When did you fall in love w/ Firefly?
POSTED BY: dianaspr
UPDATED: Saturday, November 19, 2005 20:30
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I actually didn't originally see it from the beginning, but I saw the first 5 minutes of Shindig and was absolutely captivated. 
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Hey to all the FF obsessed people!
No, Cap'n, I think it's shiny!--Kaylee, o'course.
Yeah, but she's our witch, so cut her the hell down! --Mal in "Safe."
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The advertisements for the BDM intrigued me, but I fell in love watching "Jaynestown" and "Out of Gas" on the SciFi marathon the Tuesday before BDM came out. I do a lot of writing, it's my hobby and I hope to make a career of it, and if there's one thing I'm obsessed with, it's characters. I don't usually like sci-fi, but the show is character driven, and it was the strong, fascinating characters who sold me on the show. That, and the delightful sharp wit. I went and saw the BDM that weekend with a friend.
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I've told this story to some already, but since you asked....
I watched (and taped) the original Fox broadcasts in 2002. I liked the show, and looked forward to Friday nights. But then, one Friday in November, my son wanted to buy me dinner for my birthday (his being 9 at the time meant it would be McDonald's, but I didn't complain). I set my VCR, picked up my son at his mother's, and headed out. We had fun, and I came home looking to forward to watching that night's episode, "Ariel".
I rewound the tape and started watching, but it wasn't "Ariel", it was "Safe", from the week before. My VCR screwed up and didn't tape the show!!
Suddenly, I had to in fact fight back tears, and had to wait a few seconds before I could see clearly. I hadn't realized I cared that much. That was when I finally got just how much I loved the show. And I told myself that I'd just have to catch the episode in re-runs.....
Then I felt sick to my stomach (and NOT because of the Big Mac) because I just knew, clear down into my bones, that there would be no re-runs, and that the show was doomed.
I didn't get to see "Ariel" until I picked up the DVDs a year later.
MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."
http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast
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It took three eps. The third one aired was "Our Mrs. Reynolds".
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Whilst watching the pilot on Sci-Fi. I went and bought the DVD's the next day.
-------Huge Fan of:---------
Firefly\Serenity
Farscape
Andromeda (Early Seasons)
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When the pilot aired on my favorite channel, Sci-fi. I TiVoed the next few eps, but when I realized that not all would air before the movie was released, I went to Amazon.com and bought the DVDs.
While my story is fair dull, the next two are better.
On my 3rd viewing of Serenity, I convinced my sister to come. She loved it so much, we called her husband to come, and the 3 of us sat through the movie again that night.
After that, I convinced my mom that she would like this movie. Now, picture my mom: she watches West Wing and Survivor, ER and Amazing Race. She liked LOTR some, the only sci fi movie she truly loved was Star Wars, ep IV (though she has seen all of them). She loved the movie, so I lent her the DVDs to watch. She started the next morning with the pilot while she was on her treadmill (nice set up, BTW). Before she knew it, she had been walking for almost an hour (longer than she'd gone in a very long time). She called me this evening to tell me she finished the last ep (couldn't wait until the am) and she hates me because she loves Mal, and there is no more of him. So now I have to write a story to tide her over until we convince TPTB to make more.
I can't get over how my favorite channel in the world passed over the Shiniest series in the world and made Battlestar Galactica.
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DarkJester:
But the upside is you had 4 new episodes to look forward to instead of 3 (once you heard there would be DVD's, that is).
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I first heard about Firefly from my dad. I heard it was by Joss and I thought "Aw damn, I hate Sci-Fi shows. *Sigh* But it's by Joss. I guess I'll try it out."
Then, first episode, Serenity goes to Full Burn for the first time. I was as in love with it as much as Buffy, and slightly more than Angel.
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I'm ashamed to say that I missed the show when it was on TV the first time...Please forgive me, I've repented. I first saw the Serenity trailers and then got interested in the whole thing. I decide to go and buy the series on DVD and where I live NOONE had it. Henceforth I was on a mission! I ordered it online and fell in love within the first few minutes. It was definately the most interesting show I'd ever seen, and I loved the way all the characters were so well developed. Since then I've seen the movie,for which there are no words...sigh...and I've been watching the DVDs over and over and over and...you get it. Anyway I love it and I'm glad to see so many other people feel the same! (Also Nathan pretty much had me speechless...sigh...)
"Explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress?" "Tactics, woman."..(Mal & Inara in OMR) ...."My food is problematic."..(River in the Message)
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This is my first post, and I feel like I have to appologize. I never watched Firefly when it originally aired. 
When I saw the trailer for "Serentiy" and decided to see it when it came out. In the meantime, Sci-Fi started airing the shows leading up to the premier. I only saw the end of "Out of Gas" when Mal first sees Serentiy - and I was hooked!
Then I saw "Shindig" and part of "The Message" before the movie came out. Then it snowballed from there - the movie was awesome, then I ordered the series DVD, then the big crash knowing that when I watched "Objects in SPace" that I'd seen all there is to Firefly and Serenity in the Verse.
I really hope the make another movie, or dare I hope, to restart the series on Sci-Fi or something...Great show! Great movie! And sorry again that I missed it on the first tour!
I'll end by thanking the original fans that did what it took to get the movie made...Cheers!
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