How many new fans because of Serenity

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UPDATED: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 23:55
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RKLENSETH

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:55 PM

Been a fan since 2002. Been here since 2003. I was here before the movie was even a dream and seemed all was lost. I guess that makes me an old man.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

YOUCANTSTOPTHESIGNAL

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:00 PM

I am a die hard fan because of the movie Serenity, and it is only by a slim chance that I was able to see it.

I thank my lucky stars...

GEEJAKE

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by TomSimpsonAZ:
I think it is a lot easier to convert someone by showing them the movie first. The series has a lot of slow parts that someone who isn't interested already might get bored with.

Well said!! I myself saw the Series first, but I gave out 5 copies of Serenity as gifts and 4 of those people have now bought the series...They are not really scifi fans so I dont think they would have attempted watching the series...One note on comparing movie to series...Joss does a great job in all his shows of creating a family atmosphere with the main characters..In a way they become our family, and we really dont want to lose any family member...But in the one season of Firefly there might be too many mortal looking wounds that are easily patched...For the film to appeal to newcomers it would have been bad to everyone live..The crew is in mortal danger the entire movie ,someone has to die.. Not too mention that Firefly got cancelled after 1/2 of a season...If you look at another Whedon show Buffy ,he killed off no main characters at the close of season 1..But by the time Season 7 closed they had killed off 6 or 7 somewhat main characters...If Firefly had gotten more seasons its safe to say some of the crew would be dead...
Serenity was great movie , Firefly was a great show ...HUGE DIFFERENCE!!

PINBALLWIZARD

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:18 PM

I just showed two of my friends the BDM yesterday, and they LOVED it! So count them in.

NEVERED

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:30 PM

me, in a sense

a freind is a fan, and he knew the movie was coming out, so he sat a few of us in front of the TV and had us watch the series, then we all went to see the midnight opening of the show ( )

if the movie hadn't come out, i may have never seen the show, but i did watch the series before seeing the movie

MISBEHAVE

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:19 PM

my friends was a fan, and he new i liked sci-fi (or maybe just farscape), so he took me to the movie, and lent me the dvds. The rest, as they say, is history

TOMSIMPSONAZ

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:33 PM

I remember thinking to myself when I saw the trailer:

"That looks kinda cool, but like most sci-fi stuff, it is probably going to be a horrible stinking piece of shit like the new star wars movies"

Glad my generalization was wrong, and finding out there was a series to watch too was the best surprise ever :)

STEPHANI

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:55 PM

Technically I became a fan after the movie came out, but I had always wanted to see the series, but seeing as how I didn't have cable (and my TV has this weird thing with fox not coming in *big loss, right?*) I couldn't watch it before.

But then the movie came out and so I bought the series on DVD and then bought the movie.

LOVE IT!

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I didn't care that you left and abandoned me.

What hurts more is I would die for you.

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