Browncoats UNITE!! **Movie Spoilers**
POSTED BY: FallenAngel
UPDATED: Saturday, December 31, 2005 14:10
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I don't know if anyone else has read or heard of this negative review of an advance screening of Serenity, but this guy has really no freakin clue how big our fan base is. There are also comments from other people who seem to agree but theres also quite a few other people who are fans and showing support. He just really pissed me off. 
Here's the link to the review
http://www.ttnmc.com/content/view/1294/0/
The link to the review has a lil bit of spoilers. As I said mild.
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"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."- Lao Tzu.
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GAHHHH!!! You forgot the ***SPOILER WARNING!!*** 
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"Somebody get this hairy walking carpet out of my way!"
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Originally posted by Lerxst:
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Thank you, Lerxst
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ACK!!! I'm soooo sorry!!! 
Admist all the anger from the reviewer when I wrote this post I completely forgot about the spoilers. I'm so sorry please forgive me?? *ducks at the objects thrown* I'm gonna go and edit it right now. Please forgive me.
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"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."- Lao Tzu.
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Sounds like this guy had it in for the movie before it started. He gets all bent out of shape because he hears a couple of fans being excited over the BDM, and this ANNOYS him? Hey buddy, take your own damn advice and just enjoy the movie.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I agree this was not the most objective or for that matter well articulated review I've ever read. Actualy . . . it just sucked in every since of the word.
That having been said, the reviewer does make one point that had a certain level of resonance with me. "Brown coat" is awful close to "brown shirts." Now, one cannot take this too far, I mean Star Wars did have storm troopers and the final scene in A New Hope is taken straight from Triumph of the Will.
That having been said, it's just one more thing that distrubs me racial dynamics of the show. Now before everyone beats me up. I LOVE THIS SHOW! Indeed, this is my first experiment with fan obsession and I like it.
That having been said, the Independents are clearly modeled on the South, as the War of Unification is modeled on the Civil War. As an african american, this just irks me slightly. That I am compelled to identify with subjects who, for me, simulateously represent oppression.
Other racial problems:
Where are the asians?
Why is every black man suspect?
There are also major intersectionality problems.
Again, I love the show, these are just a few ruminations.
Phaedra (a bad luck name)
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Er, surely you don't mean Book? He's the good guy in among a gang of bad guys (from a strict legal/illegal perspective). Plus Zoe is another great role model.
I have to agree that Firefly/Serenity might attract a certain Confederate element but that's just one of those quirks of history: a group that wanted freedom because they wanted to keep others enslaved (yes, I know, a gross oversimplification of the civil war, so sue me).
And yeah, that movie review was obviously written by somebody who loves Andromeda and hates the way all the other fanboys point and laugh at him.
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Huh.
I kinda agree with the reviewer. He didn't seem to bash the movie - not to mention he seems to have some decency towards J.W. and his work - he went after all the typical things that non-sci-fi folk find annoying about fanboys. And a few oddnesses about the movie, which are valid.
No sense in "uniting" against him to tell him how wrong his opinion is and how stupid he is, cuz that just drives home his point. Some of the posts by apparent fans are just pathetic. Dood, u r so wrong! U suk!! The movie is goin to kik a$$!!!1 Please....
(I never did like the term "BrownCoat;" always preferred "Independent" myself....) Anyway, do what you will. No matter how much I loved the movie, not everyone is going to like it.
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Oh, come on, people! Comparing Firefly fans to Nazis? That goes way beyond just being offensive. People have been fired in recent years for saying much less offensive things than that. This guy should, at the very least, offer a public apology for that contemptible comment.
Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.
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Quote:No, he's not comparing Firefly fans to Nazis. He's saying that the term "Browncoat" is awfully close to the old Nazi associated term "Brownshirt." He's not wrong. And he's not the first one to mention it, either. I've seen other Firefly fans complain about the same thing.
Originally posted by bikisdad:
Oh, come on, people! Comparing Firefly fans to Nazis? That goes way beyond just being offensive.
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