So, what are your other fan-obsessions? by Storymark

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So, what are your other fan-obsessions?

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:51 AM

I'd been a big fan of the Uncanny X-Men when Chris Claremont scripted it in the 80's. I hadn't gone ga-ga over a television show since China Beach. That's it. So going bonkers over Firefly like I have, has been real surprising to me.

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:47 AM

REGINAROADIE

These are my other fan-obsessions outside of FIREFLY.

24-I've said it before, and I'm saying it again. This show is llike cocaine. One snort and you're addicted to it.

Bone- I think this is the first comic book mentioned here. This is an independent fantasy comic bokk that is, to put it in a nutshell, Looney Tunes meets Lord of the Rings. It's about these three cousins who are "Bones", that are these funny looking humanoid creatures. They're lost in this desert and they end up in this valley where they get caught up in this massive "fate of the world" battle involving dragons, locusts, rat creatures, lost realms and such. I hope that I'm not the only person here whose read this amazing comic.

Futurama- Even though my geekiness for this has cooled, it's still one of my favorite all time shows. The similarities between this and FIREFLY are too numerous, but it has its own distinctive quality to it. Where else can you see the Heisenberg principle used as a basis of a joke?

GARDEN STATE- I don't know if there is a fandom to this yet, but if there is I'm definitly part of it. Not only was it the best film of 2004, but I think this is going to be the film that defines my generation, like CLERKS ten years earlier. Everything that we are is up there.

Kevin Smith movies- I agree with the above poster that Kevin Smith is to movies what Joss is to TV. He'll probably go down in history as a writer whose work defined a generation. And DOGMA is cool in that it's sort of the flipside of BUFFY. A fantasy/action/comedy that's all for God, as opposed to dismissive of him.

I always wonder what it would be like if you put Joss and Kevin in the same room. I know Joss doesn't run in the Miramax circles that Kevin does with Tarantino and Rodriguez, but I think it would be cool to put The Master and Silent Bob together to duke it out.

Those are my major ones. Everything else is mid-level for me. Although I am excited for anything new DR. WHO related.

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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:26 AM

RIVER6213

For me it started off harmless enough with Star Trek, and then later with Star Wars, and then after that, the original BSG. Then later I got all fanzied-up with Aliens.

Later in life I went through this strange obession with Audrey Hepburn movies, and then limbo...and this is where Serenity came into the picture, and then later Firefly, and now I'm all obsessed with the new Battlestar Galactica.

By the way, Inara = Audrey Hepburn.

Look mommy, there's a little plane up there in the sky...

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:37 AM

HIGHWIREDSITH

SciFi Obsessions:

JRR Tolkien - I read Lord of Rings at least once every other year. Loved all three films, loved the extended editions even more. Huge fan of all things Tolkien, games, books, and movies.

Star Wars - Albiet the prequels have made me a far more cynical fan which is sad because the underlying theme in the original films was fun. The prequels are a mess. ROTS was tolerable and only partially delivered the goods. I and II are practically unwatchable.

The X-Files - Include The Lone Gunemen too. Own all nine seasons on DVD and the single Lone Gunmen season and the feature film, watch at least 3-4 episodes a week and have watched the entire series beginning to end twice now.

Star Trek - Not really a Trekkie, hated Enterprise, disliked Voyager - thought DS9 was when the series peaked, the best it got. TNG I also enjoyed, and most of the movies. Also enjoy the original series (most of them).

Blade Runner, Gattaca, Dark City

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:06 AM

BWARE42

I'm a huge Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan in general. I haven't become a con/dress up kind of fan (yet), but I do have a Blue Sun T-shirt that all my friends ask about. Some of my favs:

Farscape: One of the few shows I've ever entered on episode 1 and stayed til the end. I was crushed when Sci-Fi cancelled it!

Star Wars: What can I say - this started it all for me. I was 7 when the first one came out. The beginning theme, the crawl, the Star Destroyer - that's all it took. I spent my allowance for a year seeing it again and again at the theater!

Star Trek (Original, TNG, DS-9 & Enterprise...Voyager not so much, but I liked Tom Paris) My favorite thing about Star Trek is that it shows hope for humanity...Despite how things look today. I really liked Enterprise and watched it from episode 1 til the end.

My biggest gripe was that the Enterprise writers could have done so much more with the series like introducing the alien races from the orignal Trek series but they did that whole temporal cold war thing! Uggh! Such crap! Anyway...

Tolkien: Loved the books as a kid, loved the movies as a grown-up!

Stargate: Atlantis. I don't why, I never wathced Stargate: SG-1...I just like this show!

Battlestar Galactica: It rocks! Great story so far and bringing back the Pegasus was genius!

That's about it....

Oh yeah. This little thing called Firefly/Serenity. I hadn't seen the series and didn't watch it until I saw the Serenity trailer in the theaters. Needless to say, I've seen them all now! Loved the show, loved the movie! Now I want more!

I forgot to mention Space: Above and Beyond. Great show! Died before its time. :(

Bring it back!

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:14 AM

REGINAROADIE

Oh, and I almost forgot. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. That show is like the FIREFLY of sit-coms. It's so far ahead of its time and on another level of consciousness. And GOB is by far the funniest character ever created for a sit-com.

"Let me tell you something, Michael. I may not have a son (he does) but if I did, I would either take him to a cabin in the woods, or promise to take him and then not take him. But the one thing, THAT I WILL NEVER DO, is not tell him I'm taking him to a cabin in the woods, AND THEN NOT TAKE HIM."

"GOB was growing up."

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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:28 AM

ILGREVEN

Well, I don't have too many full-on teevee fandoms...passing Wars, passing Trek, Dark Angel (at least first season)...and science shows. Mr. Wizard, Beakman, Bill Nye, Newton's Apple, the crazy-haired guy who did the physics vignettes that are shown on public television...I've seen (and loved) 'em all!

In the games department: Magic and poker. Yeah, I'm broke.

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"Bye now. Have good sex!"

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:47 AM

VIKING

what can i say i am B5 man that is and in my opinon probbebly will always be the greatest show on tv. i really like firefly so that is a very strong second place :)

The wages of sin are death, but the hours are good and the perks are fantastic.

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:29 AM

J6NGO1977

Star Wars. I went to see A New Hope when I was 9 and never looked back.

I love Red Dwarf and have met Craig Charles twice totally by accident.

None Sci-Fi. I've watched Sienfeld countless times and off the back of that Curb your Enthusiasm and also Scrubs

UK comedies called Spaced and Peep Show I also watch constantly. You American guys I recommend you check these 2 comedies out

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:53 AM

ATANOK

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Originally posted by seryn:
Has anyone here seen Carnivale?

Wasn't Alan Tudyk in Carnivale once? I sware I saw him playing a carny on some HBO show.

Anyway, Firefly/Serenity are my TOP obssessions.

Star Wars: Used to be really obssessed, not so much since i've discovered Firefly. I still have my Force-FX lightsabers.

Back To The Future: Amazing movies...although 2 gets old after a while.

Love Hina: Mangas...NOT ANIME. The anime sucks. Also Ken Akamatsus new manga, Negima, is okay. Not as good as LH, though.

Programming/Modification: Not really an obssession as more of a hobby, but I will spend hours tweaking and pimping out my Internet Explorer or Battlefielod 2 maps. It's kind of the same with my writing, won't ever see me without my notebook of dark writings in hand.

There's probably more.

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You can see me, but am I really there?

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:56 AM

FOREVERSHINY

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Later in life I went through this strange obession with Audrey Hepburn movies, and then limbo...and this is where Serenity came into the picture, and then later Firefly, and now I'm all obsessed with the new Battlestar Galactica.

By the way, Inara = Audrey Hepburn.

Look mommy, there's a little plane up there in the sky...

Oooh, I can see that. I love Audrey, too, and am very ashamed that I didn't think of that.

Hehehe...

Cheers,

~ForeverShiny~
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Can't stop the signal!
"No, Cap'n, I think it's shiny!"--Kaylee, o'course.
"Yeah, but she's our witch, so cut her the hell down." --Mal in "Safe."
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home." --Mal in "Serenity" My all-time fav quote. Love it!

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:01 PM

FLIPDOG

I don't tend to think of it as an obsession. It's more like a hefty command of utterly useless knowledge. I'm a total geek and proud of it, and a lot is SciFi:

Star Wars - What can I say I'm a fan of the OT. Not the prequels as much...nothing to them but CG and effects. But even still, Serenity/Firefly has surpassed it on my list. My stormy costume is on hold for right now because of it.

Farscape - It carries a lot of the same feelings I hold towards Firefly. Good characters, decent effects. And Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

StarGate (and SG-1) - I remember seeing the trailer for the first time when I was younger, and thinking what a cool idea. And when the show came out, I was skeptical, but felt it turned into something good....and then wierd...then good again...then the second season started...

Post-Apocalyptica - My favorite genre to write in. I love the idea of starting over, wondering what or how people would live. Or how society would progress without our modern luxuries.

Jury-rigging things - I know it doesn't really go along with movies or fandom...but it's something that keeps me sane. I see something thats not working, and I make it work...or I make something new out of it. Which is nice in my line of work.

Generally, I'm just a fan of good film. I have a collection of posters and trailers (on film) from films I like. When a story has all the elements, characters who have (hey here's a novel idea) charatcer, and a world where I can get lost in it and believe that I'm there...then I like it. And I must say, Serenity pulls that off quite nicely.

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:35 PM

SERYN

I'm not sure about alan being in Carnivale, but I can find out *tootles off to IMDB*

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
These are my other fan-obsessions outside of FIREFLY.

Futurama- Even though my geekiness for this has cooled, it's still one of my favorite all time shows. The similarities between this and FIREFLY are too numerous, but it has its own distinctive quality to it. Where else can you see the Heisenberg principle used as a basis of a joke?

Brilliant show. I still can't stop humming the burocracy song, would love to know what episode that is from!

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GARDEN STATE- I don't know if there is a fandom to this yet, but if there is I'm definitly part of it. Not only was it the best film of 2004, but I think this is going to be the film that defines my generation, like CLERKS ten years earlier. Everything that we are is up there.

I love this film! Love it As soon as I saw it I knew no other film was going to ever surpass it - Serenity seriously wobbbled it, but it stuck fast.
Its the only film thats affected me since my 'film heart' froze over. The bit at the end in the airport when the music kicks in, and you just think, yeah, b*****k's to caution, live it, don't think about it. Its pure elation, and yep, I cried, in the middle of the theatre, whinged my little heart out.

Ahem, anyway. It also introduced me to the Shins, which Jumpy mentioned, and i'm eager to hear more.

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Kevin Smith movies- I agree with the above poster that Kevin Smith is to movies what Joss is to TV. He'll probably go down in history as a writer whose work defined a generation. And DOGMA is cool in that it's sort of the flipside of BUFFY. A fantasy/action/comedy that's all for God, as opposed to dismissive of him.

I loved Clerks, never thought I would when it was described to me, but it was so lucky that I gave it a go anyway, Dogma was brilliant in that it fully supported the idea of god, or rather of faith, but it wasn't afraid to prod it a bit, see what happened, whether your ideas stood up to the prodding. And i'm a terrible prodder, in every aspact of my life, so I identified.
Plus they killed Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the end of it. it was all good.

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I always wonder what it would be like if you put Joss and Kevin in the same room... ...but I think it would be cool to put The Master and Silent Bob together to duke it out.

you've seen that bit at the end of the latest Harry Potter? where the wands meet and there bright lights and sparks and incorporeal things flying around the room? Well I think kind of like that but with their brains...

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:56 PM

GIZMO

There are more than what I'm going to list below, and due to a lack of time at the moment, these won't be particularly good descriptions. In fact, they're pretty much just going to be quick fanboy rants for now.

LEGACY OF KAIN
As a video game series goes, it's pretty fun. In terms of the storyline and voice acting, it's absolutely top-notch. Sadly, due to mediocre sales, the story may never see its conclusion. In the most recent game, Legacy Of Kain: Defiance, we saw a major plot arc resolved, but there's still more that needs to be told. If we don't get another sequel, for LOK fans, it would be the equivalent of stopping Lord Of the Rings after the Battle of Helms Deep.
Yes, it involves vampires, but it's a vampire story in the same way Firefly is a sci-fi show. It uses a well-known element as a base, but takes it in new directions instead of just following cliches.

METAL GEAR
YES, I get to be all positive and shiny here, because not only is it one of the greatest video game series ever with highly memorable characters and a nice, twisty storyline... it's popular. Unlike with our beloved Firefly and the above LOK, it won't be killed off before its time. Ever since Metal Gear Solid was deemed one of the greatest Playstation titles ever produced, there hasn't been any worry about whether the next entry in the series would sell well. It's got a lot of heart, and it's going to keep on beating. Looking forward to MGS4!

History abhors a paradox.
-Kain

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:04 PM

DIXONELDORADO

I've found that most of the things/shows I've become hooked on have been something of a slow and steady build-up, and not an instant hook, and some have faded into my past, while others have grown in popularity to take over.

Earlier in my life, I was huge on Star Trek. I still really enjoy watching episodes of DS9 and Voyager (voyager being my favorite of the ST series), however I've never seen a single episode of Enterprise.

I was a huge fan of X-Men all throughout my teens. I still have a large collection of X-Men related comics.

I was big on Magic the Gathering for a few years in my late teens, but that has since cooled off, mostly because there's nobody to play with in my neck of the woods.

Stargate-SG1 & Atlantis. I have all 8 DVD sets of SG-1, and the first set of Atlantis. These series are definitely in Firefly's league, and that's saying a lot.

Firefly was an immediate hit with me, and has since grown into obsession. I remember when the series first disappeared from the schedule of my local broadcast station, and thinking it was just a local station thing, and being pissed at them, becuase I figured that such a great series couldn't have possibly been cancelled, but my local stations are notorious for dropping good stuff, just because they're too cheap to keep buying it.

Oh, and I find it hard to pass up old, Lever action rifles. They are very nice.

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Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:00 PM

HYDRAGON

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

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