Actually, I was even like that with Firefly until I became obsessed myself - I saw people's icons and friends would quote from the show, but I never really "got it" until I got the DVD set and fell in love with the show.
*snerk* That literally happened to me last night. People have been talking at me about Firefly for years. Last night I finally watched the first couple of episodes--and now I suddenly understand. But I always, always get into fandoms years late. I never like things when they're new, but I'll get seriously obsessed when most people have calmed down. (That even happened with HP--I read and liked the books for years, but I didn't get Into Fandom until about May of 2007. 'course, my definition of In Fandom is whenever I start reading and/or writing a lot of fic for any given media. Otherwise I consider myself more of a casual fan. YMMV.)
no subject
*snerk* That literally happened to me last night. People have been talking at me about Firefly for years. Last night I finally watched the first couple of episodes--and now I suddenly understand. But I always, always get into fandoms years late. I never like things when they're new, but I'll get seriously obsessed when most people have calmed down. (That even happened with HP--I read and liked the books for years, but I didn't get Into Fandom until about May of 2007. 'course, my definition of In Fandom is whenever I start reading and/or writing a lot of fic for any given media. Otherwise I consider myself more of a casual fan. YMMV.)