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POSTED BY: GrayFury
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KWICKO

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:15 AM

You're in good company, in a 'verse populated by like-minded folk who aren't laying down arms just yet...

I'd never really heard of Firefly before this year. I'd HEARD of it, but not anything to remember - I vaguely remember Fox advertising some new sci-fi show that was coming out a few years ago, and figured Fox and sci-fi were a baaaaaad combination... so it just went in one ear and out the other.

Also, I had no real idea who Joss Whedon is, was, or had been, so people telling me that Firefly was "something special made by Joss Whedon" was about as inviting to me as saying it was something dreamed of by an artichoke. When I say I didn't know who he was, I mean I really had no idea. I'd never seen a single episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or its spinoff "Angel". I was aware that those shows existed, and had seen previews, but they just never looked like something that would interest me in the least.

All that changed around June of this year. I took some time off work (actually "quit my job" is a more apt description! ;) ) to rehab my burned-out brain. I spent my mornings rebuilding a couple of my cars, but the Texas summer sun would usually send me inside around noon. That's how I discovered Buffy. I was inside, eating lunch, flipping channels and bitching about nothing being on, so I decided that Buffy looked to be the *least* offensive thing on TV. I caught a couple episodes here and there, and then caught one with Evil Willow ("When She Was Bad", I think it was), where Willow is a vampire queen. I was impressed, so I started catching more episodes, and then I got hooked, and hooked deep. Within a week or two, I was out buying Buffy DVD seasons so I could get caught up. Then I bought seasons of Angel as well.

Mind you, up to this point my reaction to the show "Angel" was along the lines of "Oh, great - now they're giving a show to that stupid stiff-haired broody guy from that other stupid vampire show." That was what I'd thought of the shows from what little I'd seen and heard of them before last summer.

Now, of course, I own all seven seasons of Buffy on DVD, and all five of Angel. It was only when I was finished with those that a friend of mine told me about Firefly (or, to be more accurate, told me AGAIN about it, since he'd tried in the past, but I didn't listen). NOW I was listening. *ANOTHER* show by this same genius? Where can I find it?! I rushed out to Best Buy, but they were sold out. I looked around, but it wasn't until a week later that I found the Firefly DVDs. I watched them all in a weekend, then started re-watching them when my wife returned from out of town. She'd gotten hooked on Buffy and Angel with me, and now she got hooked on Firefly as well. Buffy was good, Angel seemed to have more finesse in the writing... but Firefly was where Joss seemed to really pull it all together, and we both felt that it was his best effort. We were totally sucked into Firefly's universe, and couldn't wait to see what happened next.

Needless to say, we were waiting in line when the theatre opened on September 30th, tickets in hand. We watched Serenity, we laughed, we gasped, we cried, and then I went to see it again that afternoon with the friend who'd told me about Firefly.

I guess you could say that I, too, am hooked. :) I look forward to ANY project that Joss has his hands on, whether that be a Serenity sequel, a Spike movie, a Veronica Mars appearance, or what have you. Something about the way he writes just speaks to me, like very few do. I'm glad I found his 'verse, and am only sorry that it took me so long to get here.

Mike

Grrrrr. Arrrgghh.

MOOSE

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:23 AM

Freaks. All of ya...

*Please note that I've been a member here since '02...

LIGHT1984

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:44 AM

it seems everyone falls the same way, i apologize for falling in so far down the road, i saw the movie after i bought the firefly dvd set. anyways, im here now, someone mentioned the groups and "shindig" events. anyone know of any groups in the central florida area, i would like to join if so.

we are still flying, thats something

BLEEFB

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:16 AM

Well, since we're all "confessing" here, my first exposure to Firefly was on a Babylon 5 website. Several fans there mentioned the upcoming movie, and I figured since they liked Babylon 5 they must know what they were talking about, so I bought the DVD's. I seldom do that. (B5 is the only other TV show I own) Needless to say, I was sucked in as completely as the other posters above. I listen to the Firefly and Serenity soundtracks in the car, I saw the BDM 5 times before it left our screens (too soon!) and I also frequent these boards a little too much. If any of you know the background of B5 and it's attempted spin-off Crusade, you can see there are certain Absolute Truths in the 'verse: We Sci-Fi fans are suckers for lost causes, and Studio Execs are evil morons (Just like Firefly, TNT showed the Crusade episodes out of sequence, then cancelled it because of "lack of interest." WTF, do they CLONE these guys??)
Anyway, I'm proud to call myself a Browncoat!

WORKWORKWORK

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:34 AM

I loved Buffy and Angel, so when I heard about a new show by Joss Whedon, I was anxious to see it, because, you know, *Joss*.

Anyway, my wife and I watched "The Train Job", liked it well enough and decided to keep watching. However, it got shunted around the schedule and pre-empted so much that we finally lost track of it until I got the sad word that it had been cancelled.

When the DVDs came out, I grabbed them since I had enjoyed what I saw and, worse came to worse, I only had to get one box set. (As opposed to my five Angels, seven Buffys, four Futuramas, etc.)

After watching all the episodes in order we really fell in love with the series. I got very psyched when I heard about a possible movie.

Anyway, I went to the theater on 09/30 and came out feeling completely stunned. Not stunned as in 'hit by a flying brick' but as in 'too full of emotion to think clearly'.

When I finally had time to process all this (after seeing the movie eleven or twelve more times), I turned from an average fan boy into a raving fanatic.

I, too, am continually looking for ways to fill that Firefly-class hole in my spirit and fortuntely the Browncoats are up to the task. Fan fiction, filks, vids and especially discussion boards like this are great for keeping the fire alive inside of me.

Simon: You had the Alliance on you, criminals and savages… half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded including yourself, and you're harboring known fugitives.
Mal: We're still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

GRAYFURY

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:28 AM

To go into the "levels" I was talking about.... I'm an IDIOT... I JUST noticed that the scene in the begining of the BDM right after the primary buffer panel fell off from River laying on the catwalk.... WAS ALL ONE SHOT. On the bridge, past the quarters, through the dining hall, into the engine room, down the stairs, into the infirmary, into the cargo hold, and up the steps to Rivers face... ALL ONE SHOT. now there MUST have been a break, (I know this because the set is in 2 sections, the top 1/2 of the ship and the bottom 1/2 of the ship. I know this because I'm a Gorram addict, I use the word Gorram, because I'm a Gorram addict.) None the less....a very impressive shot. I was dumbfounded

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

STDOUBT

Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:22 AM

GREYFURY,
I'm 38, M, and bought my first DVD *ever* after I saw the ad for Serenity. Got the TV Series on disk, then went to see the BDM.
I'm a long-time SF junkie, and computer geek, but like you, NEVER bought a TV show on DVD. The Serenity ad changed that quick.
(Missed the whole thing on Fox)
I don't know what it is that speaks to me so deep about this 'verse, but I'm good and gone on it.

Saw the BDM 7 times, bought 2 Serentiy DVDs (just in case), and going to see the film again tonight at a theater that's still running it. Just for fun.

At the beginning of the film, when Serenity is lighting up, descending into atmo, I get goosebumps!
ME! GOOSEBUMPS! WTF?!?
So, you're not alone. Welcome to CrazyLand, they all know us here ;]

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by STDOUBT:

At the beginning of the film, when Serenity is lighting up, descending into atmo, I get goosebumps!
ME! GOOSEBUMPS! WTF?!?
So, you're not alone. Welcome to CrazyLand, they all know us here ;]

I do too STDOUBT, and tears well up in my eyes. And I think.." I LOVE this ship." not just the crew ( who I love with all my heart, I really do) but the ship itself. The first time I saw it in the theatre, that scene left me with tears streaming down my cheeks.

If this is Crazyland... I ain't leavin'.

"So no more running. I aim to misbehave." Mal

AAHHAAA

Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by GrayFury:
To go into the "levels" I was talking about.... I'm an IDIOT... I JUST noticed that the scene in the begining of the BDM right after the primary buffer panel fell off from River laying on the catwalk.... WAS ALL ONE SHOT.

Gray- I have a real treat for you! Apparently you haven't turned on Joss' commentary track. Aside from a lot of ROLFMAO, you'll hear all sorts of creative wizardry revealed- like how this shot was done...

...and the plot for Serenity 2... at least a Big Damn Hint !:]

SERGEANTX

Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:03 AM

Gray,

Welcome to the 'verse. And thanks for the great story. As common is it might be here, the fact that it's such an uncommon experience in general is what makes it so special. So many of us here come from the same place - sure that nothing, certainly nothing like television show, could touch us so deeply. But there it is.

And that's a huge part of what makes it so hard to give up. It's far too rare for people like us to find something so meaningful in popular entertainment. To watch it canceled and generally disregarded, to me, shines a light on the fact that there's more of us out there than the networks realize. People ready, and thirsty for, something besides the tedious, predictable fluff that they keep dishing out....

Ok, so I'm preaching again. Sorry, but your post took me back to those dark months a few years back, when we were waiting to see if our show would survive. ** sigh ** Anyway, thanks again for the heartfelt post. You're not alone.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

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