June 11th 03, 23:21
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
Dude -- Psion -- I did that with Rangers, and my friends made a pact with one another to never, never, ever listen to me about television EVER again.
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June 11th 03, 23:24
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Nashville
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
Granted, the show has to not suck in order for it to work.
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June 12th 03, 00:32
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Canada
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
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Well, aren't we all responsible?
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What is this "we", white man? I'm Canadian 
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... but if you don't get others to watch then it is partially your own fault.
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Others? But there in lies the rub -- you could convert hundreds, all of which would be irrelevant if they didn't have a magic box. But, wait, you say, eventually all these people would reach enough people with magic boxes. In the four monthes that the show is on the air. But it's still the fans' responsiblity to get people to watch, isn't it? And completely their fault if not enough Nielsen families do. Yeah, it's completely the fans' fault they they didn't get enought people with Nielsen boxes to watch within those four monthes by any means necessary.
They should have taken out ads on popular publications. They should have started calling people from the phone book demanding, begging, threating, whatever it takes to get people to watch. No wait, that's not very efficient cuz they really had less then four monthes to raise those rating. I know! They should have hacked into Nielsen Media Research's database and changed the figures! Why didn't those lazy Yanks think of that? You are so right Psion, it really is America's fault. Those slackers. And they think their piddly little websites and campaigns and conventions are enough. Shame on you America for losing us the best damn shows on TV! Shame!
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June 12th 03, 01:35
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First One
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: USA
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
Aren't most shows, and actors, on American shows actually ... Canadian?
I love Firefly, I'm definitely getting the DVDs. (It's DVD summer for me Firefly, due South, DS9)
I didn't like the theme song though, at first. But now it's grown on me. 
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June 12th 03, 03:39
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
*kneels down and thanks the BBC*
UK TV is just so less full of this crap. I'm not denying US TV is full of crap, in their decision making.
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June 12th 03, 10:59
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Minneapolis, MN, US
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
Holy crap. Talk about your flashbacks. I'll agree with you if for no other reason than to get that English chick back on the air.
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June 12th 03, 11:11
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Location: Nashville
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
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What is this "we", white man? I'm Canadian
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If I'm white then my momma has a lot of explaining to do to my father.
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Others? But there in lies the rub -- you could convert hundreds, all of which would be irrelevant if they didn't have a magic box. But, wait, you say, eventually all these people would reach enough people with magic boxes. In the four monthes that the show is on the air. But it's still the fans' responsiblity to get people to watch, isn't it? And completely their fault if not enough Nielsen families do. Yeah, it's completely the fans' fault they they didn't get enought people with Nielsen boxes to watch within those four monthes by any means necessary.
They should have taken out ads on popular publications. They should have started calling people from the phone book demanding, begging, threating, whatever it takes to get people to watch. No wait, that's not very efficient cuz they really had less then four monthes to raise those rating. I know! They should have hacked into Nielsen Media Research's database and changed the figures! Why didn't those lazy Yanks think of that? You are so right Psion, it really is America's fault. Those slackers. And they think their piddly little websites and campaigns and conventions are enough. Shame on you America for losing us the best damn shows on TV! Shame!
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Look, you can blame the networks, the Nielsen families, the ozone layer, or whatever else, but no one has a bigger say in what stays on the air than us.
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June 12th 03, 11:19
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: UK
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
I blame vegetarians.
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June 12th 03, 11:30
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First One
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
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Holy crap. Talk about your flashbacks. I'll agree with you if for no other reason than to get that English chick back on the air.
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I just did an IMdB search of her (Amanda Pays)and it turns out that she's married to Corbin Bernsen...jeez.
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June 12th 03, 11:58
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Canada
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Re: Firefly, WTF!
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If I'm white then my momma has a lot of explaining to do to my father.
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Or the other way around -- genetics is a tricky business 
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Look, you can blame the networks, the Nielsen families, the ozone layer, or whatever else, but no one has a bigger say in what stays on the air than us.
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Except for the network executives that actually make the decision as what stays on the air based on the numbers they get from the Nielsen families. The ozone layer is not, to my knowledge, a sentient entity and thus will not be blamed for anything. That it's all a vegetarian conspiracy is a given 
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