Hi Firefly. Hello pain.

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UPDATED: Saturday, October 22, 2005 06:26
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JJCA

Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:57 AM

i too feel your pain. I have been watching and loving since the very first broadcast episode the very first night.... unfortunately, i cannot tell you that the pain goes away. 3 years on, its still ever-present.

I still watch the episodes several times a week (on the 2nd box set even!) and have gone to the movie more than a half dozen times - lordy... but its not getting better!

Having been a mighty fan of other tv shows in the past, you would think that we the ever-lovin' viewing public would get used to this pain, but in this case i guess not, mal etc. are just too real, and too beloved. As is Joss. Really our pain is his pain. I want to make him happy, as happy as he has made us. I want him to dance for joy, or at least tap a foot in time to the happy, happy, joy,joy song.
i am going to the movie again tomorrow and will think of him tapping along, maybe.

CUB

Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:05 AM

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Originally posted by jjca:
i too feel your pain. I have been watching and loving since the very first broadcast episode the very first night.... unfortunately, i cannot tell you that the pain goes away. 3 years on, its still ever-present.

As bad as it is for us newbies, I just can't imagine what it must have been like from the beginning. The thought is almost horrific.

I just wish I knew that there was a future for the show on TV - a very near future - so that it wouldn't hurt so much to love it. But, then, I guess that's all everyone here's been wantin' for years.

Heh. I just read my sig again and heard Jayne's voice. Can't help but smile.

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"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."

RIVER6213

Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:34 AM

I still cannot believe that this show had been on tv around 2001-2202 and I had somehow missed it!

I can't get this show out of my mind; the theme song, the characters, the world, and the stories! It was such a good show.

I'm going to chance sounding like a baby here, but I want the show back; make them put it back on the air, make them make more episodes! Do whatever it takes to get this gem of a show back on the air!!!!

Its pure PAIN knowing that the big networks wrecked a good thing; what's the matter with them, are they not aware that they created a crazed fan base?

Are we being played here? Are they pulling a Star Trek from the 60s tactic on us? At least with the Star Trek from the 60s, those fan got at least 55 episodes before it was pulled; we only get 12....somehow this is not fair.

I've learned to love all the characters on Firefly (except for Jayne)and I've learned to love the world in which Firefly exist in, and it really pains me in my heart that there are no new episodes coming down the pipe; No fair!

I tried telling my coworkers about this show, and I have loaned out my Firefly the complete Series out to people, and they watch only one episode, and they tell me its crap! This I can't believe!

Firefly is the BEST series to come to televsion in years; how can anyone even begin to think it was crap?

I don't know how or why, but Firefly has struck a chord in me. I'm not certain what chord that is, but there is something familiar and comfortable about this series, and its characters that forces me into a mode of empathy for the characters and the stories; this sort of thing never happened with any other show I've ever watched.

You bet your boots that its a pain. I wish I had never discovered this gem of a series because now I am an addict with no chance of getting my habit fix.

P.S.
No knock on the creator of Buffy the vampire Slayer, but why is it that shows like that get season after season, and shows like Firefly which is SO much better get only 12 episodes???

Whats the matter with people?

KNIBBLET

Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:40 AM

I'm of the school that Buffy was brilliant and I wish that Buffy, Angel and Firefly were all still on the glowing blue box of pain.

You'll find most folk around here also enjoy Buffy and Angel. Only 'bout 5% are mentally deranged enough not to love the adorable dispatcher of evil, the Scoobie gang, her stylish yet affordable boots and her former boyfriend with the poncy hair gel.

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

DONCOAT

Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:43 AM

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As bad as it is for us newbies, I just can't imagine what it must have been like from the beginning. The thought is almost horrific.

Well, I'll tell you what it was like for me.

I was lucky: I happened to see one of Fox's few ads for the series. I was in front of my set that first Friday night when the opening scene of "The Train Job" was aired.

I was drawn in from the very start -- the moment that Serenity rose up behind the BDHes outside the bar. But in that penultimate scene where Mal calmly pushes Niska's henchman through the engine, I was hooked like a tuna. I think I literally jumped out of my chair, yelling.

And I was in front of my set the next Friday, and the one after that, and... huh? WTF? Where's my Firefly?

The hurt started early, with the preemptions. I have to confess that when Firefly disappeared for a couple weeks in a row, I lost focus and missed it when it did come back, though I found it again later. (In all I missed two or three of the episodes that aired.)

And then it was gone......

So all I can say to you is... get used to the feeling. Firefly can bring joy and pain like no other form of entertainment I've ever experienced (Watership Down comes close). But it's the kind of pain that you take inside and make part of you, and it ultimately just adds to the richness and depth.

So I say, welcome to the bittersweet world of the Browncoats, where life is like a box of chocolates -- dark chocolates.

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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.

PIZMOBEACH

Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:30 PM

I feel like "The Keeper of the Secret of the 15th Episode..." Don't get too excited but do get excited. There's a script out there for an episode that didn't get filmed, one that had it been filmed would probably have made my top 5 FF eps - it's a dang good script.

Oh! And you can read it here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/feature.asp?f=45

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.net

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:41 PM

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There's only 12! Twelve episodes of bliss and then nothing.

Actually there are 15. I hope you caught all the references to that already.

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:49 PM

I know the feeling. I've just recently discovered this show as well and I am totally hooked. Fortunately my cuz is a big fan too, so I've got someone to talk to it about. However, I'm trying to get my family and friends to go see the movie and watch the show too. I am getting the same feeling that they're looking at me like I've got three heads, but I want them to see it and realize how good it is. Besides, people look at me like that a lot, so I'm kinda used to it by now. Anyways, I think we've got a good chance of it coming back. After all, Family Guy came back because of how well the DVD box sets sold -- why can't Firefly? I hate reality shows and wish Fox would cancel one of those and bring back Firefly in its place!

"Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't comin' back."

MITHEL

Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:06 PM

It's encouraging to continue to see how many people do love and enjoy Firefly. It's doing "well" (for a canceled show with a disappointing movie)... I figure if Amazon has the DVD as the #2 selling TV series DVD and is raising the price well it is doing well.

I know many friends that may miss Serenity in the theaters because they haven't finished watching the DVD episodes.

JAYNEANDVERA

Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:21 PM

Its true that the BO numbers arent great, but like you said the DVD sales are up. I know people who will miss it because they are watching the series, but I also know plenty of people who have just seen the movie and are now getting the series. I think that as dissapointing as the whole thing's been, its still chugging along and even picking up a little steam.

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