So are you BF, DB, BD, or AD?
POSTED BY: Stillshiny
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 00:49
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Can't say I was a "BTVS" or "Angel" fan though. I could never get into them, and I had a hard time seeing what all the hype was about. I know I'm gonna catch all kindsa flak for that, but anyways...
I'm an AD fan. My buddy and I watched "Serenity" when he borrowed the DVD from his sister, and I was hooked. I *HAD* to get the set for myself.
"Mwa ha ha ha...Mine is an evil laugh. Now die."
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BF: I started taping from the first second,
and had to phone my local Fox affiliate when ever the game went long
(so I'd know if they were going to run the show later...).
I had already been a huge Joss Whedon fan,
and I knew I was going to love the show because he created it.
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DB- actually tuned in the night of the first show because I wanted to watch John Doe first ... didn't like John Doe so much, but I LOVED Firefly. I was a Buffy and Angel fan, but the previews mentioning Joss Whedon didn't phase me much ... kind of embarrassing that John Doe was the reason I watched. 
I blame lousy Fox advertising!
Zee 
Mal: If he calls back, you keep him occupied.
Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
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I'd have to say BF. Then as now I'd follow Joss' work anywhere.
I still remember with a mixture of shame and pride yelling and beating on the steering wheel as I raced home from an infuriatingly slow McDonald's drive-thru, covered in freshly spilled soda, cursing myself (and the world at large) for leaving to get food without at least setting a tape for "Bushwhacked."
Happy ending though. Made it just in time and my lovely wife was already taping it. But man, for a few minutes there in the solitude of my car there was a-screamin' goin' on! 
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BF - without a doubt. All I had to hear was "Joss Whedon" and "New Series From" and I was counting down the days.
Shoot - now I can't remember who it was up the thread talking about forgetting to set their VCR, but that was so totally me!
When they finally showed the "real" pilot, Serenity, by the time the episode was coming to a close, I was standing in front of the TV screaming all manner of unkind things to the TV (which obviously was standing in for every executive at F*X that had anything to do with the way the show was treated.) I have never done that before. 
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DB
Started with "Train Job" and never missed an episode except "Our Mrs. Reynolds" which I had to wait for the DVD which I was at a Boy Scout jamboree at the time at the Six Flags: The Great Escape in Lake George, New York.
The reason why I watched Firefly was because I was waiting for John Doe to come on (which sucked in the end anyways) and I also read the local TV reviewer (who happens to be named Mark McGwire;no relation to baseball though) review. He gave it a B+. He didn't give it an A at the time because he felt the pilot was too short and introduced the characters and the world to fast to the viewer for anyone to digest.
I didn't become involved in the online Browncoat community until right before the DVDs were released in December of 2003. It was by chance that I decided to try to google Firefly and see what I would come up with and it brought me here. And...well...here I am now.
Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.
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Although I read about the show and planned to watch just because it was a Whedon product, I wasn't overly impressed with the show's description or "The Train Job". (The REAL pilot was so much better!)
I continued to watch and steadily became a believer so that I, too, was a full-fledged Browncoat by the end of "Our Mrs. Reynolds".
So I'll call myself DB...
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"Appears they've canceled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."
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BF, definitely. Been a fan for a long, long time (of Joss) and therefore was super-excited before Firefly even aired :D
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During broadcast. I will always envy those that saw Serenity first.
Keep flying
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Gotta come clean and say 'During'. While I enjoyed Buffy and Angel well enough, I wasn't the fan of those shows that I am now. Joss's previous work certainly got me curious, but it wasn't 'till I saw Firefly unfold during the broadcast that I REALLY started getting hooked.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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