Have you EARNED a Browncoat??? Do you need a new one?

POSTED BY: Chindi
UPDATED: Monday, July 24, 2006 06:23
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METTASUTRA

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:16 PM

Edited: Oops. Double posted.

PHOENIXROSE

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:20 PM

Naked people.
Virtual coats. Though I have a real one. Had to buy that, though.

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DQBABY76

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:42 PM

well, this past Xmas my mom-in-law picked up a copy of Serenity at the store. She wanted us to watch it but we needed to see a few episodes of the show so we could understand what was going on. I'm not into sci-fi shows that much so I thought I would just take a nap on the recliner during it. (my mom-in-law tends to get us to watch every sci-fi show possible)

Well during the first 5 minutes with the battle of Serenity I was thinking "Oh, great! another war on a sci-fi show." but when Mal turned to Bendis and told him "We are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die." I fell in love with Nathan.

Then when Mal shot the Fed,that was awesome!! I loved their dialogue and the chemistry. I was even surprised that I liked all the characters. I usually dont like women characters because they can be annoying.

I only watched five episodes:Serenity(p.1 &p.2), Our Mrs. Reynolds, Trash, Out of Gas, and Objects in Space before my mom-in-law popped in the BDM. After that I was in LOVE! I went out and bought my own copy of Firefly and Serenity. Watched them all over again and again and again. Thats when my obsession began.

I could kick myself for not watching them when they were on Fox. I remember seeing the commercials for them and saying to my husband "I'm not watching that stupid show." Yeah I feel bad about that one. But now I have dedicated all my free time to reading fanfic, watching YouTube videos, buying Firefly merchandise, my Myspace page is practically a shrine, I fell in love with Jayne, I also turned my mom into a Browncoat. That was awesome! I'm seriously thinking of getting a tattoo, which is a huge thing cause I dont like pain.

Damn... I miss them!!!

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Shepard used to tell me...can't do something smart, do something right.
I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

CHINDI

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:54 PM

Whoa! Somebody get in here with those new BROWNCOATS!!! FOLLOWMAL!!! I'd say everyone here should get one...

thanks for the replies.. It always warms the heart to relive the virus er introduction to the 'verse

Chindi

PONYXPRESSINC

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:02 PM

It was somewhere back in 2003 when my daughter was a baby. She'd just grown out of the nightly screaming session between 10pm and 2am phase. (The Doctor said it was 'just colic'. To that I say HA! YOU GIT! You try living with that and THEN call it just colic and THEN cut out your tongue AND shove it where the sun don't shine. (I was peeved, could you tell? I think you could tell.)).

So anyway, I was just getting to the point where I could get a reasonable amount of sleep by going to bed at 8pm to give me a cushion of unconsciousness to tide me through the 10.30pm and 4:30am feedings.

One night I was just drifting off when my husband leeps into the bedroom like an over excited gazelle to tell me about the fantastic programme he just saw on the UK Sci-fi channel.

I was not at my most receptive.

Once I'd stopped swearing and crying, I told him that I would watch the next episode if he would just go the hell away and let me sleep now.

So I stayed up especially for the next episode with a 'this better be good' expression on my face.

Oh my... It was good.

I can't remember which episode it was because I'm not sure if the Sci-fi channel showed them in the right order, but the one I slept though was the Train Job.

From that point onwards I caught every episode and when the Sci-fi channel had a Firefly weekend I got to see them all. Then I brought the box set and watched and watched them, then I saw the movies, then I brought that on DVD and the book and watched and read and watrched and read...

Why did I fall in love?

1. I have a passionate sentimental attachment to Sci-fi and Westerns, I watched them both on my fathers knee (I will always remember watching Logan's run with him in the kitchen when I was about nine and him freezing with horror when the female character took her top off . I also remember watching anything with John Wayne in it because at that age I wanted to grow up and marry him ).
2. There were characters!
3. There was Plot!
4. Everything wasn't alright in the end!
5. There were no bumpy headed aliens!
6. There was drama!
7. There was humour!
8. There was Adam Baldwin! (Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!).
9. It wasn't all moralistic and telling us how to be good little humans!
10. It wasn't all clean and shiny!

I think ten will do, but I could go on... and on... and on...

Can I have a browncoat now? Pretty please with sugar on top... honey too if you like... sprinkles, you'd like sprinkles? Cos you look like you'd like sprinkles. How about Ice cream? Chocolate?..

Hopefully yours

Pony

BENSHEPHERDSON

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:03 PM

I was at the theater (by myself, actually) inwardly moaning about the quality of movies today, when suddenly Summer Glau was hurting people. For some strange reason, I felt nostalgic. And then I remembered War Stories. And Serenity. And everything else I had forgotten about in the last few years.

Feeling clever, I whispered "Firefly," to the person sitting beside me. The Serenity logo appeared on the screen, and they replied "Or not."

SUNNYJ

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:12 PM

Like many being quite new to the 'verse' i was introduced to it by the BDM. Previously i hadn't heard much about the series. When i first heard about the film last year (small article in Total Film magazine) i thought 'that looks up my street' and was quite looking forward to seeing it on the big screen. To my dismay my local multiplex pulled the film after a couple of weeks (boo UCI...boo). I waited patiently for the DVD and brought it on release, very impressed and after my first viewing i wanted more. Brought the series and the opening sequence of the pilot sealed the deal for me, just the sheer spectacle of the 'battle of Serenity Valley' topped off by Mal's 'We're too pretty' speech. I thought 'wow i'm already hooked and ive got about another 620 mins of this...great'! The more i watched and the more i got to know the characters the more hooked i became and before i knew it the ending credits of Objects in Space were there staring back at me and i thought to myself'What that's it...no more...nuts!'. I must admit that to grow so close to the characters, only for them to be snatched from me after 14 episodes so early on got to me more than any show or movie ever has. I know it sounds a bit tacky but it did hurt a little, well to be honest quite a lot. However after finding this site it did cheer me up knowing that i wasnt the only one affected by this Gorram fine show and movie. I guess the BDM was the hook and the series was the line and sinker. Proud to be a Browncoat and still hoping.

LISSA37

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:17 PM

I don't remember if I ever told my story of how I found the 'verse or not, but perhaps if I tell/retell it here... I'll get my Browncoat? Maybe?

We shall see.

I was at a friend's house working on a project and she'd been yakking about this awesome show that got cancelled for weeks. She wanted us (the group) check it out and watch the Pilot on her DVD set. Well, as if you couldn't guess, the show was Firefly.

I have to say, I don't recommend trying to win new fans while multitasking. I was totally lost as to what was going on because I was focused on our project. So, I can't say I really came to love it that night.

But, a coule of months later, another friend -- my best friend -- who was also a Firefly fan said we should rent Serenity and watch it.

Well, I was instantly intrigued but still a little... well, not lost... just a bit confused. It was hard to get used to the 'verse. But, once I got into it, I was hooked. It happened so fast I didn't even realize it. I was infatuated long before this moment, but the moment when I realized how much I was loving this movie was when Wash died. (Don't take that the wrong way: let me explain.) I nearly jumped off my couch and screamed out, "NO!!!! Not Wash!!! He can't die!!!" My reaction clued me into something: I love these characters, their story, their whole world! Next time my friend and I went to rent videos, it was me insisting we rent Serenity again.

Now, I've seen Serenity four times, two of which were sharing it with my brother and mom who are now also fans. I watched the Firefly marathon on Sci Fi last week as well as taping most of it, so I've now seen almost every episode and enjoy rewatching them. (The ones they did not air, I'm trying to catch up on through my friend's DVD set until I can afford to buy my own.)

That's about it for me.

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"I'm a leaf on the wind..." - Wash

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http://www.everwoodmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1316
We could use your support and, as people who know the pain of not-so-bright TV execs killing great shows... I think you just might feel for our cause.

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:19 PM

Oh, Chindi, this was such a wonderful idea!

Pony, just about every one of your ten reasons.. except substitute Mal for Jayne is my list verbatim!

Each one I read...I said "YES!" to.

Uhhh, don't remember the topless part of Logan's Run, but I'm not sure how you were gonna be married to John Wayne, cuz I was.
Oh, how I cried when they killed him in "The Cowboys"!.

One browncoat comin' right up!

*hands Pony a browncoat from the storeroom, proud to see she's a member of the crew!*

What is there about the stories.. they draw us in and let us remember those moments when we first fell in love too. It's such a drug.. ahem.. I mean good show!

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

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Chindi:
Whoa! Somebody get in here with those new BROWNCOATS!!! FOLLOWMAL!!! I'd say everyone here should get one...

thanks for the replies.. It always warms the heart to relive the virus er introduction to the 'verse

Chindi

Ok, Chindi.. now it's your turn.. hand over that old battle scarred browncoat... I know of no one more deserving of a fresh one.. we'll send the old one to DonCoat for refurbishing.. he takes most excellent care of them.

*hands Chindi a new browncoat to keep her warm thru the coming battles for our show*

Thank you my friend.

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

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

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