Wow...Where Have I been? by GoingTotheSpecialHell

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Wow...Where Have I been?

POSTED BY: GOINGTOTHESPECIALHELL
UPDATED: Saturday, October 28, 2006 21:53
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:06 PM

I've been a browncoat from the start. Waaaay back just after the turn of the millenium. I watched. Alone, in my apartment. Everyone I knew at hte time, unaware of the magic that came on the screen. Disjointed as it was, I thought I was already behind on the show so I watched as often as I could (taping episodes so that I could catch it better during another run through) when it was cancelled, I felt like I was the only person in the world who was infuriated.
I wrote literally hundreds of letters, to fox then universal then to several companies begging them to pick up the rights to the show. Then I heard murmurs of others fighting this fight, but my life at the time prevented me from ever getting in contact with anyone like myself, A browncoat. So I carried on, And serenity was released and my heart soared. I felt like we had finally won. Just a bit more and we'd be sailing in the clear...And all of it reminded me of serenity valley. and I feared that our fight would parallel the real browncoats. We could catch glimpses of a happy future but it would not come..

flash forward another year after serenity. And I showed my girlfriend of two years firefly (as my tapes had long since disintegrated into dust) on DVD which I had only recently found and was quickly purchased. She loved it from the first moment (she is a film student, and adored the time and effort so obviously put into the show) and every episode she raved about its production quality and the characters and story. And then she asked me why it was cancelled. and i couldn't give her a good reason. In the interim of fighting for this show's revival, the idea of being alone as a fan slowly eroded my will to fight. Who was a fighting for if I was so alone? So I scoured the 'verse looking for others like me, and I stumbled across this place.

Lordy, all that time feeling alone and everyone was moments away. I had fought alone, terribly alone only to find out years later I wasn't alone, That I wasn't insane for loving a show that emphasized character and interaction over action. And while there was plenty of action. it was the characters who in fluid discussion dealt with everything from death to abandonment. And it was astounding how much was covered in such a short time. And I felt it needed more. Joss showed masterful skill with firefly. to me it exceeded his previous work. because while it was sci-fi. It was completely grounded in reality. And that amazed the hell outta me.

I'm glad to know I'm not alone.

I'm glad you all held the line together when I had no idea that you were there.

I'm glad you're still fighting as hard as I, and in many cases even harder.

I'm glad now, I can help co-ordinate ways to save that which makes us what we are.

Browncoats. Something I will be forever.

Because try as they might No one will take the sky from me.

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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:13 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

*sniff* That was beautiful!
Welcome home, GoingTotheSpecialHell, we're very glad you found us.
I wrote a whole thing once, entertaining and accurate, I was told, about why Firefly was cancelled. I'll try to dig it up.
*edit* found it!
It was mishandled from the start. The basic story goes as such:
"Oh! Joss Whedon wants to do a show and the WB doesn't have the budget! We should snatch him up because he is Joss Whedon!"
Joss Whedon pitches actual concept of show.
"Yeah, yeah, just make it. We want a hit like Buffy!"
Joss makes two hour pilot.
"This is too long! And what the hell is it? Where is the action and humor? No, we're not airing this. Do something else."
Joss edits two-hour pilot.
"No. Nope, we're still not airing it. This won't hook anyone. Write something else. You have two days."
Joss and Tim write "The Train Job" in a weekend.
Behind his back, the execs are probably saying something like "We're not going to make any money on this show. Let's put it in the Friday slot of death!"
Show is aired in Friday night slot of death. It is pre-empted and shown out of order. The promotion sucks.
Show is cancelled. Pilot is finally aired. Joss goes to network and
asks for the rights to get something made elsewhere. They say yes.
End of Fox lunacy.
Joss goes off in search of others to make his story, fails many times, finally finds Mary Parent at Universal, who greenlights a film.
Also, comics were written somewhere between the series and movie. They are available as a small graphic novel called "Serenity: Those left Behind"

We will not go quietly into the night
We will not give in without a Big Damn Fight
We are Browncoats, and we know we are right
We will rage, rage against the dying of our engine light!

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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:17 PM

MRT

Welcome - you are most certainly not alone, the line is being held by Browncoats across the world!

Come in, make this a second home and enjoy the fun, debates, arguments, and general Browncoat-i-ness of FFF.net.

There is always plenty to chat about with fellow Browncoats, just draw up a chair, look around the site, and join in! If you like to write fanfic, photgraph yourself, design or be in any other inspired to create by the BDM or Firefly then there is an audience here who will appreciate your every effort and love you for making it. When it comes to the Signal, it can not be stopped, and we are still broadcasting it as loud as we can!

Chow's in ten, no need to dress.

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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:17 PM

GOINGTOTHESPECIALHELL

oh i'm aware why its just when I explained it to my special lady. She dismissed all of those as stupid reasons to stop a wonderful show. Even really really crappy shows carry on with worse under their belts. Firefly to her was what is good about tv and it was squashed.

A single episode (no matter where in continuity) was amazing and thus should be able to draw even ....sorta fans of sci-fi. My good friend Joe is in theatre and somehow he got drawn in. today we finished watching the series together..and we still laugh at jaynestown (his behaviour and physique is similar to that of jayne ironically)

It's just how things happened that is perplexing.
I would wager this show to be one of the better shows of all time. and the fanbase clearly is one of the strongest in history.

I am a Browncoat and will be forever.
The war didn't end for some people.

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Friday, October 27, 2006 2:39 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Welcome aboard GoingTotheSpecialHell! Glad that you finally found us.

Nope, you're not alone. Plenty of us browncoats around here and other sites to keep each other company. It's good that you hung in there and kept the faith.

Keep spreading the word & keep flyin'!

__________________________________________
Holding the line since December '02!

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

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Friday, October 27, 2006 2:50 AM

RABBAN

You just been out in the Verse. We're always just around the corner and in the farthest corners. Browncoats are everywhere! And we'll hold. Forever if it takes that long we'll hold. The alliance can't keep us down and we can't be killed because we're just too damned pretty.

I found friends I never knew. I'm out on the fringes but I'm still home.

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:44 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Welcome to this crazy 'verse. Look out for Followmal for your browncoat!

----
Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 1:50 PM

CHINDI

Hey Going to Special Hell.. Here you go... **moves over** we have been holding your spot til you got back.. now we are just waiting on the captain and the crew... any day now we figure they will be back.

And we are proud as punch to have been able to hold down the fort. Didja notice all the new recruits? the ranks are swelling.

Chindi

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:07 PM

TRAVELER

Welcome GoingTotheSpecialHell:

I am glad you found us. We all share your frustration that such a wonderful show was treated this way. And now you know you are not alone. To be a Browncoat without realising their are others is quit an ordeal. But it is over. Know there are countless thousands who share your love of this show.

Traveler

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:14 PM

PENGUIN

Welcome to our wild and wacky world!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 5:09 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Welcome , GTTSH ! Glad to see you back in Serenity !

A good Browncoat can never be kept down . I'm thinkin' we'll rise again !

Still Flyin'!

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 5:26 PM

MSG

So glad you are here. You are, as we all are, keepers of the faith.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:40 PM

FLORALBUNNY

Welcome home, GTtSH!

It's right shiny to have you as #23398 aboard
our fine ship. No matter if you're a mite late;
you're here now, basking in the browncoaty
warmth.

I help out by bringing provisions aboard, so if
you'd just step over here, there's a dish of
strawberries waiting as a welcome. They go down
a treat with a draught of Mudder's Milk.

And up here's the buffet, ready for questioning.
Pineapple, mangos, you name it and we've got it
or I'll go out and *negotiate* for it.

Please do not step on ShipsCat or into her dish.

bun
~Bastards singed my turtle~

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:36 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Welcome, GoingToTheSpecialHell. I had a similar experience. I watched Firefly when it originally aired, and I thought I was alone when it was canceled. Thank goodness I found FFF.net, and we're happy that you did, too. If you ever need anything, just get on the Cortex and send us a wave. There is always someone around.

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:53 PM

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

VERY well said GoingTotheSpecialHell! I love the name btw. You are not alone and I hope you enjoy getting to know this shiny site and the good folk in it. We are happy to see you here.

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/

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