How many people have you converted? by GrimChaos

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How many people have you converted?

POSTED BY: GRIMCHAOS
UPDATED: Thursday, March 11, 2004 06:54
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Sunday, March 7, 2004 8:00 AM

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Originally posted by 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!

Say "Thank you", Miss Conan.

I'll get my brother eventually. It just may take a bit, what with him living in freakin' Idaho and me having no intention of mailing him my DVDs to borrow.

"You are such a boob."

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Sunday, March 7, 2004 6:34 PM

SHINY

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Originally posted by Ankhagogo:
Quote:
Originally posted by 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!

Say "Thank you", Miss Conan.

I'll get my brother eventually. It just may take a bit, what with him living in freakin' Idaho and me having no intention of mailing him my DVDs to borrow.

Just tell him to buy them himself, and if he honestly doesn't like the show after watching all the episodes, you'll buy them from him. It's worked before...

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

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Sunday, March 7, 2004 7:12 PM

BRIAREOS

Well let's see two married couples, two co-workers, and one of my gm's, (and three of them were in the 'Firefly game I ran recently) oh, and a complete stranger while at Best Buy...that's eight if my math is right...
With more to come (insert maniacal laughter here.)

"Here's a little concept, I've been workin' on...why don't we shoot her first?"

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Monday, March 8, 2004 6:41 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

Converted another friend this weekend. This guy was a real hold out, which is odd as he is a sci fi fan like me. I tried to loan him the DVDs several times, but he always came up w/ some excuse that he could not watch them.

So, this past Saturday night I invited him over w/ another friend I have already converted. When he showed up, we ordered pizza and sat down and watched "Serenity" & then "Train Job". He liked them so much, we wound up staying up until 3 am to watch four more episodes.

Needless to say he went home w/ discs 3 & 4 so he can watch the rest of the series.

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

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Monday, March 8, 2004 6:55 AM

GWEILO

Hey, I just though of something... Do people who are already avid Sci-Fi fans count as converts? They're only too easy to convert.

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Monday, March 8, 2004 8:15 AM

ZEKE023

I am a convert of six people - and it took some doing. :)

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Monday, March 8, 2004 8:23 AM

GWEILO

All I had to do is nag some of the people to watch it.

After that... things sort of took care of themselves.

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Monday, March 8, 2004 8:37 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

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Originally posted by GweiLo:
Hey, I just though of something... Do people who are already avid Sci-Fi fans count as converts? They're only too easy to convert.

I do, because this last guy does not like Buffy or Angel and is a die hard Star Wars/Star Trek type and goes for the big flashy battle scenes. He is not much into the lower budget sci fi shows.

Keep in mind too that not all sci fi fans like Firefly, if they did, there would be a lot more of us Browncoats.

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

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Monday, March 8, 2004 8:50 AM

GWEILO

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Keep in mind too that not all sci fi fans like Firefly, if they did, there would be a lot more of us Browncoats.

That's true I guess.

I met this one guy online who's a huge sci-fi fan but he didn't like Firefly. His reason: No aliens.

In his mind, Firefly wasn't propper Sci-fi... To which I replied and asked him if he didn't think that movies like Bladerunner and Gattaca were sci-fi either then... those movies being void of aliens and all? He never replied. Go figure.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004 7:20 PM

ANKHAGOGO

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I met this one guy online who's a huge sci-fi fan but he didn't like Firefly. His reason: No aliens. In his mind, Firefly wasn't propper Sci-fi... B]

Apparently I'm a bit of a freak because I don't really consider Firefly to be sci-fi. Sure, there's the spaceships, which does tend to put it in the sci-fi category, but I think it's more Western than sci-fi. I don't just mean the clothes or the speech -- it just feels more Western to me than sci-fi. Vague enough for ya?

And HEY! Got another one!
I took disc one over to my friend's house for her birthday, and after The Train Job, she said, "So are you gonna go home and get the other discs?"

Yippee!

"Jayne is a girl's name."

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004 9:10 PM

TOM

working on #'s 4-6 right now ;) and have had word the ones before converted others.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:37 AM

GWEILO

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Originally posted by Ankhagogo:
Apparently I'm a bit of a freak because I don't really consider Firefly to be sci-fi. Sure, there's the spaceships, which does tend to put it in the sci-fi category, but I think it's more Western than sci-fi. I don't just mean the clothes or the speech -- it just feels more Western to me than sci-fi. Vague enough for ya?

Nono, I can see why you think of it that way. I'm not here to debate the defenition of sci-fi either. There are HUGE influences from westerns, pirate & ninja movies in a lot of the flicks we call classic sci-fi/fantasy (Star Wars... need I say more?).

You can call it a horror-comedy for all I care, as long as you like the show. The problem with this guy was that he couldn't see past the fact that there were no aliens. He couldn't watch and enjoy it as a sci-fi nor a western I guess. And that's just sad.

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Snacka Firefly/Buffy/Angel/Whedon på Svenska! http://forum.blueharvest.net/serenity

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:37 PM

ANKHAGOGO

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Originally posted by GweiLo:
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Nono, I can see why you think of it that way. I'm not here to debate the defenition of sci-fi either.

Oh, I know it's not an issue in debate; I just thought I'd mention it.

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There are HUGE influences from westerns, pirate & ninja movies in a lot of the flicks we call classic sci-fi/fantasy (Star Wars... need I say more?). The problem with this guy was that he couldn't see past the fact that there were no aliens. He couldn't watch and enjoy it as a sci-fi nor a western I guess. And that's just sad.
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I find that kind of weird, really. Sci-fi isn't nearly as structured in its "traditional" contents as alot of other genres, Westerns included. There's alot of wiggle room, as far as premises are concerned, in creating a sci-fi show/movie/book.

Point of interest (perhaps): I did a presentation in film class on how a large percentage of movies can be considered "Westerns" at the very basic level -- and I used Army of Darkness as an example. It actually went over really well..heh.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:44 PM

GETUPKID

yeah i only converted one, cause i named my computer Serrenity and painted the ship with chinesse writing on it. Most people tend not to like me so they think everything i do is tah mah de stupid. But the one i did convert is a hottie.

Oh, my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Whose flying this thing?! Oh, right, that would be me. Back to work

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:54 PM

PHOENIX451KP

So far only one. But when she gave my set back to me she had bought her own set. She also took my set to some of her role playing friends and got them hooked about 3 or 4 I think. I also have another coworker who is interested. She likes Buffy and Angel so she should like this as well.

My very first post.

You don't faith River. It fixes you. --- Book

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:55 PM

PHOENIX451KP

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:04 PM

EBILBRANMUFFIN

Well you can chalk up another one for RkL. I downloaded a few episodes and loved it. And i came from cantr, firefly fans should check the game out, never hurts to try it atleast once. Great show and great game, thanks to the two people named Jos i am waging a good war against the outside and sunlight. Anyway check the game out at www.cantr.net

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:18 AM

Got a couple in process at the moment

Also, got a picture of Wash as my avatar on a football discussion board (that's real football, or 'soccer' in American!

), and a couple more people have got interested from that, so a potential four, but only one 'solid' at the moment.

It's perhaps a bit trickier out here in the UK at the moment, but when the region 2 DVDs are out in April....

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:52 AM

GWEILO

Quote:
Originally posted by Ankhagogo:
Point of interest (perhaps): I did a presentation in film class on how a large percentage of movies can be considered "Westerns" at the very basic level -- and I used Army of Darkness as an example. It actually went over really well..heh.

I bet it did! I mean, what are all those action flicks if not a bunch of cowboys and indians running around shooting at each other?

I did a similar thesis on Star Wars once... except with pirate movie influences on Return of the Jedi. It's really kind of funny when you start to look at Jabba's Sail barge as a pirate ship with gun hatches. Plus... the guy who instructed Mark and the other actors on fencing with the sabers is the same guy who used to teach Errol Flynn. Beat that!

Oh, and I now have two more confirmed converts on my list. Yay!

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Snacka Firefly/Buffy/Angel/Whedon på Svenska! http://forum.blueharvest.net/serenity

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:23 AM

THEREAVER

28. I had to give a persuasive presentation at school and I did 'why Firefly shouldn't have been cancelled.' I used clips from the series to show them and I converted the entire class.

I'll rape you to death.
I'll eat your flesh.
I'll sew your skin into my clothes.
If you're very very lucky, I'll do it in that order - TheReaver

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:54 AM

DEBBIEBUK1

I've only got four so far (husband plus three children), but they can quote most of the dialogue which is worrying. My daughter is telling her high school teacher about it a lot(he's already a Buffy/ Angel fan though), but as AJ says above it will be a lot easier here in the UK when R2 dvds are out, I'm buying a set just for lending out, starting with my sister.

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