English Browncoats!!??!!

POSTED BY: shw
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EVILGNOME

Friday, July 9, 2004 9:12 PM

Speaking of being from an island. I'm in Hawaii. I don't think that there's that many Firefly fans here. Of course I'm probably wrong (or at least hope so).

LIZZI

Monday, July 12, 2004 1:02 PM

Hi Guys,

My first post on these boards too!

Hi Nic, Grace and Steve! I feel all at home with the starfury loonies here.

I'm Liz, also from Dudley (there really does seem to be an awful lot of us Browncoats in the Midlands!). Am booked in for White Room and Serenity cons and was also at Fusion in April.

TALLNMOODY

Monday, July 12, 2004 1:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Frances:
I wanted to go to Fusion but was too broke,

Husband at hand, (also in Hull)

I thought what the hell and I've used my credit card, we now have two tickets to the convention on the 29th of April 2005, Thistle Hotel, Heathrow, UK.

Just hope they finished the film and can give us some choice clips or even *fingers crossed* a premiere showing.

'Man walks down a street in a hat like that, you know he ain't afraid of anything'

STICKS

Monday, July 12, 2004 1:31 PM

sticks here, im here on merseyside...havent found any browncoats in the merseyside area so far?

GRAKSTAR

Monday, July 12, 2004 2:49 PM

hi lizzi my dearest!!!

hope you are ok chuck???

how flippin great is firefly con gonna be, its gonna be fabby dabby dobby!!!!

yay!!!!!!!

nice to see more familier faces!!!!!

G xxxx

UK browncoats are taking over!!

WREN

Monday, July 12, 2004 3:22 PM

If any of you haven't already done so, could you please leave a review on the UK Amazon site. Remember to click five stars (or whatever rating you want to give the dvd). Only one review each please. The site currently only has 32 reviews! The more reviews, the more likely someone will buy the dvd.

Why are you still reading? Go and type a review.

OUTSIDER

Monday, July 12, 2004 7:22 PM

Nevermind the English Browncoats - where are all the WELSH Browncoats?

"You're not entitled to your opinion... you're entitled to your INFORMED opinion." -Harlan Ellison.

GEORDIESTEVE2003

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:24 PM

I did one already, going to see if anyone found it useful!!

HAWK

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:44 PM

Cornish browncoat reporting (though I have never carried the accent).

Currently in the business of recruiting my peers.

NERVOUSPETE

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:43 PM

Hullo all!

I'd be really up for a meet-up in the North, Manchester would be an idea, as would Leeds, which is where I live and work.

Anyway, posted a review on www.amazon.co.uk

For those who can't wait past the annoying vetting stage, here it is pasted. (And also so I can yank it from here and try again if it goes wrong)

5 Stars
"Have no place that I can be, since I found Serenity..."
Reviewer: Peter Evans
Firefly is quite simply the most mature science fiction show since Channel 4's 'Ultraviolet' and has more genuine heart than pratically any television show I can think of. Set 500 years in the future, Firefly follows the adventures of nine strong characters aboard the Firefly class transport 'Serenity'. The stories contained within this rickerty vessel are ones that revolve around human nature rather than shiny technology. You won't find any technobabble, nor will there be plots involving time travel, spatial distortions or aliens. The core of the show is human drama with a good mix of adventure, horror, action, comedy and tragedy thrown in... sometimes within the same episode! The nine characters who inhabit the ship are all distinct and the friction between them fuels the plots, as does their loyalty, morality and friendship. Remarkably, for such a large core cast, not one character is badly served by the script and each performance is on target and true. For it's size it is possibly the tightest ensemble cast I've ever seen within a science fiction show, the people on board seem to genuinely like each other and there is a very strong chemisty. The supporting cast are just as good, characters that appear only in one episode are very memorable, and you find yourself craving further stories about them. Badger is a personal favourite, a cockney crime lord with an inferiority complex and a wonderful hat. Or how about Adelai Niskai, a reputation obsessed 'businessman' with the psychotic demeanour of an aged Nazi war criminal? Or Saffron, the woman of whom if I were to reveal anything about before you saw the episode, you'd be well within your rights to shoot me with a harpoon gun? Firefly's universe of characters are its greatest asset.
Not forgetting that the ship, 'Serenity', is herself a character. Probably the coolest ship since the Millenium Falcoln, and just as desirable. A battered old cargo vessel with a penchant for breaking down, the drive of the show is the captain's frantic desire to keep her in the air, to keep her moving. Like the old navy captains, his ship is his first love and he is willing to kill for her.

The direction is never less than tight in the show, and has an earthy, intimate feel lacking in the standard sci-fi show. Every filmic trick is used in this show, keeping it more 'Homicide: Life on the Street' in visual terms rather than the remote stagey elegance of Star Trek. The production values are astonishing, approaching a high budget film in terms of effects, costume and set design for the two hour opener and the episode 'Ariel', and never looking less that impressive through the other episdoes. Sound is generally decent, the musical score is wonderful, though I wish they'd beefed up the sound effects of the guns, shallow as that sounds. I wanted 'Open Range' loud, instead there's sometimes a bit of a weird effect that's part laser gun, part pistol. Gah. There. My only complaint. Apart from that the production is wonderful.

Joss Whedon's story arc and writing are a career high for him. Despite one dodgy plot, 'The Message', each episode is a masterclass in adventure fiction with the speed and punch of Elmore Leonard's westerns. And yes, this is a western as well as science fiction, and it works astonishingly well if you look at the logic behind the concept. Horses don't break down and need repair after all on frontier planets, and can cover any ammount of terrain. And just because there is a colony on a terraformed moon doesn't mean that it will be a happy, shiny, prosperous affair. No, unlike Star Trek's spandex clad people and lovely carpeted enviroments, Firefly

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