I'm just speachless

POSTED BY: Mc1csmo
UPDATED: Monday, March 6, 2006 04:53
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MC1CSMO

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:22 PM

OK, let me preface this by saying that I'm new to Firefly, a latecomer, and I'm even more sad by this fact than that fact that I've fallen so hard into it's world only to find that it's not running, and had such a short life at that.

I'm sure you vet's who've championed the cause and built the community have heard it before, but I don't have a better outlet than you folks, so here I am. I'm long winded, so please bear with me, and those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

I've followed Whedon's works for some time. I was a huge Buffy fan, and recruited many to the club. I hated how the critical world didn't quite 'get it' even though it was simply one of the best shows on tv at the time (oh...not hard to accomplish, but every now and then a real gem comes along). I thought it went on too long and appreciated it when the show finally ended, in the way you feel content with your favorite meal - it's a wonderfull experience during the journey, and something to sit back and appreciate after you are done. I followed with Angel and stuck it out as the show struggled and evolved, and got stronger. I was upset at it's end, but more so because I knew this was the end of the 'Buffy-verse.'

And then Firefly...I'd heard of it, and planned to watch, almost entirely because Whedon was at the helm. To my dismay, I never did. I intended to await for the cd's to come out, catch up and jump back in. What a mistake!

I'd heard there was a movie, so naturally my thoughts were - OK, this will be around a bit. How wrong I was. I get the dvd's, and start watching. I didn't get half way thru, and got the movie too, but learned that the series had been cancelled. No - I haven't been on a deserted island (I'll insert a witty Lost reference, as soon as I can come up with one), but suffice to say, I've been out of touch, and now I jump in midstream to the joy of a new Joss Whedon creation, only to learn it's GONE!

I watched each one, then the movie (to say I was shocked by the deaths of key characters is an understatement), and now I find myself empty at the fact that this great experience is limited to an incomplete season and a movie that I would rather have seen been 2-3 years more of the show (I have to imagine it would have been more expensive than more episodes, but the entertainment industry is more complicated than that).

I want more, and I can't see how more will come. I watched every option on the disks - and you can just see how the cast and crew loved the show. Oh it's simply unfair!

I know far better than to wonder if it will come back, if that were possible, it would already be so. I also know that the best of efforts have been made by the fans, and I wanted to express my solidarity with you all, and my appreciation that such efforts are made.

It wasn't the last episode, and from commentary, they all knew the show was done, but the slow-motion coffin scene, it was so fitting, and I can see why it was made as a symbolic goodbye to the show. I watched it again, after learning it, and it truly brought tears to my eyes.

Like many great works of art, they are flawed or incomplete. Firefly made me laugh out loud, cry, and in the end wish I could go back in time to when it was fresh, new, and to have joined those who, though knowing it's creator's genius, were just discovering his newest invention themselves.

I may have missed the boat, but I'm greatful to have joined, however late.

CITIZEN

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:35 PM

Similar to my experience, theres always fan fiction to tide you over, I think some novels are also on the cards.

Take a look at the Virtual Firefly project at www.stillflying.net

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CHINDI

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:47 PM

I feel your pain....mc1csmo... that is pretty much how I felt/feel too.. but I DO believe there will be more and I do believe Joss will find a way to make it interesting and full of Joss-i-ness...

in the meantime.. thank the gods for the DVDs... imagine if there weren't any... shudder shudder....

and in the meantime.. join us here where we hold the line til Mal and Co. get back..

Chindi

COPILOT

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:00 PM

We laughed we cried and now we hold the line.

An I carried such a torch

AURAPTOR

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:11 PM

Very nice post. Thanks for taking the time and might I add - Welcome! Because of DVDs, your situation is as bitter sweet as it is common. Contrary to your experience, I was in on Firefly from the start. It's the REST of the Whedon 'verse that I go revisit, in total, to feel what so many fans went through their 1st time around. See, I went through the same thing w/ Angel as you did w/ Firefly. Even though TNT was showing reruns of Angel, in its proper episode order I wanted to see EVERYTHING. Not just the show, but the commentary, deleted scenes....Thanks NetFlix! ( To date, I've left much of the Buffy series for later exploration )

Anyway..stick around. It's fun here.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

DINKY

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:22 PM

A lot of people feel the exact same way after watching the series. Then they wind up here.

Welcome :).

"Th3re !s n0 spo0Ne." -The Matricks

THEINCOMPARABLENOTION

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:39 PM

I can relate to this experience as well, as I was introduced to Firefly just a few weeks ago, after watching Serenity. The show instantly enthralled me, there's this profound insight into the characters that appeals to me. In addition to the many other aspects of the show which invoked this vehemence in me for this series.

But Firefly transcends a mere series, it's a living, breathing entity; it's a candid view of people, rife with genuine emotions and convictions which completely envelop you. I still have a lot of questions concerning the cancellation of the series, and some as to why it hasn't resurfaced in the past on perhaps another network. If one were to assess the remarkably large sales of the Firefly DVD's, it would seem fairly evident that it would be a lucrative venture to adopt the series. Moreover, the vehement fan community, who's more passionate than Browncoats? (nobody)

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:43 AM

Welcome here, we're weird.

We have heard it before, though no two stories are exactly the same, but that doesn't mean we don't want to hear it again.

Whenever someone comes here I make sure I say a couple of things.

One is that you need to have faith and go out there and introduce people to the show. We can have more, Joss has said that he'll do his part, he's said he wants to see it continued and is still working towards more. However at the moment it isn't up to him, it's up to DVD sales.

If more people become fans, buy the DVDs, and convert still more, we can have more. You won't have missed the boat, you'll have helped it launch again.

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The other thing is very simple, we've all been drawn together in a way that non-fans just don't understand. We're family, and you're one of us now, welcome home.

CARTOON

Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:04 AM

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Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

Okay. I looked long and hard for a cookie (the aforementioned, promised one), but, much to my dismay -- nothing. Not even a crumb.

Ain't right to promise a cookie when no cookie is forthcoming.

Seriously, welcome and grab a browncoat -- just not mine (watches coat closesly in a room where cookies are promised but not delivered)...

We all seem to have felt the same thing... utter joy at discovery of this verse, then aching despair at the fact that there is no more.

"I can't!! Too much hair!"

THEINCOMPARABLENOTION

Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:25 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cartoon:
Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

Okay. I looked long and hard for a cookie (the aforementioned, promised one), but, much to my dismay -- nothing. Not even a crumb.

Haha, "promised one," for some odd reason that just seemed a bit humorous to me.

Oh...i'm the only one?

Typical.

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