You are a Browncoat if..............2

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ZOID

Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:15 PM

That's right! It's midwinter in your hemisphere, innit? Here in the central U.S., we're just getting started on our consecutive 100+ degree days streak (God save us). Exactly how cold does it get in your winters? I mean, I could look it up -- this thing called "The Internet" I've been hearing so much about lately -- but I'm interested in a first-person perspective. ...And it'll give you a chance to vent.

Your notion of everybody watching the same moments at the same time wasn't misplaced. That is a neat idea, that a 'synchronicity of souls' occurs when we all see something at exactly the same time. I wasn't aping your words and adding my own twist to say you'd got it wrong.

But I like seeing Firefly with the commercials, because it shows our girl earning a living. That way I can envision her -- even if it's only in my fantasy -- still on first-run primetime TV, with a growing base of millions of adoring fans. She'd be selling shampoo and toothpaste and washing-up liquid; and the Browncoat Army would switch their brands to buy her wares.

After the marathon, that brief glimpse of what might have been has vanished like a mist. We Browncoats are left holding hands around Firefly's quiescent body, weeping as we pray for an awakening from her comatose state...

Still Hopefully,

zoid

P.S.
Regardless the outcome, I will always love and remember Firefly, and believe in her eventual resurrection...
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

CRUITHNE3753

Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:21 AM

You set OPTIONS=fruit:Fruity Oaty Bar in Nethack.

ONTHEDRIFT

Sunday, July 16, 2006 4:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
When you sincerely believe that Firefly was the best television show ever aired...

When every time you watch it, you wonder how many more times you can rewatch it and yet still remain amazed by its beauty (and literally shed tears to think that it is gone now)...

When you seriously wonder why everyone doesn't love it as much as you do. I mean, are the vast majority of people morons, or is there something wrong with my eyes and ears?

When every time you see the series or watch the movie, your brain melts down trying to wrap itself around the idea that this delightful fictional world has been relegated to Purgatory by the 'geniuses' in Hollywood, while utter shite like "XXX" and "The Fast And The Furious" get multiple sequels made, and "Stargate: Et Cetera" goes on for years with no discernible redeeming values... (NB: Yes, that was one sentence.)

In short, you're a Browncoat when you just cannot understand why everybody else on the planet is not one.

Independently,

zoid

P.S.
While I apologize if I offended any Stargate, XXX, or TFTF fans out there, that's another way you can tell you're a Browncoat: If you would gladly and unhesitatingly throw your current favorite T.V. show (for me, "House, M.D.") under the nearest speeding city bus, if it would get Firefly back on the air where it belongs. Sure, I'd miss "House", but there's really no question about it: Firefly lives and House (or any other show or movie) dies before it even realizes what hit it...
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Zoid- YES. I feel everything you just said down to my toes. I've said variations of the above more times than my family could ever endure hearing (their ears have bled at some points). I BELIEVE it. Browncoats indeed.

ZOID

Sunday, July 16, 2006 10:14 AM

onthedrift replied:

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zoid- YES. I feel everything you just said down to my toes. I've said variations of the above more times than my family could ever endure hearing (their ears have bled at some points). I BELIEVE it. Browncoats indeed.

You know, I used to say, "Well, there goes two hours of my life!", after watching some mindless piece of dreck passing itself off as filmed entertainment. Now, I try to work out the piece du merde's budget (is 'merde' feminine or masculine?) to see whether we could have gotten a Serenity sequel for the same price. I take note of big name actors, SFX, whether multiple locations were used for shooting, pyrotechnics, stunts (to include car chases and wrecks on actual city streets), etc.

I mean, if I'm stuck in the mindless oblivion of the standard Hollywood fare, I might as well put my time to good use by fantasizing that I could have been seeing "Shadow" (my nominee for the sequel's title) for the same production cost.

Case in point: "The Cave", seen last night on Starz. Basically, a thinly veiled remake of "Alien". The 'star attraction' of this extended music video (who knew scientists were so cute in belly shirts?) was Cole Hauser, so I'm thinking they didn't spend a lot of money on acting contracts. There is a lot of underwater filming, and actual cave locations: fairly pricey. There is a ton of CGI, blue/green screen effects, and a "creature performer" in full costume and prostheses (again, a la "Alien"): very expensive. Based on my recall of the film's theatrical release, I'd say it got about as much (or a tad more) for promotional expenditures as Serenity.

I figure "The Cave" was easily as expensive as Serenity. Ergo, we could have had "Shadow" and left "The Cave" in the incinerator out in back of the vet's, where it belongs...

See? Wasn't that fun? Certainly better than just sitting there wondering whether or not a film is eventually going to develop 'a story' or 'a meaningful character', only to be disappointed time after time. This way I'm doing something useful with my time in captivity...

Anyone care to analyze how many sequels we could have had for the cost of "Alien vs. Predator" or "Aeon Flux"? Or, oooh, "The Island"? (NB: Virtually a 'note for note' remake of ridiculous B-film, "The Clonus Horror", done up on MST3K)

Figuratively,

zoid

P.S.
It just occurred to me that the same approach could be applied to films like "Lemony Snicket's", "Big Fish" or "Brothers Grimm"... But there's a difference. At least with those three, you can see that there was a creative effort being made. They may have failed at some aspect -- and it's always easiest to blame a specific actor/director, but sometimes it's just bad chemistry/timing -- but at least there was a genuine effort being made to tell an original story. I can admire that, even in failure.

What boils my bodily fluids are the movies that are formulated and prepackaged for maximum affect on an audience within a specific demographic. That ain't storytelling. It's pimping hormone injections. I'm sure it makes money (so does selling crack), but it's disgusting all the same...
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

HAYLAN

Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:05 AM

WOW! What poetry. I like that 'synchronicity of souls', it is a perfect way to explain my feelings. I struggle to find words worthy of a response. I have spent years dedicating my own self to spreading the word (but Aussies are a strange breed, if it's not sport they don't care), and have only managed to convert a small number. So for me it is amazing to find a place where others are still discussing this amazing experience and keeping the dream alive.
As for the weather, it's usually not too bad here, quite often in shirts during winter. We also get hot summers. My town is Orbost if you want to check the weather out, it was 13C(or 55F) here today . Also I'm ten minutes from the beach.
So poetic. I only wish I knew people like you in my actual world.

BROWNCOATGIRLBR

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:52 PM

If you translate Firefly episodes subtitles, hoping you manage to convert your family (I live in Brazil, we don't have Firefly dvds... )

If you are seriously considering to buy said dvds, even you will be spending your entirely monthly income on them... (my mom thinks I'm crazy )

DANNIISUPERNOVA

Sunday, October 1, 2006 6:08 PM

When you're mad enough you say 'gorram it' or 'gorram whore' when you're not even thinking.

When you don't buy a photo op with Adam Baldwin because you know that if he even looks at you, you'll faint.

You say 'If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak!' all the time, even in notes you pass to your friends in class

When you have outfits that make you feel like your favorite character(s).

When if you make an obscure refrence to Firefly, friends who've never seen the show know what you're talking about.

you pimp your fanfic so heavily that friends that have never seen Firefly want to see the show after reading it.

You ask your mother for a ticket to Flan II as your 'big' Christmas gift thereby giving up any other large expensive gifts.

You constantly quote your favorite lines when you're upset or happy.

You use shiny instead of special or cool.

When you're considering getting a Firefly tatoo at some point.

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I love the Castro, because if somebody grabs my ass, I know they're picking my pocket.

SHROUDED

Sunday, October 1, 2006 7:10 PM

When you use EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE MOMENT to bring up Firefly to the customer you're checking out while cashiering at your local supermarket - and ask them how they'd like their "cashy money."

You kick your tired father repeatedly to keep him awake in order to get him addicted to Firefly like he is with Star Trek (didn't work... gorram guy just moved).

When you and your first Browncoat convert dress up in Jayne hats and blue gloves on Twin day during spirit week, and also when you decide to dress up as Wash during Hawaiian Shirt day, including bringing in a set of plastic dinosaurs to act out the scene for your friends (and annoy the hell out of 'em too. ).

When you relate everything you can in school towards firefly, whether it's mentioning while you're giving you 'Medieval Monasteries and Abbeys' presentation in English that whenever I read that Monks chained their Books to the desk, you pictures Shepherd Book chained to a desk, or when you write a Firefly-based Canterbury Tales prologue (I refer you to my Blue Sun room. ).

Prob'ly several more, too.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

NOTYOLANDA

Sunday, October 1, 2006 7:20 PM

You get the Firefly "in" jokes on Gina's new show Standoff. It is a great show although they need to show more of Gina. In the first episode, she wore a "brown coat". In the third episode they have the male lead where a shirt with chinese characters. I'm convinced that the person in charge of clothing is a firefly fan. Elaine

Please! Nobody died last time!

YESMYNAMEISKALI

Sunday, October 1, 2006 7:26 PM

you turn everything you hear into something having to do with Firefly or Serenity

you get REALLY excited when your English teacher starts quoting "The Ancient Mariner", but then get upset when she says you don't learn until later in your school career

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"See, I've secretly been kind of a fan of me for some time now. I've seen everything I've ever done. I'd love to meet me, but I'd probably just stare and not be able to say anything witty or anything." -- Joss Whedon

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