Fox almost chased away another Firefly Fan

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 21:08
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SUCCATASH

Monday, April 19, 2004 9:53 PM

There's a girl at my work who likes sci fi and Buffy and I asked her if she liked Firefly. Well, she had never heard of it, so I loaned her my extra Firefly DVD set.

When I handed it to her, she said, "Oh, I remember this show. I saw some commercials for it, and it looked so dumb, my husband and I decided not to watch it. A naked girl in a box? A spaced out hooker in space?"

I spent nearly 10 minutes convincing her to forget the stupid commercials Fox ran.

Fox doesn't make it easy.

DELIA

Monday, April 19, 2004 11:22 PM

Succatash,

I know exactly what you mean. I remember watching those commercials and thinking, "well, I'll watch it once, since it's Joss Whedon, but it looks really silly." And then, of course, I loved it. But I just had to talk a friend out of his view that it was a "space farce." (Took a few months, but he finally order the DVD's and watched them three times in as many weeks).

Fox really knows how to kill a show. (Slightly off topic, but I love the way all the DVD's start with the disclaimer that the opinions in the commentary and interviews are not those of Fox. I always find myself thinking, "Oh, you mean the opinion that the show was good and deserved a good long run? That opinion?")

Delia

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by Delia:
But I just had to talk a friend out of his view that it was a "space farce."

Yeah, she and her husband thought it sounded like a Baywatch in Space sex romp.

I'm surprised she even remembered the commercials for a cancelled show she never watched. But she did, she must be a smart girl. She'll be a Browncoat in no time!

SHINY

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:36 AM

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Originally posted by Succatash:
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Originally posted by Delia:
But I just had to talk a friend out of his view that it was a "space farce."
Yeah, she and her husband thought it sounded like a Baywatch in Space sex romp.

I'm surprised she even remembered the commercials for a cancelled show she never watched. But she did, she must be a smart girl. She'll be a Browncoat in no time!

Yup. The stupid ads drove away the smart folks, and the intelligent writing drove away the dumb-asses...

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ECMORGAN69

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:08 AM

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Originally posted by Succatash:

There's a girl at my work who likes sci fi and Buffy and I asked her if she liked Firefly. Well, she had never heard of it, so I loaned her my extra Firefly DVD set.

When I handed it to her, she said, "Oh, I remember this show. I saw some commercials for it, and it looked so dumb, my husband and I decided not to watch it. A naked girl in a box? A spaced out hooker in space?"

I spent nearly 10 minutes convincing her to forget the stupid commercials Fox ran.

Fox doesn't make it easy.

I'm glad I came across our beloved "Firefly" before I saw the ads. After having seen the really stoopid trailers FOX TV ran, it's no wonder people didn't know what to make of it.

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah,

you, FOX TV!!

HATEHATEHATEFOX

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:24 PM

Coincidentally I never saw *ANY* ads for FF so I had no idea what it was about. I knew it was a JW project and was desperately in love with both AtS and BTVS -- so there was *NO* way I'd miss it.

However, I was very discouraged by its 8pm timeslot as that was my daughter's bed time so I always missed almost half of it - thankfully my dear husband taped it for me each week. Friday was my favourite night of the week, 8pm Firefly and 9pm Farscape (on SPACE). It was loverly but, of course, shortlived. sigh.

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Nothing is ever so profoundly regretted as a kind act.
Robertson Davies

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:56 PM

Those commercials are what made me hesitant to watch Firefly too 'Tash. I thought they sounded cheesy and made the show seem ridiculous. Am I ever glad I watched despite Fox's horrible commercials.

Nice save by the way, converting your co-worker despite the damage done by Fox.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

CAPTAINCDC

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:10 PM

If I had known nothing of Firefly or Wonderfalls when I first saw the ads for them, I would not have watched. Because I knew Joss and Tim were behind them I never hesitated to watch. But with Wonderfalls especially, when I first saw the ads I knew the show was in trouble. Combine that with being on friday night and it never had a chance. Job well done, Gail!

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

SUCCATASH

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 2:16 AM

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Originally posted by Succatash:

There's a girl at my work who likes sci fi and Buffy and I asked her if she liked Firefly. Well, she had never heard of it, so I loaned her my extra Firefly DVD set....

To follow up on this story, both she and her husband (who was VERY skeptical at first) are now completely hooked on Firefly. They are sad it was cancelled and they blame it on Fox advertising.

Yay, 2 new converts!

MAKEROFPATHS

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 3:01 AM

Resistance is futile . . .

I've converted quite a few folks, including one entire family. But what's amazing is that I continue to stumble across fans at my office who I didn't even know were as addicted as me. It's a huge outfit of 2,500 to 3,000. They will bend to my will . . .

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