When did you fall in love w/ Firefly?
POSTED BY: dianaspr
UPDATED: Saturday, November 19, 2005 20:30
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Ok so Id like to know when was the exact point when you decided you loved this show?
For me it was the trailers to the movie, I told my best friend OHHHH! I HAVE GOT TO SEE THAT. She said well theres a whole t.v show about it. I told myself I would not see it till I saw the show. So I got a hold of THE TRAIN JOB. I started watching it I was like Ok. so what it just seemed like a western to me what does this have to do w/ the movie, but then that guy flew trough the hologram window and I was like did I see what I think I saw, then Serenity went to rescue them and I was In love!!!
Let me know your story!!!
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As soon as I watched Jaynestown on Sci-fi in the week coming up to the show. It just happened to be on and I instantly became engrossed in the characters. I loved Kaylee from the start. Simply put, it was the best damn show I've ever seen.
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken
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Kaylee too. *Click* "Now I can't get down..."
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The movie trailers for me too. Then I caught Bushwhacked on Space's Labor Day Joss-a-thon and I was totally in love.
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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Okay, a little history on how and why I found Firefly in the first place:
In June, I left my job after 6 long years of LOOOONNNGG days and no vacations (my own fault, I'm sure, but every time I tried to schedule a vacation, I got "guilted" into postponing it because there was too much critical stuff going on...). With some much-needed, long-anticipated time off finally on my hands, I tackled several automotive projects right away. I play with, rebuild, restore, and race Honda CRXs when I have the time; I had a couple that needed some attention, so they came first.
During the extreme mid-day heat of central Texas in July, I started coming inside around noon, to eat and cool down for a few hours. With nothing on TV, I happened across "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on the FX network. I later found out it was about midway through Season 3. Anyway, I picked up the habit of watching an episode or two when I got the chance, and before long, I was truly hooked. I was taping the eps, looking for earlier episodes to get more background, and so on.
That led me to start buying Buffy on DVD, starting with Season 1 (or "Season 0.5", as it should be called, since it's only a half-season's worth of shows). Before long, I'd picked up Seasons 1 thru 4, seen all of 5, 6 & 7 on FX, and gotten caught up in "Angel" as well. After I'd seen all of both of those shows, a friend told me about "Firefly". I went right out and bought the DVD set the next day.
So, back to the question: when did I fall *in love* with Firefly? About halfway through the pilot episode. I said it out loud (and I was watching it alone!): "It's a WESTERN! It's a Sci-Fi WESTERN!!" That was a bit tough to get my head around, and I thought it was a bit of a cheesy gimmick, but then I just decided to accept that fact, put my trust in Joss's considerable talent, and hitch on for the rest of the ride. Within the space of the two-hour pilot, I was well and truly hooked. And after watching the entire season in a weekend, when I later found out there was a full-fledged MOVIE coming out, I was ecstatic.
So there's my "Why I love Firefly" story...
Mike
Grrrrr. Arrrgghh.
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Well, I'm not a 'u', but...
For me it was the Friday night in 2002 when "The Train Job" first aired. I swallowed the hook almost immediately and watched the whole episode with great enjoyment.
Then Mal kicked Crow through the engine. I jumped out of my chair, yelling. Good thing I don't have a cat, or it would've had a cow. At that moment, the hook was set, and it hasn't worked loose yet.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Same here, Doncoat. I'd tuned in out of morbid curiousity after seeing a few of FOX's horrid advertisements for it over the summer, and in that moment I fell in love with the series.
Actually, it was just after that moment, when Mal just hauls the next guy out and starts going through the whole speech again ("Now this is all the money Niska gave us..."), with the guy immediately agreeing. That was great.
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I was hooked with the 'Train Job' as well when Fox first aired Firefly. I have to admit, I was a little lost, especially since this was the "pilot" of a new show, but I really liked the idea, the humor and the characters. I think 'Out of Gas' really sealed the deal for me and when 'Objects in Space' aired, I was swearing that Fox better not cancel this show.
Colin
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This is a fun thing!
I bought FF the week it came out on DVD. The opening of Serenity was well filmed, and I started to pay more attention when the scene switches to 6 years later, and it's Mal upside down (I like perception distorting tricks in film) good stuff. But the hook wnet in and held when it cut to Wash and the dinos. At that point I was fish well and truely landed. Then Jayne says 'let's moon em' (which, I used to do on occasion) and I think I watched 4 eps the first night.
Thanks to viral marketing...SERENITY: reopening soon in a theater near you.
Shiny Trees! Yavanna made Shiny Trees!
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