Browncoats dicovering Buffy from the beginning... by chrisisall

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Browncoats dicovering Buffy from the beginning...

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 05:30
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Friday, May 12, 2006 2:12 PM

CHRISISALL

Just seeing Buffy for the first time? Post your thoughts here!

Carbon-dated Chrisisall

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:54 AM

CHRISISALL

Come on, I know at least one person here is on season 1.....

Marco....

ChrisisallPolo

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:16 AM

DIETCOKE

I know some folks that finally sat down and watch it saying they "knew" they would hate it and.....guess what? They loved it! Surprise, surprise.

Every Firefly fan needs to watch all of Joss' shows.

NY/NJ/CT Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:33 AM

EMBERS

I have a friend coming over on Thursday to watch Buffy's first episode of her first season
(I already got her started on Firefly, but she wants to meet Buffy too)...
I hope she likes it!

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:35 AM

FOLLOWMAL

Yup, Chris, I'm your one who has started it and thanks for this thread.

I was exactly one of those folk who thought I would never want to watch Buffy.. I actually had the audacity to think that it'd be dumb... you know the whole vampire/little girl kicking their ass thing.

Ohhh, how I've had to eat my words. I love it.
Not necessarily for the ass kicking girl/vampire thing... but because it's Joss. ( That is said with every amount of reverence that I can drum up!)

That man is a story teller extraordinaire. It's the little things.. the single sentences and the turn of a word.. or a moment of complete tenderness in an otherwise not tender situation.
And I am only beginning.. I am very much looking forward to discovering this 'verse now. I have been fascinated by the fact that I felt like I
knew the characters immediately, just like in Firefly.

So I am off on my adventure and I'll be checking back in and talking more about it..how can I resist?!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Sunday, May 14, 2006 4:04 PM

WHISPER

My friend is a browncoat turned Buffy fan. I lent her the first season of BtVS and she let it sit on her shelf for near 5 months. She was reluctant to watch due to preconceived notions and not liking SMG much. I finally sat her down about 2 months ago and forced her to watch. And what do you know, she fell in love with the show. She is now on season 4 and has even started borrowing Angel to watch concurrently.

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Monday, May 15, 2006 4:17 AM

CHRISISALL

D, have ya seen 'Ted' yet?

Creepy Three's Company Chrisisall

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Monday, May 15, 2006 4:20 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by embers:
I have a friend coming over on Thursday to watch Buffy's first episode of her first season
(I already got her started on Firefly, but she wants to meet Buffy too)...
I hope she likes it!

If she can make it through the first few minutes of what looks superficially like a 'teen' show, you will have her!

Xander was such a little puppy back then Chrisisall

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Monday, May 15, 2006 4:35 AM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Xander was such a little puppy back then Chrisisall

particularly in 'The Pack'
LOL
(I love that show, it is one of my favorite early episodes...the dodge ball scene was classic!)

I'm going to point out that the first few minutes (before the credits) are the mission statement of the show, which will insure she actually pay attention to what is happening instead of thinking 'vampires'...
because the point is, things are never what they seem, and the little blonde girl is no longer just the victim...now she can be a lot more!

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Monday, May 15, 2006 7:24 AM

SASHASRM

Okay. So i'm a buffy fan who has never seen firefly. And believe me, i want to and will when I have the chance. I'm assuming the is what a browncoat is, a firefly fan.

Anyhoo, I too scoffed at Buffy when it came out. Swore I'd never watched. One day I turned on the TV, School Hard was one, and I was hooked. I blame it all on Spike. If, say, Some Assembly Required or I Robot had been my first episode, this post would never have been written.

I like the quiet

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Monday, May 15, 2006 7:27 AM

FOLLOWMAL

Sashasrm,

You have to see Firefly and Serenity, stat!!!!!

They are so good.... IMHO better than Buffy and I haven't seen Angel yet.. but you have to see it as soon as you can.

Oh, and Embers, I loved "The Pack" as well. Got to see the wilder meaner side of Xander.. very interesting.

And Chris, I don't think I'm there yet...I'm a lookin'.

*goes back to watching Buffy avidly*

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Monday, May 15, 2006 7:36 AM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by sashasrm:
Okay. So i'm a buffy fan who has never seen firefly. And believe me, i want to and will when I have the chance. I'm assuming the is what a browncoat is, a firefly fan.

ACK!!!
what on earth are you doing here?
how did you even find this site if you are not a firefly fan?

don't get me wrong, it is cool to want to discuss Buffy, that was a great show...
but Firefly is even greater, and you should run (don't walk) out and get yourself the DVDs -
go ahead and get them from the video store or from netflix if you can't afford the buy the set right now...but do not put it off one more minute!

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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse
have you checked out this thread?:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

and listen to 'I'm Going To See Serenity':
http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a0
c814e1229742ce77ed4497cbf4631c

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Monday, May 15, 2006 8:42 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by sashasrm:
Okay. So i'm a buffy fan who has never seen firefly.

If you like Buffy I have a sneaking suspicion you'll kind of like Firefly.
You know, in the way that if you like West Side Story, you'll kind of like Shakespear...

Bard Chrisisall

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Monday, May 15, 2006 8:55 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

The long journey is about to begin. From the top, as it were. Sunday I ordered S-1 of Buffy via Blockbuster and will be viewing each season, straight through until I finish.

I own S-2 and S-5 of Angel, and may consider buying S-1, sometime down the line. ( I can do w/ out S-3& 4 ).

I of course have a general idea of things Buffy, the main characters, basic plots and a few sub plots. But having watched Firefly many MANY times, as well as Angel at least 2x's through, I know I've missed much when it comes to Buffy. Heck I've missed entire SEASONS of Buffy, not to mention key episodes here and there.

This should be fun.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Monday, May 15, 2006 9:01 AM

CHRISISALL

Unlike what some here will say, I believe Buffy is good from start to finish (minus some weak eps during season 1, and not bad for the most part, just weak).
I think I'm with ya on Angel 3 & 4.

Various eps will hurt some, like life...

Enjoy.

Slayerfest '06 Chrisisall

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Monday, May 15, 2006 5:16 PM

SASHASRM

well, somehow I missed that Firefly even existed, and then Serenity came out and of course I wanted to see it, but I made friends who were Firefly fans who stopped me, said watch the show first, promised to screen it for me, and then went away :(

hopefully i can rectify this oversight in the near future.

"I like the quiet"

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Monday, May 15, 2006 6:14 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Here's my story of how I came upon Joss's universes:

I'm basically a *recent* convert to all this Jossy goodness. Up until less than a year ago, I'd never seen a single episode of Buffy, Angel, or Firefly. While on "sabbatical" from my old job (read, I quit, but they seemed to think that I was coming back, despite my fervent and frequent denials!), I took a few months off and spent my days working on my cars. By around the end of June or beginning of July, I got in the habit of taking a couple hours off in the middle of the day; I'd work on the cars from 6:30am 'til noon or so, then come inside for lunch and a bit of a siesta, to get out of the Texas heat.

It was during this time that I "discovered" Buffy. FX network was running the show every day from noon 'til 2:00pm (2 eps back-to-back). Being that it was daytime and NOTHING else was on, I decided I'd look at it a bit while I ate lunch and read. I figured it would be "background noise". WRONG! The very first episode I saw had Willow (or "that chick from American Pie", as I called her) as a vampire queen. Then I saw Seth Green, whom I'd like in the Austin Powers flicks and the short-lived Greg the Bunny show. I was intrigued. Within a few days, I was hooked. Before I knew it, my wife was hooked as well, and we decided we'd buy Season 1 on DVD "just to catch up". Famous last words. That led, of course, to buying S2, then S3, and so on. And, of course, once Angel left, we had to check out S1 of his show. And then S2, etc.

It was only after we'd seen all the seasons of Buffy and Angel that I found out about Firefly. This was about a month before Serenity hit the screen. A friend of mine told me if I liked Buffy and Angel, I'd probably like Firefly. That was all I needed to hear; I bought the DVD set within a week (I went the very next day, but couldn't find it in stock anywhere). As a way of repaying him for putting us onto Firefly, my wife and I took him with us to see Serenity on opening day.

And I've been here pretty much ever since. Here's one important thing that I've learned: If you like one of Joss's shows, you're pretty much going to find something to love in ALL of his shows.

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:19 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
And I've been here pretty much ever since. Here's one important thing that I've learned: If you like one of Joss's shows, you're pretty much going to find something to love in ALL of his shows.

If there is a down side to falling in love with Joss's shows, it's coming to the understanding that NO ONE is off limits to being dusted, sliced, stabbed, posessed, or what ever-ed to death. Lovable characters should be the most wary.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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