Firefly Conversion Stories

POSTED BY: engineangel
UPDATED: Sunday, February 5, 2006 23:39
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ENGINEANGEL

Sunday, September 18, 2005 2:52 PM

7 people ... wow. looks like i have to get crackin'. that's great!!!

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My mother's tiny company has enough browncoats that the manager folk are doing one of those field trips on the 30th to see Serenity. :)

that's awesome. I've never heard of a work company going on field trips, but i would do it to go see Serenity.

I was converted by my dad.

He convinced me to watch the pilot but i fell asleep halfway through it.

It just wasn't interesting for me, and i was also quite tired. A while later i decided to give it another shot - it was Joss after all. i watched the second episode - the train job. and i liked it. The ep wasn't amazing, but it was okay. I decided to watch the next episode the next day. i liked it as well, and kept watching. eventually, i got to OiS and didn't want to watch it, for the same reason that i didn't want to watch the series finale in Buffy - i was a Firefly-maniac and didn't want to see it end. I decided to see it though because i just couldn't stay away!!! After the series ended, i went back to the pilot and watched it all the way through ... and i had to admit ... it was amazing and a wonderful episode (one of Joss's hands down). after that i decided that Firefly will never end because i'll just keep watching the episodes over and over and over and over and .... well you get it!!! Now, I am completely obsessed,

I listen to THE SIGNAL and go crazy when anyone mentions firefly.

Keep flying!!!

EngineAngel

listen to THE SIGNAL - the only podcast devoted to promoting and discussing Firefly and Serenity - the movie. Then look at the thread, THE SIGNAL, on www.fireflyfans.net.

River: There's too much snow on top. It's going to cave in. His brain is in grave danger.
Zoe: River, honey. He's putting the hair away.
River: It doesn't matter. It'll still be there. Waiting.

KIZYR

Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:03 PM

My friend back home has been slowly winning folks over to the browncoat cause since the series first got cancelled, myself included.

It was about a year and a half ago... Before the DVD release, but after the cancellation. He had the episodes recorded on his computer, so before I had to leave and go back home he's like "Hey Kaiser, you gotta check this out." I'm reluctant 'cause I'm tired, so he says just watch the first minute or two.

I end up watching the first ten minutes of Our Mrs. Reynolds, then tell him to stop it so I can watch it all from the beginning. From then on I've been a browncoat all the way and got the DVD on the day of its release. I'm still trying to get ahold of each of the comics (all covers included) and waiting for that soundtrack release. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

ENGINEANGEL

Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:00 AM

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I'm still trying to get ahold of each of the comics (all covers included) and waiting for that soundtrack release.

the soundtrack is actually already released out on the internet if you want to get it!!! (which i'm sure you do)

Keep flying!!!

EngineAngel

listen to THE SIGNAL - the only podcast devoted to promoting and discussing Firefly and Serenity - the movie. Then look at the thread, THE SIGNAL, on www.fireflyfans.net.

River: There's too much snow on top. It's going to cave in. His brain is in grave danger.
Zoe: River, honey. He's putting the hair away now.
River: It doesn't matter. It'll still be there. Waiting.

TOMANTA

Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:10 AM

I don't have many conversion stories, alas. But I do have a couple... but the best one isn't mine.

I hooked my brother from episode 1, but he had interest in it from the start. I tried to hook my dad after Out of Gas aired, but he couldn't get into it (he doesn't like to have too many TV shows going because of his schedule).

Skip ahead to... well, geez, this last spring. After a couple of pseudo-failed attempts to get people hooked (I showed my cousin the pilot and he liked it, but didn't have time to watch the rest; ditto with one of my brother's friends), I managed to get one of my new friends from school hooked (we watched everything in two days).

When I got a chance to get tickets to one of the screenings - and knew I was going to be home - I got a ticket for myself, my brother, and my dad. My dad couldn't make it, but I brought my DVD's home anyway... and hooked him this time.

My brother FINALLY got himself a DVD set after that. Between the middle of June and the middle of August he got nearly ALL of his friends hooked on the series, including his girlfriend (which shocked me).

Alas, most of the friends I've made here were ALREADY friends... makes it hard for me to convert :).

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."

KIZYR

Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:15 AM

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Originally posted by engineangel:
the soundtrack is actually already released out on the internet if you want to get it!!! (which i'm sure you do)

Question, though... wouldn't I need to pay $9.99 for it? I'm not in the habit of paying twice for things I want to own. If I could download it for free, fine, since I mean to buy the CD anyhow when it's released. But otherwise, I'll have to content myself to just wait.

Maybe the essay collection will tide me over 'til then {^^}. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

ENGINEANGEL

Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:40 PM

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Question, though... wouldn't I need to pay $9.99 for it? I'm not in the habit of paying twice for things I want to own.

yes, that's true - you would have to pay $9.99 for it. BUT the fact of the matter is that Fox does not have to or need to put out a CD. Right now, releasing the music digitally is giving them total or almost total profit. Why would they want to spend the money for the CD burn time, materials, shipping, and CD art. I don't want to say this, but they may never put out a CD. Either that or it will take them a very long time

Keep flying!!!

EngineAngel

listen to THE SIGNAL - the only podcast devoted to promoting and discussing Firefly and Serenity - the movie. Then look at the thread, THE SIGNAL, on www.fireflyfans.net.

River: There's too much snow on top. It's going to cave in. His brain is in grave danger.
Zoe: River, honey. He's putting the hair away now.
River: It doesn't matter. It'll still be there. Waiting.

KIZYR

Monday, September 26, 2005 12:31 PM

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Originally posted by engineangel:
yes, that's true - you would have to pay $9.99 for it. BUT the fact of the matter is that Fox does not have to or need to put out a CD. Right now, releasing the music digitally is giving them total or almost total profit. Why would they want to spend the money for the CD burn time, materials, shipping, and CD art. I don't want to say this, but they may never put out a CD. Either that or it will take them a very long time

Hold the phone, though... What's with the physical CD soundtrack being listed on Amazon as shipping out on the 27th? It's listed on the main page under "Support FFF.net". I'm planning on ordering it along with ordering the official visual companion... though I already put in an order for the RPG book {^^}. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

ZOE: Preacher, don’t the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?
BOOK: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps...

BLACKEYEDGIRL

Monday, September 26, 2005 2:56 PM

Oh the conversions! Let's see I've got my mom and dad, Tyler (who converted his Battlestar Galactica watching fan group since Sci-Fi started airing them, roughly 6 ppl), Khrysten (who converted her mom and brother), Dave, Morty, Diana (who in turn converted her LoTR friends), Bob, Gene (who watched all the episodes in a 24 hr. period), Neil, and Amanda. Thanks to me I think about 15+ people have been converted through either direct conversion, or through someone I converted converting others.

My strategies:
Sheer force. Whenever someone would come over I'd say, oh there's nothing on TV< let's watch Firefly. Usually by the end of Serenity they are like, can we watch another one? That was pretty good?
Gifting: Give the gift that keeps on giving. I've probably purchased 8 DVD sets by now (4 were from our public TV auction, where Browncoats put together Serenity/Firefly gift packs, I did my duty by pushing those bids up to guarantee that we got good coverage!). At least 3 of which were gifted out. People are far more likely to watch somethign when they didn't have to pay for it.
A Borrower Be: I also have had at least 3 "borrower" copies out of the ones I have purchase. All 3 have since been sold to whoever borrowed them. I borrow the set out, and then they refuse to give it back, it's that simple.
Bribery: One of my latest conversions was to offer my friend who was training for a marathon this deal: "Okay Diana, I know you will think this is ridiculous, but remember how I said 'wonderfalls is great'and you bought it and loved it?" "Yeah" "Well I know you are training for that marathon, so here's the deal. For every episode of something made by JOss Whedon I'll give you a dollar for Arthritis Research (the race she is running is for arthritis). But you have to watch Firefly first." You know what? It worked, she watched the whole first disc and was still a little iffy on it, but she kept watching by the end of it, she wanted to know when the movie was coming out! She made money towards her marathon goal, and got to relax (she also walked on her treadmill and did sit ups while watching the show) and unwind while watching the show. I wish I had thought of this sooner.
Rant: One person I converted cos I was like, well you liked Buffy and you like Battlestar, then you'll love Firefly. I was right, he did.

On Thursday night at midnight I will be going to see Serenity with 6 people. On Friday there will be at least 4 of us. That's $100 towards the BDS (Big Damn Sequel) fund. I know that the rest of my convertees will be attending within the first week of release (cos they are good like that).

Great to hear all of the stories, keep up the work we've only got a few days left!

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Inara: "Do aliens live among us?"
Kaylee: "Yes. One of them's a doctor."

ASA

Monday, September 26, 2005 3:25 PM

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Originally posted by Kizyr:
Hold the phone, though... What's with the physical CD soundtrack being listed on Amazon as shipping out on the 27th? It's listed on the main page under "Support FFF.net". I'm planning on ordering it along with ordering the official visual companion... though I already put in an order for the RPG book {^^}. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

ZOE: Preacher, don’t the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?
BOOK: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps...

There are two soundtracks. The one you're referring to is the CD soundtrack for the movie serenity. As far as I know the soundtrack to the Tv series is only available digitally.

KNIBBLET

Monday, September 26, 2005 3:27 PM

I've been talking up Firefly non-stop since "Ms. Jones" started here back in May.

I had an extra pass for the sneak preview tomorrow evening and offered it to her -- at the same time, I handed her my DVD set and said, "Watch this. You don't have to have seen the show to understand the movie, but it will help you identify and love all the characters more.

She came in this morning and said she was "I'm ****ing angry with Fox. This could have gone on for years! Does Inara leave the ship? What's up with River? What were those idiots in suits thinking?!?"

I think I've made a convert.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MN-Firefly/

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