So are you BF, DB, BD, or AD?

POSTED BY: Stillshiny
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 00:49
VIEWED: 24701
PAGE 6 of 9

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NEXT PAGE

SLOWDOG

Monday, May 2, 2005 8:50 PM

DB. Big Buffy/Angel fan but didn't know much going in. I know the exact moment when I got hooked. It all went something like this for me:

1. Never saw any commercials (thank you, Replay!), heard about it from a roommate.
2. Couldn't quite figure it out from the official website.
3. Train Job - Pretty good, but that was an awful lot of exposition in the first 5 minutes....
4. Bushwacked - Oh, look, baseball that's not the Sox.
5. OMR - OK... funny... interesting... "That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth!" THIS IS THE SHOW.

Magical few months during the series. Darn near cried when I saw the first/last episode. Then... heartbreak, hope, heartbreak... movie, what? Please, please, please. Yes! Pushed back?! No! Advance screening? Yes!

See you Boston Browncoats Thursday.

ODDNESS2HER

Monday, May 2, 2005 9:09 PM

Better late than never, E.

GAVIDA

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:36 AM

Have to say, I am an AD.

In my defense I have to say:

Firefly didn't run on german TV as far as I know.
Only heard of it from some friends, who got it by peer-to-peer.
A friend then bought the Box from Amazon UK.
I visited him like every Friday and saw about 2 minutes from it (my friend has the same kind of humour I have and he only showed me Crowe's "exit" from the show ).

I borrowed (uhm... borrow = I get it, lend = friend gives it? or was it the other way around?)
the Box that evening from him, came home around 1 am in the morning. Started to watch the Pilot and had to force myself to go to bed instead of watching "Train Job".
Saturday to Sunday I watched the whole Series, Sunday evening I ordered my own copy of Firefly from Amazon UK

See ya,
Gavida

FRAY101

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:25 AM

Ha! Had been thinking about posting a similar threas myself, albeit I wouldn't have thought up the smart abbreviations!

I'm an AD.

I'd watched Buffy from the beginning, then Angel - I'd read about Firefly but never saw any of it (I'm in the UK and don't have cable etc - was it even shown at all in the UK?). Anyhow, the reviews for the DVD were all so shiny, and being huge fans of Buffy & Angel I decided to take the risk and buy the box-set without having seen a single second of it.

Needless to say, never regretted it. Religiously watched 2 episodes per night (3 on the last night of course) and now looking forward to that shiny BDM

Oh, and I second/third that emotion about forgetting to set the VCR etc - or worse, someone watching something and forgetting to reset the timer!

One final thought, a few people have complained about the trailer mentioning Buffy & Angel. I do appreciate their fear that this could put some people off but at the same time it's pretty clear from this post that most people watched Firefly because they were already fans of Joss's work. What would the ratings had been if the show had been made by an unknown? So give Buffy & Angel their due - those shows played a big part in Firefly making it as far as 13 episodes...

"Why would I want to leave Serenity?"
"Can't think of a reason."

http://disneypix.tripod.com/destiny

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 2:31 PM

DB.

I watched "Train Job" when it aired and Mal kicking Crow through the engine hooked me right then and there.

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

STICKS

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 2:50 PM

B4 THE DVDS!

KNIBBLET

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:02 PM

Definitely BF.
I'm a Buffy and Angel addict and Joss was talking up his new show so .....

As Wesley said to Fred, "I've loved you since I first saw you. No, I think I loved you even before that." *sniff*

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

RICKKER

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:39 PM

Definately BF.
I've been a fan since the first ep. of Buffy.
As soon as I heard Joss and sci-fi series I was there. Saw train job in the hospital.(with a friend not in myself) Every friday we had three families in one house watching FF. I found my way here some time ago and lurked for a long time before joining in.(I'm kinda shy) Bought box set as soon as it came out. Suncoast had a missprint and I got it for @20 bucks. Since then I've bought two more. One for my friend and the outher for his dad. Soon getting anouther to lend out to recruit new browncoats.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:21 PM

BD... The very first time I heard about Firefly. It was many many months ago and my good buddy (known as Tash to y'all) called me on the phone and said I should turn it on.

Unfortunately, I turned on the wrong show... a show called birds of prey, which I thought was the show I was supposed to be checking out, and so I missed Firefly. I thought to myself, this show doesn't make any sense, who is this batgirl, I don't understand. And because I thought "birds of prey" was Firefly, I didn't ever watch Firefly when it was on t.v.

And so, I missed the first and only American run of Firefly, because I thought it was something else. Rest assured, When I finally saw the real Firefly, I was hooked. But then, y'all know the rest of the story...

-------------------------------------------
Inara: Who's winning?
Simon: I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
-------------------------------------------

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:25 PM

Definitely BF. I was a major fan of all Joss's shows, and in fact starting watching Buffy, Angel, and Firefly all from the very first broadcast.

"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NEXT PAGE