When did you know?
POSTED BY: Aerin
UPDATED: Thursday, September 17, 2009 01:32
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I watched Firefly when it first aired. I knew I was hooked when I started hating F
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"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
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Where to begin, let's see.
First, I must admit that I only watched the occasional Buffy episode back when. So I knew of Joss but was not a true blue fan.
Hook #1:
Having said that, here it goes. I was watching something on Fox when the hook came and grabbed me: it was a promo for Firefly and what sealed it was those damn horses with Serenity flying over them (I got goosebumps right now remembering that moment).
Hook #2:
TJ was good stuff, different funny, filled with character development. And OMR really tickled me. I loved how Zoe showed her lighter side and mercilessly teased Mal about his new bride (Classic). I said to myself they're like regular people, who goof around like the way people do.
But here's what put the final nail, toes up and pour the dirt on top of the coffin - Jaynestown.
It was then that I fell hard for this show. Every single character is well developed and has something interesting to contribute. This was Joss' masterpiece - Bar None!
SGG
Tawabawho?
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I saw the movie Serenity first and that's what hooked me. When Mal shot the Operative after the Operative said "I am unarmed", I just burst out laughing. That was something you never see in movies, someone doing the logical thing. An enemy says I am unarmed, then just blow the mother away. I also loved the Reaver chase at the beginning of the movie and the big space battle and the final fight. I didn't know the actors except for Ron Glass from his Barney Miller days and Adam Baldwin because he's been in tons of movies. I had nothing invested in the characters, so I didn't weep when Book and Wash died. I just thought it was a really cool, fascinating movie. Then I found out it was based on a TV show. I soon had my hands on the DVDs for Firefly and watched the first 8 in one sitting and the rest the next day. Been a big fan ever since.
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"Oh God, oh God we're all gonna die?"
I was hooked at that moment. It almost didn't matter what followed. Though I guess it did end up mattering....
Rob O.
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Firefly was on my list of shows to check out after noticing that Jewel's character had the same name as her role in Serenity.
Cat-sitting my aunt's house with HD 60-inch TV, saw a mini-marathon of Firefly, caught last part of Ariel, around where the Hands of Blue killed the cops. Fairly confusing, but several other episodes to check out. Then when Mal wrenches Jayne, that got my attention. I was fairly hooked.
After getting the DVDs and seeing Pilot and OoG, knew my impression was validated.
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Originally posted by traveler:
When I pulled the set off the shelf and saw Ron Glass was in it. I have been a Ron Glass fan for years. I wiil never forget him dress in drag, for a stake out, on the Barney Miller series.
I remember that. Whoa!
As for the topic under discussion: Our Mrs Reynolds.
I had bought the BDM for $5 ex-rental because it was cheap. The day after watching it, I went into astore with some gift vouchers in hand and saw Firefly - it was the first time I'd ever bought a tv series. I was really enjoying it but Saffron tipped me over the edge:
"the special hell"
"You got a wife? All I got was that dumbass stick sounds like it's raining"
"I only fell is all."
"Whoa - good bible."
"She was all naked and articulate."
"I wish you hundreds of fat children."
"evil, lecherous hump."
"I knew you let her kiss you."
And the priceless moment that no-one ever mentions until I do and then they say, "oh yeah, that was classic." Mal's look when Saffron offers to wash his feet.
So I joined up here and I started to show the series to EVERYONE.
www.cpfc.org - my life
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Well, I guess I'm in the majority here. I really liked the show from the get-go, watching it on Hulu. But I think it was Out of Gas that really drew me in and hooked me. The sense of family and love for each other (and Serenity) was so very intense, the flashbacks were great, the writing was excellent, the editing was wonderful. I just watched it again yesterday and by golly if I didn't tear up at the end when Mal falls asleep and dreams of seeing Serenity for the first time. Sheer bliss.
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"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"
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I knew right about near the end of "The Train Job" on Hulu that I simply had to finish watching this series (and find out who this "Joss Whedon" guy was.)
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Did the Astronauts bring dehydrated water to the moon?
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I knew when I first saw the Dvd boxset. I'd seen the whole show on TV, and enjoyed it, but when I saw the DVD's I suddenly realised just how much I'd enjoyed it, and how much I missed it, and that I had to have it to watch again and again
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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For me it was the very first time I saw a bit of the show. It was on in the summer of 2003 on Space (Canada's scifi network) and I hadn't caught it originally because I didn't get Fox. I caught the last 20 minutes of Heart of Gold and loved it. I went out and bought the DVD set and that, as they say, was that.
I think it says a lot about Firefly that I caught a glimpse of what is considered by many to be a weak episode, and was hooked.
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People before profits
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