I need to share
POSTED BY: GrayFury
UPDATED: Saturday, January 7, 2006 00:15
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Well since we're all explaining how we got into firefly I figure I'll do the same. I'm still pretty new to this board and the 'verse itself, but again it seems very tolerant of Newbies like myself here so thanks for that. At any rate I didn't start getting into it until the BDM. I remember seeing the commercial on TV and going oh man this movie looks so awseome a hot girl kickin some major ass on a spaceship. It seemed just my thing. So I rallied the troops and headed out to the movie theater (at the time I didn't realize that the fact that I got 3 people to go who hate Sci-fi was a big deal to the movie and how every ticket counted but now I'm glad I did what I did) Anyway I sat through the movie and was amazed by everything I saw. (regardless of wise ass comments from my friend's girlfriend but I guess its not for everyone) After the movie my friend was like oh man that was awesome I wonder what firefly was like. I was like that was a continuation of somethin? He vaguely explained how it was a show on Fox and that it was cancelled and that the movie was based on. From that moment on I knew I wanted all I could get. I came home and started downloading bushwacked. I loved it and needed more. I ended up downloading the entire series. (I'm a pirate sorry) Then I realized oh man...I really love this I want to contribute so I went and bought the box set (sort of for the extra features but more to help financially as best I could) I watched them over and over again. When the BDM came to DVD I picked it up the first day and watched it twice. I then found this board and my life went to hell haha. I check this thing every 10 minutes hoping for a new post for some new information. I don't know exactly what it is about the story that draws me in. The characters seem so real, the adventure is just so interesting, and its not just as someone put it earlier "fluff" it has substance. Sorry for the long post but this is pretty uncommon for me too but I can't get enough...when I think about the chance of there not being any more I get a serious sadness its like some one close to you dying right after you really begin to appreciate them for who they are. OK I'll shut up now and let the grown ups talk.
-Dan
Ain't that just shiny?
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Not only does there seem to be a marked lack of arrogance here... exactly the opposite in fact, when you're new everybody is happy about it. "Yes, we've got another browncoat... just 5.9 billion more people to wake up to this joy"
By the way Grayfury: welcome aboard, I'm right there with you.
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-Noah's Arc is a problem, we'll have to call it an early example of quantum state phenomena... only way of fitting 5,000 species of mammal on one boat.
-River
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well, I missed Firefly on Fox and it wasn't until Serenity came out in the theaters that I got interested...We went and saw the movie, even then I was somewhat luke-warm...(I think the movie is better after Firefly because you know the characters, nuances...ect)-
my wife actually dug the movie more than me and ordered up Firefly on Netflix for me...saw the first episode and that was it-
I couldn't get enough, I went through everything after the realization that it was over like everyone else (funny mass phenomenon)...I could not wait until Serenity came out on DVD, just to have more...to see the ship and crew again was the best feeling-
I'm happy to consider myself a browncoat now...and do my part to keep that ship in the air-
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I also notice how "repeated" posts are welcomed....It gives fans a sense of nostalgia... Like a couple of old ladies sitting on a porch saying " remember that pie we had at the bazaar last year?....that was good pie!"
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
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