Time for confession, Browncoats!

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, April 18, 2005 02:44
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:00 PM

I have something to confess. Way back when I heard about this new show. A sci-fi show. On Fox. Evil Fox who had just cancelled Dark Angel. Evil Fox who in the past had cancelled Brisco County, Jr.
The night I saw "The Train Job", my reception was typically bad (Fox was somehow the ONLY channel to come in that bad), and I was being distracted by my then 3 year old son. Missing key dialogue, and not seeing the pilot first had me thinkin'"I don't really get these characters, and if it's this hard to understand on the first episode, Fox will cancel it before it could ever develope into a good show".
And that was it.

Then last Christmas I got a gift certificate to Wal-mart. I had most dvd's I wanted, so I took a chance on Firefly, havin' some memory of that one episode bein' kinda cool, hatin' commercials as I do and seein' on the internet that a movie was in the works.

Boy did I feel stupid! The show didn't need time to develope, it was perfect from the get-go!

Anyone else late into this adventure as I was? And do you feel stupid for not watchin' on it's first run?

The all 'fessed up Chrisisall

MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:09 PM

I confess nothing. I loved the show, and I thought it would probably be cancelled. I do remember thinking "Hey! That's not what I saw on the promos." Then again, I remember taking this as a good sign, as there would be at least another episode I would get to see. I remember seeing Ariel and being very impressed, but also thinking that if fans missed an episode, they were out. There have been several shows that I have loved, and gone was the rug beneath them. Brisco County Jr., Herman's Head, Kindred: The Embraced. So, I never use my own judgement as a guide to how long a show is going to last.

I did miss the boat on "Friends" though. I remember watching an episode and going "What is this SHIT!" only to like it when I saw it again later.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

KAYLEE4SIMON

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:17 PM

I feel the same way. I was still mad at Fox for cancelling Dark Angel. Thank heavens for DVDs! Of course I feel bad not getting a chance to try and save the show when it was on air. I still had some left over Tabasco bottles(Roswell) I could have sent the evil people at Fox.

Keep shiny!

KNIBBLET

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:22 PM

Always loved it. Have missed it like crazy.

My thought was, "Fox will never keep something this smart, funny and cutting edge. Plus, since there's no brain dead bimbo with gigantic tits ... it's history."

It sucks being right all the time.

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:27 PM

Funny, when I saw Train Job after seein' Serenity on the dvd's , the faint memory I had of Train Job from it's first broadcast got washed over with a new understandin' of what was goin' on, I knew why that girl River was carryin' on so, why that guy Jayne seemed so coarse, suddenly all made sense!(hearin' the dialogue clearly helped also, as it does in most of Joss' work).

Not broadcasting Firefly's pilot first was THE stupidist move Fox coulda made in unveiling it's new series!

FOX

Nearly Newbie Chrisisall

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:50 PM

So, say two "Our Father's," one "Hail Mary" and I think we're good.

SICKDUDE

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Not broadcasting Firefly's pilot first was THE stupidist move Fox coulda made in unveiling it's new series!

Aren't you assuming Fox wanted it to succeed???.... From their braindead perspective, maybe it was a stroke of genius.

"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson

MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:52 PM

I remember watching Serenity after I got the DVDs and saying "Hey! This ain't the pilot! The pilot shows the captain kicking someone into an engine!"

Then I watched The Train Job and said "Oh!"

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:34 PM

The suits at Fox are just that, suits, number jockeys. In short, assholes. With all the money each of 'em earns you'd think they could at least hire ONE person with his/her ear to the ground. They make up stuff based upon stuff that has been made up and are outta touch with anything but what bad programs spit out of a computer; they should realize just from their track record that they know almost nothin'.(takes a breath)

Rule 1: Let the artist handle the art; let the accountant handle the money. Executives (since they're stupid little braindead yes men anyway) should be there only to make that connection.

So, yes Sickdude, it was stroke of braindead genius. Now Universal gets to make the real money! ha ha ha

Robocop taught me all about corporations Chrisisall

MALICIOUS

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Knibblet:
...since there's no brain dead bimbo with gigantic tits ...

HEY! I resemble that! I'll have you know that...

(re-reads)

Ooops. My bad. I thought this was about me.

Sorry!

Mal-licious

I think I will add cursing and the hurling about of things to my repertoire.

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