New Browncoats Shout Out (Newbie Thread)

POSTED BY: tanstaafl28
UPDATED: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:00
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SHIELDMAID

Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:21 AM

Howdy.

I'm pretty new, too.

A much-beloved friend (and damned impressive Firefly salesman) stopped by my house one day, handed me his DVD set and said, "Watch these. You'll love this show."

And I thought, Uh, yeah. Whatever.

Keen salesman that he is, he sensed my inner ambivalence, sat down in my living room, and said a little more forcefully, "Come on. Let's watch 'em now."

And I thought, Oh, for the love of Spike, how do I avoid this without hurting his feelings?! ('Cause, you know--I really like this friend, but I was perfectly happy watching and rewatching my Buffy DVDs, thank you very much.)

The answer was, of course, to sigh heavily and load the DVD player with the first disk.

Halfway through the freaking theme song, I'm sitting there with my mouth hanging open. Halfway through the first episode, I'm swearing and gesticulating wildly about how something so uncommonly excellent got yanked off the air.

My friend went home halfway through the second episode, probably because by then it was completely pointless to try and hold a conversation with me. Besides. His work here was done. He left his DVDs, bless him.

I infected my husband as soon as he got home from work. We watched the entire set in two evenings, and then began counting the days left until "Serenity" came out on DVD as well.

We've been wandering around ever since not going gentle into that good night. Found this place a month or two ago...

Man, what a ride!

PYNKETT

Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:38 AM

I am new also. I have been reading for a while. I became a huge fan after seeing the movie preview. I didn't even know about the Firefly series until I started looking up info about Serenity. I started watching the series when SciFi channel started them up again and then bought the series. I just had to watch them all before I seen Serenity. Firefly really hooked me and left me wanting more .. still do! I was so happy that there were others out there that would want to buy up everything and see it over and over. I got a Serenity movie poster for $1 and I was just so excited about the find...LOL. I am having Serenity withdrawls because I haven't bought the movie yet...I've rented it but now I have to go out and buy it.

PATTYOBRIAN

Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:13 AM

I caught on rather late, myself. I hardly ever watch TV, so I had only seen partial episodes when they started. I am a big movie buff, so I caught wind of Serenity on Yahoo Movies when it first showed up on the lists. The trailer looked AWESOME. When Serenity finally arrived, I started looking into it. I Traced it back to Firefly and was intrigued. I wanted to see the beginning before I saw the end (I use that term in a relative sense :hopes on high:). I began renting and watching the episodes. I absolutely fell in LOVE with Firefly! I was so upset that it took me this long to get on board. I finished the last episode just in time to arrive late to the movie (no worries... I went and saw it 6 times almost consecutively). I bought the movie and episodes, the day it was released.

If you haven't already...
Watch the episodes "Serenity", "War Stories", and "The Message" with the commentaries on! OMG! Hilarious! Especially "War Stories" (Nathan and Alan)! Also, listen for the Firefly theme song at the end of the credits for Serenity, the movie.

All in all, I don't think there's any better way to put:

"Have no place I can be,
since I found Serenity...

You can't take the sky from me(us)."

---

"...If you can't do summin smart... do summin right."

Operative:
"...You're fighting a war you cannot win."
Mal:
"Yeah, I'm known for that."

SUBMARINEGUY

Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:43 AM

I just got on the boards today, and am sending my own little message around. Some of you may have seen it elsewhere, sorry, when I talk, I shout. Let it be said, I don't visit forums as a general rule. I'm not a huge sci-fi fan. I didn't know who Joss was until I saw the extra stuff on the series DVD. I don't even know what a "troll" is. What is fact is that this submarine sailor got lucky enough on a 6 month deployment that the Navy Morale group gave our sub the DVD series to take with us for enjoyment. Our reaction? What the **** is Firefly?!?! Why the hell didn't they give us something good? Two monthes into the deployment a couple of us got bored enough to actually watch it. Holy ****! How did I never even know this show existed on a major network? Long, long story short, it won us over and I know many who now own the series DVD. Now I own it myself, and my wife (really, really not a sci fi person. Likes reality TV) is hooked with me. Just want to say to Joss and the guys, I am NOT a fan of artists. I never even agreed art was worthy of a noun in the english language. But... if this is art, I could fast change my tune. Congrats on one hell of a story, characters I felt I knew, a unique idea and the heart to bear with all the crap and do it anyway (a job I know too well as a military man and a father of four). You have inspired me and won me over. I do hope your story can live on somewhere. With all the trash that fills the TV airwaves you would think there could be some room someplace for your show. For a person like me to get on the horn and try to drum you up some support, funders and sponsors should take note. Thanks to whoever made this site so that my only forum post I wanted to make since forums were new and had some novelty could come to pass. Thanks for your story Joss, you entertained many a bored submariner drillin holes in the ocean with nothing much to do but work, sleep and "push our plows". Most likely futile, but if you see this and send me a contact address (PO BOX, whatever...) I would be more than happy to send you a USS ALEXANDRIA ball cap. Not a mini-series deal, but its something.

DANTE144

Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:04 AM

Since May 2005,

does that count as new?

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic

TANSTAAFL28

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:36 PM

No worries necessary, I'm married and one woman is enough to keep me out of most "trouble."

I have family in NC outside of Winston-Salem. I visit that area at least once a year. I also have family in Charlotte.

I have done my part, but most of the people I know already know about the goods. I told my father in New York State to rent "Serenity" because he'd love it too. He's the one who got me up in the middle of the night to watch the original "Star Trek" when it first was in syndication in the Seventies.

TANSTAAFL28

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:41 PM

I just left the pub after several pints of what I consider to be: "...Nectar of the Gods..."

TANSTAAFL28

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:47 PM

Considering my surname is Brown, I figure I've been a member all along...

They call me Newcastle Brown because of my love of the English Nut Brown Ale (Mother's Milk).

TANSTAAFL28

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:49 PM

It doesn't matter when you recognized the genius behind the storyline, just that when you saw it, you realized it was something worth believing in...

TANSTAAFL28

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:52 PM

You can’t take the sky from me...

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