Any Firefly Fans Become Angel/Buffy Fans?

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DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 7:42 PM

I noticed when I first hit the boards that there were a lot of fans of Firefly who didn't watch Buffy or Angel. I'm seeing a lot more cross over now. Are you one of them?

Personally, I love them all.

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

NIKNAK

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 9:12 PM

Yes me.

I watched most of Buffy when it was on TV but missed 98% of Angel (It was on at inconvienient times so I never got into it).

But after discovering fireflyfans.net I noticed all the threads talking about Angel and it sounded good. So this year I bought the DVDs and watched it. It was very very good, not quite as good as Firefly of course, but well worth the money.

Also, Amy Acker is a hottie.

SHINY

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 9:59 PM

Angel, yes. Buffy...not so much.

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

ECGORDON

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 11:11 PM

I never watched a full episode of Buffy or Angel until after Firefly. I have since bought and/or rented those dvds to catch up, and am currently about halfway through season 6 of Buffy. When I complete that I will go on to Angel season 3.

I like Buffy quite a bit (although less so far in season 6) but what I have seen of Angel is better overall in my opinion.

Neither is as good as Firefly though.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, August 3, 2005 10:10 AM

*raises hand* I had caught the last season and a half of Angel. Less so w/ Buffy. So when Firefly was being promoted, I was all over it from the start. Now I'm watching back seasons of Angel, to catch up on what I missed the 1st go 'round.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:13 AM

I never gave either the time of day until I hit this board, and now I'm a fan of Buffy, and I still have to give Angel more of a chance.

Latecomer Chrisisall

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I never gave either the time of day until I hit this board, and now I'm a fan of Buffy, and I still have to give Angel more of a chance.

Latecomer Chrisisall

You are talking to a "late to the table" by 7 years person. However, I am so greatful that I no matter how late.......made it to the table. Enjoy!

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

LUCCIOLA

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:27 AM

Firefly first for me, then Buffy, and now Angel. I'm now buying Buffy, season by season, and lining them up next to Firefly (first love always). These are perfect shows.

THIEFJEHAT

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:57 AM

Buffy came on TV in 1997. I paid no attention. By 2000 2 good friends clammered at me to watch it. I ignored them. By 2003 I had no idea what all the chatter about Buffy and Angel could have been. I mean BtVS? Yea I saw the 1992 movie and recalled that it was stupid.

Then the same friend handed me Firefly.

That was the spring of 2004. I finished Firefly and wanted to know more about this fella named Joss Whedon. "He's the dude behind BtVS and Angel" my friend quickly explained. And convienently enough all the buffy seasons save season 7 were on DVD and owned by this friend.

To shorten this tale, by November of 2004 I owned DVD copies of 7 Buffy seasons, 5 angel seasons and of course firefly. Additionally I'd buy copies of Firefly to give away to friends and neighbors. While I'm sad I ignored my friend for so long about Buffy one good thing came from it....I was able to watch the entire Buffy saga unfold in a series of DVD discs without ads to suffer through. So I guess alls well that ends well.

Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.

LOVOK

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 3:23 AM

Just a couple months ago I was (once again) crying over the lack of any new Firefly. It was at that point when I decided I needed to give Whedon's other shows a fair chance, so I made the decision to buy Buffy seasons one at a time, and that I'd stop buying them if the show got bad. Now I own all 7 seasons. My favs are 2, 3, 5, and 6, although I love 4 and 7 as well. Season 1 has a lot of mediocricy in it (though there are a few entertaining eps). I've only been able to see season 1 of Angel so far and while I think it's better than season 1 of Buffy, it doesn't come close to any other season of Buffy. I still eventually plan to see all of Angel though.

When comparing Firefly to Buffy some interesting thoughts come up. I see Firefly as the better casual entertainment show. It's a lot funnier (most of the time) than Buffy and is more pure "fun" than Buffy is. But Buffy does meaningful concepts and drama much better than Firefly does (or at least what we have of Firefly). They are definately different shows, though, I love both of them equally, in different ways.

Note that if you stack of the first 14 eps of Buffy to the 14 eps of Firefly, Firefly blows Buffy out of the water. Joss definately had his stuff nailed when he started Firefly, no "crap period" needed on Firefly.

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