Have you EARNED a Browncoat??? Do you need a new one?

POSTED BY: Chindi
UPDATED: Monday, July 24, 2006 06:23
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CHINDI

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:57 AM

Well now...

FollowMal has been handing out new Browncoats left and right (and rightly so!) but I was suspecting.. does everyone who posts here deserve a coat? (well, now of course they do, but hear me out..)

Browncoats/independents.. they don't give up, and they earned the title.. so how about, to get a Browncoat (new or replace a tattered one) from here on out.. you have to say how you came to love the 'verse... that should give FM a chance to catch her breath between running back and forth to the bunk and the storage locker.. and it will be an inspiration to us all...

So... for me.. opening scenes of Serenity... when Mal "volunteers" Zoe to go into the fray.. and is so tickled to shoot down that ship... all good. Got me interested. Watched them all in a mad dash one right after the other... got to OoG and keened over my own self.. the music, the heart, the story.. well. That was it for me. Browncoat for life. No matter what may come.. Browncoat for life and happy to be among my fellow travelers

Chindi. (no, got engine grease in my eye.. that ain't no tear)

PHOENIXROSE

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:11 AM

Well, I was a late bloomer, didn't discover this grand ol' verse until the movie. I'm not sure exactly when I fell head over heels; somewhere between "let's be bad guys" and "Eta kuram na smekh". I was hooked by the end. Then I watched the show after my dad bought it. Then I watched it again. Then I bought it and watched it again. Well, you get the picture.

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GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Friday, July 21, 2006 6:55 AM

once while visiting some cousins one said "wanna watch something cool?" or something to that effect I said "yeah" so they popped in Disc 1 and at "We shall rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land" I was hooked

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
-try it out, I dare you

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

TEACHDAIRE

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:18 PM

My brother was spending a lot of time in his room watching some tv show on dvd (I mean, nobody had seen him apart from kitchen raids or bathroom breaks for a week), so when I was visiting, I stuck my head around the door, just in time to catch "the hero of Canton", with my bro giving me a quick lowdown to explain everybody's reatcions.

He lent be the set, and and withing a week, I had bought my own. And before the movie had come out on dvd, I'd seen it on pay per view on cable a dozen times.

For every battle honour, a thousand heroes die along, unremembered and unsung...

ODDSBODSKINS

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:23 PM

rather boring really, i'd seen and loved the movie, and when i learnt it was based on a series (convienently just before i went on night shift and needed a good way to kill time) i thought well, what the hell, and, it turned out to be bloody incredible xD

have since been looking into the 'verse as much as possible, in liue of any more actual movie or series to vegetate in front of, and am still loving the fact that it's so character-driven, instead of the usual sci-fi thang

MIRAMEL

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:52 PM

i was a little late, came to ff last summer (before i new anything about the movie, tho), i went to gen con and everyone was talking 'bout the serenity rpg, so i managed to get into a session of that, and that was enough; just gaming w/ 6 other 'coats, knowing nothing at all but was keenly aware that i wsa missing out. so i went home, rented the series, and was pretty much hooked by the end of the pilot. so then i kicked into fanatic mode, did my veary best to make up for the years i missed by way of massive guerilla marketing (and to think, all my friends hoped i was finished w/ my "x days 'til ________" sign-on-shirt phase when the last lotr movie came out :P ), and now.... here i am. come to think of it, i never made an official "hi im new" thing, or got a coat, some large number of months ago, so good, now i'll 'earn' my coat

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98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature
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Fear is the Mind Killer
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ONEMANSHORT

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:03 PM

When the movie Serenity came out I had never heard of Serenity or the Firefly world, my dad told me it was a show that had been cancelled so all I thought was that it was curious that it should be made into a movie. I didn't even see it in the theaters and decided that seeing Flightplan would be a better idea for my birthday (big mistake) and my parents saw Serenity. They came out saying it was great but I wasn't convinced, hearing that a 90 pound girl killed a bunch of people just sounded irrealistic and stupid honestly. Then it came out on dvd and my dad rented it, honestly I wasn't crazy about it, not knowing the whole back story, but to be honest, Nathan's hotness is what got me hooked. ;) I also didn't like that it changed into a zombie movie, because I like zombie movies but it just didn't seem to work. I later saw Slither, decided Nathan was even hotter, and then father's day roled around. Well I knew my dad liked the show, and also that Nathan was hot, can I stress that enough? So I decided to buy it for him (best choice ever). He watched it without me, so I dragged it into my room and watched the entire series in 2 days. I was hooked. I then said that I hadn't seen the whole series, (yes I'm a dirty liar) and watched it again with my parents. I later decided I like Jayne more than Mal, but that's not how it started.

Copied that from my profile.

PENGUIN

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:09 PM

I vaguely remember watching some of the shows when they were first on, but when I heard that the series was coming out on DVD something told me I HAD TO HAVE THIS SERIES! I realized I was right in the first few minutes of the show. Firefly is the only TV series I have on DVD.

MYCROFTXXX

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:11 PM

Been a browncoat since it originally aired way back on F**. Had my Tivo by then so I kept ALL of the episodes queued up on that as there wasn't anything better to save it to (was a DirecTV Tivo, super high quality). Talk about dedication. I could only record 30 hours on my initial Tivo so nearly half the space on the unit was permanently dedicated to the show! Threw away each new episode of Enterprise once I watched it but NEVER our beloved Firefly episodes!

Was in mourning a long time after the show was cancelled ( F**) so came late to FFF.net just before the BDM hit the big screen. Did convert several Browncoats just before the movie by replaying the Tivoed episodes.

Alas, the Tivo HD gave out recently so my record of the original episodes bit the dust. That's okay 'cause I've got three sets of the DVD series (two for loaners) three copies of the BDM (two in letterbox, one in fullscreen for loaners to those not blessed with large screens or home theaters).

Almost got my significant other convinced to let me buy that gorgeous top Kaylee wears in the BDM for sale over at Propstore (already have the genuine prop money).

Have bought darned near every T-shirt Jayne ever wore (including the "risque" one with the mostly nekkid girl on it) and am ordering the pistol prop. Having good metalworking skills am in the process of creating a stainless steel version of River's axe from the BDM (already have an authentic looking Batleth from ST).

Recently purchsed Lightwave 3D for the sole purpose of generating the ships of the 'verse (already have strong CAD skills, wrote books on the subject).

Donate when I can to FFF.net and other sites when the Misses ain't looking.

One last thing... I ALWAYS end my email messages at work with:

宁静

Like moths to a flame, a small thing like this has generated more interest in the series and movie both within the company and without. It is unobtrusive so I've not gotten in trouble at work by management (and it has been seen by the CEO and others .

With that said, yeah, I think I qualify for a shiny new browncoat. Wadda ya say?

Given a choice between the Earth-that-is and the 'verse-that-will-be I choose the latter.

METTASUTRA

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:14 PM

Quote:
GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 02:44

if you don't mind my askin' how did you come across Firefly?

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METTASUTRA
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 00:54

Don't mind a bit, though it's no great tale.

Bought Fireflyfor someone off their Xmas list this year, then rented the movie and series out of curiosity.

I'll be buying them for myself, now.

The BDM by itself didn't trigger the ... what do you call this feeling? Obsession? Rapture? Pressing desire to wrap myself up in the 'verse like a down comforter and never come out? Anyway, there was something in the series that pulled at me more, at first. Two reasons I can think of, so far:

1) In Firefly, I see these people getting to know each other as I get to know them. There's something lovely about the discoveries we all make together.

2) There's no wistful and paradoxically pre-industrial violins and banjos in Serenity. I really miss the soundtrack!

Huh. Hadn't thought through those things, before. Thanks for askin'.

So, what's this about a coat? Like, there's really a thing you give out? Or is it more like the naked people who keep streaking through various threads (or, er wait; maybe that's over at the Prospero forum...)

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