Who among you watched Firefly when it originally aired?
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UPDATED: Friday, April 21, 2006 05:30
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I only caught one episode of Firefly when it was aired. (I work 3rd shift and always have trouble remembering to tape my shows.) I remember being fairly excited about it, thinking Whedon would have an interesting take on the genre. Caught "Bushwhacked," and knew I was missing out on at least an episode or two. Still, I remember thinking Kaylee was rather cute, and planned on catching up with the series during the off-season repeats (which I was horribly, horribly wrong in assuming was going to happen :)
Didn't turn Browncoat until I saw Serenity, though. I'd half forgot about the show by then, and lived through Fox cancelling a bunch more of my favorite shows :(
First time through the BDM though, and I knew I was hooked. Bought both DVD sets pretty much the very next day, and haven't been able to get it out of my head since :)
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I watched an episode on tv, but can't for the life of me tell you which one... my schedule didn't permit regular viewing until the show was already off.
When I heard about the BDM, I was stunned... could this be the same little show that I saw and liked that one time?
Then I found you guys and knew I was not alone. I told my husband about this all and he was skeptical. But... he's now a proud Browncoat!!!
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Originally posted by SadLittleKing:
Sure.
So, do you know if Summer saw Firefly when it originally aired?
I'm absolutely positive she did!
And I fell in love with her the way you did - I'm not one to be romantically obsessed by an actress, but it's fun to act like that, and she is just soooo yummy, in character and in person. Except that I never met her in person person, but you know what I mean. And she's so beautiful and graceful, and makes me wanna hug and protect her, and when she looks sad she looks so incredibly sad, and then she smiles and it's like POW!, and I could watch her dance all day, and she made me hijack this thread after all. Only a woman like her could do that.
And there you have it.
Maybe they'll air Firefly on German TV one day, after all. Then I'ma watch it and say I saw it on the Teevee when it was first aired, muhahahahahahahahahahahaha! Mine is an evil laugh.
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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I watched it avidly when it first started airing. My best moments, however, came when my brother, son, daughter in law, other brother, other brother and his wife, my daughter and my boss all finally watched my dvd set and said, hey! you were right. :)
Sex and violence on the big screen, where it belongs.
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Verasnewowner,
When was it shown? I was in London from 2000 to 2004. I never saw it. I did however see Fastlane (mentioned by Nathan in the commentary for War Stories).
I am glad I didn't see them until the BDM. I would have been mourning a lot longer!
Nathan doesn't know it yet, but I am his one true love! Is that weird?
(he will believe, he will believe)
It was shown on Sci Fi channel UK, available on some freeview packs and Satelite, so you may have missed it if you have terestrial.
As the guys at Sci Fi are fanboys like us, they were raving about and a full evening screening the first two episodes, Serenity (As one whole chunk as it were a TV movie) and The Train Job. 3 1/2 hours of the thing. It was good, i loved it from the start. and i set a programme reminders, calendar dates etc to catch each one.
It was a helluva night with interviews and behind scenes stuff intertwined.
And when you get to love the characters over the 13 episodes and features on discs, and joss plucks up the courage for the "Im a leaf on the wind... Watch how i so...
" scene.Sorry you missed it.
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I had decided to watch it based on the write-ups for the new fall season. We got back a little late that night so I missed the first ten minutes or so of The Train Job. I felt like I had miss a helluva lot more than ten minutes! (Imagine that.) I, too figured that I had messed up and missed the pilot.
Anyway, Crow goes through the engine and I knew this show was going to be different, and I was going to be watching. I tracked down every episode when it aired - taped a couple of baseball games in there, but always managed to find the show when it finally aired.
I was very confused when I watched the "Special Two-Hour Firefly Event", and couldn't figure out why they didn't show that first, muchless why they showed it last.
I complained to everyone I knew about them cancelling my show. I loved it like I had loved no other. But it didn't occur to me to come online and do anything about it.
I found out about the upcoming DVD release from a TV Guide blurb. I was elated. I remember lying in bed the night before we were going to pick the DVDs up, recounting all of the episodes in my head. I'm kind of surprised by how well I could recount them, having only seen most of them once.
I have to admit, when I first put in the DVD, I was startled by the menu screen music. I was expecting something much more along the lines of the closing credits music, and for a moment I thought I had the wrong show.
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I sadly wasnt part of the firefly scene when it first aired. i still watched that 70's show on 43. I surely wish i had been on board on the pilot episode for the show. I started watching it when it came on the scifi channel awhile back before the movie came out.
Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day
-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.
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I watched them all and enjoyed them. Weird thing is, I didn't start lurking here until late 2004, and became a Browncoat in 2005. How weird is that?
"It's a cow."
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I absolutely watched it when it aired. Everyone would come over to my house (the meeting place when we went out for drinks and pool) and I refused to leave or let anyone talk until the show was over.
I kept trying to convince others to watch it, but I think Fox showing it out of order made it difficult for people to get into it.
I must say too, I think the Universal Marketing Department should all be beheaded or castrated or something for how poorly they advertised Serenity. You can't just rely on the fan base, you have to get other people in the theaters too.
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I did. I remember falling in love with the theme song the first time I heard it. I remember frantically getting my chores and homework done (I was still in high school) so that my world would come to a screeching halt for the next hour. And I remember my abject horror several weeks in a row where I would tune in to watch, and I would be greeted with a baseball game. *Sigh* You know, Back In The Day.
Because I am an American. And what does an American want? Democracy?
Capitalism.
I want to sell out and settle down. For one day only, it's a blue light special on Aisle Three. My wormhole technology... and a free set of steak knives... for all the tea in China. And anything you can imagine to pay me... welcome to my cold war.
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