Things people say about Firefly.....

POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 16:56
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LETOV

Friday, April 8, 2005 8:35 PM

I was just talking about the impending Star Wars and Hitchhiker's movies with a co-worker when I brought up Serenity. As soon as I mentioned Firefly he rolled his eyes and said he didn't like it. He said Joss shoulda stuck with Buffy and Angel. Asking further I wasn't terribly surprised to learn that, no, he hadn't actually watched any episodes. He read a review that mentioned some things he didn't like. Apparently he's a SciFi purist who is more interested in the SciFi worlds and technology than about characters. He was turned off that the details of how space travel works (FTL v STL) weren't really explained. I tried to explain that its more about fantastic characters etc and again, the eye-rolling. Still, I'll keep working on him. Methinks my DVD's coming back to work...

Oh yeah, also got a bit of the "if its so good, why'd it get cancelled" from him too... so sad...

- Leto_V

"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal

WHISPER

Saturday, April 9, 2005 5:26 AM

I actually have a really easy time of convincing people to watch. For one thing, I was a skeptic myself until a few months back when i finally sat down to watch it. I had up till then the same arguments as everyone. My main two were I hate Sci-Fi and I hate westerns. So when people give me those excuses i just tell them i was the same way, but somehow the melding of the two genres really works well. Then i go on to explaining the humor, suspense, action, and romance that's present throughout the series. If they seem a bit more interested i go into further detail.

My best success has just been to make people watch them, and I always start with the first episode.

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ASTRAGYNIA

Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:27 AM

While I admit I haven't been actively recruiting, I can say what I didn't like about Firefly when I first saw it. I like science fiction, but mostly for the ethical and sociopolitical questions they often raise, which at first seemed to be entirely missing in Firefly; also, the Southern accents grated on the ears, and I didn't like how stupid and violent many of the characters seemed.

Then as I watched it more (having fans in the family helps a lot) I saw the wit and intelligence in the dialogue (even Jayne!) and appreciated the futuristic universe that really shows the influences of today in a realistic way - the large corporations, the multiculturalism of Space (contrary to most SciFi where Earth=America) and of course, I got attached to the characters.

CYTHEREAROSE

Monday, April 11, 2005 2:40 AM

My family found it extremely unrealistic.

The reason?

There were no aliens.

Yes. My family needs help.

ZOOT

Monday, April 11, 2005 10:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CythereaRose:
My family found it extremely unrealistic.

The reason?

There were no aliens.

Yes. My family needs help.

He he he! Superb!!!!

Okay, I'm lost, I'm angry, and I'm
armed.

DIETCOKE

Monday, April 11, 2005 6:55 PM

Some people just refuse to watch Sci/Fi or Fantasy. I tried to get my brother to watch Lord of the Rings and he just couldn't get into it. Crazy huh?

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:01 PM

CythereaRose wrote:

Quote:

My family found it extremely unrealistic.

The reason?

There were no aliens.

Yes. My family needs help.

Ha!

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MANWITHPEZ

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:03 PM

Things people say about Firefly...how about things people DON'T say about Firefly. A friend of my wife's was visiting yesterday, and I was trying out my new stereo with "Ariel". She seemed interested, particularly in Jewel Staite, saying she had seen her somewhere before. I let my wife handle the descriptions, as I get kinda flustered when people don't "get it" right away. She did the whole shpiel "Joss Whedon, Angel, Buffy, extremely well written, great CGI, pretty cast, etc. This lady sat there and said...nothing. This wouldn't have bothered me, except for scene where people are speaking Chinese. So, I translated for her. And she counters with a diatribe about how she had a mexican friend and something about spanish.

I honestly didn't know what to say. She didn't say if she liked it, and she didn't say if she didn't. I was worried having someone new watch such a sci-fi heavy entry as Ariel, as most of the western trappings of Firefly are missing from that episode. She was silent, and then left with my wife to go spend money.

I guess there are worse things than ciriticism. And that's silence.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

DACUTE1

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:24 PM

Just wanted to mention the difference between saying "I'm not going to like it" and "it sucks" before viewing a movie/TV Show. Now granted there are the cases where people are pleasantly surprised by a viewing, which happens frequently with Firefly. But I'm another one of those people that will say "I won't enjoy the simple life" before watching it. Of course, just to prove my case I have slipped a peak and it does suck, but there's many people that just don't have the IQ to watch quality shows so I suppose we need something on the air for them. Unfortunately it's our shows that get cancelled (however, yay! Lost gets another season).

But getting back to the original argument, I know I don't like some comedies, and I know I don't like some actors, because of that I know I'm not going to like Drew Barrymore's current baseball thing. I'm not going to watch, it doesn't mean it sucks, it's just not my kind of movie.

Kaylee: Wash, tell me I'm pretty
Wash: Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion
Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty?
Wash: 'Cause you're pretty

STUDIOD

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:56 PM

I tried to get one of my closest friends into Firefly, but only two words immediately turned him off... "space western".

He believes that if our civilization, hundreds of years in the future, were able to achieve space travel to other planets and inhabit them, why aren't they all technologically advance? Why are many new inhabited civilizations instead like the old west? He just can't seem to grasp that, even in the future, not everyone has the money and resources to afford the latest technological lifestyle. "If they can travel to another planet on a spaceship, they can afford to have electricity, build big houses and buildings, and the regular stuff people have day-to-day." So, basically, it's the Western part he has the problem with, I guess.

With another friend, I just showed him 'Ariel' and he dug it. He understood the "space western" concept right away.

Oh well.

StudioD

And God said to Abraham, "You will kill your son Isaac." And Abraham said, "I'm sorry, I can't hear you. You'll have to speak into the microphone." And God said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Is this better? Check, check, check... Jerry pull the high-end out, I'm still getting some hiss back here."

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