for those who didn't see the original airings...

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UPDATED: Thursday, May 20, 2004 00:36
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DAVEY

Monday, May 17, 2004 8:30 PM

I think I was watching Farscape on Sci fi when an ad for Firefly came on (Firefly aired on Sci fi in the UK) they did actually advertise it a bit over here.

MANTICHORUS

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:23 PM

Well, my friend showed me an article about a show being done by Joss Whedon, which was a kinda sci-fi/western. I was slightly interested.
Coupla months later, self-same friend, gives me a DVD to borrow.
"What's this?"
"Well, you know that Joss Whedon sci-fi/western thing I told you about?"
"Yeahhh. (beat) This it?"
"Yep."
"Huh. I'll have to watch this later."
Got home, put in my DVD player, and by the time the opening credits of the pilot played I was hooked. (I watched them in order... unlike the airing.)

"BADGER: You think you're better than other people.
MAL: Just the ones I'm better than."
"I'm not an adult! I don't want to create responsible shows with lawyers in them. I want to invade people's dreams." - Joss Whedon

RELFEXIVE

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
They're so bad, they're laughable. Does anyone have vid clips of the original promos Fox did about the space hooker & the girl in the box?

You can get most of them at Firefly: Proximity Sensor

http://www.have-dog.com/firefly/

Having never seen the episodes anywhere except on DVD (and being in the UK) I'd only heard about these trailers and not seen them.

They are... scary.

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

SEAFORT

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:07 PM

I never saw the original airings because at the time there was no Fox in my area. We had one, but the station changed ownership and network alliation right before Firefly was too air (I still might have missed it, I knew it was coming but there wasn't lots of promos about it.)

About a year later we got Fox back, but by then Firefly was long gone and I had to wait for my very cool local downtown video store to rent the dvd's.

Worth the wait, but, dang. And of course I'd just as soon have the show still on the air.

"The cosmic baker took us out of the oven a little too early, and that's the reason we're as crazy as we are..."

SKYDANCE

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:08 PM

I actually saw it when it was on the air. TV Guide ran a headline about "The Best Show You're Not Watching" or something like that.

I ended up seeing the Reaver episode. Without any character setup, it really stunk. I didn't know who these people were, I didn't know their relationship to the Alliance, there was nothing special about them being questioned, the Reavers weren't scary ... nothing. It was an interesting twist the way the guy turned into a Reaver, and I thought it a bright piece of insight into human nature, but it was the only stand-out thing about the episode.

Since it was on a Friday timeslot, I never got around to watching it again.

I actually became hooked when Scott Kurtz ( www.pvponline.com) mentioned that he had gotten the DVDs for his birthday, and he was blown away. He did a couple strips on it ( http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20040316) and I rented it from NetFlix.

Wow. I had my "Fireflygasm" ( http://www.fireflyfan.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3455) halfway through the 2-hour pilot.

And now ... y'all are stuck with me. *grin*

ARAWAEN

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:19 PM

I did see 'Train Job' but I didn't like it, it felt rushed, especially the character introductions. I didn't watch again until 'Out of Gas' which I liked. However, I never saw another episode while it was on the air.

A friend who knew I was a diehard Buffy and Angel fan got me the DVD set for Christmas and I fell in love part way through 'Serenity'. I even liked 'Train Job' after having seen the original pilot, though I still think it is a little rushed.

Arawaen

Um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm Angry. And I'm Armed.

KINGOFTHEMUDDERS

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:02 PM

I really wanted to like it when it first came out, but it did nothing for me. Then I saw Nathan and Gina on Buffy/Angel. SPACE aired Serenity and I was hooked. Unfortunately, I had night school the same night and time Firefly was airing, so when that ended, I got back to watching Firefly... the first episode I got to see??? Serenity. I said "screw this" and bought the boxset a few weeks later.

FIREFLEW

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:19 PM

Well, I heard about it from somewhere - cannot remember where - and I downloaded Bushwhacked. I liked a lot of stuff about it, and I then saw Serenity (Part One) on the UK Sci-Fi channel - I thought it was great and forgot about it.

I'm in a HMV in Banbury and I see the boxset for £34 and I then bought it - I watched all of the episodes in one run

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

RELFEXIVE

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:26 PM

Oh, er...

I heard about it through a variety of sources, can't remember which one came first. I'm in the UK and I don't have satellite or anything, so the only chance I had of seeing Firefly was on DVD anyway.

I ordered it and watched it as soon as it arrived.

Just the first half of Serenity that I got to watch before I had to go out was enough to grab me. The next day I took it round to a friend's house to watch it (only Serenity though, and they may count as my first converts...) and I was hooked.

Couldn't wait to watch the rest.

Now... I've lent them to another friend. Have still only seen the eps once. I WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN!!

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

INSANESPIKE

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:57 PM

I originally didn't have Fox when they first started airing Firefly, due to some deal with our satellite provider. By the time we started getting it, they had long since cancelled it. But being such a fan of Buffy and Angel, I was really disappointed that I didn't get the chace to catch it. The day I went out to buy my season five of Buffy on DVD, I happened to see Firefly right on the shelf next to it. I figured what the hell, it's Joss Whedon so it has to be good, and picked it up too. I was hooked about 15 minutes into Serenity

"How drunk was I last night?"

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