So are you BF, DB, BD, or AD?

POSTED BY: Stillshiny
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 00:49
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STILLSHINY

Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:19 PM

Not looking to create division. Just curious. "When did you become a Browncoat?"

BF - Before Fox started airing the show

DB - During The Broadcast

BD - Before the DVD's

AD - After the DVD's

Remember it's not a "Who's the greatest fan?" contest. I'm just curious.

I consider myself DB. I watched the show from the first episode, but I had heard nothing else except the lame promos by Fox. But somehow I knew I would like the show.

Ok so now you see what I'm looking for. So which are you??????

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CLIOMUSE

Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:35 PM

DB - hooked on "The Train Job."

P1NKISPUNK

Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:37 PM

AD - a Brit and major Joss fan, gradually got every Buffy and Angel then decided to go for the show he kept mentioning in commentaries

Soooo glad I did

"This mummy hand has ceased to exist! It is an ex-mummy hand!"

GWEK

Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:41 PM

DB. Liked the show from the first episode, but wasn't hooked until "Our Mrs. Reynolds." Fortunately, I'd recorded all the episodes (just in case the show happened to be good), so I was able to go back to the beginning when I got hooked.

DARKJESTER

Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:28 PM

I'd have to say I'm DB as well. Knew it was coming, really looked forward to it, but didn't know too much about it other than the Fox promos. I really liked the show, but I didn't know how hooked I was until I had to fight back tears when I realized that I had NOT set the VCR the week that "Ariel" was broadcast. Pre-broadband, I had to wait for the DVDs before I finally saw that episode.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

STILLSHINY

Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:40 PM

I might add I saw all the unaired episodes when a friend downloaded them for me. And I watched them in a crappy slow choppy RM format. Getting my DVD's was like a breath of fresh and very clear air.

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HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:05 PM

DB - I wasn't the hip and cool internet savvy girl that i am today at the time the show started, and was only really just then becoming a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, so the only thing i knew of the show is what fox had to tell me: "A tough guy named Jayne! *JUST SCARE HIM A LITTLE. PAIN IS SCARY* A cosmic hooker! *HOW'S BUSINESS? NONE OF YOURS* And a girl in a box *RIVER SCREAMS*" and was a little skeptical at first...because you know... a cosmic hooker is only a big selling point if your a guy...

and well, here i am

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MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

NESS

Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:17 PM

BF: I was a fan of Joss' from Buffy so when I heard he was creating a new show I knew right away that I would watch and get hooked. I don't think I cared what the show was going to be about, I was just happy to see Joss try his hand at something else besides vampires.

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing." - Zoe

CYBERSNARK

Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:45 PM

I'm BF too. Again, a fan of Buffy & Angel, and had already resolved to watch whatever Joss came up with.

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SLAYER730

Sunday, May 1, 2005 12:01 AM

I totally agree with Cybersnark. I'm a BF too. Already a rabid Buffy and Angel fan that had to play catch-up with those; I wasn't going to miss a new show that I could catch from the very beginning. And anything Joss does is genius, so I was already sold. I even made it a priority to watch on vacation 3 states away.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

BLUEBOMBER

Sunday, May 1, 2005 12:55 AM

Can't say I was a "BTVS" or "Angel" fan though. I could never get into them, and I had a hard time seeing what all the hype was about. I know I'm gonna catch all kindsa flak for that, but anyways...

I'm an AD fan. My buddy and I watched "Serenity" when he borrowed the DVD from his sister, and I was hooked. I *HAD* to get the set for myself.

"Mwa ha ha ha...Mine is an evil laugh. Now die."

EMBERS

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:02 AM

BF: I started taping from the first second,
and had to phone my local Fox affiliate when ever the game went long
(so I'd know if they were going to run the show later...).
I had already been a huge Joss Whedon fan,
and I knew I was going to love the show because he created it.

ZEE87

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:11 AM

DB- actually tuned in the night of the first show because I wanted to watch John Doe first ... didn't like John Doe so much, but I LOVED Firefly. I was a Buffy and Angel fan, but the previews mentioning Joss Whedon didn't phase me much ... kind of embarrassing that John Doe was the reason I watched. I blame lousy Fox advertising!

Zee

Mal: If he calls back, you keep him occupied.
Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

PIOTROWSKI

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:12 AM

I'd have to say BF. Then as now I'd follow Joss' work anywhere.

I still remember with a mixture of shame and pride yelling and beating on the steering wheel as I raced home from an infuriatingly slow McDonald's drive-thru, covered in freshly spilled soda, cursing myself (and the world at large) for leaving to get food without at least setting a tape for "Bushwhacked."

Happy ending though. Made it just in time and my lovely wife was already taping it. But man, for a few minutes there in the solitude of my car there was a-screamin' goin' on!

ZNACHKI

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:46 AM

BF - without a doubt. All I had to hear was "Joss Whedon" and "New Series From" and I was counting down the days.

Shoot - now I can't remember who it was up the thread talking about forgetting to set their VCR, but that was so totally me!

When they finally showed the "real" pilot, Serenity, by the time the episode was coming to a close, I was standing in front of the TV screaming all manner of unkind things to the TV (which obviously was standing in for every executive at F*X that had anything to do with the way the show was treated.) I have never done that before.

RKLENSETH

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:49 AM

DB

Started with "Train Job" and never missed an episode except "Our Mrs. Reynolds" which I had to wait for the DVD which I was at a Boy Scout jamboree at the time at the Six Flags: The Great Escape in Lake George, New York.

The reason why I watched Firefly was because I was waiting for John Doe to come on (which sucked in the end anyways) and I also read the local TV reviewer (who happens to be named Mark McGwire;no relation to baseball though) review. He gave it a B+. He didn't give it an A at the time because he felt the pilot was too short and introduced the characters and the world to fast to the viewer for anyone to digest.

I didn't become involved in the online Browncoat community until right before the DVDs were released in December of 2003. It was by chance that I decided to try to google Firefly and see what I would come up with and it brought me here. And...well...here I am now.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

MSCKAREN

Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:49 AM

Although I read about the show and planned to watch just because it was a Whedon product, I wasn't overly impressed with the show's description or "The Train Job". (The REAL pilot was so much better!)

I continued to watch and steadily became a believer so that I, too, was a full-fledged Browncoat by the end of "Our Mrs. Reynolds".

So I'll call myself DB...

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"Appears they've canceled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."

SHADESIREN

Sunday, May 1, 2005 2:17 AM

BF, definitely. Been a fan for a long, long time (of Joss) and therefore was super-excited before Firefly even aired :D

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ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Sunday, May 1, 2005 2:40 AM

During broadcast. I will always envy those that saw Serenity first.

Keep flying

AURAPTOR

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:16 AM

Gotta come clean and say 'During'. While I enjoyed Buffy and Angel well enough, I wasn't the fan of those shows that I am now. Joss's previous work certainly got me curious, but it wasn't 'till I saw Firefly unfold during the broadcast that I REALLY started getting hooked.

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

LORA

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:25 AM

During Broadcast.

Was curious about it from the previews, but was so aggravated at what the new Star Trek I had looked forward to so much had become that I was purposely in the opposite end of the house from the TV during "The Train Job", trying to ignore my husband's whoops and cries of "You gotta come see this!" He turned it up, trying to entice me. I was being stubborn.

Then, I heard a strange exchange:
Conspiratorial man's voice, "Whatever happens, remember I love you."
Professional woman's voice, "Sir?"
Man, "Because you're my wife."
Woman, "Right. Sir. Honey."
And I had to know what was going on. I got to see the entire exchange with the sheriff, the brute on the bridge, and the Captain being noble with the medicine.

I was hooked.

"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?"

MANWITHPEZ

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:25 AM

Defintely during broadcast, but I had to be brought around...Was already a big Buffy and even bigger Angel fan, but the promos for Firefly just looked so...strange. To me, the promos looked liked...forced weirdness, if that's the right way to describe it. Watched The Train Job, and was not terribly excited by the teaser. But that theme song and title sequence...Knowing now, what I didn't know then, that the opening credits show you all you need to know really, and that beautiful song...and horses, and guns, and hot chicks and what an awesome ship! From the moment those first chords struck, I was a Browncoat for life. And, I tried, I really tried to watch the show, but I got moved to swing shift shortly after, so the only ones I got to see first run were Bushwhacked, Shindig, and Ariel (yeah, I don't know how that happened either.) Saw DVDs in the BX in Korea, snatched those bad boys up, watched the set three times, ran around on the internet, and found this site...Haken's holy grail to all the Browncoats!

Well...here I am.

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..."

CALLMEATH

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:34 AM

DB(I guess)- A huge fan of Buffy and a somewhat lesser one of Angel, so of course I had to see what Joss's idea of sci-fi would be. I was interested from the instant I heard of it. Too bad I was scared of the internet back then, or I'd have been a member of this site for years. Not sure if that qualifies me for BF, since I can't really say I was hooked until I saw the show, though I was very interested.

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

KAYLEE4SIMON

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:38 AM

AD - long time Joss fan, but it was my first semester in college, so I didn't do much staying in on Friday nights.

Keep shiny!

GREENFAERIE

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:40 AM

AD

It's so strange for me. I vaguely remebered a series on FOX which I never managed to catch, and did an internet search. I found that the series had been cacelled, but there was a DVD out. I read the reviews, and took a risk and bought the DVD series. I am so glad I did! Ever since I have been waiting for more, and now the movie is coming out!

JADEHAND

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:51 AM

BF- Big Buffy/Angel fan saw the previews started taping from episode one. Oh yeah, happy one year anniversary as a FFF.neter to me. took me too long to start poking around the net for more fans, glad I found this fine site, and all of you.

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SGTGUMP

Sunday, May 1, 2005 4:13 AM

AD

Hooked before the the theme music started playing.

SHINY4004

Sunday, May 1, 2005 4:19 AM

BF too. :) I'm a big Whedonite and when I heard about Joss's new show...I tuned in. And then I became a Browncoat faster than you can say: "No power in the 'verse can stop me."

"Oh I'm going to the special hell."-Mal

TMURRIE

Sunday, May 1, 2005 4:54 AM

BD: I watched episodes of it on the Space network about 6 months after its beheading...i mean cancellation.

EMPRESSPIRK

Sunday, May 1, 2005 6:27 AM

DB and AD for me. Firefly started airing here on March 3rd, 2004 right around the time the BDM got the official green light.

Started watching Firefly because it was a Joss Whedon show and science fiction. I wasn’t hooked at first but kept watching. I started lurking here a couple of weeks later and joined a few weeks after that. Took about a month for me to realize I was a Browncoat but at that time I had only technically seen one episode from beginning to the end and read the script for the real pilot episode.

I ordered the DVDs before they had finished airing the series.

GROUNDED

Sunday, May 1, 2005 12:31 PM

BF. Being in the UK, I already knew the series was cancelled before it started airing. I suppose that's better in a way - no agonising wait to hear whether or not it'll stay on air ;)

ECGORDON

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:08 PM

DB

I had seen a few promos for it, knew who Whedon was but had never watched Buffy or Angel (I have since corrected that oversight).

I was not totally sold on "The Train Job," but was intrigued by Mal toward the end when he returned the medicine to the townspeople who needed it more than he needed the money.

Then I missed "Bushwacked" due to a vcr screw-up, but fell in love with the show with "Our Mrs. Reynolds," and did not miss any others but did not tape them unfortunately. I was going to do that when they were repeated. Stupid me.

Pre-ordered the dvds and got them a couple of days after their release, and have watched them at least sixteen times since then, however I may have lost count. I have also purchased six other sets to give as gifts and donated one to the local library.

I did not seek out internet sites for the show until after the dvds were released, but since then I either lurk or post regularly here, serenitymovie.net, serenitymovie.com, and the Prospero boards, along with my own ezboard - http://pub103.ezboard.com/bthetempletongateforums.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

WARTHAWG

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:19 PM

AD

I remember seeing the promos for Firefly on FOX,(I seem to recall something possibly mentioned about the show in Reason magazine as well) but failed at 2 seperate attempts to see it due to it being pre-emted in our area. I thought I'd really like Firefly even then.... but alas, I never saw it on broadcast TV. Time went by, I'd pretty much forgotten about the show, but then one day I saw the DVD set on the "new release" rack at Wal-Mart. I bought the DVD's after reading the box and remembering my former interest. This was a gamble, I thought at the time, but WOW am I glad I bought the DVD's. My whole family has watched every episode more times than I count, with OMR being our favorite.

WICCANSLYR

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:22 PM

DB then AD.

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INDIGO

Sunday, May 1, 2005 3:30 PM

AD -- We don't own a TV. We'd been heavy into Farscape after offering our first born for copies of the episodes from friends. But that show was done and over with and we were so sad, until my brother in law lent us his Firefly DVDs one day.

"You liked Farscape, you'll LOVE this."

We sighed a little sceptically, but were happily blown away by Firefly. Yep, we were in luv. But all too soon we had to return the DVDs. So we rented them, and re-rented them, and I began searching for fan sites, and our kid began to sing the Ballad of Serenity all the time (we didn't give him away after all), and finally I broke down and bought them, and....
now we watch them and re-watch them and are very happy.

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Screen.
Mind.
Both are Blank.

SERGEANTX

Sunday, May 1, 2005 5:03 PM

I figure I've been a browncoat since 1979 when I first started playing Traveller in high school. The themes and tone of that game are represented in Firefly better than any sci-fi I've ever seen on television or movies. I'd sure like to ask Joss point-blank if he's played the game. I have sneeking suspiscion he has.

But to answer your question directly - I saw Train Job when it first aired. It seemed promising, but it wasn't until later that week after I downloaded the unaired version of "Serenity" that I was hooked. So, DB I guess.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

STEVE580

Sunday, May 1, 2005 5:58 PM

Yeah, I also watched Firefly only because of John Doe, sadly. I missed The Train Job, but saw every other ep, and loved 'em. So, DB.

LOMARA

Sunday, May 1, 2005 7:04 PM

AD

I had been a casual "Angel" watcher since the beginning of the series, so I was curious about the new series "Firefly" I'd seen promos about.

However, due to Fox's mishandling of the show, I only managed to catch half an episode and didn't get interested at all. Sad, huh? Stoopid Fox.

So, once the DVD's came out, I kept hearing about how great the show was from people with the disks. Not being one to just fork over $40 for something as yet unseen, I rented the disks from Netflix and watched the episodes as intended, in order, and became a fan.

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Boredom is for the Uninventive.

BECSTHEBEAST

Sunday, May 1, 2005 7:27 PM

AD - but hooked from the word go - three days to see everything on the dvd and listen to the commentories
buffy and angel were by far the most interesting american tv i'd seen - although some people took the piss out of me for watching 'kids' shows hmmmph.

now need about 6 dvd sets to lend to people who liked buffy and angel and haven't heard of firefly.

the fact that a cancelled show can now be seen around the world is fantastic

(thanks zoid for correcting my signature)

'forgive my rudeness i cannot abide useless people'

BADGERSHAT

Sunday, May 1, 2005 8:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
Not looking to create division. Just curious. "When did you become a Browncoat?"

BF - Before Fox started airing the show

DB - During The Broadcast

BD - Before the DVD's

AD - After the DVD's

Remember it's not a "Who's the greatest fan?" contest. I'm just curious.

I consider myself DB. I watched the show from the first episode, but I had heard nothing else except the lame promos by Fox. But somehow I knew I would like the show.

Ok so now you see what I'm looking for. So which are you??????

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Beyond a doubt, a BF--

After the first season of "Buffy," I knew at that moment there was nothing JW could do that I wouldn't love.

A friend of mine in the industry told me about this new show, "something about horses, spaceships, and a hooker" and told me JW was heading it up... and I knew, whatever it was, I was going to watch it like it was my new religion.

And, sure enough, "Firefly" aired, and I loved it... despite not knowing what the freaking hell was going on, due to the morons at FUX skipping the rather vital pilot episode.

I even recall, back in the day, seeing "Alien Resurrection" and thinking, you know, this is a damn good story, despite the fact that it had to pick up after Alien 3." And, it wasn't until a few years later that I found out who wrote it.

By the way, is anyone else looking forward to the release of "Serenity?" In case you haven't heard yet, it's a sort of sequel to the "Firefly" series, and comes out in theaters at the end of September this year. I saw the trailer, looks pretty decent...

--Jefé The Hat

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--Don't bother trying to predict, figure out, second guess, criticize, or suggest anything that comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, for you shall usually be wrong, and shall find out the Truth and Purpose in due time.
(This is the Truth of Whedoning)

"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

PERIDIDDLE

Sunday, May 1, 2005 9:03 PM

Half a BD and half an AD, depending on how the BD goes. If it means before I actually got the DVDs, even if they were already released, then I'm a BD. My friend got the DVDs, and I was hooked in as she ranted and raved (I read scripts, saw clips, all that...)

But I guess I wasn't truly a Browncoat until I got the DVDs. So it's odd. I'll just saaayy...

AD.

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

TRIBES

Sunday, May 1, 2005 10:12 PM

AD...

Wife and I have been Browncoats since Apr of last year.
Don't ever remember seeing anything about Firefly when it was broadcast. Never watched Buffy or Angel never even heard of Joss Whedon. Our son brought the DVD over on a Fri. evening and by Sunday had finished and wanted more. Shocked to find out it had been cancelled for more than a year. Firefly was good stuff.
Damn shame. The stories and characters had heart and soul in spades. Want more...And just love those actors.
Wife was saying we should make a midnight showing
of Serenity in Sep. in Firefly T-shirts. Who'd a thought it. We are past the half century mark.

Peace
Serenity

BLINKER

Sunday, May 1, 2005 10:18 PM

BD.

Saw part of "The Train Job" in first run; wasn't impressed. Saw the entire series in order thanks to the Space channel... was impressed.

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, May 1, 2005 11:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Warthawg:
AD

I remember seeing the promos for Firefly on FOX,(I seem to recall something possibly mentioned about the show in Reason magazine as well) but failed at 2 seperate attempts to see it due to it being pre-emted in our area. I thought I'd really like Firefly even then.... but alas, I never saw it on broadcast TV. Time went by, I'd pretty much forgotten about the show, but then one day I saw the DVD set on the "new release" rack at Wal-Mart. I bought the DVD's after reading the box and remembering my former interest. This was a gamble, I thought at the time, but WOW am I glad I bought the DVD's. My whole family has watched every episode more times than I count, with OMR being our favorite.

AD. Your story is SO similar to my own no need for me to rehash.(or did I post this under someone elses name?)

Forgetful Chrisisall

DECKROID

Sunday, May 1, 2005 11:20 PM

I am a BF.

I had the date on the calendar marked. I had the website bookmarked. I was very anxious for this show. Then I saw it. Then I loved it. Then I was a fan of it and brought in my buddy. Then I was destroyed by the news of cancellation. Then I was elated by the rumor of DVD. Then I bought the DVD and gave my crappy VCD's away to my buddy. Then I bought 3 more copies of the DVD as gifts and a rental set. Then I was overjoyed at the 'greenlight' news. Now I am back to being anxious for the show. Again.

You can't take the sky from me.
Cuz I got my DVDs.

JCKNIFE

Sunday, May 1, 2005 11:25 PM

I'm an AD.

I tend to avoid TV and I never heard of the show until the faithful at AR15.COM turned me on to it. I bought the DVD set on their say-so and it was one of the best purchases of my life. Dripping with quality and style, characters I care about...well, you know the rest.

ODDNESS2HER

Monday, May 2, 2005 7:38 PM

BF. With "Buffy" winding down, I was eager to welcome a new JW show.

EMERALDEAD

Monday, May 2, 2005 7:55 PM

AD

I was a huge Buffy fan, not so much Angel, and just never caught any Firefly and thought the concept was just too weird (I know I know...)

Luckily a friend had the DVDs and made me watch it with him...I was in love from "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal."

HJERMSTED

Monday, May 2, 2005 7:59 PM

Browncoat BF! In fact I just noticed my three year anniversary at FFF.net is a couple weeks away.

Of course, I didn't officially love the show until I saw the Train Job (how could I?).

I am totally stoked that the audience for this show keeps growing and growing and am hopeful that the Browncoat AD crowd will out number all of the BF, DB and BD Browncoats very soon (if they don't already).

Mattro

DAL

Monday, May 2, 2005 8:16 PM

BD. I never saw the FOX broadcasts but heard about the series via word-of-mouth. By the time I saw the main character murder an unarmed man by a boot into an engine, I was hooked.

SLOWDOG

Monday, May 2, 2005 8:50 PM

DB. Big Buffy/Angel fan but didn't know much going in. I know the exact moment when I got hooked. It all went something like this for me:

1. Never saw any commercials (thank you, Replay!), heard about it from a roommate.
2. Couldn't quite figure it out from the official website.
3. Train Job - Pretty good, but that was an awful lot of exposition in the first 5 minutes....
4. Bushwacked - Oh, look, baseball that's not the Sox.
5. OMR - OK... funny... interesting... "That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth!" THIS IS THE SHOW.

Magical few months during the series. Darn near cried when I saw the first/last episode. Then... heartbreak, hope, heartbreak... movie, what? Please, please, please. Yes! Pushed back?! No! Advance screening? Yes!

See you Boston Browncoats Thursday.

ODDNESS2HER

Monday, May 2, 2005 9:09 PM

Better late than never, E.

GAVIDA

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:36 AM

Have to say, I am an AD.

In my defense I have to say:

Firefly didn't run on german TV as far as I know.
Only heard of it from some friends, who got it by peer-to-peer.
A friend then bought the Box from Amazon UK.
I visited him like every Friday and saw about 2 minutes from it (my friend has the same kind of humour I have and he only showed me Crowe's "exit" from the show ).

I borrowed (uhm... borrow = I get it, lend = friend gives it? or was it the other way around?)
the Box that evening from him, came home around 1 am in the morning. Started to watch the Pilot and had to force myself to go to bed instead of watching "Train Job".
Saturday to Sunday I watched the whole Series, Sunday evening I ordered my own copy of Firefly from Amazon UK

See ya,
Gavida

FRAY101

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:25 AM

Ha! Had been thinking about posting a similar threas myself, albeit I wouldn't have thought up the smart abbreviations!

I'm an AD.

I'd watched Buffy from the beginning, then Angel - I'd read about Firefly but never saw any of it (I'm in the UK and don't have cable etc - was it even shown at all in the UK?). Anyhow, the reviews for the DVD were all so shiny, and being huge fans of Buffy & Angel I decided to take the risk and buy the box-set without having seen a single second of it.

Needless to say, never regretted it. Religiously watched 2 episodes per night (3 on the last night of course) and now looking forward to that shiny BDM

Oh, and I second/third that emotion about forgetting to set the VCR etc - or worse, someone watching something and forgetting to reset the timer!

One final thought, a few people have complained about the trailer mentioning Buffy & Angel. I do appreciate their fear that this could put some people off but at the same time it's pretty clear from this post that most people watched Firefly because they were already fans of Joss's work. What would the ratings had been if the show had been made by an unknown? So give Buffy & Angel their due - those shows played a big part in Firefly making it as far as 13 episodes...

"Why would I want to leave Serenity?"
"Can't think of a reason."

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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 2:31 PM

DB.

I watched "Train Job" when it aired and Mal kicking Crow through the engine hooked me right then and there.

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STICKS

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 2:50 PM

B4 THE DVDS!

KNIBBLET

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:02 PM

Definitely BF.
I'm a Buffy and Angel addict and Joss was talking up his new show so .....

As Wesley said to Fred, "I've loved you since I first saw you. No, I think I loved you even before that." *sniff*

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

RICKKER

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:39 PM

Definately BF.
I've been a fan since the first ep. of Buffy.
As soon as I heard Joss and sci-fi series I was there. Saw train job in the hospital.(with a friend not in myself) Every friday we had three families in one house watching FF. I found my way here some time ago and lurked for a long time before joining in.(I'm kinda shy) Bought box set as soon as it came out. Suncoast had a missprint and I got it for @20 bucks. Since then I've bought two more. One for my friend and the outher for his dad. Soon getting anouther to lend out to recruit new browncoats.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:21 PM

BD... The very first time I heard about Firefly. It was many many months ago and my good buddy (known as Tash to y'all) called me on the phone and said I should turn it on.

Unfortunately, I turned on the wrong show... a show called birds of prey, which I thought was the show I was supposed to be checking out, and so I missed Firefly. I thought to myself, this show doesn't make any sense, who is this batgirl, I don't understand. And because I thought "birds of prey" was Firefly, I didn't ever watch Firefly when it was on t.v.

And so, I missed the first and only American run of Firefly, because I thought it was something else. Rest assured, When I finally saw the real Firefly, I was hooked. But then, y'all know the rest of the story...

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Inara: Who's winning?
Simon: I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:25 PM

Definitely BF. I was a major fan of all Joss's shows, and in fact starting watching Buffy, Angel, and Firefly all from the very first broadcast.

"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb

ROSERENE

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 10:22 PM

Definitely a BF - but I didn't actually get to see the show until AD. I managed to be out of the country the entire time Fox broadcast the show, and had to wait until it came out on DVD! As a Buffy fan from Season 1, this was quite a dissapointment!

THETRAINJOBMAN

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 1:06 AM

AD here
Although I'm a big Buffy/Angel fan, I'm in the UK where Firefly only aired on Sci-fi. It was also during my first year of uni and I didn't have a telly of my own, let alone access to satellite, so there was no easy way to watch it.

Fast forward to last year, when I came across a Buffy news site linking to a page with all the Firefly eps for download. I was bored and looking for something to fill the gap left by the cancellation of Angel, so I decided 'Hey, I'll give it a try' and downloaded The Train Job.
Unfortunately this site still had the eps listed in the order F*X had shown them, but it didn't matter, cos I was hooked, and I'd downloaded and watched the rest of the series within a week. I then bought the DVDs from play.com and rewatched them all again within another week.
Nowadays I just put an episode on every so oftem when I'm feeling down, or not in the mood for working, and it perks me right up again.

So far, I've converted at least one more Browncoat (though it was relatively easy, she was a big Buffy fan, so I got her the DVDs for Christmas, and within a week she was quoting lines at me).
I'm currently in the process of converting another, he's borrowed my DVDs, and was a little unsure at first, but has stuck with it and is now half way through disc 2. He did seem a little confused about Serenity/The Train Job until I explained how F*X had screwed with the pilot.

Only problem is now I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms without my DVDs, and I'm seriously considering picking up a second set!

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Kaylee: "No call to be snappy, Jayne."
Jayne: "Are *you* about to jump onto a moving train?!"

TERRANELL

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:48 AM

During UK Broadcast for me.
I was flicking, a big part of the fun of having tv, and happened upon something that caught my interest on the SciFi channel. Wasn't quite sure what it was, but managed to catch it again and again. I ended up watching several of the episodes several times and yet always missed the same ones. Even so I was completely drawn in and hooked.
I made my boyfriend watch it, who promptly shipped the box set from the states. I borrowed that and watched it, then finally bought my own set when they were released here. I lent it out before I'd finished watching them again so had to buy another set! Have just been to my first ever con this weekend and of course it was total Firefly. (to put it in perspective I've been a big stargate fan for quite a few years and I've never been tempted enough to go to a con, yet a show that I barely saw on tv and has less than half a season's worth of episodes on dvd not only prompted me to go to a con (despite health conerns), but I enjoyed it much more than i would have a con for a show i've been following for years!)

Terranell

SHINEY

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:00 AM

AD..........

I have my Buffy dvds and it pretty much was the only show I watched on TV till it too ended. So really I've never been much of a tv watcher since about ninth grade (I'm twenty two now).

My BF lured me into watching Firefly when he got the dvd set at Wal-Mart and told me it was by the man who created Buffy. That was all the recommendation I needed. I watched the whole set in less than a week.

I Love my BF! Yes I do.

"Oh My God It's Grotesque! Oh And There's Something In A Jar."

NEEDLESEYE

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:41 AM

BF
The ads for the show hooked me in. I could barely wait the two weeks or so for the show to start.

LITTLEKAYLEE

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 7:41 AM

AD-not my fault...I'm an Aussie and the dvds came out here before it did on TV!

*aka Scooby_Gal from Browncoats*

"Yes sir..Captain Tightpants"

"Well my sisters a ship. we had a complicated childhood."

PERFESSERGEE

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 11:59 PM

Well folks, this thread and the release of the trailer finally got me off my posterior to register for the site and respond. And, since I've been watching the show since its first broadcast epi (for which I waited with bated breath based on both TV previews and print ads, so I guess I qualify as BF, despite being a newby on this site). I figured I'd better sign up now, so that I'm no longer a newby by the time the BDM comes out! I'm not much of a TV watcher (I spend too much time reading), and Firefly was the first show I had really looked forward to in a long time. But I didn't even get to see all the epi's 'cause F***s kept moving it around, so when I heard on NPR about the DVD's for "the best show nobody ever saw" I bought them immediately and have been wearing them out ever since. Even made a few converts onthe way. I've been an occasional lurker for quite a while, and it's very interesting reading what y'all come up with. I'm continually amazed at the diversity of thought and opinion on the site, and yet it stays pretty civil on the whole. Nice work! (And I'm glad I finally came in from the cold.)

perfessergee

SAMURAIX47

Thursday, May 5, 2005 12:06 AM

DB: from premier of Train Job...

I can't believe how long ago it was...

Jaymes

REKA

Thursday, May 5, 2005 12:10 AM

BF for when I started WANTING to see the show.

AD for when I ACTUALLY managed to see it...

XENOCIDE

Friday, May 6, 2005 5:31 PM

DB - Fell in love with the show when the captain put some lug through the engine. Hated the near constant preemption and didn't manage to see all the episodes until I got the DVD's.

-Eli

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CANTON

Friday, May 6, 2005 5:52 PM

I'm a AD for sure, I never even heard of it until my buddy grabbed me and showed me the DVD's.

LORA

Saturday, May 7, 2005 4:44 AM

We need to add a new time delimiter:

PS - Post Screening

And then, as of September 30:

PR - Post Release.

Despite the wild ranting about spewing spoilers, I get the impression there will be some successful recruiting done between the screening and the movie release, and I am certain that we can recruit more to our ranks after the BDM is truly released on the world.

"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?"

STILLSHINY

Saturday, May 7, 2005 10:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by perfessergee:
Well folks, this thread and the release of the trailer finally got me off my posterior to register for the site and respond....

...I'm continually amazed at the diversity of thought and opinion on the site, and yet it stays pretty civil on the whole. Nice work! (And I'm glad I finally came in from the cold.)

perfessergee

In that case... Welcome & thanks.

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WHISPERING

Saturday, May 7, 2005 10:54 AM

DB and AD, as it was shown here later then in US. Spring, 2004. Was great that way though. As right after the serie ended, i had a chance to get the DVD's, not only to see the episodes from the beginning that i missed, but also to watch them all again, and again, and...

FALCONHORUS

Saturday, May 7, 2005 12:02 PM

AD

Was introduced by a friend (also AD-er). Was hooked from the first second. First ep I saw was The Train Job.

My friends have promised me to bring back the DVD-box when they go to England in July (archaeological dig).

Greetz ;)

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Saturday, May 7, 2005 4:30 PM

I'm a BF. Saw part of trailer that had a low-flying spaceship spooking a heard of horses. I sat through an excrutiaitingly painful episode of Malcom in the middle, just to see the whole trailer. I thought "this could be interesting". After watching one episode, I was hooked. I watched it every time it was on the air, and yelling at the local F*x station (over the phone) when it was preemted by sports programming. (I hate sports that don't involve an internal combustion engine)

I so was pissed off when they cancelled it, I blocked channel. After a year, the pain faded away and I forgot about Firefly.

Untill, one day I was browsing around in my local video rental store, and what do my eyes behold? A familiar looking ship and her crew looking at me from the new releases shelf! The "WOOHOO!" I let out scared everyone in the store. I grabbed all 4 of the discs, paid an very un-amused clerk, and left a 75 foot long trail of burned rubber getting home to watch our Big Damn Heros. I spent about $90 renting the discs (the video store rents each disk seperatly), then my mom gave me the box set for Christmas.

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The real-life box droppin', man-ape gone wrong thing, now without the pesky falling boxes

TETHYS

Saturday, May 7, 2005 5:04 PM

BIG SPANKIN' BF!!!

Saw an article in Sci-Fi premiere, and saw the trailer.....

***Edited to Add***

Never really was much of a Buffy or Angel fan to be honest, and no, I am not ashamed of it. Purely a FF fan here!!

"I aim to misbehave"
I am: http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/bigcat.htm

KRYSTLE

Saturday, May 7, 2005 8:22 PM

Got to say that iam a AD fan! Got lent the DVD's and fel in love eith FireFly!

NO POWER IN THE 'VERS CAN STOP ME!

REGINAROADIE

Saturday, May 7, 2005 9:40 PM

I'm a DB and an AD. I saw the show when it was originally broadcast and watched every ep. Loved it, and was pissed at it going away. But at the time I merely chalked it up as another title on my list of great show screwed over. I still had 24 to tide me over as well as other shows I watched religiously.

But I re-discovered the show when I both heard that production on the BDM was about to begin and that my brother discovered the show for himself. So I bought the DVD set myself, rewatched the show and stumbled onto here.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?

KANGER33

Saturday, May 7, 2005 10:20 PM

I'm DB. Knew it was coming, but generally hate sci-fi and stuff with a western theme. Only gave it a chance because Joss' name was attached. Missed "The Train Job" due to VCR malfunctions, but after seeing the next ep was saying, "You know, this is not that bad. This is pretty good." Was fully hooked by OMR.

LEELU777

Saturday, May 7, 2005 10:33 PM

DB. I originally got into it because of Alan Tudyk.

men are in lust women are in passion

SIMONWHO

Saturday, May 7, 2005 10:35 PM

AD. But that's really just an excuse to segue into this joke:

How many Firefly fans does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to change the bulb and another to say they've been changing light bulbs even before the DVDs came out.

JCLEMENS

Sunday, May 8, 2005 8:09 AM

AD.

I haven't had a TV for 10+ years. I was instructed to rent the DVDs from NetFlix by a friend. Then, of course, I had to have my own set, which I've since lent out to one other friend...

ATOMICJUMBO

Sunday, May 8, 2005 8:25 AM

DB.

Saw the trailers on the SiFi channel on UK SKY
TV, thought the show looked interesting...

So we watched a few episodes, got the DVD from the USA before it was released over here and watched them over again and again (lost count!)

Have spent the output of a small country on various items on Ebay and attending Cons, bank balance has suffered but we have made some great friends and feel richer for being Browncoats.

Been hooked ever since, love Serenity, Objects, War Stories, Out of Gas (Hell, love the gorram lot of them)

Andrew

'I'll be in my bunk'

MOJAVE

Sunday, May 8, 2005 10:05 PM

We're all OB now (Original Browncoat)

SHAUNG

Monday, May 9, 2005 1:06 AM

DB

I'd known about the show for a while before it was broadcast and was sceptical about it, but how wrong I was. After a few episodes I was hooked.

RISKEVERYTHING

Monday, May 9, 2005 1:11 AM

BF- I wasn't a Joss fan. Buffy and Angel were good shows, but I don't usually get home from work until 8:30-9pm so I never really followed them.

I saw the previews for the show and thought it would be amazing. Then I came home early from work every night it aired, watched the show, and went back to work (if necessary) afterwards to finish my job.

HOTHERSALE

Monday, May 9, 2005 1:32 AM

DB. My first episode was Our Mrs. Reynolds. I was instantly hooked, and cursed my poor luck for not learning of the show sooner.

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NOLA999

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:49 AM

Very BF.

I'm a long time Joss Whedon fan. I started posting on the Fox Prospero Board in July, well before the first episode aired.