Anyone not feel the Firefly love?

POSTED BY: Jetgirl23
UPDATED: Thursday, February 9, 2006 08:01
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JETGIRL23

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:24 AM

Since I cant get any of my friends to watch FF (yet anyway)...I was wondering... ( and yes Im thinking I need new friends but thats why I found you guys )

Have any of you turned someone on to Firelfy...had them watch all or at least most of the episodes and NOT feel what we feel? Like just..."yes its was entertaining but I dont get your obession" or " I cant believe you made me sit through that"

I guess Im just wondering because...back to the why of it all with us....as I said before...I have never posted on boards before...not really into sci fi in general (dont get me wrong...loved LOTR and Star Wars and of course watched the original Star Trek...Captain Lovey Dovey anyone?.....but I digress) but..I have spent every single day since my first viewing on these boards or talking FF or thinking FF or singing FF or...and even considering getting myself to the BDFlanvention!

So back to my question...does someone you love just not get it? and do you think a little less of them for it?

"Faster would be better"

SAMEIMEI

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:52 AM

I went to see Serenity with a couple of my friends, and when we came out I was like,

'THAT WAS AMAZING. THE CHARACTERS WERE FANTASTIC SCRIPT = PERFECT etc.'

and my friends were like, 'erm, the action scenes where good...'

I was so dissapointed! They still dont see any depth to it, even tho I had a conversation with one of the NIDA (australian drama uni) teachers about it, and he was REALLY impressed.

JETGIRL23

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:54 AM

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Originally posted by Jetgirl23:
I guess Im just wondering because...back to the why of it all with us....as I said before...I have never posted on boards before...not really into sci fi in general (dont get me wrong...loved LOTR and Star Wars and of course watched the original Star Trek...Captain Lovey Dovey anyone?.....but I digress) but..I have spent every single day since my first viewing on these boards or talking FF or thinking FF or singing FF or...and even considering getting myself to the BDFlanvention!

"The why of it all" what the hell am I talking about?? Babbaling at 3 in the morning again! I just really need to accept my addiction and live with it!

But I still want to know if you all know peeps that didnt get FF

"Faster would be better"

GROUNDED

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:03 PM

I leant my dvds to a friend a while back. He thought it was good, but he ended up giving them back to me without even watching Objects In Space.

I did manage to persuade him to see Serenity with me though, so I'll claim that as a moral victory ;)

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:49 PM

I have introduced both of my daughters to Firefly/Serenity and although my oldest daugher Kati has fallen as much in love as we have, my younger daughter Shannon likes it and thinks it's cool, but isn't addicted.

Kati has gone so far as to buy up stuff, just like me, and also change her myspace to be all about Firefly and Serenity and is recruiting like mad! Shan is more reserved although she is wanting to send her friend Serenity as a birthday gift because "she'll love it just like you, Mom."

My Mom, who is in her 70's loves Firefly and Serenity and thinks it's the best thing she's ever seen. She's not a scifi fan either, but she LOVES the 'verse. She loaned my brother her Firefly DVD's this last weekend and called me and asked if she got lonely for them, could she borrow mine ( 1 at a time, lol, we're within walking distance of each other's house!)

So, there you have it. Some of us fall HARD, really hard and others are just in like. I've not had anyone who I've introduced to it not like it though. And everyone I've introduced to it says it ought to come back to tv or get a sequel.

" I start fighting a war, I guarantee you'll see something new. " Mal

CBY

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:33 PM

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Originally posted by Jetgirl23:
Have any of you turned someone on to Firelfy...had them watch all or at least most of the episodes and NOT feel what we feel? Like just..."yes its was entertaining but I dont get your obession" or " I cant believe you made me sit through that"

Yes. The actual comment was: "Yeah, it's really cool, but I didn't like the scenes featuring spaceships and sci-fi stuff." His loss, not mine.

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TWODIFSOKS

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:35 PM

Here's the deal.

My husband is a uber sci-fi geek. Gotta love him for that.

I have never been that big into sci-fi. Granted I watch the good ones and could even laugh along with MST 3000 but I was never into the whole huge spiders from outer space thing.

When Firefly was released on DVD, my husband was one of the first to buy it. I’m sorry to say that until that point, I never heard of it. I would like to blame Fox for this last point b/c I am almost confident that I would of least given it a chance when it aired.

All of this changed the day I was dragged to see Serenity in theater. My husband even had to bribe me with a matinee showing b/c I thought is was going to be another space-kicking, blowing up stuff with sound and explosions in outer space (which I’m sure you all know that Joss hit it on the money with the no sound thing and minimal fire with no O2 stuff), guy with three eyes loves girl with three boobs story. I gave in b/c alas, I did drag him to see Just Like Heaven.

An hour and however many minutes later, I was hooked and completely obsessed. Due to some medical problems that same night we saw the movie, I spent the next three days watching back-to-back episodes of Firefly.

Since then, I eat, breath, and sleep Firefly/Serenity. Sometimes I will pop in my favorite episodes while I’m cleaning just so I can listen to the dialog. If I wasn’t watching it, I was reading “Finding Serenity” or the visual companion. I even began writing Fanfiction. I’m not that good at getting the characters on paper but I’m working on a story that I hope to post sometime soon. Either way, my obsession has started to scare the people that are around me. One day, I know I will be locked in a padded room with only a T.V. and DVD player but at least I will be happy.

Until then, I will try and convince my husband to name our first daughter Kaylee and our first son Malcolm…middle name Reynolds.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:44 PM

My best friend from childhood just won't get it. He's suspect of anything I come to like before he does anyway, but wtf? He likes Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, so FF should have been an easy sell, right?
Nope. "They push the western thing too hard, it just does nothing for me."
He only watched one ep on Sci-Fi, I think it was Heart Of Gold

Oh well, my Wife likes it!!!

Chrisisall

GUTSC1

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:28 PM

I think there are really three groups of folk to consider when trying to recruit!

Group #1 You know they’ll see Firefly and immediately “Get it”. For them just lend them disc one of the boxed set and they’ll be “good to go”.

Group #2 is a bit trickier. They are folk that will need the proper introduction. You know then best, so select a specific episode of Firefly that you know they’ll enjoy and invite them over for free Pizza & Beer and watch it with them. With these folk it may take an episode or two to bring them around. Be selective and patient with these guys because they don’t initially have our love and we sometimes have a tendency to scare them off with our enthusiasm.

Group #3 Just don’t get it and probably never will. Let them sit home and watch the “OC” or some other trash TV.

BTW, my girlfriend HATES almost everything Sci-Fi, but she "got it" immediately and LOVED the show. She didn’t really care as much for the BDM, but loves the show.

I would love to see some numbers on Brown-Coat demographics. It’s got to be one of the most diverse base of fans out there. Bring on them new recruits; come one, come all!!!

SIKKUKUT

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:32 PM

I've only had one total failure, somebody who watched the first two episodes and thought they were "too cowboy."

Isn't it funny how it's the western bits that do some people in, and the scifi bits that turn off others? The perils of genre mash-ups, I guess.

I did have a guy who watched Serenity with me and liked it but isn't hooked. He's interested in the show, but not... rabid. Like some of us.

I know exactly what you mean about those people who will simply "get it." You just know. Although they're a pretty damn diverse bunch.

Mmmm... Firefly.

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