Who among you watched Firefly when it originally aired?

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RMMC

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:03 AM

I watched it from start to the hide-and-seek end. I knew it was coming, months before it aired as I was a Buffy and Angel fan. And then there were all the nice articles in the SF magazines (Starlog, Starburst, et al.) I fell in love with it when Simon drugged Jayne, and when Mal punted the flunky into the engine. I had a wonderful time watching it and bibbling online with some friends right afterword.
*sigh*
Nothin' on worth that now. Dumb FOX. Maybe we should pitch in and get a steel clue stick to whap them with. Or better yet, send them their very own Reavers.

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RMMC

SHINY4004

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:09 AM

I did! :D I watched cause it was Joss show, and was hooked immediately.

"Oh I'm going to the special hell."-Mal

RKLENSETH

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:17 AM

I watched it and I thought it was okay the first few episodes but it wasn't until Out of Gas that I really fell in love with Firefly. I think if FOX had allowed it to continue for perhaps another year then I think it would still be on TV today. But they give very few shows that chance.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:31 AM

I was there at the start. Buffy & Angel fan, so I'd heard talk of Joss doing a sci-fi show (being a sci-fi fan, I was all over it, sight unseen: Joss & sci-fi = chocolate & peanut butter ).

Found this place a little later, and I've never left. I've just learned to live here.

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SERGEANTX

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:47 AM

I've been there since "Train Job" aired. I downloaded the bootleg pilot that week and totally fell in love. I should be clear this makes me far cooler and of much more rarified taste and discretion than the rest of you latecomers. That's just the way it is.

Seriously though, I can't really express how heartbreaking it was for all of us here on the sight as we watched everything fall apart. It was really unbelievable to see. the disillusionment was profound. How could something so goddamned moving and soulful be tossed aside like just another failed sitcom??? Firefly was the first television show I'd liked in ten years and the last one I will ever watch. If this is the way the entertainment industry treats dramatic perfection, then I have no interest in the entertainment industry. Fuck them, fuck them all to hell.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

RAVENHAIR

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:52 AM

Unfortunately, I was living overseas when it came out. I remember seeing a picture of the cast and recognizing only Adam Baldwin (which would have ensured that I'd watch it), but I remember thinking what a strange name for a sci-fi show. Anyway, I remember it getting a good write up. Unhappily the only overseas television I saw in English were 2 year old Oprah shows, Due South (which I loved) and Falcon Crest (yes, can you believe it?) reruns.

When my family and I moved back to the US, the DVD had just come out and my brother suggested that I get it from Netflix. After watching the pilot, I couldn't get the disks fast enough. My breath would hitch every time the music started.

I like to think, that if I'd been around, I would have been part of that first wave. As it is, I'll enjoy all your stories of discovery...just glad to have finally made it!

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Mal:We're still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

CATHERA

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:01 AM

I watched it when it came out but don't know how many episodes I actually saw. Some I remember some I don't and parts of others I do. Probably because it kept changing I missed it more than got to see it. But I was in love the first night and upset when it disappeared. If I had found this place back then I would have been one of those trying to save it. But at the same time I had just got engaged and was planning a wedding so that took a ton of my time. Happy to be here now and that it's still got such a following.

And that Serenity day is coming.

Under a Blag Flag We Shall Sail

REGINAROADIE

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:16 AM

Right here. Had never seen an ep of BUFFY or ANGEL and was wondering why so many people revere Joss like he's God on Earth (which I now realize is an oxymoron considering Joss is an atheist). I grew up with farmervision, so I never had access to the WB. So when I heard that he had a show on one of the networks I actually got, I tuned in to see what was the big deal. And I have to admit that when the Blue Handed men were intorduced, I was sold.

So I watched it, but when it went off the air I didn't think too much of it at the time. I was really into the superb season, or "Day" 2 of 24, plus BOOMTOWN was another groundbreaking show that was on at the same time that I was getting into. So I just chalked it up as another "unjustly screwed over show". But when I heard in 04 that they were actually making SERENITY, I re-watched it and fell in love with it all over again.

So for me it was never "How did you get introduced to it." It was more like "How did it get re-introduced to you."

A little off topic here, does anyone here remember BOOMTOWN? I thought it was such a great antidote to the regular cop show with it's really complex characters and the multiple P.O.V's. And I think David McNorris could give Mal a run for his money in the "tortured character" department.

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"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."

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MOOSE

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:38 AM

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
I've been there since "Train Job" aired. I downloaded the bootleg pilot that week and totally fell in love. I should be clear this makes me far cooler and of much more rarified taste and discretion than the rest of you latecomers. That's just the way it is.

So, since I also did those things AND got to this site nearly a month before you, that means I'm cooler than you? Whoa...

I remember watching "The Train Job" and thinking,
"Damn, I missed the 2hr premiere...must of been on last Sunday...". Only after I poked around online did I learn how messed up F*X was treating the show.

F*X>>

I'm actually in the process of transfering my well worn VHS tapes of the F*X episodes onto DVD complete with commercials and in the order aired. Kinda of a neat stroll down memory lane...at least until I remember what F*X did to the show...

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Fuck them, fuck them all to hell.

Yep.

SADLITTLEKING

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:51 AM

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Originally posted by SAVEWASH:
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.

I had the same experience in that the promos Fox aired for Firefly never sold me on the show. Well, the naked girl in the box thing got me to at least check it out, but let's just say that I so fell in love with Firefly from the first episode, I didn't realize that there was no naked girl in a box. Not until Fox aired the pilot anyway. LOL

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Originally posted by Agatsu:
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.

No worries. I rather enjoyed your story. When you said you immediately fell in love with Summer, the first words to enter my mind were, "You, too?"

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