New Firefly/Serenity Fan in Korea by maekchu

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New Firefly/Serenity Fan in Korea

POSTED BY: MAEKCHU
UPDATED: Sunday, August 19, 2007 00:02
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Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:21 PM

I'm way behind the curve here as I just discovered this series/movie recently. I'm an American living/working in South Korea since 1998 and never heard of the show until I rented Serenity from my local DVD store.

Well it's been an immediate love affair. I ordered the complete Firefly series (after watching the disks I rented from Netflix) from Amazon a month ago and just put in my pre-order for the CE of Serenity.

I've been passing around the series DVD's in my office and have several others already hooked. I can't believe this series was never promoted or advertised over here. Fox really dropped the ball on this one IMHO.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hello to you good folks in The Verse and let you know this show continues to find fans around the world despite the best efforts of Fox (The Alliance). Cheers!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 1:01 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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

Welcome to the ranks of the browncoats! Glad to have you here posting with us. We love hearing how new fans found the show.

Korea? Shiny! Talk about having a great opportunity for spreading the word. I can only imagine that not many people there are familiar with the series or the movie. Get out there and introduce them to the show! Good luck!

Take care and keep flyin'!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 1:53 AM

DONCOAT

Welcome aboard, maekchu! Glad you found this shiny ship. Our good friend FollowMal will be by shortly to issue you your virtual browncoat.

Quote:
Originally posted by maekchu:
Fox really dropped the ball on this one IMHO.

In the immortal words of our Captain, "You have no idea." Fox totally botched Firefly -- starting the day after they greenlighted the show. We can only hope that Universal catches on to the highly shiny nature of Serenity and brings us more adventures in the 'verse.

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I'm pointin' right at it!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 2:10 AM

SISTER

Welcome Maekchu! I share your 'guilt' at not finding Firefly until YEARS after it was on the network-that-WAS....I saw the movie, Serenity on cable a little over a year ago..got the DVD's and watched the show in a marathon session with my husband..both of us completely amazed at the stupidity of those who made the decision to cancel it! I'm so glad you found this site as it helped me tremendously to cope with the guilt/sorrow/pain that there will be no more. Taking part in some of the marketing strategies for the Collectors' Edition - voting for Firefly as the best TV show ever on the voting thread - joining the 76th Independent Army Battalion - all fun/helpful (for me anyway)...Keep making new Browncoats and pointing them here...we love new people and this is a good and welcoming place..so, welcome..

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Monday, August 13, 2007 2:18 AM

PENGUIN

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Monday, August 13, 2007 5:48 AM

WASHNWEAR

WELCOME! Welcome, welcome, welcome! ...did I say 'welcome' yet...?

It was like that when we got here!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 5:53 AM

WASHNWEAR

Quote:
Originally posted by Sister:
Welcome Maekchu! I share your 'guilt' at not finding Firefly until YEARS after it was on the network-that-WAS....

But there's no shame in arriving "late"...not like the shame you might find in...oh, I don't know...in, say...dropping your pants drunkenly at your niece's wedding...just to cite a purely hypothetical example...

It was like that when we got here!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 6:32 AM

ATHENON

Hey, welcome to our shiny site! Korea, huh? Nice. Never been there, then again I've never been out of North America (or even to Canada).

Shiny! Welcome aboard...just watch your head. Lots of people like to bump their head when getting into their bunk :P

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Athenon

"My food is problematic"

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Monday, August 13, 2007 7:15 AM

FIREFLYGAL

Welcome to the Browncoat fold. You have just gained a ton of "family" you never knew you had. I'm so glad Firefly is finding its way around the world.

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Monday, August 13, 2007 7:22 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Quote:
Originally posted by maekchu:
I'm way behind the curve here as I just discovered this series/movie recently. I'm an American living/working in South Korea since 1998 and never heard of the show until I rented Serenity from my local DVD store.

Well it's been an immediate love affair. I ordered the complete Firefly series (after watching the disks I rented from Netflix) from Amazon a month ago and just put in my pre-order for the CE of Serenity.

I've been passing around the series DVD's in my office and have several others already hooked. I can't believe this series was never promoted or advertised over here. Fox really dropped the ball on this one IMHO.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hello to you good folks in The Verse and let you know this show continues to find fans around the world despite the best efforts of Fox (The Alliance). Cheers!

YAY!!! *FMF jumps up and down with joy or would if she felt better, but INSIDE I am jumping up and down with joy*

We LOVE new people!

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Monday, August 13, 2007 6:54 PM

FLORALBUNNY

Welcome Home, maekchu. You're #27702 aboard this shiny ship and we're right glad to see you coming up the ramp.

There is no "behind the curve." There is perhaps
"didn't board on the first orbit" but that's no big deal. Have a mug of this, the finest of Mudder's Milk, and a basket of these gigantic ripe strawberries, obtained by yours truly at great risk to life and limb (others', not mine).

In a little bit we'll go on up to the galley to question the buffet and then there'll be some dancing or hoop-ball, or the Tall Card high-roller tournament, whichever you prefer.

Please do not step on ShipsCat or into her dish.

Congrats on spreading the Firefly love in a new area!

bun
Frisky Browncoat

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Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Hi there!

I was stationed in Korea when I bought the DVD set. I had previously discovered Firefly in Sept of 2002 when it premiered. Thought I'd never see it again, but there it was on the shelf at the BX in Osan. Spent literally every cent to my name at the time to get it, and never regretted one penny.

I also discovered this website while I was there, and while the face of things have changed since then, signing on to FFF has also been something else that I never regretted.

Welcome. You're in good company!

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..."

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Monday, August 13, 2007 10:31 PM

MAEKCHU

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I'm doing what I can to spread the word about this show in the English speaking community. I wish I could get my hands on a copy of the series with Korean subtitles.

Does anyone know if there is a Region 3 DVD set available? I've been to several DVD shops here in Taagu but can't find any? Didn't see any on Ebay either.

Thanks again folks. I'm happy I found this shiny ship. :)

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:02 AM

AMILLION2ONE

Ooh new people with shiny stories

Welcome and good luck on the conversions to the 'verse...I'm not too certain where you would be able to obtain a copy in region 3...have you contacted Universal at all they might be able to steer you in the right direction.

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Friday, August 17, 2007 8:41 PM

NARIEN

Quote:
Originally posted by maekchu:
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I'm doing what I can to spread the word about this show in the English speaking community. I wish I could get my hands on a copy of the series with Korean subtitles.

Does anyone know if there is a Region 3 DVD set available? I've been to several DVD shops here in Taagu but can't find any? Didn't see any on Ebay either.

Thanks again folks. I'm happy I found this shiny ship. :)

Welcome, ever so welcome! I'm in Korea, too, and have been watching the boards for signs of activity over here! Yours is the first I've seen! Daegu, huh? I'm near Nonsan myself.

As for the series, I have not been able to find it in a Region 3 version here or online. I've been looking for months with no success, even looked while on my trip to Malaysia last summer. The Region 2 version is available in Japan, but without Japanese subtitles. Go figure. I suspect that a general knowledge of Chinese here in conjunction with censorship may have blocked its market here. You can get the Region 3 Serenity movie from this site:

http://www.cdworldwide.net/product_info.ph...f7749f8dc7c8977

It's a seller in Thailand, and their dvd has subtitles in Thai and Chinese. It also has a censorship label but, ironically, I haven't watched it myself as I have Region 1 on my laptop and brought my own copies with me - of course! I've picked up a copy anyway to put in the university library here in an effort to create interest among Koreans, if possible. There is a big market for scifi and horror here, so I think it has strong potential. By the way, if you have more luck than I've had in the search for Region 3 FF, please let me know. I am more than ready to help work on converting the English-speaking community here!

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Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:20 PM

MAEKCHU

Hi Narien,

I'm happy to know that there is at least one other Browncoat here in Korea.

I need all the help I can get to convert the masses. ha ha.

I've been surprised by the limited (I.E. zero) exposure of Firefly in Korea. I think it has less to do with censorship and more to do with Fox never having really supported or marketed the show properly. Stargate and Stargate-Atlantis seem to be on here all the time and I've also seen Farscape, Children of Dune, Heroes, the various Star Treks and now Blade the Series all on TV here so there is definitely a market for the genre in this country. The slang and conversational nuances of Firefly may not translate so easily but the show is so well done that I'm sure it would be popular here if a decent (any) effort were made.

I hope that some of your students will have an interest with the English-only copy you provided them. Who knows, that could be the first step in getting Firefly some exposure here and into the mainstream. I haven't given up finding a Hangul subtitled copy yet. I'll be checking out the Seoul electronics market soon as they have everything under the (Blue) sun there. If there is a copy of Firefly anywhere in Korea, it will be there.

Anyway....nice to meet you. If you're ever in Daegu, drop me a line and the first Mudder's Milk is on me. Cheers.

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Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:02 AM

NARIEN

Quote:
Originally posted by maekchu:
Hi Narien,

I've been surprised by the limited (I.E. zero) exposure of Firefly in Korea. I think it has less to do with censorship and more to do with Fox never having really supported or marketed the show properly. Stargate and Stargate-Atlantis seem to be on here all the time and I've also seen Farscape, Children of Dune, Heroes, the various Star Treks and now Blade the Series all on TV here so there is definitely a market for the genre in this country. The slang and conversational nuances of Firefly may not translate so easily but the show is so well done that I'm sure it would be popular here if a decent (any) effort were made.

I'll be checking out the Seoul electronics market soon as they have everything under the (Blue) sun there. If there is a copy of Firefly anywhere in Korea, it will be there.

Anyway....nice to meet you. If you're ever in Daegu, drop me a line and the first Mudder's Milk is on me. Cheers.

You're right about the scifi on TV here; there's plenty out there and lots of horror as well, so we can't blame the Reavers. Plenty of F*x reality crap TV, too, so why not firefly?! Let me know if you have any luck with the electronics market in Seoul. I really would like to get firefly into the library here, preferably with Korean subtitles.

If you're going to be in Daejon on a weekend, let me know and the mudder's milk (makkoli?) is on me!

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