when/how did you become a browncoat?

POSTED BY: flamingfly
UPDATED: Friday, March 31, 2006 16:27
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FLAMINGFLY

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:45 AM

i'm sorry if this has been talked about many times before, this is my first post on this site.

here's mine

I had never heard of firefly or serenity untill the movie came out, when i saw the trailer i Immediately thought Ninjas in space.... It looked really wierd and i didn't want to see it, but one of my freinds thought it looked interesting and i had nothing better to do so i watched it with him and my brother (now i wonder how i came up with ninjas in space). I was hooked, but i being 13 and having no income whatsoever, couldn't afford the firefly box set, and i gradually forgot about it. Several months later i was in a store looking for something to spend the gift card i had just gotten on, and i saw the jurrasic park box set, as i was studying the box, i saw mal's head on the firefly box set on the shelf infront of me.

After watching the entire series in less then 2 days, i've been checking this site daily.

"Ahh... Curse your sudden but ineviable betrayal!"-Stegosaurus

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:51 AM

Well, Flamingfly, you've come to the right place.
Welcome home.

*hands Flamingfly a browncoat from stores...*

there's your gear and here's my story...

I was watching SciFi Friday nights waiting for SG-1 to come on when Firefly came on, they were showing it before the BDM came out every Friday for awhile. I was instantly intrigued and before long hooked. Bought the DVD set immediately and when it came in the mail, watched it clear thru- couldn't stop! Fell in love...

I bought BSG at the same time and have not even opened it yet!

Went looking on the web, just like you I'd wager, and ended up here and have never left.

I'm proud to be a Browncoat and I'll bet you will be too.

Don't forget to share the 'verse with as many people as you can.... we ALL want a sequel or a return of the show!

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

DEEPGIRL187

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:03 AM

Many welcomes to the verse, flamingfly.

My own induction came as a result of the movie trailers. I hadn't heard of the series before, and I thought it was odd to see a big action film with no big "A" list actors in it. So after doing a little research, I found out about the series and rented the first disc. Five minutes and I was hooked. I get Netflix, so waiting for the next disc was alwasy torture. I immediately wanted to recruit my family and friends, and was somewhat sucessful. Unfortunately, my mother still has that look on her face that says she's torn between thinking I'm really cute or slightly crazy. Nevertheless, I've been a Browncoat ever since, and will be til the day I die.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

SAVEWASH

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:11 AM

Welcome, Flamingfly!

I was one of the lucky few who actually heard about the series on TV before it started, and since I'd recently become a bit of a "Buffy" fan, I decided to give it a try. I was instantly hooked from the first episode! I loved the characters, the writing, the originality of the whole thing. Then ... cancelled. I was crushed but went on.

Then, a few years later, as I was looking through some movie trailers, one called "Serenity" caught my eye and I wondered what that was about (I hate to admit it but I thought it was probably something about Buddhists). The second the trailer started, I started yelling, "Hey, they made a movie out of 'Firefly'!!!" Scared my husband quite a bit.

Now I have the DVDs and watch them repeatedly.

We're glad to have you aboard and hope to hear more from you.

"Grand entrance would not go amiss." - Mal

MILFORD

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:20 AM

There's a running joke between my wife and I that any show that is good will not catch our attention until at least the third season. Shortly after that it will be cancelled. We became interested in Buffy around the fourth season, and it was almost cancelled around then. Fortunately it was renewed briefly (although I think it should have ended with Buffy's battle with Glory, but that's a question for another time).

The same thing happened with Angel. We became interested in the series in the third season, and it was promptly cancelled two seasons later. Fans of Smallville should be forewarned. I'm now a fan, which means that the show is on life support.

Now we come to Firefly. When I saw the teasers for the series I perked up because it had some of my favorite things: Joss, spaceships, and action. I remember specifically when the show hooked me. It was during the teaser. There was a couple of shots of the reaver chase of Serenity at the end of the pilot. I think the last clip was the shot of Jayne in the engine room with his fist raised. That hooked me. I knew it would be great. And of course, since I fell in love with it, it was promptly cancelled. That, of course, started a new trend: if my wife and I become fans of a show right off the bat, it probably will be cancelled. See Firefly and it's running mate John Doe. There's a few others that help prove my case, but they escape me now.

As soon as the souless baby eaters at Fox started talking about cancelling the show I started emailing them constantly. Anyway, long story long, I became a Browncoat when I saw that shot of Jayne in the engine room. It's been my favorite show ever since.

By the way, it's good to see you FollowMal.

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BANZAIBILL

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:31 AM

Welcome Flamingfly!
We're glad you're here!

I personally had never heard of the series or the movie until I read a review of Serenity in the Dallas Morning News. It got an A-, which is really good for them. They only gave most of "The Lord of the Rings" a B+ or so. The reviewer's tag line was: "What Stars Wars should have been".

My wife and I walked out talking about how GOOD the movie was. On a whim, I decided to add the Firefly season to my Netflix queue. We watched them in a week, which is hard when you have jobs, kids, and other obligations. We liked it so much that we bought the Serenity and Firefly DVDs and are in the middle of our 3rd viewing of the series.

I've never geeked out about a series like this. Well, not since I was a kid watching the original Star Trek. Ye Gods, I'm getting old!

Remember - recruit more Browncoats!

*** Think of it as evolution in action ***

STROKINGMYPETER

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:45 AM

Hey welcome to the site. This place is pretty cool. Well I also was one of those few individuals who watched the show from the very start. I absolutely loved the show and watched it every week on Fox. But then suddenly out of the blue it was cancelled and I never heard anything about it again. I didn't really pay much attention to anything back then, and I don't really now either, but I had no clue that there was even a DVD set of the series at all. So Firefly was basically erased from my life. Then I saw the trailer for Serenity and I instantly remembered how awesome Firefly was and I got all my friends together and we saw it. Then I bought the DVD set, rewatched all of them, and then I started looking for news of the series' revival online. That is how I found this website, and here I am!

I WANT TO BELIEVE

FILTER

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:54 AM

I read the review of serenity on rottentomatoes.com and noticed that it did really well. Then I noticed that it was scifi. Wow, a scifi movie that received great reviews? What a concept. Then I saw the movie. Holy crap, it rocked. Then I found out it was a failed tv show, so I bought the dvd of the show. Holy kittens batman, the tv show was even better than the movie. And the rest is history. Of course I am very sad that the show is dead (for now)...I am a Doctor Who fan, and that show went off the air in 1989, only to be revived in 2005, so there is hope, just keep your fingers crossed.

Filter

NUCLEARDAY

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:10 AM

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Unfortunately, my mother still has that look on her face that says she's torn between thinking I'm really cute or slightly crazy.

Hey! Your mom must know my mom, 'cause that's the look I've been getting for the past 20-odd years ;p

Uhmm... I'll try and make my story quick. I remember seeing the previews for the series early on. Never got into Buffy or Angel, but I thought "Hey, here's an interesting twist on the genre, and it's from the guy who did Buffy so I'm sure it'll be on for a good run :)" I work nights, so I was usually sleeping while Firefly ran, but I'd managed to tape "Bushwhacked", so I can say I at least saw one episode of the original series. My brother and I figured we were seeing the series out of order, so we counted on waiting for the reruns, which we assumed would fill the space before the second season... obviously no go with that :)

I've been emotionally involved in other cancelled shows before, so I woefully managed to push Firefly from my mind for some time. Till one day at the video store I was looking for an extra movie to rent. (One of those rent two rent one free deals.) Saw Serenity there, and remembered it was based on the show, thought it'd be a fun little space romp ;p So again... I was wrong. First time through the movie was like "oh, this is what I was missing gorramit all!" Oh, and Kaylee ;p

Anyways the rest, as they say, is history.

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

GELASSENHEIT

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:20 AM

I saw the adverts on tv and thought it would be an interesting show to watch, but it was on Friday nites! grr.
And we didn't get cable at the time, so most TV for us was grainy or snowy, and not a pleasure to watch.

So for several months I missed it. By chance I saw a downloaded version (just wait!) of the Train Job. I distinctly remember seeing the belly dancer in the bar and thinking, "this is one cool show." They had me at Crow being tossed into the ship's engine.

Then I got involved with the all the fan postcarding and online petitions.

THe next two years I zoned out, until Serenity was up and running. Went out and bought 3 sets of the show, 2 sets of the movie, the graphic novel, the soundtrack, the book, the mug, the t-shirt and pins.

Gelassenheit means Serenity

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