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Sunday, 13 February 2005 06:44:42
Converts. Yah. You know what I mean. Those guys who sit down infront of the TV with you, when you trick, coddle or force them to watch your Firefly DVDs with ya. (I make a bet with them myself. If they can watch Serenity and not be intreguied enough to check out the next episode, I'll buy them dinner. Of the now 8 people I've done this too... I've yet to buy dinner.) I'm up to 8 now. Not a huge number, and I didn't originally intend to keep count. But while I realize I'm preaching to the proverbial choir here, these are friends of mine. Friends who when I explain the series to them, *are not* particularly interested. All it takes is Serenity 1 and 2. (Well ok, I do trick them into watching 2 eps without them knowing it ;)) And they're hooked. I'm mentioning this cause on a whim, I've been searching for any word of a Serenity toyline. I work for Toys R Us, and since we have toys for virtually every other half decent sci-fi movie ever made (And more then a few horrid ones) I've been curious if we can be seeing a Blue Sun toyline before the BDM. So far I've come up dry. But what I am finding is amazing support for Firefly. You'll see someone post something like how they don't think Firefly should be considered Sci-fi (And in general, these are flamers to FF boards, which in and of itself is foolish.) But the arguements for and against are valid, and it never seems to surprise me when you eventually find that the people who don't think the series is worth anything have never seen an entire episode... Only seen the DVD set and read the back... or at worst, read a review somewhere and made there assumptions. Folks who can be convinced to sit down and simply watch, all come away with SOMETHING they like. This is my theory. Not that Firefly is perfect (cause its not) but that its got a little something for everyone, and thusly is why it has such a fanbase. So I'm gonna test my theory. On the two hardest targets to convert known to man. Parents. Specifically mine. Neither is particularly computer savy, they aren't sci-fi fans... and they're very picky about thier entertainment for different reasons. Now you have to realize just how difficult a task I've set before myself. I've been a Star Wars fan for better then 15 years. (Yah, I know, SW has been around for more then that. But I didn't see the movies til I was 8) My parents have never seen Star Wars, and though they always say they'd sit down and watch the movies with me, they never do. And I of course mean ANH, ESB, and RoTJ... I'm not too keen on the two new episodes. So. If I can get them in one place long enough to watch Serenity, and hook em... To quote Jayne... Well... that'll be an interesting day indeed. Back to the Black. ~FS
Sunday, 13 February 2005 18:43:45
I love this series of spoof love poems from villains to the crew of Serenity! This one's hilarious, a takeoff of Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know" that had me rolling. Bet it will have you down on the floor too! Of course it could be I'm just petty and bitter because I'm old and single and it's the !)(&&*^$^ time of year when those aren't cool thigs to be. Wait...when are those cool things to be again...?
Sunday, 13 February 2005 19:44:41
I've been getting ice cream like crazy lately! Score! I just thought I should let all you who are following the adventures of Ebo and The Ice Cream guy know whats going on...