A Fanatic is Born
POSTED BY: Ifurita
UPDATED: Sunday, December 30, 2007 16:57
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Your initial post is something I could have written 2 years ago when I finally gave Firefly a chance. Sci-Fi was running a marathon a few months before Serenity was released and the rest is history. Oddly enough it was a commercial for the marathon that got me hooked, Mal's brilliant advice to Saffron about self defense. If you haven't seen that episode yet you are in for a treat.
The only advice I can give is to dig through the archives. The are some golden threads in "Firefly episode discussions" which meticulously breakdown the episodes. Of course you may want to avoid browsing the threads on episodes you haven't seen.
I know what you mean about other sites not being friendly to newbies. If I had a dime for every time I've seen responses such as "welcome to 5 years ago" I'd be rich several times over. I can't speak for everyone here but each time someone shows up gushing about their discovery of the verse it recharges my battery so to speak. Heck, I may even dust off my boxset and have another go...
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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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As has been mentioned, lots of books and resources out there. But the best advice I can think of is that when your DVD's arrive, make sure you have lots of free time blocked out. You won't want to be doing anything else for quite some time!
Then you'll want to watch them with the commentaries - the best and most hilarious of any series I've ever seen. And then if you know Spanish or French, you can watch the whole series again. And again. And again!
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Originally posted by KC5F:
Then you'll want to watch them with the commentaries - the best and most hilarious of any series I've ever seen. And then if you know Spanish or French, you can watch the whole series again. And again. And again!
While you definitely should watch the commentaries after watching the episodes normally, and you could conceivably want to watch in other languages, I would caution you not to trust the subtitles unless you happen to be hard of hearing. I've not used them in ages and the reason for that is that I remember them as being incredibly bad.
One example that comes to mind is when Mal said someone's name the subtitles read, "Speaking in Chinese," instead of the (non-Chinese) name he had said.
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welcome aboard. chow's in ten; no need to dress up.
:)
P.S. You may want to stay away from other threads until you've finished the episodes and movie...wouldn't want you to be spoiled!
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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!
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Whoa Howdy , Miss Sarah...Gush Away !
"You're gonna come with us..."
Thrilled to have you comin' up the ramp...Make
yourself to home...If Jayne offers to get
nekkid , send him to his bunk...
Folk like yourself make us proud...And proud of
You , for givin' our ship a chance...We need more
Just Like You , so we reach 'the tipping point' ,
and get more Episodes...
One thing I recommend for Shiny new Folk like
yourself , is treat yourself to the
"Done The Impossible" DVD , AND the Soundtrack !
You'll be proud of yourself , and understand why
we're all so proud that you're "on this Crew" .
Take care , Mei-mei , we'll be right here for
you !
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" Will work for Bar Credit at The Brown Coat Pub and Theatre "
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Originally posted by Ifurita:
(I have already posted this on another Firefly board, but since I'm looking for a forum that's a good fit for me, I don't mind repeating myself until I find the best one for me.)
I beg your pardon, but I am brand spanking new here. First post and everything. Please forgive any hints of newbiness. :p
Sarah
Well, I am glad that I am not alone in my newbieness here, as we have to stick together....;-)
'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." - Thoreau
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Welcome home Sarah. 
I hope you come to love this place as much as I do.
Sorry I'm late greeting you, been out shopping for the Capt. 
I've acquired the job of running the storeroom around this boat and handing out browncoats ( virtual, but meant to be symbolic ) to new folks.
It's my pleasure to make sure you get yours....
*hands Sarah a browncoat ( like Mal's )that fits surprisingly well*
There you go, you have your gear. Make yourself to home.
There will be a bunch more folks greet you, some to offer food and drink, some to warn you to beware stepping on Ship's Cat. They will make you feel warm and welcome and I hope soon you will feel at home.
If Buns comes along and sets up the shimmerwine fountain, I'll be back to drink a toast. 
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While you definitely should watch the commentaries after watching the episodes normally, and you could conceivably want to watch in other languages, I would caution you not to trust the subtitles unless you happen to be hard of hearing. I've not used them in ages and the reason for that is that I remember them as being incredibly bad.
I've always been surprised by how different, too, the subtitle translations have been on any DVD from the spoken translations. The Firefly spoken translations were obviously the result of lots of very hard work to match lip movements to translations which fit the gist of what was said in English, but lose many of the nuances. (Of course, even if they hadn't been worried about lip movements, there are just too many phrases which can't be translated with the same effect.)
It does seem, though, that a whole separate set of translators works on subtitles on any DVD. Not only are different words are used, but changes between formal and informal verb usage, etc. It does help, though, in learning another language. You can hear one thing and read another, and know that they're related!
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Ahoy!! Two new persons coming up the ramp!
IFURITA #29384
and
STALEEK #29376
Welcome home, Firefly fans. I have the Giant
Basket of Giant Strawberries here, and the good
slurpy stuff to dip them in.
And the traditional Mudder's Milk for a wash-down.
Then there's the buffet up in the galley, nearly
ready for the questioning. Shimmerwine fountain
at the aft end of the table, FM, just waiting for
your glass under the spritz! Cheese in the
chafing dish, ready to be lit up.
I see someone has posted the warning about not
stepping on ShipsCat or into her dish (those New
Melbourne sturgeon are mighty fragrant and you
don't want to be trackin' them through the ship).
Ice-planets have been re-supplied and can be
found in the cooler, bottom shelf.
Anyone who is a total noob should be very, very
careful about being spoiled by looking around
this board.
And don't forget to lay in a supply of wipers for
the ol' eyes and nose, 'cos you're going to have
a big bad empty feeling when you've used up the
discs...
bun
Frisky Browncoat
o, to be a virgin again, with all that goodness still to come...
snurfle, snurfle, snurf...
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Welcome IFURITA,
I too am like you in that I do not watch much television and have been very disappointed about prime time sci-fi as of late, and while I did know of Firefly when it originally came out both my hectic work schedule and apathy kept me away, but then I saw the box set for sale at the FYE, (I think) I bought it. When I saw this for the first time, I was like OMG, and told my friends that this is quite possibly the best Science Fiction Television series of all time and I lent my copy to one of my friends and his family. They too are hooked on the show, but not as completely as I am. Before this show Joss’ name really meant nothing to me because I just never got into the Vampire scene so if I ever flipped to a channel with either Buffy or Angel on it I would have flipped right through to another channel without giving it a chance. I have another friend who is a huge Buffy fan and I plan on lending him my copies of both the series and movie hoping he will become as big a fan as I. I do know that he is already somewhat familiar with Firefly.
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