took me 2 weeks to actually post this..
POSTED BY: melcrose
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 22:16
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Well, my story..
Knew Serenity was coming out soon, thought I wanted to watch it but wanted to be familiar with the series first. I had heard good things (slashdot).
My first experience with firefly was watching the premier on Fox. I made it halfway thru the first episode. Honestly, I didn't like it at all. The ship reminded me of a stupid "space-cowboy" flick I saw as a kid, and I just couldn't get into it. Never saw another episode until about 3 weeks ago. I got the series thru netflix and watched the premier.
I kept wondering how I COULDN'T love this show. But I couldn't remember ever seeing the pilot, only the train robbery. I found out on the net that apparently FOX is filled with a bunch of MORONS (I'm a "shepherd",(pastor, United Methodist) otherwise the language would be worse..) .. anyway, I guess they didn't run the "setup" until the end. (?!?!?!?!?!?) (I gotta learn to swear in mandarin)
So, yeah, watched the pilot, thought it was great, watched the next few and thought it was wonderful, but by about the 5th episode I couldn't stop. Then when "out of gas" hit me, I lost it.
I'm a big german feeling-hiding guy, but I cried like a baby. Just thinking about it makes me cry. And not like "tears only" cry, like deep sobs and nothing in the world will ever be right again until Serenity is back in the black kinda sobs. (here I go again..)
I've pretty much thought of nothing else for the last two weeks. I haven't watched Serenity, but .. man.. is that it? Any talk of a second film or the series again? There was something about watching the last few episodes that was especially painful.. knowing that they were the last. wow.
So here is the deal. I'm still praying for my church, and family, and Parishioners, but Joss and the gang are getting special time. I don't play the lottery often, but I'm going to start. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF I WIN, JOSS GETS HALF with no strings, just so long as we can fly again.
Actually, that's not a bad idea (that has probably been brought up before). .
All of us kicking in a hundred bucks apiece won't do it, so let's all take that money that we SAY we would give and give it now. To the lottery. If just one of us wins, we all win, as we'll promise that Joss and crew gets half the winnings.
Anyway, took me two weeks to let the pain subside enough so I can even talk about it. I think I need therapy.
Someone tell me what I'm feeling is normal and that it gets easier.
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It is normal, it is horribly painful, and it does get easier.
Two things helped me:
1) The knowledge that everyone else feels (or has felt) the same way - not just Firefly fans, but the cast and crew all the way up to Joss.
2) Realizing that this franchise WILL continue in one form or another. Serenity's box office was mediocre (not horrible, not great) but it was critically acclaimed. The reruns of Firefly on Sci-Fi are doing incredibly well, and the sales of the TV show's DVD set alone (still near the top of the Amazon charts after all this time) justify continuing the franchise.
So, yeah, it hurts. And yeah it gets better. Just lean on the rest of us, spread the DVDs around, and if all else fails read some fanfic.
More Firefly's on the way. Eventually.
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"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."
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Hey, Welcome Aboard. Check out the Serenity Comic books (3 issues, each with 3 different covers) Soon to be collected in a "trade paperback". Also the River Tam Sessions (5 short clips from Rivers time at the academy-with Summer and Joss)
Out of Gas gets me everytime too. It's just that good. If I played the lottery, I'd do the same, Easily half strait to Joss for another season/movie (season is prefered). But I've an addictive personality, so lotto bad.
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Welcome to our ship. Where most everybody feels the same as you do. 
The franchise will keep going--it HAS to--and we, as fans, can do what we can to get her flying again.
Cheers,
~ForeverShiny~
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Can't stop the signal!
"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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Hello, I don't often say 'ello t' new members, so many of 'em now, it's tough to keep up, but this one I had to.
I'm giving my sister the Firefly Box set for Christmas (She doesn't know yet). I don't think she's ever willingly watched anything with the words science fiction attached to it.
So I've printed off the best 3 customer reviews from Amazon uk I could find to coax her into watching it, else she'd just say, 'oh, it's a space thing, oh thanks' and she'd never watch it.
But now I've printed off your post on the back too. If that don't do the thing, then nothin' will 
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Hey, if I can "bare my soul" to get one more fan, it's worth it. :)
I feel better now, nice to know it's OK to be obsessed with this. I've also bought the set and ripped the pilot and out of gas to my kyocera 7135 smart phone, so now when I have a spare minute, I just take it out and get a fix.
Looking forward (?) to my first viewing of Serenity.
BTW: I see it referred to as "BDM" .. Best Dang Movie?
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BDM = Big Damn Movie = "Serenity"
BDH = Big Damn Heroes = the cast and crew of Firefly/Serenity
BDS = Big Damn Sequel = that we're all hoping for
BDT = Big Damn Trilogy = the song by the Bedlam Bards (Cedric!) that says it all.
*From the scene in "Safe"
Mal:"looks like we arrived just in time, What does that make us?"
Zoe:"Big Damn Heroes, sir."
Mal:"Ain't we just?"
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BDM stands for Big (and excuse me here, Pastor) Damn Movie. On the edge of space there is a lot of cussin' and such.
And I cried (hard) the first I saw Out Of Gas, too!
And don't read about nor let any tell ya about Serenity!!!! Cover your ears and hum if ya have to! See it UNSPOILED at all costs.
Chrisisall, prayin' for your 'clean view' of the BDM
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I'm a serenity virgin so far, haven't hear a peep. Should be good, though I'm watchin it alone. :)
Thanks for the explanations all, and know that cussin' doesn't bother me, especially in manadarin. :)
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