How many people have you converted? by GrimChaos

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How many people have you converted?

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:10 PM

Simple question... how many people did you convert to Firefly?

I have convert 5 people, soon to be 6 and more people expressed intrest in borrowing it. Everyone loved the show and i got them all hooked.

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:11 PM

TEELABROWN

One for sure, and then he converted one. Another maybe. And one is interested. So 4-ish?

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:28 PM

SHINY

I've converted at least a few...and at least one who I'm sure has bought his own DVD set.

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:30 PM

TALONPEST

five and counting

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:30 PM

CHARLES

I'm up to 6 people so far... and one of them has brought in another... while another is showing her entire family and her friends... might get above ten before too long!

Charlie

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:55 PM

JRC

Got three myself, including the misses.

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 7:32 PM

RKLENSETH

1 friend hated it.
Another loved it but wouldn't buy it on DVD.
Another friend watched the first two episodes and borrowed disk 1 and 2 of which I haven't seen in the past two weeks.

I'm trying to covert some people at Cantr but I don't think it is working. I have talked to the creator of Cantr (whoms name is Jos Elkink) and got him interested. He said he would have a friend to download a couple episodes since he lives in Europe and doesn't have a Region 1 Player. Another guy at Cantr I have also gotten him interested but he wanted to download a few episodes before he invests his money in and gave him a few suggestions of what to download. Haven't heard back from him. There are a few people that watched it back when it was one tv and thought it was good but they said it isn't worth it to buy it or see it again since it is canceled and they claim Firefly doesn't have the potential to be even a good movie. There is also a Angel fan on Cantr who I have to contend with. He liked Firefly but he doesn't think it is good and he is all pissed off now that Angel has been canceled and he claims it was because of Joss Whedon going to make a Firefly movie. He has begun a boycott of Firefly and he said he is going to make sure that Firefly fails so that Angel can come back.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 7:38 PM

JHARROD

3 definately. Gonna work on some more at basic and ait :biggrin

"They tell ya to never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is on occassion hilarious"

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 7:48 PM

SEVENPERCENT

I've converted 3- My best friend and 2 buddies from college- Strangely enough, though, I cant even get my wife to sit down and watch it- She will be converted, but I cant for the life of me figure out what's taking so long-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:28 PM

NEROLI

Sadly, only 1 bona fide convert so far...some day she might even speak to me again for getting her hooked on a show that's canceled.

I have a couple other peeps I am working on, if I can just get them to sit down and WATCH them!!

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:12 PM

CONANTHEBARBIE

I am a one month old convert, myself. So far, I have converted 5. I'm working on it, I'm working on it!

"Play nice with the other kids...unless one of the other kids wanna fight; then you have to kick the other kids' butt."
-Mushu in "Mulan"

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Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:35 PM

ANGELDOVE

I have converted three, one of which has converted one, and I am looking to convert two more this weekend.

I only fell is all.

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Monday, March 1, 2004 4:12 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

I have converted 6 so far; my best friend, two other friends, two people from work, and the hardest conversion of them all, my wife.

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

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Monday, March 1, 2004 12:18 PM

LISSA

3-my boyfriend and two of my other friends (they both watch buffy and angel so it was easier with them). hopefully some more soon!

~lissa, spwhore

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Monday, March 1, 2004 12:23 PM

REBEL

Ive got about 4 and the word is spreading...

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Monday, March 1, 2004 12:45 PM

GATOZHIAN

Well, I'm a new convert. I bought the DVDs totally on a whim when I got Buffy Season 3. Now I'm totally down with Firefly. I will start working on my friends soon!

Can't take the sky from me...oh wait, Fox did...

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Monday, March 1, 2004 12:47 PM

MUDDER

I am up to 5 ppl, and another waiting for the DVD's from me.

Mal: How drunk was i last night?
Jayne: I don't know. I passed out.

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Monday, March 1, 2004 12:51 PM

TMURRIE

5, and coming up on 6 pretty soon.

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Monday, March 1, 2004 1:24 PM

SPERCUSSIONIST

Let's see. . . six, so far. My wife, son, son-in-law, nephew, father-in-law and brother-in-law. My father-in-law immediately went out and bought the DVD's and I gave my son a set as a gift. My son is away at college and has probably converted ten or so of his friends. In fact, they have a weekly Firefly Night in their campus housing unit, in addition to getting together in smaller groups frequently. I know at least 2 or 3 of the other students have also bought the DVD's.

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Monday, March 1, 2004 1:38 PM

LINDLEY

Quote:
he is all pissed off now that Angel has been canceled and he claims it was because of Joss Whedon going to make a Firefly movie. He has begun a boycott of Firefly and he said he is going to make sure that Firefly fails so that Angel can come back.

Explain two things to him:

1) Joss' current endeavors towards a Firefly movie are only related to whether a Buffy/Angel *telemovie* happens. It is unrelated to the series' cancellation.

2) More Joss is always a good thing, no matter the form.

3) If the Firefly movie fails, it won't bring Angel back. In fact, I'd wager that Angel's best chance is for Firefly: TM to be a huge hit; it'll raise Joss' influence with the networks. If the FF movie fails, we'd be lucky to see more Joss at all.

OK, that's three things. But....explain.

In RL, I've only converted three people: Last year's roommate, my mother, and my brother.

Online, TrekBBS specifically, I've directly converted at least 4-5 people, one of whom seems to be as crazy about FF as I am. I suspect I've indirectly contributed to the conversion of several more, as well------I find that if you blabber loudly and longly enough about something, people actually start to listen. ;)

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Monday, March 1, 2004 2:10 PM

WYDRAZ

Conversion implies they were loyal to another show (or cause, as the case may be). So I can't really say. But I have turned a few people on to Firefly. I made two fans so far. And their 7-year old son counts, so make that three. The two new fans have each made two more fans of their friends, and each of them made two fans, and this could be going on still. So I can't count how many fans I've "converted"! Could be hundreds by now. :D

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Monday, March 1, 2004 2:47 PM

GREYRAINBOW

I've converted two so far. When my sister first saw Firefly as a TV series she saw about 2 seconds from Train Job, shouted 'This show sucks! Kill it!' and stormed off as only a pissy little 15-year-old can. But when I heard that the DVD was coming out, and implied I would give sexual favors in exchange for that as a birthday present, she said maybe there was something to it. I made her watch 'War Stories' and she was hooked. Said it was really funny. Oddly enough she laughed hardest at the torture scenes. She laughs during war movies too ... watching Saving Private Ryan in the theater with her was rough...

I've also converted an internet friend of mine named Meggan. She is always after me to watch dumb, sophomoric, oddly addictive shows like 'The OC', so we could have something to talk about. I got on her case about watching Firefly so she bought the DVDs and is hooked. When we talk about it I get treated to 'Jayne's so hot, he's so manly, I love a hairy sweaty man' etcetera. Harsh, since I like well-groomed pretty boys like Simon and occasionally Mal, but Firefly's big enough for both of us.

So I have two converts who like the show, but nobody loves it like I do. If I had a grindstone I'd pulverize my DVDs and inject them into my veins ;)

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Monday, March 1, 2004 4:54 PM

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Eight so far and counting, four have ordered the box set (once it gets released on R2) and one of them was only after watching the pilot

I'm gonna start running a firefly universe roleplay soon (once I've created it) with peeps that have never watched the show, so hopefully it'll go up!

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Monday, March 1, 2004 7:14 PM

BOUNTYBOY56

I've converted my two friends, their uncle, my other friend, and my parents more or less. So that's 6, and let me tell you I love the feeling when the credits start to role after I first show anyone Serenity and they all say, "And fox cancelled this!?" or "That's the greatest show to ever be shown on television!"

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Monday, March 1, 2004 8:11 PM

GAIJIN

Not Enough. :)

Seriously, about 4 people so far.

Thanksgiving is a sham. But it's a sham with yams...it's a yam sham.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 3:33 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

RKlenseth wrote:

Quote:
There is also a Angel fan on Cantr who I have to contend with. He liked Firefly but he doesn't think it is good and he is all pissed off now that Angel has been canceled and he claims it was because of Joss Whedon going to make a Firefly movie. He has begun a boycott of Firefly and he said he is going to make sure that Firefly fails so that Angel can come back.

I agree w/ what Lindley said, but would like to expound upon those points.

Boycotting Firefly could hurt the movies chances, which in turn hurts Joss. If Joss does not get the movie made, and it is not successful, his credibility w/ networks and producers is lessened. Now, if Joss has no FF movie, and Angel is cancelled & Buffy is over, he is hard pressed to sell TPtB on anything, including an Angel movie, a Buffy movie, or a revival of the Angel series. Joss may even throw his hands in the air and walk away from it for awhile.

I like Angel as much as the next person, but Angel got years to tell its story, unlike Firefly which Fox completely mishandled. Sure we may all like to see more of Angel, but we have seasons of viewing to enjoy from that series, and not even one complete one of Firefly.

You might also explain to this person, that the success of Firefly equates to success for Joss & ME. If Joss brings in a hit w/ the Firefly movie, and Universal is able to revive the series think of the message that will send to networks. Firefly was thought to be a show going nowhere. The fanbase rallies and the DVD set is put out & sells beyond expectations. A successful movie and a series return would make Joss a genius and it would give him a lot of clout in Hollywood circles to get Angel on the big screen and perhaps return the series to television as well.

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

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 3:48 AM

LINDALE

I've managed to convert the entire sci-fi club at U of I. Not saying much, 'cause it isn't the biggest club, but there's about 10 people besides myself. I'm working on my floormates- so far, only one of them, but the rest will come around.

I like ice cream 'cause it doesn't have any bones in it.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 4:18 AM

TRASK43

Ive only converted 3 but only one of them bought the box set Im working on a 4th but hes a hard sell on anything.

www.summer-glau.com

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 4:48 AM

KNIBBLET

Quote:
Originally posted by GreyRainbow:
...When my sister first saw Firefly as a TV series ...and stormed off as only a pissy little 15-year-old can...I heard that the DVD was coming out, and implied I would give sexual favors in exchange for that as a birthday present...

Please, please, please, tell me I misunderstood you.
The idea of promising my sister 'sexual favors' is ... repellent and vomit inducing. It's also illegal in 48 states (not sure about Kentucky and West Virginia)

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 6:12 AM

GREYRAINBOW

Hey, hey, it's a joke! If some skeezy loser actually took me up on that offer, it would be my great pleasure to borrow my daddy's shotgun, take the DVDs at gunpoint, and speed away. Nobody messes with this girl.

BTW, you DID misunderstand part of it, my sister heard my offer to OTHER people and decided I must be passionate on this subject.

- Grey

(Please, please, please, tell me I misunderstood you.
The idea of promising my sister 'sexual favors' is ... repellent and vomit inducing. It's also illegal in 48 states (not sure about Kentucky and West Virginia))

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 8:44 AM

KNIBBLET

Thank goodness!

Remember gun safety when relieving skeezers of their Firefly DVDs.

Quote:
Originally posted by GreyRainbow:
Hey, hey, it's a joke! If some skeezy loser actually took me up on that offer, it would be my great pleasure to borrow my daddy's shotgun, take the DVDs at gunpoint, and speed away.
BTW, you DID misunderstand part of it, my sister heard my offer to OTHER people and decided I must be passionate on this subject.

Knibs wrote: Please, please, please, tell me I misunderstood you. The idea of promising my sister 'sexual favors' is ... repellent and vomit inducing. It's also illegal in 48 states (not sure about Kentucky and West Virginia))

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 10:23 AM

KMAN

I've converted three and one of the three converted three more. Yea me!

Hmm... I hope Amazon.com doesn't start accepting 'sexual favors' as payment for DVDs. It would make the return process so much more confusing.

--Not that I'd ever return my FireFly DVDs. That'd be crazy talk!

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 11:16 AM

MAUGWAI

Hi all. I've been lurking and finally decided to post. I'm a high school English teacher and not only have I suggested Firefly to all my coworkers in the English department, but last week I offered extra credit to any student who buys Firefly on DVD. This may be a grave abuse of power, but I feel the end justifies the means. So by the time th esemester's over I may have converted 40 people, albeit some by force.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 11:24 AM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by maugwai:
Hi all. I've been lurking and finally decided to post. I'm a high school English teacher and not only have I suggested Firefly to all my coworkers in the English department, but last week I offered extra credit to any student who buys Firefly on DVD. This may be a grave abuse of power, but I feel the end justifies the means. So by the time th esemester's over I may have converted 40 people, albeit some by force.

LOL...yes, but if any parents complain, be sure to explain that the student(s) misheard and what you said was they get extra credit for watching and writing an essay on Firefly (of course buying the DVD set themselves makes it easier for them to write a good essay -- and therefore get more extra credit -- than if they have to borrow or rent disks...)

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004 1:18 PM

SAMSONITEGORILLATEST

35 - 23 within the distance. There's his mate Bruce Beer.

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:31 AM

GATOZHIAN

Quote:
Please, please, please, tell me I misunderstood you.
The idea of promising my sister 'sexual favors' is ... repellent and vomit inducing. It's also illegal in 48 states (not sure about Kentucky and West Virginia).

Awww, why ya gotta be like that? I live in KY, and I've never fancied a relative. We are all Browncoats, why hate?

Can't take the sky from me...Oh wait, Fox did...
Newsflash! Univeral just gave it back! SHINY!

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:47 AM

KURUKAMI

4 or 5 personally, but I also went to a gaming convention in Hands of Blue apparel and got at least three others intrigued enough to buy the DVD set. Does that count?

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:57 AM

SHAMBLEAU

Hard to know how many I've converted. I got several DVDs at SunCoast for only twenty bucks and used them as Christmas presents. So, my brother and his family and two nephews got them. I haven't heard from any of them as to whether they've watched. Turned on my ex and now her sister and husband have borrowed a copy. A co-worker is starting to watch. So, anywhere from three to ten.

shambleau

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 10:25 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

With the movie coming out it will be easier to convert some of those holdouts to take in Firefly...er, Serenity. Just offer to take them to the movie and let Joss and cast do the rest.

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

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 10:46 AM

VENA

Do I get double points for trying to convert a person that I don’t even really like? Talk about taking one for the team, but I have ~5 converts and if I can get this one person I truly dislike, that shall stay nameless, I will have her and three of her friends.

So, about 9

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'Hahaha! Mine is an evil laugh!'

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:03 AM

FIRESCAPE

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 1:37 PM

ECMORGAN69

Two definitely. More will follow. I'm very persuasive

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 3:35 PM

HLGEM

Let's see:

My friend and her husband,
My brother and his wife,
Three co-workers
The wife of one of the co-workers

That's 8 and I have 4 more in line to borrow the dvds.

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:42 PM

RKLENSETH

I have converted a few people at Cantr. Now they are damning me because they can't stop watching.

I also converted a friend. Now he is more fanatically about the show then anyone I have ever seen. And he is holding two of my DVDs hostage!!!!!!

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:44 PM

RANGER

Just 2 so far. My best friend and his wife (note here, go for couples, they are a twofer...). As time permits I will try for more!!

Traveller, if you go to Sparta, tell them you have seen us lying here as the Law commands.

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Friday, March 5, 2004 1:34 PM

GWEILO

6 of my friends so far, and they´re converting more people as we speak!

I recently posted about Firefly in a local sci-fi forum and after that a whole bunch of people went out and got the DVDs. (Or so they said. I´m not counting those.)

I keep getting loving messages, thanking me for turning them onto the show. More than happy to contributing in spreadin´ the love.

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Friday, March 5, 2004 5:37 PM

LIBKITTY

Two so far, but I have waiting lists for my DVDs, and the two that I converted have bought the set and are working on others.

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Friday, March 5, 2004 6:30 PM

RKLENSETH

Well, currently, I am converting loads of people at www.cantr.net/forum. Soon enough I will convert more than everyone else.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Saturday, March 6, 2004 2:11 PM

SHINY

Btw, faithful browncoats who have converts may be interested in posting their good deeds at the Eavesdown Abbey (created by Pip from the OB):

www.freewebs.com/eavesdownabbey/

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Saturday, March 6, 2004 2:28 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I've only had one confirmed convert so far, and that is my son. He had not seen any of the series when it was on, whereas I had seen them all with the exception of "Bushwacked." I ordered the DVD set in advance, and had watched everything at least twice by the time I went to visit him shortly after Christmas. Sure enough, he thought it was gorram shiny too, and convinced me to give him the dvds. He says he has converted several himself. I've been in withdrawal since then, but ordered another set the other day, which I should get early next week.

I am self-employed, don't have a whole lot of social contact with other fans around here, and everyone I've mentioned it to has not heard of it before my mentioning it. I certainly want to spread the word, but do not feel safe in loaning dvds to people I do not know well, and can't afford an extra set right now.

I've also written a review of the show for my site, and posted about it on several other SF forums, but don't think I've influenced any that weren't already fans.

Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me.

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