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Just've seen firefly for first time

POSTED BY: KONSTANTINDK
UPDATED: Saturday, April 26, 2008 02:01
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:41 PM

KONSTANTINDK


And that was great. Yes, not the best special effects, but I would watch more if they filmed more. Watched 14 episodes in 2 day.

I remember seeing a movie few years ago, and it was great, too. Now I'm thinking of renting it to see it again.

It's so sad that the series you like get canceled and the ones that you don't like at all go forever. Like for 5 years +

Unfortunately, no one even wrote books... You know, some people are just too old to read comics.

Hope you guys are doing OK here.

And DAMN YOU FOX!


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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:50 PM

COPILOT


So glad to see you've found our little corner of the 'verse. Yes yes we have all damned fox.

An I carried such a torch

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:53 PM

BIGGESTDAMNHERO


Welcome aboard our Shiny Firefly named Serenity. Watch out for Jayne. Take care.
BDH


"And I'm thinking you weren't
burdened with an overabundance of
schooling"

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:55 PM

PENTHOS


Welcome! You're in fine company.. But if you've only seen the movie once, definitely see it again... It gets better every time!

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:56 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
And that was great. Yes, not the best special effects, but I would watch more if they filmed more. Watched 14 episodes in 2 day.




Firefly won a televison award for Special Effects. I think it was an Emmy. Now that other shows have spent the past 6 years copying the Effects from Firefly, maybe they do look dated.
But they were groundbreaking at the time of broadcast.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:38 PM

AGATSU


Welcome!

You're never too old to read comic books, btw, and yes, you should definitely watch "Serenity" again now that you've watched "Firefly".
And most of all: SPREAD THE WORD!

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:51 AM

PIRATECAT


Howdu, its good show to watch over and over. Target has the box sets or rain checks for $18.00. Check your local pawn shop for a Serenity movie. As cheap as $3.00. Or go to HULU website for free episodes.

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"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:21 AM

LOKET


Just watched it for the first time myself a couple of weeks ago, did see Serenity for the first time some weeks before that and decided to order the Firefly box (never aired here i Sweden, hadn't heard of it before reading a bit on IMDB about the movie). Wathed it all on one day and have rewatched it almost twice since that togheter with a rewatch of the movie. Great series!

I didn't rely have a problem with the special effects though, I've seen a lot worse and the series is after all not the newest one out there.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:25 AM

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


Welcome to the site KonstantinDK. Glad to have you here posting with us.


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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 5:43 AM

KONSTANTINDK


Yes, I watched it on HULU.

And after watching few minutes of doctor who and battlestar galactica I have to say that special effects in Firefly were actually great!

P.S. But anyone seen Dresden files on Scifi? Those special effects are unbeatable for series.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:32 PM

ZZETTA13


Konstantindk welcome, glad to have you on the boat.
I was about to say that the FX on Firefly were GREAT, and if you’ve seen the BDM only once you’ll find the FX are fantastic on Serenity too. I love seeing the green glow of the thrusters in a star filled black sky, or the heat signature of the mule as it hovers above the ground in Serenity. Something else, I enjoy hearing the cargo bay ramp lowering or raising, it tells me that pretty soon something going to happen.

To old the read FF comics, how old is that? I’m 52 and still enjoy them.

Z

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 5:06 PM

FREELANCERTEX


welcome to the 'verse dude ^_^ glad you enjoyed joss's most masterful and original work. hope you enjoy your stay.


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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:26 PM

ANONYMOUS1


Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
I remember seeing a movie few years ago, and it was great, too. Now I'm thinking of renting it to see it again.



Welcome,

There is a Serenity Collector's Edition available with cast commentary and tons of extras.



Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
Unfortunately, no one even wrote books...



There is a novelization of the movie Serenity by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

Also New York Times Bestselling Author Steven Brust's Firefly Fanfiction Novel available for FREE Download!

http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html

Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
You know, some people are just too old to read comics.



I say never to old to read comic books.

Serenity: Better Days It's like a Firefly episode re-readable...re-watchable.



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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:12 PM

AGATSU


Quote:

Originally posted by zzetta13:
Something else, I enjoy hearing the cargo bay ramp lowering or raising, it tells me that pretty soon something going to happen.



Lol, that's cute. Awesome special effect!
At your age, the sparklers on the plastic rocket ships on strings in the original Flash Gordon must seem amazingly cutting edge, too!


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Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:40 AM

CLJOHNSTON108


Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
Watched 14 episodes in 2 day.


Yep, that seems to be the typical rate.
It was that way with me... and a LOT of others.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 5:01 AM

AGATSU


Quote:

Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Quote:

Originally posted by KonstantinDK:
Watched 14 episodes in 2 day.


Yep, that seems to be the typical rate.
It was that way with me... and a LOT of others.



Yup. Same here.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:56 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


I saw the end of a marathon in August 2007 on SciFi Channel. Caught the end of Ariel, and I think it went for 4 or 5 more eps. Then had to wait to find a store with DVDs of FF before getting the rest.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:20 PM

SHINYGOODGUY


Welcome aboard!

Glad you found the 'Verse and now you know what all the fuss is about. The reason why I think another movie will be made (and quite possibly a series; either on the 'net or on-demand) is that people keep discovering this gem of of TV series.
So go spread the word, sooner or later Fox will cave and give us back - Serenity.

Shiny! Let's be bad guys!

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Friday, April 25, 2008 12:09 PM

KONSTANTINDK


Just seen Serenity 2nd time. It's much better when you watch after the series.

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Friday, April 25, 2008 1:17 PM

TRAVELER


Hey Adagsu!

I have all three Flash Gordon serials on DVD.

In 1936 sparklers were the state of the art, considering there was very little special effects to compare it with. Just think of the guy who had to light those suckers.

Falling in love with Princess Aura is what made me a Science Fiction fan.

Gotta love Prisilla Lawson as Princess Aura;
traveler

Oh and by the way welcome to our new Browncoats.


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Friday, April 25, 2008 2:47 PM

AGATSU


The sparklers were nothing in comparison to the short trousers, though.
And Prisilla Lawson... very goth, in an old-fashioned way. Also, no short trousers.

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Friday, April 25, 2008 4:02 PM

TRAVELER


You had to mention the short trousers.

What if Mal had his suspenders holding up short pants?: )

After all this discussion of Flash Goedon I have the urge to grab my DVD's and start watching it again. But that is okay. because it leads me into seeing Firefly. It is wonderful to see the early roots of Science Fiction. I better add Metropolis to my viewing list. Now that puts Flash Gordon's effects to shame, although I still love Flash.


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Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:01 AM

AGATSU


Quote:

Originally posted by traveler:
You had to mention the short trousers.



I couldn't resist. They kind of stick to your memory.

Quote:

Originally posted by traveler:

What if Mal had his suspenders holding up short pants?: )



...or Jayne.

Quote:

Originally posted by traveler:

After all this discussion of Flash Goedon I have the urge to grab my DVD's and start watching it again. But that is okay. because it leads me into seeing Firefly. It is wonderful to see the early roots of Science Fiction. I better add Metropolis to my viewing list. Now that puts Flash Gordon's effects to shame, although I still love Flash.



Yup, truly revolutionary effects for its time, and I mean that with all respect.


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