Brand New Fan
POSTED BY: Jeff58
UPDATED: Saturday, June 23, 2007 16:55
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Thank you all. I do indeed, feel very welcome. I just finished that last of the episodes. I do need to clarify that I watched the first (pilot) episode, and then the movie, and finally I have finished with the series. I want to say that I have never attached myself emotionally to a show before. A Star Trek fan from it's original run on NBC, but never a "Trekkie". Yet this evening, as I watched a bounty hunter threatening our little Kalee with rape, and a tear ran down her cheek as she shook in fear, I heard myself say, out loud, "Don't you dare you son of a -----!" Out loud, mind you. A first for me.
What an experience. I am hooked now, to these characters, to the actors, and to this remarkable show.
Jeff
http://www.media-1.net
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P.S. And the coat DOES fit perfectly. Many thanks.
Jeff
http://www.media-1.net
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Welcome to the 'verse Jeff58! 
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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Welcome! The ‘verse has suck in yet another human being! The more the merrier I say! For a fuller experience be sure to pick up the graphic novel “Serenity: Those Left Behind” and the ones soon to follow!
Shiny!
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Mal: What does that make us?
Zoe: Big Damn Heroes Sir!
Mal: Ain’t we just!
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Welcome to the fold, Jeff!
And guess what... there is a comic book series!! Dark Horse comics put out one issue before the movie came out, and they just announced that they are going to continue the series. The name of the only issue that's out right now is Serenity: Those Left Behind. You can find it on Amazon.com. It takes place between Objects in Space and Serenity, the movie. It explains why Book had left the ship. Have fun!
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"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck."
-Joss Whedon
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Welcome to the 'verse Jeff. My name is Mark and I'm 27. Firefly is my favorite show ever, rivaled only recently by Battlestar Galactica.
I've always had that Sci-Fi geek bug in me because I read my old man's copies of Phillip K. Dick short stories and Issac Asimov and the like.
I agree with everything you said about the show. The only answer that I could come up with for why they would cancel the show is that because it was obviously so anti-centralized government somebody had it played out of order and destroyed before it even got the chance to run. I'm not sure if you knew that it was run out of order, but on the DVD collection the back actually tells you the intended order of the show and also the order that TNWSNBN played it in. I don't know the order myself, but if you wanted to know and didn't have the disks, I'm sure somebody would be happy to oblige you.
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Welcome Jeff, it's nice to see a new fan in the forums. There are new fans on the Firefly forum all the time. Imagine how much success the network would have had if it had introduced Firefly to everyone that goes to bed before 10.00pm. I agree with you about Firefly having really good story-lines and excellent characters. The characters on Firefly are also really unique characters. I don't think there has been anyone quite like Jayne. Even on Planet of the Apes there isn't much similarity between Jayne and the Planet of the Apes humans.
Jayne was so cleverly played by Adam Baldwin. I think I read somewhere that Adam Baldwin, "Jayne" thought of Jayne as having ape-like expressions. He's also had a bit of a longing for home and missed his mum. This was seen when he received that orange hand knitted beanie and mail from his mum. He took care of Mal. He was such a great character. Aren't they all.
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Hey Jeff,
I feel exactly the same way, and I just discovered the series maybe 2 weeks ago. It was truly art, and I am so glad I found these forums!
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God help me, I've started over again already. I watched the pilot again last night. It appears that the shows only get better with repeated viewing-- "problematic". I have been married for 25 years to a beautiful and remarkably understanding woman... I fear this may test her understanding.
The word has got to get out about this show. I have many bonified science fiction fan friends who say they have never seen it. I thought it was just me who was out of touch enough to have missed out on this treasure for so long.
I have invited one of them to come over on a weekend very soon for a Firefly marathon. I know he will become hooked as well.
Jeff
http://media-1.net/
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Originally posted by Jeff58:
God help me, I've started over again already.
*rubs jeff58's back comfortingly*
Oh, Jeff...it only gets worse! There will come a day when you can quote scenes from memory, and argue the finer points of exactly what Jayne is wearing in what scene without going to the dvd.
Pray your wife is a peaceful creature who will accept your Browncoaty ways. Many of us have spouses who are patient and kind but not rabid Browncoats. I feel your pain.
You could always convert her...
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