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Originally posted by rangrbob:
Last christmas after my roomate bought me Firefly and I finally realized how wonderful it was. See, I had a hard time following it when it was being run on fox. I decided to buy my mother a copy because I knew how much she liked good TV. I thought it was funny when I talked to her today and she told me she had to go out and buy another copy for herself. She had lent out her original copy to some friends and now she can't get them back. Apparently they are making their way around the town of Dehlonega GA. from one person to another. Kind of like a virus converting everyone who sees them. Just thought I'd share

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Originally posted by zoid:
Browncoat1:

I'm an even better 'dealer' than that: I give 'em enough of a taste to get 'em hooked, then I cut 'em off. If they want more -- and they always do -- they've got to buy their next fix, same as everybody else...

I usually show them "Serenity", followed by "Out of Gas". This way the unsuspecting and uninitiated get the back story on all the crew and continuing passengers, without really screwing with the timelines. If they're ready for more -- which again, they always are -- I then show them "Our Mrs. Reynolds" if they're guys, or "The Message" if they're girls. I think these episodes are pretty much standalone, without too much 'big arc' content as far as Season 1 is concerned, so they don't screw up the story, particularly.

Then I say, "Whew! Four hours! Where has the time gone?", pack up my box set and split, leaving them gasping for more. (Mine is an evil laugh)

Bingo! Converts! Paying converts...



Respectfully,

zoid
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"River didn't fix faith. Faith fixed River."

- Senator Richard 'Book' Wilkins, Independent Congress
author of A Child Shall Lead Them: A History of the Second War of Independence

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Not a bad idea Zoid. Hook them, get them the back story, then leave them begging for more

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Originally posted by zoid:
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Not a bad idea Zoid. Hook them, get them the back story, then leave them begging for more

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If I can get 'em to watch all the way through "Serenity" -- which I have only failed to do once in over 20 tries -- then they become paying fans. Simple as that.

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Most common comment heard after watching the pilot: "This was on television!?"

Most common comment heard after 3- or 4-hour 'initiation' session: "Fox cancelled this!?"

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"Serenity" the pilot could have been released in the theatre with only a few production upgrades. I hope SciFi-US airs the pilot and perhaps some of the other series episodes prior to the BDM's theatrical release, as has been suggested elsewhere on FFFn. I agree it would boost interest in the movie. Like I said: a 100% success rate on converts, using my proven-though-not-patented method. Try it, it works. And do make them pay for their own copies, if they're well-heeled enough to do so. Worthy art deserves to be supported with funding.

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One caveat though: If you're anything like me, repeated viewings are hard to take, emotionally. Although I'm a 45-year old male, married with children, and considered somewhere between 'cantankerous' and 'curmudgeonly', I have a difficult time at the ends of episodes, in particular.

Having to explain that you're crying softly, not so much because of anything sad happening in the episode, but rather because the filmmaker -- Joss Whedon -- touched something true and human in his work, is kind of tough on the 'hard-bitten' rep. Explaining to stunned friends that true art always makes you cry, because you're suddenly so proud to be a human, is a humbling experience.

So usually I don't mop at my eyes -- since that generally only makes it worse -- and trust that the low lighting will hide any welling up or actual tear tracks, until I can get to kitchen/bathroom and straighten myself out. I also try real hard to avoid talking during these attacks, since I'm liable to choke up and sound funny, or else start outright blubbering.

I mean, these little sessions are intended to be about introducing my thinking friends to the best piece of adult programming ever aired on TV; not an expose of my unsuspected soft side. Have I mentioned that Fox TV's headquarters are located directly atop the San Andreas Fault in my dreams?

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"River? I thought she was a sweet girl. Of course, we were all sure she was crazy, too."

- Inara Reynolds, Secretary of Ecumenical Affairs
from A Child Shall Lead Them: A History of the Second War of Independence Wilkins, Richard

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I love these little quotes you have been doing Zoid. Are these just for fun, or a fan fic you are working on?

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Originally posted by zoid:
BTW, I do have a little 'opening scene' I wrote for the BDM that's pretty funny, featuring Jayne and Mal, if anyone's interested. I also did a little scene -- based on one of the other newsgroup poster's desire to get "The Ballad of Serenity" into the movie. It features Joss in a cameo role as an Elvis Impersonator, singing the ballad ala his rendition on the DVD extra.

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interested! please share!

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Fade in from black, to a wall of lush, dense jungle growth. The camera continues to close in on one particular spot in the waxy, broad-leafed greenery and suddenly, amid the shadowy growth a pair of eyes open wide, then go to slits, peering back and forth to check that the way is clear.

As the camera pulls back, the figure emerges from the bush and we can see that it is Jayne, in full camo and paintstick. As the camera slowly pans from his face to a following shot, he slowly lowers from his crouch to crawl on all fours across the forest floor. The camera pans back from behind, around to his face as he reaches his goal, parts the broad leaves that reveal his target, and a satisfied grin threatens to crease his grim visage as he brings his binoculars to his eyes.

The camera then pans around to the Jayne's-eye view and we behold his quarry...

The entire female cast of Firefly naked and bathing in a jungle pool, in a very businesslike fashion (including Saffron, please; who cares how she got there). We watch them bathing and chatting -- perhaps Kaylee and River splashing playfully -- for long enough to get the 'R' (what? 30 seconds?) then we hear the click-whirr of a revolver and Jayne whirls to find himself staring into the barrel of Mal's pistol.

Mal says quietly, menacingly: "We've got to stop meeting like this."

Jayne whispers angrily: "Sshhh! You'll spook 'em!" and turns back to the scene.

As Mal grabs Jayne's web belt and drags him back through the bushes toward the ship, we go to opening credits.

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