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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9358742" data-attributes="member: 4534">I didn't watch the series when it originally ran because I was busy doing something else when it aired.&nbsp; But, man, I got so tired of being around people who didn't want to talk about anything but Firefly.&nbsp; I got around to watching the entire series when it came out on DVD, and while I enjoyed it, I couldn't figure out why it resonated with so many of my friends.&nbsp; I mean to the point where it seriously changed their social lives and one of them even got a Firefly tattoo.&nbsp; I thought it was a good show but it just didn't have that big of an impact on me.I like some anime but I dislike a lot of the standard, tropes(?) used.&nbsp; The last anime series I enjoyed was Cyberpunk:&nbsp; Edgerunners but I disliked a lot of the over-the-top action sequences featuring characters unfazed after taking point blank shots to the face.&nbsp; Instead of looking cool it just looks silly to me.&nbsp; But the series had great characters so I was able to overlook the silliness.The Flash/Iris relationship creeped me out.&nbsp; I know they weren't related by blood, but when you were raised in the same house and refer to the same man as father maybe it's a good idea you don't bone.I went to graduate school for history.&nbsp; I can have a rational discussion about the various historiographical schools of thought including Annales, Marxism, Consensus, and even New Left History.&nbsp; But when people sit down and start talking about RPG theory my eyes glaze over and I have trouble following the conversation and I start to wonder, &quot;Are you really smart?&nbsp; Am I just that dumb?&nbsp; Is this all #A%#%#A?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9358742, member: 4534"] I didn't watch the series when it originally ran because I was busy doing something else when it aired. But, man, I got so tired of being around people who didn't want to talk about anything [I]but[/I] Firefly. I got around to watching the entire series when it came out on DVD, and while I enjoyed it, I couldn't figure out why it resonated with so many of my friends. I mean to the point where it seriously changed their social lives and one of them even got a Firefly tattoo. I thought it was a good show but it just didn't have that big of an impact on me. I like some anime but I dislike a lot of the standard, tropes(?) used. The last anime series I enjoyed was [I]Cyberpunk: Edgerunners[/I] but I disliked a lot of the over-the-top action sequences featuring characters unfazed after taking point blank shots to the face. Instead of looking cool it just looks silly to me. But the series had great characters so I was able to overlook the silliness. The Flash/Iris relationship creeped me out. I know they weren't related by blood, but when you were raised in the same house and refer to the same man as father maybe it's a good idea you don't bone. I went to graduate school for history. I can have a rational discussion about the various historiographical schools of thought including Annales, Marxism, Consensus, and even New Left History. But when people sit down and start talking about RPG theory my eyes glaze over and I have trouble following the conversation and I start to wonder, "Are you really smart? Am I just that dumb? Is this all #A%#%#A?" [/QUOTE]

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