Who among you watched Firefly when it originally aired?
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Friday, April 21, 2006 05:30
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I did! I was almost turned off by all those promotional ads showing this naked girl in a box--I couldn't figure out why I would want to see that. However, I knew it was from Joss Whedon and it was sci-fi, so I decided to give it a try anyway. (Usually I watch the pilot of almost any new show anyway, just in case it turns out to be another "Northern Exposure" or "The X-Files." I don't remember the ads for those before they aired, but I can't imagine that they did justice to the shows.)
I'm so glad I gave it a try! I loved the show from the first episode I saw (The Train Job): great action, great effects, fantastic characters. I couldn't believe it when they cancelled the show. There is no justice in this world.
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
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I was there for the first episode, and it was definately my new favorite show. I was crushed and when it got cancelled. After a while I forgot about the show, until Sci-Fi began showing reruns to advertise for the movie, and I got all excited again, like a 5 year old at Christmas. Now I am more hooked on it than I was when it was actually on TV.
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I had to frequently sit up late to wait until after the game was over to get 'Firefly' taped...
but it was always worth it.
After 'Jaynestown' I was blown away by the metaphor & humor & excitement of this great show...
I went to water aerobics to tell my friends about it and I was really happy to hear that they were all watching it too
(they would miss episodes that were on too late, but I would let them watch my video tape)
It is so sad that we only got a half season
sigh
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Oooooo, oooooo, me, me I was in from Day 1. They had me from minute 1 but I was really hooked with the Chain of Command line. I fell on the floor laughing so hard I missed the rest of where Jayne "goes crazy". My little VCR was doing its duty taping, so I had almost commercial free Firefly.
I aim to misbehave!
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Sigh...
I had the Region 1 Firefly box on my shelf for MONTHS. A friend of mine lent it to me and said, "Watch this, it's cool.".
I just sort of didn't.
(In retrospective, I don't know how my friend could watch Friefly and just go "It's cool.". Even has Serenity on his shelf and hasn't watched it yet. Strange.)
So the Firefly box collected dust on my shelf (don't worry, my friend's cool with that, but I think that's not why you're cringing), and I saw some trailers for Serenity on TV. I sort of didn't care. Wasn't in the mood for Joss. Blasphemy, I know.
Then another friend of mine comes back from his holidays in Thailand and gives me a Serenity DVD as a present. For some reason DVDs seem to be really cheap in Thailand.
And I go, "Oh, well, don't really wanna watch the series, I'll check out the movie.". (Which is so not typical for me, but as you might have noticed by now, my story is a strange one.).
So I started watching the movie and I was hooked from the start (and immediately fell in love with Summer. 
). It took me 20 minutes to FORCE myself to stop watching, and slam in the first FIREFLY DVD, because after just those 20 minutes I was so f*cking hooked like you wouldn't believe.
Well, maybe you would.
Sorry for swearing, btw, but there is just no other way to put my sensation into words. I've been a fan of a great many series, but never did I fall in LOVE with one. I got tears in my eyes as I write this, which should say it all.
Then (after watching EVERYTHING in order, yay!) I checked out all the extras, all the commentaries, and watched everything over and over again, to the point where I felt uneasy when I had neither FIREFLY nor SERENITY at home with me. I'm a Firefly addict, and I never want to be cured.
I very quickly found my way here.
...and found out I had missed all the fun. Then I found out I had only missed half of it.
I am absolutely fascinated (in the truest sense) by the on- and especially off-screen relationship between our BDHs, and the fans, and the BDMs AND the fans! I don't know why, but it fills me with a sort of joy to have found something beautiful that is truely the product of a love shared and sherished by everyone involved (well, except the ones responsible for it's cancellation). I've seen similar "phenomena" before, but never like this.
Never. Like. This.
I got very sentimental there, but I guess y'all will find it in your hearts to forgive me. 
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
www.straightfromthehorsesmouth.co.uk/firefly
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My memories are bittersweet.
Saw "Train Job" and loved it. Saw "Bushwhacked" and loved it more.
But what I remember more is tuning in for subsequent appointments with Mal and Co. and finding... ball games. Reruns of stupid movies. I remember thinking, "They couldn't have canceled it, not yet!"
When it didn't show up for two or three weeks in a row, I figured it was gone for good, and sort of gave up on it. Then, after I missed a couple, I stumbled on it again... "Ariel" this time. Woohoo!
Except, then it was gone again, and finally I found out it really was canceled.
I'm rather ashamed to say I didn't find the online Firefly community until much later, so I didn't do much to hold the line when it counted most. Only after the DVD set came out did I begin making converts.
Oh, what I'd give to be able to make those weekly Firefly appointments again!
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I don't disagree on any particular point.
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I did, but only after seeing Serenity and buying the DVD set is when I truley became a Browncoat. The few moments which I remember from first watching the show were when Mal pushes the assasin dude into the turbine, and when River says "We're going to freeze to death first." Oh and also most of Mal's and Wash's awesome lines.
Hahaha! Mine is an evil laugh... Now die!
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I watched it the first day it was on FOX and fell in love with it from the moment I saw the belly dancer! then I saw our crew, and I was sold on watching it for the other nine weeks, They were the best ten weeks of my LIFE!
JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD
Also, I was a Buffy fan before Firefly, so I knew it was going to be great! I didn't get into Angel until after Firefly when I heard Summer Glau was a guest star on an episode.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was for Firefly-First-Contact-Stories in general, but I guess it's for those who watched it on TV, sorryyyy.
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
www.straightfromthehorsesmouth.co.uk/firefly
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As hard as Fox tried to mess it up, move it around, pre-empt it, MalsWay and I watched it! Being a Joss show was enough for us to give it a try. Hooked from the start.
"It is too good. It will never make it." Ack.
--Karel.
"Wonderous is our great blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along." -- Jeff Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra.
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