Hello to you all

POSTED BY: dBerriff
UPDATED: Monday, January 8, 2007 14:41
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DBERRIFF

Saturday, January 6, 2007 5:11 PM

Thank you for the warm welcome - it is very much appreciated. I will wear my virtual browncoat with pride.

I live on the Isle of Man in the middle of the Irish sea and with a population of around 80,000 we only have limited cinema facilities. So DVDs are all important and Firefly and Serenity both work well in that medium. The characters are to me what matter, not the visual effects, so a wide-screen TV works just fine.

I grew up with Dr Who, Star Trek, then Blake's 7. All good harmless fun - but not great My daughters grew up with Star Wars and I moved on to the Alien films with the first remaining a firm favourite. Then the special effects seem to push any need for a decent story line or strong characters to one side with a small number of notable exceptions such as Blade Runner and Dark City.

So many recent films are, in my opinion, just plain sloppy in their production values and to be honest I had lost interest in the genre and may have missed some excellent films. And until last November and a gift of the Serenity DVD I had missed out on Firefly/Serenity.

Nothing in the above list apart from Alien has had the same impact on me, and Serenity is a much happier place than Nostromo.

So I am totally hooked and it is a pleasure to be on board.

I shall now spend a bit of time following up the links you have kindly given me. Thank you again.

FLORALBUNNY

Sunday, January 7, 2007 6:29 AM

Welcome home, dBerriff -- a Manxcoat no less!
You're #24517 aboard our shiny ship and I think
all will agree the virtual browncoat looks great
on you.

Please share in the strawberries and Mudder's Milk
we keep on hand for the new arrivals. Stow your
stuff in the bay, have a rest in your cabin looking
up all the stuff on the Cortex, then come up
to the galley for the questioning of the buffet.

Don't mind the naughty, naughty Penguin, who has
been trolling for a spanking elsewhere.

Age? Age? What age? Got a little spring left
in my chicken but it's not like true youth or
anything like that...

If TRM finds that link to Ten Things I Learned etc.,
try it. I found it worth the slow load on my old wood-burner.

bun
~Bastards singed my turtle~
~We aim to exponentiate~

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Sunday, January 7, 2007 6:54 AM

'Lo, DBrief. Glad you found your way here, and glad to see somebody else who is isolated! If you want more, there's fanfic, role-playing sites (there are some that beat almost anything on a screen) and the fantastic artwork you see here daily. And the conversation is incredible, too.

Long days and pleasant nights,

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, January 7, 2007 7:44 AM

Howdy.

I'm only 27, but with all the drinking and smoking and drugs, the complete lack of physical exersion on my part, the fast food and the inability on my part to ingest anything green, I usually feel about 50.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

OUT2THEBLACK

Sunday, January 7, 2007 11:09 PM

Ni hao ma , peng-yu ! Have a hard time imaginin' folk in the 'Verse with more orbits than myself ! Completed my 45th on Saturday , friend !

Manx-y greetings to you then ! So happy that you can join this crew ! So proud to have you aboard ! You're among the Shiniest Folk in the Whole Gorram' 'Verse !

Dong le ma , then , Keep Flyin' . Inspection's pos ! Cleared for Upthrust !

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, January 8, 2007 12:06 PM

Welcome to the site and the browncoat ranks dBerriff! Glad to have you aboard.

Congrats on your first conversion! We love hearing about new people being introduced to the show as much as we do having new fans show up and introduce themselves. The more the merrier!

Take care and keep flyin'!

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EVILBUNGLE

Monday, January 8, 2007 1:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Howdy.

I'm only 27, but with all the drinking and smoking and drugs, the complete lack of physical exersion on my part, the fast food and the inability on my part to ingest anything green, I usually feel about 50.

I got you beat, 27 years old, 65 physically!!

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Monday, January 8, 2007 1:56 PM

Just adding my welcome to the chorus of welcomes. Welcome!

Graphics available at www.desktophippie.com
Blog available at http://desktophippie.blogspot.com

MAVOURNEEN

Monday, January 8, 2007 2:14 PM

Welcome Home, DBerriff!

To echo everyone above, this is a great place to share your love of Firefly with people who understand and sympathize.

Post well and post often. We look forward to chatting with you.

Make sure you watch the River Tam viral videos, read the unaired script "Dead or Alive", look into the various books available on Firefly, and check out the guerilla marketing efforts here and elsewhere.

DJIRONMAN

Monday, January 8, 2007 2:41 PM

Welcome to the site, DBERRIFF.

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