I think that Firefly should be officially declared a drug

POSTED BY: Phoisgood495
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 13:39
VIEWED: 7524
PAGE 3 of 4

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 NEXT PAGE

MALACHITE

Monday, February 13, 2006 2:39 PM

So, there's something called the C.A.G.E. questionaire used to screen for alcohol addiction. It consists of 4 questions: 1) Have you ever tried to Cut down on your drinking? 2) Have you ever been Annoyed by others' criticism of your drinking habits? 3) Have you ever felt Guilty about your drinking? 4) Have you ever needed a drink first thing in the morning to get your day started? (An Eye-opener). I often find myself thinking of a Firefly equivalent: 1) Have you ever felt like you should Cut down on the time you spend following the 'verse? 2) Have other people been annoyed with you for quoting Firefly/Serenity incessantly and not being able to discuss anything else? 3) Have you felt Guilty about pursuing Firefly/Serenity activities when you should be paying attention to the real world? (Like work, family, etc.) 4) Do you need some form of Firefly/Serenity exposure just to get your day started?
Yep, definitely addicted... Pour me another round of the 'verse. And pass the Fruity Oaty Bars.
First time post, by the way. You guys are great.

Please God, make me a stone

CARTOON

Monday, February 13, 2006 3:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mcallen:
I understand the people who watch it and don't like it--they're just soulless.

Actually, I think such people must have a natural, genetic immunity to the addictive quality of "Firefly"/"Serenity" -- which I will hereto refer to as the poor taste gene.

Many in Hollywood (particularly producers, advertisers, promoters, network schedulers and award nominating committees) seem to be the most egregiously afflicted beings.

Too bad someone couldn't concoct an anti-immunity vaccine for them, so that they would become as addicted as the rest of us normal folks.

I say we stick 'em in a room with Jayne and Vera for a bit, and see if they'll come around.

If not...

"Hamsters is nice."

BOBNSAM

Monday, February 13, 2006 3:49 PM

I need help !!!!!

I keep walking around asking "does that seem right to you?".

Driving my wife mad!

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Monday, February 13, 2006 4:07 PM

I think Diana Ross said it best.....

"Ah
If there's a cure for this
I don't want it
Don't want it
If there's a remedy
I'll run from it
From it

Think about it all the time
Never let it out of my mind
'Cause I love you

I've got the sweetest hangover
I don't wanna get over
Sweetest hangover

Yeah, I don't wanna get over
I don't wanna get
I don't wanna get...over

Ooh, I don't need no cure
I don't need no cure
I don't need no cure

Sweet lovin'
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love

Don't call a doctor
Don't call her momma
Don't call her preacher

No, I don't need it
I don't want it

Sweet love, I love you
Sweet love, need love

If there's a cure for this
I don't want it
I don't want it no
If there's a cure for this
I don't need it
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love"

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

CHANNAIN

Monday, February 13, 2006 5:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Phoisgood495:
Long time lurker first time poster. I want to say that ever since I fist saw firefly I feel different. It's as if my body has grown dependent on this addictive addictive truly gem of a show. The day I finished the final episode I felt the urge to once again pull out the first disc and watch the whole series over again. Firefly started something in my soul that steadily consumes it more and more until I hunger so deeply that the only option left to me is to lash out at the devil incarnate (in my mind) the fox station. However my mind cannot think of any peaceful way to do this the urge to get vengance is still there am i the only one whose soul has been consumed by the firefly fever such as I?

You're definitely in the right place, my friend. I can't watch Firefly during school sessions because it makes me put off doing my homework. Then the first thing I do on a break is watch ALL of it. Heck, I'm avoiding homework right now!

*pours really fresh wine and hands over a cup*

Welcome aboard!

I draw...therefore I am. http://www.mnartists.org/Nora_Leverson
Live in Minnesota? Join the Group! Yahoo Group, that is...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MN-Firefly

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 13, 2006 10:47 PM

Whew, I have been a busy supply clerk... and I'm lovin' it! Welcome OldManSplitFoot!

*hands OldManSplitFoot a Browncoat*

We are so very glad you found our shiny ship!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 13, 2006 10:49 PM

We're all wanting another round of the 'verse!

*hands Malachite a Browncoat out of stores...*

*Passes some Fruity Oaty Bars*

I believe all the new folks have some fine fresh wine from Channain, and welcome.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

HERA

Monday, February 13, 2006 11:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MalNourished:
I'm also addicted. It's gotten so bad that I can't watch anything without getting frustrated and thinking "This is crap compared to Firefly." I even get annoyed with my boyfriend if he prevents or delays my daily FF fix. The poor guy. I need help. Anyone else have this problem?

I have the same problem. I'll be watching a TV show, and think to myself "Man, that camera angle sucks -- it's bringing nothing to the story. Who lights this set? Boring! Why is their dialogue so stilted? These poor actors are out of their depth, but, who wouldn't be with this writing . . . " and so it goes, and off goes the TV.

I like House well enough, but nothing like the way with Firefly.

I had a similar experience with books. I spent the better part of a year reading Patrick O'Brian's Capt. Aubrey/Stephen Maturin novels about the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. I was ruined for print for almost a year after. I would pick up a book, read a paragraph and spit "This writing is pathetic!"

Those books taught me an interesting trick, though. I go to the library, open a book to somewhere middle-like, read a paragraph, and if the author's ability to stitch a sentence together impresses me, I check it out without reading the description on the flap. It's served me well, recently. Read some stuff I normally wouldn't, and not knowing what direction the story is going immerses me more in the flow of the writing.

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

OLDMANSPLITFOOT

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:25 AM

Quote:
Keep trying to convert people to the 'verse. There's always specualtion as to how we can get more, but it seems at this point to boil down having super-high sales of the Serenity DVD, to convicne the powers that be that it'll be worthwhile to make a sequel.

I've been working on that, actually. When I first started watching Firefly, my brother and dad watched it with me, and got into it. My brother is almost as hooked as I am. Wasn't really expecting my dad to get into it, but he did. More than my mom, which is weird. I would have guessed the other way around. Hell, as I type this, they're watching "Heart of Gold", and then probably "Objects in Space" after that.

However, my friends haven't been as easy to convert. I've shown Serenity my friend Allissa, and she didn't like it that much, as well as another friend, who unfortunately had to leave in the middle. He seemed kinda interested, but not enough to convince his girlfriend to sit down and watch it with us instead of leaving right away. (She would have liked it, she has good taste.) Also, I brought my Firefly DVDs to Allissa's house the last time I went and got drunk there after work, but it's always too loud and drunk over there to actually watch anything. Not to mention the people I talk to on Final Fantasy XI Online who I keep recommending Firefly and Serenity to. (A couple of them watch Firefly reruns on Sci-Fi Channel already.)

But, I won't give up. I'm the type of person that has to make everyone watch the movies I love, even when I don't depend on them eventually buying a copy to hope for a sequel. Practically everyone I know has seen Donnie Darko at least twice (theatrical and director's cut, both of which I have on DVD).

PIRATENEWS

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MalNourished:
I'm also addicted. It's gotten so bad that I can't watch anything without getting frustrated and thinking "This is crap compared to Firefly." I even get annoyed with my boyfriend if he prevents or delays my daily FF fix. The poor guy. I need help. Anyone else have this problem?

Serenity Secrets of Success:

(1) soft porn in every episode
(2) healthy dose of subliminal reality
(3) dose of humor with every dose of darkness
(4) as if Buffy and Gang grew up
(5) gunfights & high speed chases = ADD
(6) MKULTRA brainwashing techno theme
(7) depregramming from MKULTRA brainwashing
(8) like Friends on crack
(9) American Independence/Independents vs Commie Chinese-British Empire Alliance
(10) soft porn in every episode

Good luck in recovery from Joss' secret weapon...

If'n ya find a cure, then keep it to yerself!

"'They're hurting us. Get me out!' The Government was playing with her brain."
-Dr. T, censored Serenity pilot

"That's sounds like the Alliance. Unite all the planets under one rule, so that everybody can be interfered with or ignored equally."
-Mal

"This is another sign of your tragic space dimentia - all paranoid and crotchety."
-Mal

FIREFLY SERENITY PILOT MUSIC VIDEO:
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/8310.php
(try again later if server is crashed)

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 NEXT PAGE