New Fan! (Where the hell have I been?)

POSTED BY: Melsy
UPDATED: Friday, October 14, 2005 16:18
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SIGGGY

Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:28 AM

Good to read the above posts. I've come new to it and been to the movie twice so far. I was introduced by a free DVD attached to my favorite movie magazine Empire here in Australia. I read their review and it said it was a little like Star Wars. I watched the train job first impressions were, no 5.1 surround sound,what the hell no sound in space and its a Western. The theme song came on and I was going whoa what the hell is this( I now love the theme) after getting to know the characters a little I decided it was a program I could get into. I have since bought the set and with my wife we are slowly moving through the set much like the original posters on this topic. The favorite thus far was the last we watched, Our Mrs Reynolds. My wife also liked Shindig a lot. The movie was great. I work in a hospital and will quite happily tell patients I saw a good movie called Serenity. I really want it to do well as I want it to continue the characters and situations are too good! I would also like them to remarket the set with 5.1 sound.

NOSADSEVEN

Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:29 AM

I second Embers's suggestion...don't bother spreading out your first viewing of the episodes so much. By all means, savor them, but don't worry that they are going to lose their flavor right away - they actually ripen a bit first. And, of course, when they eventually do start to fade, just watch them with someone who has never seen them before - brings the flavor right back!

Seriously, these episodes really really stand up to repeated viewings. I think there were at least two months where I didn't really watch anything but Firefly. I would put something else on and then part way through I'd realize that I'd rather just rewatch an episode. Also, I watched every episode on FOX in 2002 (frequently coming home to find I'd taped an hour of baseball), bought the DVDs the week they came out in 2003, and this many years later I still notice new little details. (There's even a thread dedicated to this phenomena "So you've seen each episode multiple times..." or something along those lines.)

I also recommend holding off on the commentaries until you are well acquainted with each episode. I think I jumped the gun on them a little bit, and will always wonder if I would've picked up on some of the details without them being pointed out.

Oh, and...Welcome!

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Ain't. We. Just.

DONCOAT

Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
RANT
The romos are a web phenomenon, and in no way respresentative of the avg. viewing audience, no offence to the romos out there. (You know who you are- Mal+Inara is more important to you than the fact that River is an assassin or that the alliance is trying to brainwash the human race)

So is it okay if I want to see Mal + Inara play out, but also want to know exactly how that firefly drive works?

SMAUG

Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:07 PM

Hmmm... I didn't know there was a term for it.. : I guess I am a self-diagnosed "romo"..

I actually have a very long post I have been working on on my own insights into Mal and Inara.. .. When I am finished with it I will post it.. I don't know which message area to post it in.. it probbably doesn't belong in "general discussions". But I don't see a message area to specifically talk in depth about specific characters..

But even being a "romo" I see Mal and Inara's story within firefly 'verse as the story of how they come together.. not the story of them being together. Actually as much as I would love to see them come together.. and I have so many ideas of how that could happen that are beautiful, tragic, and even funny.. But I am afraid that if they ever do become one.. that one of them will die. Joss you basterd!!! But I hope that never happenes because if one of them dies.. so will the other. And I don't mean physcially dead.. the romos out there will understand

Although my primary interest lies with Mal and Inara..like DonCoat.. I could also talk all night about what River is.. or how do Reavers pilot ships.. or would Jayne ever really betray the rest of them for for enought money, or what is Book's backgound.. or will we see the operative again.. etc. etc... it's just an incredibly deep universe.

And Melsy.. I am torn between wanting to gobble up every single episode in one sitting.. but like you am battling to spread them out so that I can savor each and every one.. and know that I still have more to watch!!!

Smaug..

SHAOLIN

Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:28 PM

I'm right there with you Melsy. Last Friday afternoon my husband and I went to see Serenity. It is the first time we've been to a movie theater since our daughter was born last year. I hadn't even seen any advertising of Serenity, but since we both like scifi we plopped down our well earned cash...and was it ever worth it. We both loved the movie.

I kinda remembered something about a TV show called Firefly, so I googled it and also found this site. I knew I was hooked and needed more Firefly ASAP. So we did exactly what you did and went to Best Buy and bought the DVDs. However, we don't have your willpower and have already watched several episodes.

I totally agree that this show/movie is truly a gem. I hope that the powers that be will let Firefly grace our TV and/or movie screens again in the future.

Carry on the good work brown coats (or is it Browncoats?)!

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:56 PM

Welcome Melsy! Glad to have you with us!

Glad you enjoyed the movie & that you picked up the DVD for the series. You will love it!

There are other things out there for purchase if you are interested. There is a 3 issue limited comic series by Dark Horse Comics, a movie magazine, the "Serenity Visual Companion", action figures of Mal & Jayne, trading cards, and a plethora of fan made apparel & other goodies.

Again welcome & we look forward to talking to you.

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"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/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:04 PM

don,

no reason to twist my words. I was simply saying that because of romos strong influence on the farscape boards, bonnie told henson and co that they had to replace their season three story line with a romo one. This is just wrong, from a creative perspective.

Romos are stronger on boards than in the general audience becuase romos tend to spend a lot of time online. But even if it were what the fanbase wanted, it's not ultimately their, or our, call. It's Joss' and that's how it should be.

On telepathy, ants release neurotransmitters through their antennae. It's the same process that is used elsewhere in their brains, the NTs are released by brain cells, but instead shoot out the antennae and are picked up by other ants. This is much closer to telepathy than it is to "smell-based signals" as it is often portayed.

Some species of jellyfish have parts capable of functioning independent of one another. Each part has it's own neural ganglion, and can do what it pleases, but they are all more or less connected within the jellyfish, or that's how I understand it. This is different from the light based communication they use with other jellyfish, which as you said is not telepathic, it's just alien.

MELSY

Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by embers:

and have you watched the pre-quel videos?:
http://www.session416.com/mirrors
or
http://www.hittarivertam.nu/

enjoy! (and welcome)

Thanks for the links! I'll devour them in between DVDs.

Okay, what's the story behind these scenes? Are they really prequel's or screen tests or what? I'm sure everyone else knows so no need to go into it here, maybe you can email me privately.

MELSY

Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:44 PM

Hi Shaolin. Our experiences mirror each other, I wonder how many others are doing the same thing? We didn't know anything about it either and I almost changed my mind at the box office and was thinking of buying two tickets for Jodie Foster's Flight Plan. I was standing there thinking... 'do I really want to plop down 20 odd bucks for another weak Sci-Fi film... cuz they all end up disappointing us.' I stuck to my guns and the gamble paid off!

So now I am curious, does anyone know the demographics of Firefly fans? Who is/was the target audience? Are we a good mix or do we lean more on the younger, middle age, or older crowd; new generation of Sci-Fi fans, old Sci-Fi (we're talking original Star Trek, Twilight Zone stuff) or ??? And has your fan base grown significantly since the release of Serenity?

And don't lose hope on a revival... with all the new "Sci-Fi" based network shows this year the wolves are out looking for meat to fill a niche!

EMBERS

Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Melsy:
Okay, what's the story behind these scenes? Are they really prequel's or screen tests or what? I'm sure everyone else knows so no need to go into it here, maybe you can email me privately.

no reason for privacy, a lot of people
(and most of the newbies) haven't watched these yet,
so they always bear mentioning:

these were done long after 'Firefly', in fact after 'Serenity' was done filming...
Universal was trying to come up with more ideas for 'guerilla' marketing and Joss told them:
'well...I've got this idea...'

So Joss Whedon wrote, directed and played the interviewer w/Summer Glau as River (naturally)
and set these up as pre-quels...
the history of what happened to River at the Academy before she was busted out of there

they are not spoilers in any way,
although there is one very tiny hidden foreshadowing for the movie
(not enough to be a spoiler, but definitely a tie in for those who have seen the movie).

aren't they the coolest thing ever? LOL

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