What are Brown Coats to do?
POSTED BY: Hixie129
UPDATED: Sunday, January 6, 2008 00:36
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I wouldn't even know what to vote for. Is there some copy of a 'Browncoat Manifesto' that I missed reading? I always thought being a Browncoat meant loving and supporting Firefly (and subsequently, Serenity). Never occurred to me that it involved boycotting a whole network because of a bad decision 5 years ago.
Guess I've been violating the Manifesto by watching House (which is a great show, btw) and 24.
My vote is this: if Dollhouse is good, I'll watch it. If it sucks, I won't. Makes no difference to me if it's on FOX, NBC, ABC, ESPN or the Oxygen Channel. It's Joss, and thusly, I'll check it out.
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Sorry, Hixie, but I have to vote...
YES.
First off, you are using an invalid analogy. The Alliance is a fictionalized creation from the mind of Joss Whedon. If anything, it represented the Bush Administration, or possibly the Reagan/Bush41/Bush43 hegemony. It was not intended to represent the FOX television network, although that was a convenient thing to think after Firefly was axed.
Are you only a Firefly fan, or are you a Joss Whedon fan? The man has created three of the most brilliant television series of all time, and all three would be placed in my Top 10 ranking of shows. Yes, Firefly is #1, and I think it unlikely anything is going to topple it from the top of the list anytime soon, even another Joss show.
I don't know at what point you came into the fandom, but I watched it from the beginning, cursed FOX when it was canceled, bought the dvds as soon as they were available, and have watched the show well over two dozen times by now. I have also given away more than ten copies to friends and family, donated to the library and to the DVDs for the Troops campaign.
But no matter how mad I was at FOX, I did watch Wonderfalls (all four episodes they aired), all seven episodes aired of The Inside, and all four of Drive (plus the last two online). I also watched some (but not all) of Tru Calling, and some of Standoff and Bones.
As I stated earlier in this thread, if I boycotted a network that had canceled a beloved show, I would not be able to watch any network television at all. I'm 57 years old, and have seen many shows canceled far before their time.
I trust Joss, not much else needs to be said.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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I remember a couple of years ago there was a boycott call on FOX by the brown coats... Boycott FOX , boycott the advertisers, Write letters, picket lines at the studio....
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So you are now saying that you will no longer watch sports on the FOX network, that you will boycott them completely?
Even if your answer is yes, I don't think I have to use your logic in coming to a decision on my own.
I still vote YES. I will watch Dollhouse. And Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Thank you for your vote ecgordon, I am glad that you had the conviction to vote.. I am a Firefly fan, I am not a devoted buffy nor Angel fan... So my stake in this is limited. I realize that the Alliance was before firefly was axed, but FOX became the symbol of the Alliance for me and others. As I stated I will go with the majority
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Hixie, I understand your passion, I really do.
But just as you're not quite convicted enough to let go of football on F*x, I'm not quite convicted enough to quit watching F*x and am willing to give it a chance.
I did it with Drive and had heartache. I'll do it again with something else too. Probably with F*x and with another network too. Because seeing new shows, liking or loving new shows and losing them is part of life.
And all aside from that... my allegiance is to Joss. I trust him. I'm a Browncoat because he made me one. I never lose sight of that.
I LOVE his stories. I don't care where he goes to tell them to me, I don't care if I don't get to see them all, I can withstand the heartache for a chance to live that magic he makes ... even if for a short time.
Because I believe that Joss knows what he's doing. He is not naive, he's savvy to the industries vagaries and he knows the game he's playing.
Besides, as much as I love being a Browncoat and I am loyal to you all, our beloved show and spreading it around to new folks, I'm also just a human who loves good tv. And I'll take it however I can get it. Joss makes perfect tv. I am looking forward to watching it on F*x with relish. Just as I'd wager you enjoy watching football with relish on F*x.
It's not about F*x it's about us and what we love.
There is no battle, there is no war, there is no them and us. There's just us. Watching for the next magic Joss brings us.
"Wars long done. We're all just folk now." - Mal
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Well said FollowMal,, I guess I am still so bitter after all these years, I still look at FOX to vent my rage. And Joss signing with FOX hurt very much too.. But you are wise FollowMal and I must deal with all my pain.. Someday it might get better for me.. Thanks
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I will watch and recommend Dollhouse only because of the involvement of Joss. I also fully expect it to only last a few episodes.
F*X has a looong history of screwing over shows that I enjoy. So it's gonna take a lot more than Joss working with them to get me to "forgive" them.
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I vote yes, yes I would follow Joss to hell if need be!
I am Whedon's bitch and I will watch any show he makes, I'll buy the DVDs, and the comic books, and the action figures.
I'll draw lots of fan art, design my own t-shirts and buy the official ones too.
I don't care where he goes, or what show he creates, I'll be there.
yes, absolutely positively. yes.
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