Weird situation with a trekky

POSTED BY: monksdad
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:07
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TOMONKELCANNABIA

Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:48 PM

Firefly beeing pro republicans or democrats?

I thought Firefly was about Fuck both of them!

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:19 PM

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Originally posted by TomOnkelCannabia:
Firefly beeing pro republicans or democrats?

I thought Firefly was about Fuck both of them!

Crime and politics. Until lately they've been one and the same.

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PSYCHICRIVER

Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:21 PM

PMSL! Sorry, but that really made me chortle.

It's so sad the extremes some people will go to. As if racial/gender issues weren't enough, now people will even hate you for the TV shows you watch!

Watch out for the Brownophobes!

PsychicRiver

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LIVLASS

Monday, January 15, 2007 4:41 AM

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Originally posted by monksdad:
to finish what I wrote before.....

I will ask again since I have only attended a handful of scifi conventions. Do Trekkys hate Browncoats as a rule or was this an isolated incident.....

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

well, if you had to drop off a bag of poop... seriously, the woman has a problem all to her own self. i'm a big trekkie, the original, tyvm, and there's enuff love to go around for all genres. those that limit themselves to one 'verse can get mighty lonely.i'm also a bjg dr. who fan, and blake's 7, if anyone has run into that fandom too.

LIVLASS

Monday, January 15, 2007 5:03 AM

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Originally posted by valeriebean:
Theory 1: Browncoat envy...

Theory 2: Her husband is the trekkie and also a Browncoat and she's had more sci-fi than she can take

Theory 3: She lost the Firefly box set in the divorce.

"Just like handgrenades, you don't want to run into a horseshoe stake in the dark." -Gouda, FFF.net

oh, i can so go with #2. i KNOW a woman like that. she told me she wished, just once, that she wouldn't get a sci-fi themed tee shirt for christmas! lol!

SUPERFLUOUS

Monday, January 15, 2007 6:44 AM

The real question is: IS this an isolated incident?

Has anyone’s car ever had their tires slashed; or had eggs thrown at their Browncoats uniforms; or been banned from certain restaurants or Sci-fi conventions?

Maybe this is not a coincidence. Maybe there is a disturbance in the force.
After all, before Firefly came along, Trekkies shared a big piece of the pie (fan wise). The Trek community is widespread and very organized. Then we come along with opposing views and starrted taking away some of the air in their balloon. We become organized and well-networked too. We form websites and lobbied and donated to charities. We influenced the creation of a $30,000,000 movie (an excellent one BTW). We’ve made podcasts and a million other things in such a short period of time. The Enterprise would never have used Gorilla tactics (not in the rulebook).

And worst still we have created shifts and converts to Firefly. Maybe this is one of the first signs to show that we have become a threat to the federation?

Maybe this is the first step towards escalation of arms.
Sci-Fi WARS (directed by George Lucas)
We could be facing a potential civil war between fan and fan?
Browncoat vs. Trekkie (Fortunately on the brighter-side of things, at least both sides have their own uniform.)

…But then again, the whole thing about the woman being a weirdo is a good point too (I suppose).

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DONCOAT

Monday, January 15, 2007 3:00 PM

Actually, I've noticed more resentment among Star Wars fans than among Trekkies. A lot of that stemmed from several reviews of Serenity that described it (more or less) as what Episodes I - III could have (and should have) been.

Unsurprisingly, that raised hackles among the Lucas-Is-A-God SW diehards.

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JORUNE

Monday, January 15, 2007 3:47 PM

I guess that's true. SW 1-3 were a big dissappointment and many of the Trek movies were a waste of space.

Firefly is like Casablanca, lightning captured in a bottle. One of the rare occasions when everything clicks, everyone is at the top of their game and I mean everyone. While we love our BDH's a lot of love has go out to the production team who worked wonders to create the look and feel of the series. What Firefly has is something of enduring value, something precious and timeless.

SW had it and then lost it, that has to hurt. Trek is taking time out to recharge their creative batteries and about time too.

So I can understand their resentment but they should get over it and start converting their friends to be browncoats.

ZZETTA13

Monday, January 15, 2007 4:13 PM

Guess it could be looked at in another way. The cowboy way and I'm not talkin Brokeback Mtn. here. I'm talkin Roy Rogers vs Clint Eastwood. Which is the true cowboy? Can't I like both? Well sure you can. New ground and tradition can be enjoyed equally.

I like Star Trek ( not so much a SW fan) and FF. I do like FF more but I still can like both. Are FF fans hated because we are making little ripples in a big pond. Could be but thats the haters problem. Something new and different will always be unwelcome by someone.

Just my buck/45, Z

CMOTD

Monday, January 15, 2007 4:53 PM

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The real question is: IS this an isolated incident?

Yes, yes it is. This is ridiculous. There is no gang war brewing between Browncoats and Trekkers. Besides, if Star Trek fans are so well organized, why should great masses of Trek fans feel so threatened by a relatively small group like the Browncoats?

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Has anyone’s car ever had their tires slashed; or had eggs thrown at their Browncoats uniforms; or been banned from certain restaurants or Sci-fi conventions?

Has this kind of thing happened to you? I think what you need to keep in mind when dealing with incidents like that, is that every group has a lunatic fringe. There are millions of perfectly sane Trekkers out there.

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