How did you find the 'verse?
POSTED BY: SimonB
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 17:43
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Well a friend of mine told me about Firefly, he had often recommended good stuff before, but for some reason I kinda ignored his advice.
Then another friend, who I had lived with at Uni and had got me hooked on Angel (we didn't work, we just watched Angel constantly), mentioned it and said it was by Joss Whedon and that it was amazing. So I tried bugging the first friend to lend me the series. Then I found out the film Serenity which had impressed me with its trailers was based on it.
Well what could I do? To the Reavers with waiting for my friend to get round to lending it to me, I went straight onto play.com and ordered the series, I had to wait a painstaking 4 days for it to arrive. Thank god I had no idea how good it would be, or that wait would have been hell.
I watched about 3-4 episodes a night until it was all done, then I was sad :-(, the movie had left the cinema and the DVD wasn't guna be out for ages.
Then after discussing Firefly with a third mate, he brought round his copy of the BDM he got from America so everything was shiny, well 'cept the fact everyone talked through it and I actually had to wait for it to come out in England before I got to absorb it all.
Anyway a strange and complicated story.
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Nirwin
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Originally posted by meangoldfish:
i was against firefly before i ever saw it. i'm not big onto sci-fi, i don't like aliens, the only sci-fi that kept me interested were the original start wars movies.
on a messgae board i post on, everyone always told me how great firefly was, you have to watch it, yada yada and i would reply "i don't want to watch your goddamn show" so i never did. i figured, hey, it's sci fi, and it got cancelled, so it can't be that good.
one day one of the posters sent me to a site where i could download the episodes, so i downloaded the pilot and gave it a shot, so they would leave me alone about it.
now i own the dvds, the BDM, a shirt, the comics, and spread it all to everyone i know like it's my job. i bleed brown.
Lol, and now you would never use the word 'Goddamn'.
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Nirwin
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Originally posted by nirwin:
everything was shiny, well 'cept the fact everyone talked through it and I actually had to wait for it to come out in England before I got to absorb it all.
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Nirwin
Grrr! There is a VERY special hell reserved for people who talk through the BDM.
Violence has been known to ensue in my house when someone doesn't pay enough attention or (gasp) actually dares to fall asleep!
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Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
Grrr! There is a VERY special hell reserved for people who talk through the BDM.
Violence has been known to ensue in my house when someone doesn't pay enough attention or (gasp) actually dares to fall asleep!
Sleep....?!? Through Serenity? I don't think the kind of violence you are hinting at is really enough punishment, if it wasn't for the fact that at least YOU could still watch the movie, I would suggest putting them in an airlock with the outer door locked open and then leaving atmo.
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Nirwin
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Originally posted by nirwin:Quote:
Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
Sleep....?!? Through Serenity? I don't think the kind of violence you are hinting at is really enough punishment, if it wasn't for the fact that at least YOU could still watch the movie, I would suggest putting them in an airlock with the outer door locked open and then leaving atmo.
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Nirwin
I know!! They had thew affrontery to protest that I'd made them watch it 3 times in a week, as if that was any excuse!!
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Blame it on Wallace and Gromit 
The first i heard about was from an interview in the Brit Sci Fi mag SFX. They reviewed the film and mentioned it would be best to watch the series first, as did every other movie critic 
Week after that i went to the fliks and it was either Serenity or Wallace and Gromit. Since i knew nothing about the 'verse, and i was doing an animation course, it was W&G (i'm going to the other special hell 
and my only chance to see the BDM on a big screen )
Week after that, saw the box set on sale in HMV, and other all the good reviews, picked it up, began it watch it a couple of days later, and was converted in one whole night 
Cheers Joss 
And know i'm never going back!!!
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Saw a trailer in the cinema for Serenity (I'm a Brit without cable - dark ages) and my husband said - 'let's go see that', but first, for the sake of completeness, he bought me the box set for Xmas, so I knew the backstory.
Poor, poor fool. I started off drooling at Captain Mal ('cos,well, who wouldn't ) and he just about put up with that. And then I developed a nasty fixation for the Hero of Canton.
And then I jumped 'ship on ff.net, got inspired and have posted some 25,000 words in a month, with a few more notebooks to go. I need to get out more.
SpaceAnJL
"You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth"
H Ibsen
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I kind of got dragged into the 'verse, really.
I'm a frequent AICN.com reader, and on the advent of Serenity, the crap was flying between the Browncoats and the rs pretty constantly, but I didn't really have an opinion. I never saw Firefly, I was only vaguely aware of Joss from Buffy, which I never really got that into, and the trailer for Serenity didn't do much for me. But one weekend my little brother wanted to go to the movies, and I wasn't paying, so I figured, "what the heck, why not?"
And then Serenity happened and my brain exploded.
After that I dropped 40 bucks for the box set, started using the words "shiny" and "reckon" in strange contexts, and the rest is, as they say, history.
This was my first post, BTW. So hi, I guess.
Here we are, on the raggedy edge. Don't push me, and I won't push you.
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Once you're in Serenity you never leave.
You learn to live in it.
I was introduced to the 'Verse thanks to my mother, brother and the SciFI channel. They had decided to do a marathon on the SciFi channel and build hype for Serenity which was coming out the next month. So I had my own apartment and I didn't have cable. So then my brother and my mom are telling me about this fantastic show called Firefly. THey had taped eight epiosdes on two tapes since that was the first marathon. It was great because they played them in the order originally planned. Serenity parts one and two first etc. So they had me come over the house and showed me the first half of the pilot. I fell in love with Mal instantly. Then the episode ended with him staring down at River curled up in her box. Then they turned to look at me. With a huge grin I said..don't just sit there! Play the next one. So they watched the rest of the pilot with me and then let me take the tape home. I watched that thing four times in like two days and begged to get the other three my brother taped. I didn't want to give the tape back. We had found something special and I connected with this crew and with the ship and the need to be free and to keep flyin. After getting my hands on the other tape I went to Amazon.com and ordered the BD series in full. I didn't wait for SciFi channel to play the rest. And with each trailer for the BDM I got more excited and began to understand what this was all about. When I got the DVDs I watched the series from start to finish in a day and a half and then counted down the days to the premiere of Serenity. Of course it didn't come to the theatre in my town so my mom, my brother and I drove an hour and a half to the theatre that was playing it. It was amazing to see the BD heroes on the big screen! I was so into the movie and wondered how many Browncoats sat in that dark theater with me. I was so afraid that Joss was going to kill everyone as during the final battle with Reavers one after another of the crew kept going down. I kept thinking. Joss is going to kill everyone and never do another movie! I was so tense during that last part that I was totally focused on the screen as if by sheer will I could jump into the screen and help them fight. I cried during the funeral for Wash, Book and Mr. Universe. I hope with all of my being that there will be more adventure in the 'Verse for the crew of a battered Firefly called Serenity.
So now I call myself a Browncoat proudly and hope to one day get to go to a shindig or a convention. My mom and brother, while they are fans are not Browncoats. I get picked on! Ridiculed when I have Firefly in my DVD player (which is all the time) when they come over, or I have the soundtrack playing from the movie or the series. I let my mom borrow my laptop and they found my fanfic and laughed at it! They said they didn't read all of what was there but I don't believe them. They enjoy Firefly okay, but in moderation. I don't go more than two days without watching an episode. The only other thing I ever got into at this degree is Lord of the Rings. And I get picked on when I mention that too! ohhh. It is so frustrating. But it is comforting to know that I have a home here with my fellow Browncoats who understand my passion, connection and love for all things Firefly. So now that I have found Serenity I will never leave, I will live in it. I will hold till Mal gets back and proudly wear that dusty Brown coat. Shiny!
Lady Serenity
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Welcome, Mr. Chimp. I'd recommend staying off those Reaver ships, they run without containment and you end up glowing in the dark.
Glad you found your way into the 'verse. Keep holding, and keep spreading the good word. Next thing you know we'll be flying again.
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