Wondering what sort of fans Firefly attracts?

POSTED BY: Ruthie
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ARCHER

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:05 AM

Male, 28, single.

Hey networks, I'm vastly wealthy and buy everything I see in advertising on TV.

Old SF fan from way back to the time my mother read me Red Planet when I was like... five.

(Curse this damned addiction of mine to literature. I sometimes think heroin would be cheaper.)

Gotta say, Koffee... FF is not in the typical mode for SF tv, but not for SF literarily. That's always been one of the problems with getting from SF fiction to movies and TV. For the old-time fans, a great deal of the concepts have been explored in serious depth, and space-age rusticism has been explored in a lot of stories. Space Western is far from a new concept.

Prob is, when you put it on a screen, you gotta aim to that mass market. Which wants awesome CGI and so on.

(Witness the typical SF fan's disdain for the Matrix... the idea has been explored for decades.)

Anywho, nice to meet ya, Ruthie. Welcome to our little gang.

There ain't nothin' I can't overcome or come to know. So lay your heavy load down on me, strip everything I have away. I am not your prisoner, I am not afraid.

SERENITYVALLEY

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:24 AM

I'm a teenage girl, but Firefly attracts a lot of ages, male and female. My brother is 11 and he likes it too. I'd say I'm a sci-fi fan but not the classic sci-fi like Star Trek or Star Wars. Other Sci-Fi channel stuff like Sliders or Odessy5 and stuff. I also like horror and a little fantasy (though not really pure fantasy like LotR, but like Labyrinth.)

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?" -Wash
"I told him to sit down," -Simon

SHAMBLEAU

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:53 AM

I'm a 57 year old man, whose interest in sci-fi peaked when I was fifteen. While I enjoyed the Alien movies, the first couple of Star Wars, 2001 and a few others, no sci-fi tv series has ever held my interest. And, to tell the truth, most of what I like about Firefly rests in the characterization, the writing, and the acting.

On this show, the slow development of character, the gradual unveiling of sides you didn't know, combined with magnificent, stylized dialog is just so pleasurable! In a way that even movies can't match, you're drawn into characters who have such depth and believability that they're real in a way that most shows never even attempt.

Plus, wonderfully unusual music scores, documentary-style camerawork, and stories that, for example, take place in three timelines at once, or delve into the psyche of a disturbed girl through dreamlike imagery that could have come from a European art film. All that combined with kick-ass action and humor? No wonder you can watch these eps over and over!

shambleau

SIRENKAIN

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:37 AM

Sorry no Josh for Amber. Last I heard SciFi channel had it and was creating a mini-series following the likes of their Dune series.

For more on the SciFi current crop go to

http://www.sftv.org/sftv/scifi2002.html

Morbid and creep-ifying I got no problem with.

LUPA

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:38 AM

I am female, late teens. Besides the occasional Bradbury novel, not a sci-fi fan at all (I suppose I was rebelling against having a Trekkie astrophysicist for a father). I am a minor anime enthusiast, though, and when I saw the sci-fi western theme in animes like Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star I really liked it, and that was really why I decided to check Firefly out. That, and the fact I'm a Buffy fan from way before I was really old enough to watch it, so anything Joss-related warrants a drive-by IMO. I could care less about the sets and effects, it's the Whedon-esque dialouge and the wonderful character devolopment (a rare thing on TV) that keeps me coming back for more. Plus they're all just so pretty.

"Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal."

CANTTAKESKY

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:42 AM

I found that there's a good number of libertarian Firefly fans on the official FOX board. Many libertarians are attracted to the strong anti-authoritarian themes, as well Firefly's portrayal of the importance of "the right to bear arms," so to speak.

Any other libertarians here?

SERGEANTX

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:47 AM

CANTTAKESKY -- lotsa Libertarian fans of Firefly. Myself and Archer I know, Lux Lucre is a true believer as well. Quite a few others have indicated as much.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 5:45 AM

I'm also female, late teens. I care about Firefly and boys. Everyone is very nice to me.

KASUO

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:09 AM

24/m/CA

I watch Angel, Samurai Jack.

I used to watch Enterprise but it pains me to so now that I've been spoiled by the quality of Firefly.

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:11 AM

Sorry about the previous post. I'm male 32 and an unmarried man. Very rare in Utah, just ask Maniac. I am not a teenage girl after all. Although one time me and Archer tried on girlie underwear so he could write some River fanfic. It seemed to work.

I'm very pro woman but I get mad when we have all of these equal rights for women along with the big double standard. I have no problem with my boss being a woman, it's just not an issue.

My generation is so very smart and equal, yet here I am opening doors and carrying things for my dates, and buying them dinner and jewelry and stuff. Only so maybe she'll invite me up.

The game sucks. I say to all men in the world -- STAND UP and fight for your right. We men just need to realize that women are just as horny as men. Get smart and stop using Mr. Winky to make decisions. The rules of love can change if we men unite and stop acting stupid.

Oh yeah, and Firefly is cool, too. Keep Sailing!

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