Conversion - ain't happening here
POSTED BY: JenDandy
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 16:08
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Originally posted by JenDandy:
I was wondering if anyone else has run into some trouble when trying to convert.
Nope, 'cause I've never tried to convert anyone. I've introduced five folks to Firefly, with the following results:
One watched the whole series with me, over a weekend. Obviously he liked it well enough to watch the whole thing, but not passionately.
Another couple have had my loner set for over a month; they're trying to watch it together, but their current schedules make this inconvenient. So far they've seen the pilot + Train Job. I don't expect an enthusiastic response from either of them, at this rate.
My sister and her son watched Serenity & Train Job with me, and my nephew watched the rest of the series over the following week. He is enthusiastic, and I expect he'll introduce Firefly to some of his friends.
My advice:
1) Don't lose heart
2) Be willing to loan your DVDs, or bring them to a friend's place and watch them together
3) Don't try to convince anyone the show is great. Just try to convince them to watch a few eps, and let the show convince them.
I always watch the show in order*. I suspect that anyone who can't find the early episodes a good enough reason to watch more is unlikely to love the series as a whole. And while I agree that the series got better as it went on, I also think that will leave a better impression on a new viewer who watches it all.
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I've convinced my friend, a sci-fi book fan, and my sister, a person who likes good TV. My sister was desperately seeking good TV to watch over Winter Vacation, so she was very receptive. For my friend, I simply said "Hey, there's this awesome show called Firefly, want me to bring it over?" I think I refrained from describing it much, ever, which helped.
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YT wrote:
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My advice:
1) Don't lose heart
2) Be willing to loan your DVDs, or bring them to a friend's place and watch them together
3) Don't try to convince anyone the show is great. Just try to convince them to watch a few eps, and let the show convince them.
Great advise YT. We want to introduce people to the show and let the magic we discovered win them over, not force the show on someone who is reluctant and turn them off of it for good.
We are not going to be able to convince everyone we know to watch it, that is a sad fact. We can try, but we have to be prepared to face resistance and failure. We can't give up though if we hit some people who say "No" or "Thanks, but no thanks". We keep on plugging away.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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