials for the show I could tell I would like it and that it would be unlike any Sci-Fi I was familar with. I watched and taped it every week and was hooked from then on out. I'm currently re-watching the series which prompted me to look for Firefly sites and found this one. Shiny!!

http://rooneyscube.blogspot.com/
http://viewfromthecheapseats.blogspot.com/

BYTETHEBULLET

Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:22 PM

I saw the previews and recognized Nathan from Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place and thought it looked great. Not really a Joss fan, I don't really care for the Buffy/Angel stuff, sorry. I will watch(try to watch) his stuff now, well, his new stuff. When Mal 'threw' the guy into the engine was when I knew I wouldn't miss an episode. I will be in line(hope there is a line) for Serenity on opening day. Have I redeemed myself?

ByteTheBullet (-:

GORRAMREAVERS

Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:05 PM

Welcome RONER!

I was at a friends house the summer before Firefly aired and he is into Buffy and watched everyday on FX. I always made fun of him when he would say things like 'I gotta get home...Buffy is on!'. So this day I actually payed attention, it was the begining of season 4, and I got hooked in the 2 hours. I had to watch the next day and the day after that. So as Firefly came on the air I was franticly watching Buffy reruns and had no idea the Firefly was a show untill well after it was canceled. I had seen most Buffy episodes and alot of Angel when I was in wal-mart and saw Firefly. I had seen online that it was by Joss and co. I thought heck, it must be good. The rest..as they say...is history.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

PALADIN

Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:43 PM

I first heard about Firefly on Fox's commercials for the new series from the creator of Buffy and Angel. I knew I loved Buffy and hadn't seen ay of Angel, but a commercial full of rockets and horses and guns and Smashmouth's "Walkin on the Sun" (that was in the commercials, right?) was all I needed. I started on the opening night with The Train Job, and either watched or recorded every episode that was shown.
Unfortunately, the show was cancelled , my VCR ate most of my tapes , and the show faded into that part of my mind that says "Remember that cool show? I bet I was the only one outside my family who liked it."
Well, a couple of years later I found someone in one of my classes who remembered Firefly too . First he gave me CD's with copies of the episodes, and then he told me of the DVD release - and now I can't wait for the movie!!

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"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater." -Book

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:26 PM

I originally caught it on TV when Fox made their first of many blunders in handling it by canning the actual pilot and having Joss do "Train Job" as the pilot.

I was a bit standoffish at first as I was not really sure who these character were, how they came to be together, or what their motivations were for operating outside the law.

I was still unsure up until the moment that Mal kicked Crow through Serenity's port engine. It was at that moment, as I laughed until I cried, that I knew this show was special.

I have been around ever since.

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ROCKETJOCK

Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:41 PM

Saw the infamous "Girl in a Box" commercial. It might have been the first of Fox's many blunders, but it sure intrigued me. Caught every broadcast episode on tape -- then one of the gorram tapes self-destructed, and frog-humping Fox didn't even give the episodes a summer rerun! Thought my collection was humped for sure until the DVD set came out. (Thanks for the 12th Night present Eric!)

"Hermanos! The Devil has built a robot! Andale!" -- Numero Cinco

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