My Journey Through The 'Verse

POSTED BY: Beatlesfan
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:22
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BEATLESFAN

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:10 AM

And I'm done...and I'm sad :( Only Serenity to go, then it's over T_T

CELLARDOOR

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:22 AM

Aww... :( *hugs* I know, it's depressing. From what I can tell though, even for people who have seen the episodes about 60 times each (give or take) over the last seven years, it doesn't get old! I'm hoping that's the case for me too. Plus, you can watch director commentary, deleted scenes, gag reels, and then delve into fan fiction!

Thanks for sharing the viewing journal and enjoy the BDM when you get around to watching it! (For me, that was harder than finishing the series, because like you, I did start with the show DVDs and the movie was in fact "the end"). Heh, not to end on a downer... You've got a treat in store!

OH! and PLEASE beware of Serenity movie spoilers still! There are MAJOR spoilers out there, so... just be careful is all I'm sayin'.

BEATLESFAN

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:29 AM

Thanks for the heads up. I joined the "Atlanta Browncoats" forum (My local Browncoats, woo), which seems to be a ghost town, so I joined the Austin Browncoats forum as well. In both, though, I'm avoiding just about everything except for my introduction post until I've seen Serenity.

Also, edited my post to put in my fav quotes from this episode :)

CELLARDOOR

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:36 AM

Oh wow, you're close to Dragon*Con then, I'm jealous! :) In Tennessee I'm several hours away from it, so that's not a trip that's happening this year. Hehe, yes Austin Browncoats are certainly an active bunch if you want to keep tabs on Browncoat activity in the USA!

SHINYVERA2517

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:39 AM

"Throughout the entire episode, though, I kept thinking, "This has to be the most quotable show in existence."

Gah, can't stop thinking about Firefly now. I don't watch much TV....... Finding a series that was SO good made me smile but also frown because it's not around anymore."

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Hey, Beatlesfan, like you I only recently discovered the show (probably a week or so before you did). I totally agree about the quotable-ness of the show. In fact, I had the chance to quote 'The Message' today .....I was having trouble w/some food and told my friends that it was problematic....none of them got it, but I was happy for having been able to finally use that quote.
Anyway....I also can't stop thinking about the show. I get distracted at work all the time now thinking about it....like Attention Deficit Firefly Disorder or something, lol.
Let us know when you watch the movie. And DON'T read too much online....I stupidly was reading stuff on a Facebook Firefly fanpage and have part of it TOTALLY ruined for me that I really wish I hadn't known about beforehand!
OH, also, you should try watching Chuck too if you haven't already. Adam Baldwin (Jayne) is fabulous on it..... hopefully it'll get picked up for a 3rd season!
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"He was mostly brave.....MOSTLY??!?!...he was brave..."

BEATLESFAN

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:40 AM

I saw that Ron Glass is gonna be there this year. I'm KICKING myself for not discovering this show before LAST year when they were ALL there. Now I just watch Youtube videos and gaze wistfully at my screen imagining what could have been.

But yeah, definitely going. Buying my ticket as soon as my paycheck gets here. Goin' as Simon. Fiancee's comin' down to go as Kaylee. My brother is going as Jayne. We're gonna be Big Damn Dorks and proud of it!

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, May 4, 2009 7:44 AM

After you've watched the BDM, check out the Episode forum for threads like Episode Order, and timeline stuff.
Original scripted and shot eps ended with WS, HoG, OiS, Trash, Message. Notice no mention of Lassiter in Hog or OiS? After F*x cancelled, order was rearranged to WS, Trash, Message, HoG, OiS. Many do feel Message was the most fitting (albeit premature) end to the series.

If still wanting more, remember Done The Impossible, and the Visual Companion Books for Serenity and Firefly (Vol 1&2), and The Map of the Verse.
Don't forget Can't Stop The Serenity screenings.

BEATLESFAN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:03 AM

...Finished :( :( :(

PEACEKEEPER

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:35 PM

Loved reading all of this.Nice to hear someones thoughts from a fresh perspective. Must admit, I hate watching OIS.Knowing its the last depresses me.And its so obvious it wasnt supposed to be a season ender,that it bugs me that its left hanging with no threads tied up.The movie is one of my "desert island dvd's" but I dont think Book was used anywhere near as much as he should have been,but I can understand the constraints on Joss in the movie making process and it would have been difficult to place him in that particular story.
What I love about the film is the way it can be watched by the folk who have never seen the series,but still has little subtle references to the series that keep us Browncoats happy.For example,note the scene where Mal is talking to Inara on the screen in his bunk.He is standing there shirtless and you see a scar on his right upper torso.To the uninitiated it is just the sign of a battlescarred ships captain, but to us its the wound he got from Crow's hooked blade in the Train Job.Subtle and clever I thought.

RIPWASH

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:13 PM

I was very glad to read your thoughts on the episodes. I am fairly new to the 'Verse myself and I think I had roughly the same reaction to some of the episodes. Out of Gas is probably my favorite with Ariel a close second.

If anything can cheer you while watching Serenity (the BDM) - and it did me - is that at the funeral scene Zoe walks up dressed very nicely, but I couldn't help think that she finally got her slinky dress, but not for the occassion she'd hoped for. That and the quotes in my signature just tear me up(both pronunciations, actually - I get teary eyed and it's heart-breaking).

I'll echo the thoughts of many a Browncoat and say once again, for the millionth time, CURSE YOU FOX FOR CANCELLING THIS SHOW!!!!!!

Mal: You think she'll hold together?
Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true.
Mal: Could be bumpy.
Zoë: Always is

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