Wondering what sort of fans Firefly attracts?

POSTED BY: Ruthie
UPDATED: Thursday, July 26, 2007 21:16
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LUPA

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:28 AM

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STAND UP and fight for your right

Right to what? Free pussy?

No, seriously, you buy your dates jewelry? Damn! I have got to get me a thirty-something South Westerner. Sorry to break it to you, Succatash, but it seems to me you're the one raising the chivalry-bar here.

"Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal."

KOFFEE

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:29 AM

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

Succatash, you are such a goof sometimes. But I guess that is why I love ya.

We really need a rolling eyes emoticon here....but this will have to do for now...

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“It's a real burn, being right so often.”

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:33 AM

Did I really write "Keep Sailing?" God, I'm totally ruining this thread. Sorry.

Did I mention that Firefly is a great show? How can I download it?

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:41 AM

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Originally posted by Lupa:
Right to what? Free pussy? ....Sorry to break it to you, Succatash, but it seems to me you're the one raising the chivalry-bar here.

Here's the way it should work. We all be nice to each other.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:34 AM

I can see where your frustration comes from Succatash. The lovely ladies here in Utah are definitely a very moral bunch, and as such it takes months and months to get anywhere usually... that's because of the incredible religious pressure put upon them to be "good." It's more likely that you will find a mormon woman here in 90% mormon Utah. These gals just don't have the same thing going on upstairs as the rest of the girls in the country. I'll prove it... ok girls how many of you will not go out with a guy unless he's gone to church with you for at least 6 months? How many of you consider a kiss to be grounds for marriage? Indeed, almost all of the mormon girls in Utah are of that mental attitude. Yup.

CAPTBAGGYTROUSERS

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:59 AM

Scary. I've only been to Utah once, Salt Lake City, and thought it was pretty. Couldn't find a comic book store in my walk-around, so that made me a little leary...

But to bring this topic away from Planet of the Men Vs. Planet of the Women (although, sure, that one is always box office gold) and back onto: who are we, why are we here?

I am a 31 (!) year old male from Boston (well, the suburbs), and fan of many things geek and several non-geek. I was an enormous Buffy fan, tried Angel for a couple of years before I despaired, and missed Firefly entirely in its run on Fox. High concept sci-fi show on Friday night? Nope, couldn't let myself get attached. I knew I'd see it eventually. I did, and here we are.

History repeats the old conceits

DRAKON

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:55 AM

42, male, married to a wonderful lady, in teh greater San Fransisco bay area. Got 2 kids, both in their early 20's. Son and girlfriend are getting close to the "where did I put my shotgun stage"

Have liked science fiction from an early age. Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke. Star Trek OS. although wife is fond of TNG. Wanted so hard to like Enterprise, but they lost me when the doc decided no allow an entire population of a planet to die off for the sake of evolution.

Firefly was my show. It was the first show in a long time that I discovered, and got the rest of the family to watch. Daughter usually is show discoverer, with ER, and Buffy, Angel and others. I found this one. And I really love Firefly. Which I think is why it got canceled.

"My kind of stupid"

SERGEANTX

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:10 AM

Heinlein sure crops up in a lot of these, eh? BTW, Ruthie, For the record I'm 39, male single dad. Big Heinlein fan, libertarian and generally lost. I liked the original Star Wars, 2001:ASO, Blade Runner, some ST:OS, much of ST:TNG, but not much else in the way of televised or movie sci-fi.

One of the reviews in the IMDB archive for Firefly goes something like this = "Firefly is not a scifi show, I don't like those. Its not a western, I hate those. Firefly is a sci-fi/western, and apparently I LOVE those."

SergeantX

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

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:14 PM

30-ish, male, cab driver and (laugh if you will, I don't care) house-man for my girl, who's not-quite-30, and an upper level execu-type.

So, I push the cab part time and do alla that housewife kinda stuff too, not to mention cook, since letting HER cook is beggin for a fire..

As far as Utah, I've only seen it for 10 minutes and apparently managed to offend everyone in sight during an airline layover.

Had me some coffee and a smoke (apparently this is some sort of gaffe in Utah??) and a cussin fit when the phone I was trying to use ate my change..

They're weird in Utah, no doubt about it.
((shaking head))

Firefly is truly a show that can appeal to just about everyone, tho.

-Frem

ARCHER

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:32 PM

Uh, Succatash, I didn't actually put on the girlie underwear. I just said I did so you would and then send me the pics.

Purely for research purposes for the story, since you came up with River on the "What FF character are you?" test. Take that, Evil Clone! I finally out-maneuvered you!

There, conscience unburdened. I can die at peace now.

And sorry, frustration or no, I'm still opening doors for ladies and so on. Double standard? Sure. But I gotta be me. Mind you, I think a good pistol makes a better gift than jewelry, though. But I'm considered odd by some.

I'm a quasi-libertarian, kinda got the same thing going with the LP and libertarian methodology as Mal has going with God these days, only generally not so virulent.

Viva Heinlein. They don't like talking about him at all these days, but I'll bet you in fifty years you'll still be able to find full selections of his works on the shelves at bookstores.

Not even gonna get into the Utah issue. I drive a truck, pass through on a semi-regular basis, and Salty has got some of the worst traffic in the country. (Sure as hell the worst on the western side... makes LA look sane.) Speaking of which, time for me to get back to work. See ya'll in a couple-three weeks.

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.

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