Giveaway – Win A Signed 15th Anniversary Flyer *Closed*
** The Giveaway is closed! Four (4) winners will be selected randomly from all entries and notified via e-mail. **
If you weren’t able to visit the “Roswell Reunion” panel, held at this year’s ATX Televison Festival in Austin, Texas, well, we – as in Sappleby.com, JasonBehr.org, and Crashdown.com — have a little something for you.
We’re presenting a 15th Anniversary Flyer Giveaway comprised of flyers signed by Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, and Shiri Appleby, and other awesome prizes.
We also wanted to add that if it wasn’t for Brendan, Nick, and Shiri’s kindness and time, we wouldn’t have been able to provide this giveaway. So we want to thank them from the bottom of our hearts for both a lovely meet and greet and for giving fans an opportunity to be a part of the reunion.
Now we’re giving you the chance to win a 15th Roswell Anniversary flyer that we designed and printed for this event. To top it all off, not only is this giveaway open wordwide, but four lucky winners will be able to win a ‘Roswell’ glow in the dark t-shirt created by CraftsbyCasaverde. These specialty T-shirts have a classic round neckline, are soft to the touch, and was sold at the ATX Television Festival Merchandise stand this year.
What you can win
The Prizes
1st and 2nd prize
The top prize includes the 15th Anniversary Flyer in the format 5.8 x 8.3 inch (DIN A5 = 148 x 210 mm) with the signatures of Nick Wechsler, Brendan Fehr and Shiri Appleby’s signatures, a ‘Roswell’ glow in the dark T-shirt with a classic round neckline and another surpise!
3rd and 4th prize
Third and fourth prize winners receive signed flyers by Brendan Fehr in the format 5.8 x 8.3 inch (DIN A5 = 148 x 210 mm) and by Nick Wechsler in 4.1 x 5.8 inch (DIN A6 = 105 x 148 mm). Both winners also receive a ‘Roswell’ glow in the dark-shirt with a classic round neckline plus another surprise!
As we said before, this giveaway is open to Roswellians worldwide. In order to enter this contest, please follow the instructions:
How To Enter
1. Leave a comment on Crashdown.com (scroll down and “leave a reply”) and tell us why Roswell is so special to you: even after 15 years. If you are a new fan of the show, tell us how and when you discovered the show and what got you hooked.
2. It’s one entry per person. Remember that duplicate comments don’t count.
3. When you comment, please enter your T-shirt size and which country you are from and add a valid e-mail address in the form.
Size | Neck | Chest | Body length | Sleeve Length |
S | 8 | 32 | 26.5 | 6.75 |
M | 8.25 | 34 | 27 | 7 |
XL | 8.5 | 39 | 28 | 7.5 |
Table from CraftsbyCasaverde, Female t-shirt sizes.
Please note: Four (4) T-shirts in US Size Small (1), Medium (2) and Extra Large (1) are available in this giveaway.
4. In order to be eligible, comments must be posted by 11:59 PM (PST) on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014.
5. Four (4) winners will be selected randomly from all entries and notified via e-mail.
Good luck to everyone entering!
*The flyers are originally signed by three former Roswell actors: Nick Wechsler, Brendan Fehr and Shiri Applebly. The first two winners will receive a flyer with all three original autographs. In the third and fourth prize bundle winners will receive a signed flyer by Brendan Fehr in the format 5.8 x 8.3 inch (DIN A5 = 148 x 210 mm) and by Nick Wechsler in 4.1 x 5.8 inch (DIN A6 = 105 x 148 mm). The T-shirts were purchased by Crashdown.com.
Rules & Regulations
The giveaway starts today, on Wednesday July 9th, 2014 and will close at Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 by 11:59 PM (PST). On this date, four (4) winners will be randomly selected and contacted via e-mail. Crashdown.com will ship the prizes as a gift to the winners. This giveaway is open worldwide; however winners will be responsible for any taxes or customs charges incurred on arrival in their country.
All personal information submitted as part of this giveaway will be treated private. They will not be used or disclosed by us for any purpose other than general giveaway administration.
The prizes will be sent well-packed to you; however we have no control whatsoever over the postal services fulfilling their duties (eg. the package turns up damaged or gets lost in the mail).
Site staff reserves the right to end the giveaway prior to the deadline, if necessary. This giveaway is fan-run and not affiliated to the actors, FOX or ATX Televison Festival.
Prizes cannot be replaced and recourse to the courts is not permitted.
//EDIT: Comments stay hidden. When we release the comments T-shirt size, e-mail addresses and country info will be removed! Please remember: When you comment, please enter a valid e-mail address, your T-shirt size and which country you are from!
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I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since the last Roswell episode aired! I discovered Roswell when i was in the 10th grade of High school. I remember new episodes being the topic of discussion in class with my friends. Roswell is so dear to my heart because its such a great love story, and truly showed passion and creativity to the fullest! Roswell was so ahead of its time, and i believe if it would of aired now days it would of surpassed Twilight and everything else that has came out. Roswell also reminds me of a time when everything was fun and exciting, where i could enjoy life without any care in the world. Shortly after my 10th year in highschool, i was diagnosed with kidney failure and have been dealing with this disease since then, now into my late 20s. On a happy note… My very first tattoo was a alien head on my left leg!! I just had to pay homage to my beloved Roswell for forever and a day!! Thank you for reading my comment! #ROSWELLFOREVERANDADAY
I watched Roswell since it premiered as a WB show. I still watch it to this day because the love story between Max and Liz is as timeless as Romeo and Juliet. The theme of the show about finding out who you really are seems to transcend species of life, which allows for believable, and relatable characters.
15 years later Roswell still holds a place in my heart. The story is timeless and relevant even today. Watching the episodes takes me back to a time when my friends and I were obsessed with the show ( we loved Jason as Max) and were fortunate to discover where they filmed (Covina, CA.) and had a blast watching them film. The friends I made at that time I am still in touch with and we all have very fond memories of the show, the stars and the experience that was Roswell.
I was a huge fan of Roswell when it first aired on television and it had been years since I had seen it. My best friend told me about how his favorite show was finally up on Netflix and of course that show was Roswell! I took to netflix and watched all three seasons in a matter of days. I now have the 3 seasons on DVD and I watch all of them at least once a month. I love Roswell because it showed me an incredible love story and introduced me to actors that I had never seen before and it was a story that not many shows can pull off. It’s a show where every character can be my favorite because you learn to love all of them in that way. (Except maybe for Tess, I still can’t find it in me to like her too much :p ) but you don’t get that with regular shows, in Roswell there are main characters and not just one focus point. You have Liz but she goes hand in hand with Max, it’s never one person on their own and that has to be my favorite part of it all. They all feel so alone at times, but they never really are. <3
Roswell has been a very special show to me for many years now. I am a huge fan of television shows and spend a lot of my time sitting around watching them, and that all started with my dad. When I was little I used to watch TV shows with him and when we both realized we really enjoyed the same shows, we would only watch our favorites together. Roswell has a special place in my heart as it was the very first TV show that my dad and I exclusively watched together. It will always have a very special place in my life.
Roswell is one of my all time favorite shows. I re-watched all seasons a couple years ago with my husband and got him hooked as well. I just love the friendships they have with each other and the way they portrayed aliens is really different from other alien shows/movies. :]
I started watching Roswell in the beginning and I’ve been an avid fan ever since. I have read the books, watched the shows, sent my tabasco sauce, signed the petitions, followed the actors through their careers… Anything I could do to support the folks involved. The show was so important to me – at the beginning, as a middle/high schooler it meant so much – being different and embracing it, finding the people who can handle your particular type of weirdness, etc.
These days I keep the show alive by cosplaying with my handmade waitress costume, rewatching the show, rereading the books. I’ve introduced several people to the show and the books. I’ve had an alien antenna ball on my car since I’ve started driving, and whenever I get a new car, it’s the last thing to leave the old one and the first thing on the new one. And it’s become my calling card. To everyone else it’s just a silly alien… but to me, it’s so much more than that. It’s a symbol of freedom and a symbol of embracing who you are, faults, weirdess, plainness, awesomeness, and everything else, and only letting those who truly appriecate you have a place in your life and your heart. It’s about forging friendships in a fire – and knowing that they will last forever. It’s about giving up everything for those you love. It is everything.
Nikki
Roswell is my youth! Still love a marathon every now and again!
Roswell hooked me from the very first episode and, though it may sound extreme, has been the basis of all good things in my life since I was 10. Roswell is what united my best friend and I when we felt we had no one. We were both bullied and outcast students of single mothers with more pain in our hearts than 10 year olds should. Roswell gave us an outlet to escape the things and people that troubled us, inspired mass amounts of creativity, and helped us accept that we didn’t have to be like everyone else to be happy. As Max would say, “What’s so great about being normal?”. Our unique differences made us beautiful and powerful in a way no other understood. Roswell inspired that in us. After 15 years the beauty of the show still helps seal not only the bond between my best friend and I, I am the Lonny to her Rath, but also the confidence to be myself. Long Live Roswell!
Roswell is the only type of show in its genre that I can watch over and over! I’ve been rewatching regularly for nearly the past 10 years when I realized my brother had the DVDs! I love the characters, (Maria and Michael are my faaaav), the actual REALNESS of the characters which so many shows do not try hard to achieve, the comedy aspects (cherry cola with arsenic?) and all of the crazy things that go down! It will stay with me forever and hopefully soon as a tattoo of the alien communication symbol!!
Just loved this show and miss it terribly. I even visited Roswell, NM a couple of years ago and had a wonderful time. I am a firm believer in beings from another “world” and have always been interested.
I loved it from the beginning it started! I never missed an episode & I had (and still have) a big Crush on Max Evans. I shipped Liz and Max so hard & there were soooo many feelings going on. I cried like a baby when I heard that the 3 Season was the last. They could’ve told so much more, but I am proud to tell, that I am a Part of the Roswell Family & I freaked out when I heard (& saw) about the Reunion!!! Of course I got all 3 Seasons on DVD. Here in Germany most of the people doesn’t know about the show, and it’s really sad, ’cause they missed something special and magical. I’ve always (day)dreamed about meeting them and to get kind of a part in the show, well that’s going to be just a dream.
I began watching Roswell as a junior in high school. Each week I would get together with a group of friends and we would gather and watch. Then the next morning before school we would continue with talks and discussions and theories of where we wanted te show to go. Those are some of the best times of my life. After out senior year of high shook we all graduated and went our separate ways. Watching Roswell now takes me back to a time when my life was simpler before college, marriage, work and kids. I grew up with Liz and Max setting the standard for love and believing they continued on traveling and doing good deeds.
I hope I win!!
Mystique
15 years later and Roswell is still the one show that really got me so obsessed with everything about it. The storyline and the characters, all brought something special, something indescribable and something inspiring that made fans from all over the world come together. I’ve created friendships with people from the US, Japan, France, the Netherlands, and Australia, all because of Roswell. And because of the show, I discovered I had a talent for writing, which is something I will be forever grateful for to everyone that created and starred in Roswell.
Kay
Two of my six children, Maxwell and Izzy, are named after character’s from Roswell and now they are old enough to watch Roswell! We finished the entire series and they all absolutely loved the characters and story. It was awesome for me to re watch the episodes and no that Roswell truly is timeless!
Roswell has signed my life.
I was 10 years old when I start to watching Roswell in Italy.
I’ve learned important values from this series as friendship, love and hope that are fundamental in our lives.
I’ve learned that I can do what I want and what I believe in.
It was a lesson of life for me and I say thank you for all the teachings!
I would be great to win this contest and receive authographs from my idols!
I have been watching Roswell for 15 years. I love it, I watch the series at least 2-3 times a year. I love the story line and the romance.. I hope to be able to visit Roswell, New Mexico some day.
When I was 12, Roswell came to our TV. The feelings that were awakened in me have never left! I watched it every week religiously, and since then I’ve re-watched it several times, and even though I’m now a mom, and have real life responsibilities, I still can’t get enough. Roswell brought up so much that I had never felt before, the romance, the relationships and determination, the complex situations and the friendships. I have been a die hard fan since Roswell began and I can’t imagine my love for the show will ever end! Talking about it now makes me feel the urge to watch again! I would be absolutely thrilled to win a 15th anniversary gift to celebrate the 15 years I’ve been in love with Roswell.
Roswell is special to me because it was the first show that ever spoke to me. It was.unlike any other teen drama that had been on (90210). I could and still can relate to the characters because they are so real. The love story between Max and Liz is timeless and there has not been anything else like it…and please do not compare Twilight to Roswell!
I was just a kid when I first saw Roswell. It was the first Scifi-series I liked. And it still is the best. It is so nostalgic and brings back memories to me.
I just love the way that the series deals with themes about being different and being judged for that. And especially the fact that we are all the same – even if we were from different planets. All those themes fit for today also. Plus the character development – especially with Michael – is awesome.
I have connected with new people because we share the same interest in Roswell. Right now I’m rewatching the series with a new friend of mine who hasn’t seen the whole series. It’s great to see someone see the series for the first time.
– Saana
I’ll never forget it when my cousin came to visit in 2000 when I was 13, which was an event in of itself as I looked up to her more than anyone. She brought all these tapes with her, and asked me if I was ready to watch the most amazing show in the world. We sat down in my room and she popped them into the VCR and for the next few hours we were transported into the world of Roswell. I couldn’t wait to go to school the next day to share with all my friends. I got them absolutely hooked as well, and every day after an episode aired, we’d all sit together at lunch and devote the whole time talking about our reaction the the previous nights episode (and all the feels!). I spent so much money on long distance calls to my cousin to talk about the show, we’d go on crashdown.com and read the fanfic and the gossip…it was phenomenal.
Now we’re all grown up, and I live across the ocean in the UK now, but without fail every Christmas my cousin and I indulge in the tradition of watching the Christmas episode (which usually triggers an entire re-watch of the series) while on skype. The show has helped me stay close to my family and friends even into adulthood, even when we’re far away from each other. Nostalgia isn’t even the right word to describe how I feel when I watch the show. It brings me back to simpler times, but I also can’t help but be awed how I continue to relate to it now that I’m an adult.
It’s not a sob story, but Roswell is so important to me and my family!
Even after 15 years, Roswell has remained a special show to me. I was 12 when the show first aired and immediately fell in love with all the characters. It made me cement my belief in true love no matter the obstacles. I purchased all 3 seasons and still to this day can quote any episode. I find myself still searching the stars for that ‘V’ constellation and hoping to find a love as deep as Max/Liz Michael/Maria Isabel/Alex and with the humor Buddah Boy ;) brought as well. Roswell will forever hold a place in my heart.
Roswell came out a couple of years later in my country. I was obsessed with the series and heartbroken when they stopped showing it after the second season. I remember emailing (I went all the way to my city’s municipality and asked an employee to let me use their computer and Internet to send an e-mail) the channel owing the rights to the show and asking about what happened. They answered but the third season was never broad casted in my country. And back then computers, not even speaking about Internet was an incredibly rare commodity in regular households. So no amazon.com for me (not that I would have been allowed to order anything from AMERICA back then – I am 25 now). I recently (a few years ago) rewatched the two seasons and watched the third one for the very first time. So Roswell for me feels very recent. I can’t believe it has been 15 years. However, I can wait another 15 for a Roswell movie.
Bar
Been a fan of Roswell for 10 years. The show was amazing and still connects with its audience today. My youngest who was just born when I started watching it, still watches it now.
I stumbled across the Roswell pilot by accident, when zapping through borning German TV – didn’t find anything so I tried the 2 Danish channels (that broadcast in English) and there it was: the pilot episode and the handprint on Shiri had just been detected by Kyle. After having watched the pilot I was an addict, a Roswell junky. DVD set was nowhere near to be published so I paid a guy in the US to record every episode on VHS and ship it all the way to Germany. I still have them, containing the original soundtrack music. And of course, the DVD set which I have watched over and over again. Alos got my wife addicted. The dialogues, the plot, the acting is just perfect and it is a shame that they binned the show. That’s what they always do with the good ones. They are not stupid enough for the average Joe, I guess.
i started watching roswell when it first aired 15 years ago and i remember as soon as i saw the pilot i was hooked. i just loved the characters and the story and as i watched more the more i got hooked on it and it became my favorite show. now 15 years later and it is still my favorite show. no other show compares to it for me and i havent found a show that makes me feel that connected to the characters. i watch all 3 seasons on dvd a lot and can recite lines from them. the show just impacted my life and i am still obsessed with it to this day. i love all the actors and i still keep up as to what they are doing and watch them in other things but roswell will always be my favorite. i would love to win this contest as it is still my favorite show and these things would mean a lot for me to have :)
Roswell is so important to me because when it came out I was 12 years old and it became my savior .I had just went through the loss of my father and felt like an outsider. Suddenly this show premiers and its about teens that truly are alienated due to the fact that they were aliens. Not only was it a weekly escape, but it was the first show that was truly relatable to my life. Even now as a 27 year old woman I keep roswell close at hand . even having my husband sit through the series or else he just simply couldn’t understand my heart. ….
I love roswell, it’s my ultimate fave TV show. I first got into roswell in 2009 when watching a DVD of it, since then I was hooked! I have watched the whole series countless times. What I love about roswell is that it has everything, love, conflict, mystery, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, even now on the DVD re runs. I find myself quoting the characters in everyday life lol. Currently on season 2 with my fiancé, she is now hooked on roswell too :)
Roswell was my escape from school. I loved all the characters especially Max and Michael.
The love story between Max and Liz was just so special. I grew up with Roswell and it was one of the only shows my husband and I watched together. I now have a godson called Max and I still watch the DVDs and read the books to take me back to the time when Roswell was my escape. The story between max and Liz still gives me chills.
Country Australia.
I still remember the first episode back in 99. I was 13 and felt like finally, someone gets it. This show captured how it felt to be different, to be on the outside looking in. It showed the awkwardness and absolute thrill of first love. I still get the same excitement watching my original vhs tapes that I did then, and I still have good friends to this day that I met on the old chat forums. Oh I also have a roswell tattoo!! But the thing I look forward too most is introducing my daughter, Haley, to Roswell. She’s only 3 months but already smiles when I put it on. I actually watched an episode on my phone while in labour lol. When she’s a teenager I hope she can relate and fall in love with the show like I did!
My sisters got the first season on DVD as a gift and my other sister and I got hooked! We all watched it together and bought the next 2 seasons. I grew up watching this show with then and it’s always been out show! I’ve turned my friends on to it and they all love it too! I was so sad when I found out that the third season was the last one. I wish they had made more!
To say Roswell is my favorite show of all time might be an understatement. I watched the show from the beginning and fell I love with the characters and their relationships. When the show started I was a Junior in high school. Everyone knew of my love for the show. Monday night’s turned into ‘Roswell nights’ at my house. I would get quite the turn out and always got people addicted. I bought copies of the newspaper articles from the crash. I bought all the magazines that had any characters from the show. I bought the calendars and the paraphernalia. My room was covered in it all. Pretty much like the shrine Courtny had, only of the whole cast, not just Michael ;) Okay There were no candles! My mom made my friend and I crashdown waitress uniforms for Halloween. I recorded all the shows and kept them on VHS until the DVD’s came out (still wish I would have kept them since the music is different and I feel like the music changes really affected some of the scenes). For my ‘senior trip’ I went to West Covina to visit all the sights from the show. I went to Paramount and tried to see the inside of the Crashdown. Unfortunately, they weren’t allowing tours in there at the time. We were able to find out where they were shooting and I got to go see them on set and talk to the producers. It was amazing! It was actually the 1st episode of season 3.
When I moved away to college, the town I lived in didn’t have UPN. My mom would record the show each week and UPS it to me…and I continued the Roswell nights at college.
Looking back it is funny to see all that I did. But I am not embarrassed because I still love the show. I still talk about it all the time. I still let people borrow my DVD’s or tell them to watch it on Netflix.
I think even my obsession seeps into my subconscious because I was married on September 23 (journal entry one), my oldest daughter’s middle name is Parker and my son’s name is Evan. I am currently VERY pregnant (due in 2 weeks, which is why I couldn’t convince my husband that I should have been AT the Roswell reunion) and my family keeps telling me I have to keep the Roswell naming tradition alive. It is a girl and I think any name left would be fine…except Tess ;)
I could go on and on, But let’s just say, watching it when it first aired, I feel like it shaped who I was. I loved how goofy Maria and Michael’s relationship was, I loved how deep Liz and Max’s was. I loved the parallel of the alien hybrids’ being outcast but trying to blend in. What high schooler can’t relate to that? And while a lot of my love for Roswell now is nostalgia, I still can thoroughly enjoy the show, which is why I still re watch the episodes every year.
Roswell forever!
My sisters got the first season on DVD as a gift and my other sister and I got hooked! We all watched it together and bought the next 2 seasons. I grew up watching this show with then and it’s always been out show! I’ve turned my friends on to it and they all love it too! I was so sad when I found out that the third season was the last one. I wish they had made more!
Roswell is timeless I will never tire of rewatches for that reason. I enjoy it as much today as I did watching the first pilot episode I’ll always share it with ppl, and always be a huge fan!
At first I fell in love with the love story between Max and Liz. After that every time I watch it I notice something else and fall in love all over again. And I think they got just the right actors – had a huge crush on Max (Jason) back then. And of course the fans are the best :)
First day of middle school I meet this amazing friend who recommended this show called Roswell. We where both stargazers and completely believed that we weren’t alone. This show had it all for us. Mystery, suspense, romance. It was a journey of who we were to who we wanted to be. Roswell was our show. It continued to be our show well into high school. Signing petitions for a Roswell movie to be made to meeting others online and fangirling. She and I have gone our separate ways since high school but I rematch Roswell and I am reminded of all our great times. Roswell is home.
Hi
my name is Benoit, i live in France(sorry for any mistakes in my sentence )….. i watch Roswell since the beginning… and yeah i Watch it again, again and again every year ( well me and my bestfriend)… the Show air the same year when my parents and my sister died… so it’s a tv show that always bring me so much memories ! my life was at first… like Michael Guerin… but after my bestfriend parents adopt me … now i’m happy… i think you saw already my shiri’s tattoo? (yeah it’s me lol) well with my friend we got the same tattoo (Shiri was my mom second name ) and of course i have a big crush on Shiri Appleby… well i was supposed to go to the Roswell reunion but i was sick that day… i hope they do it again (Roswell reunion), and i hope a Roswell convention in France is coming lol
if i win… i would love to offer the t-shirt to my bestfriend… she’s everything to me.
thank you so much
I love Roswell. I’ve followed every episode. I’ve cried. I’ve laughed.
And it simply taught me that..I am what I am. I’ll do what I want . But I can’t hide, I won’t go. I won’t sleep. I can’t breathe
Until you’re making a movie here with me. :D
I really would love to win the auto graph of 15 years because I remember first watching the show on Oct 6, 1999. I fell in love with the characters Max and Liz and as the show progress I love all the characters in different ways. They all had a great dynamic and I was really sad when the show was canceled. Later I watch the series again introducing my daughter to the show on Netflix and she loves the show as well. I cry every time I watch the last episode and wish they would bring it back or at least make a movie about what we’ve missed. I still watch the show over and over again on Netflix dreading the last episode because it lets me know it’s all over again. I have continued to support the other cast members by watching their movies or TV shows. To win the autograph would be great.
Hi! I’m an Italian girl from Naples and a real fan of “Roswell” : the city, his mysterious history and this fantastic show!
The first time I watched it I fell in love with the actors, the plot and his enigmatic soul. I was only fourteen when I discovered this amazing world! But I still remember the excitement before an episode: the anxiety to understand the destiny of our three inimitable aliens and the fate of the love stories ( oh, I loved and still love Michael and Maria together!).
Now I’m twenty-one and I still dream that fantastic group of humans and aliens starting a new adventure together! I like thinking that the wedding of Max and Liz could be only a new beginning; but I sadly realize that it’s a perfect ending of the story too: the discovered truth, the escape and the crown of Max and Liz’s love. What did I want more? Probably I simply didn’t want to see a finish: every end is sad, especially the conclusion of what we love the most. And I truly loved Roswell!
The journey with the characters has been thrilling! I’ve always dreamed to have a lunch in the Crashdown café; and I’ve sometimes eaten something with the “Tabasco” sauce just to feel me like an alien in that moment ( I know it was stupid, but now I justify it because of my young age XD !). When I’ve discovered the title of the theme song, I started love Dido too. After watching Roswell, July has become for me the month of the aliens! One of my dreams is still going in New Mexico and submerging me in the Roswell’s atmosphere of mystery. It could be a chance to meet trapped aliens in a human body! Why not? XD
I grew up with Rowell. I was born and raised in Italy before moving to the US and I remember those early, hazy summer afternoons during which they would air the show in my country. I was barely 12 and I immediately got hooked. I remember how excited I was when it came on and how I devoured episode after episode, with the summer passing by. I remember the heartbreak when I found out that season 3 would be the last, but also the happiness as I watched the last episode and realized that all was going to be well for them. That they actually managed to end up with a -sort of- happily ever after. Still today, I hope that one day I’ll wake up to the announcement that a new season is in the works, something to show us what happened that fatidical “I am Liz Parker and I am happy”. Hope is never lost and I’ll keep on dreaming. Roswell was, is and forever will be my favorite show. It was a milestone for me, it set the bar in so many ways and as of today I find myself mourning more and more the lack of such high quality products made for television (yes, in spite of the ridiculously low budget they had, they still managed to pull off an amazing product). Even today, 15 years later, Max Evans represent the epitome of what a good lead character is and I will forever blame him for my unrelistic expectations in men and love. He’s my first love and I will always love him. Liz is the better part of me, she taught me that being graceful is, above all else, what matters in life. She taught me to be strong and to always stay true to your real self, to commit and to love and to cherish that love and hold on to it no matter the cost. She taught me that being smart is not a flaw, just like being fragile is not a weakness, but only a superb refinedness. Maria showed me what to look for in a good friend and taught to never give up on a relationship just because it doesn’t match your expectations. I learned to love broken things watching Michael build up then fall apart time after time. Isabel taught me to be strong and feminine, independent and regal. And I could go on, because each and every one of these characters have given me something, have taught me something and set a good example to follow, which in my opinion is SO important, especially as I was growing up to be a teenager. Roswell means the world to me. It’s not just memories, it’s a way of life and looking at life with an open mind, open heart and free spirit.
I was the perfect age when the show came out because like Liz Parker, I was a sophomore in high school. Roswell was more than a show to me, it was an escape for an hour a week during the brutal battle that is high school: I rocked out to the amazing background music every week; I mourned the death of my tv boyfriend, Alex Whitman, and I cheered when Max, Michael, and Isabel escaped the FBI. Above all that though it will always hold a place in my heart because it gave me a best friend for life. Karyn O. and I met in an AOL Roswell chat room during the first season of the show. Karyn was then a senior in high school, living in Long Island, NY, and I lived in Baton Rouge, LA. But we would chat every day about school or about life and about family. In 2002 as Roswell came to a close there was a small Roswell convention held in Philadelphia, PA. She invited me to come along, and so Roswell was my first fan convention! Fast forward ten years later and I am getting married, Karyn is standing in my wedding as a bridesmaid. Every time we get together we have a mini Roswell marathon, and both of us know every line! So in the end Roswell was more than a show about aliens, it resonates even today because its about the struggles of growing up, finding your place in the world, and finding the people you belong with. In the words of Max Evans “what’s so great about normal?”
For me it all started with the pilot. Roswell was never on my radar. I had not heard of the show or seen any of the promos. It all happened by accident. I’ll never forget the night I was looking for something to watch on TV and stumbled upon Roswell. I was 19 at the time when the pilot aired on the WB. I am now in my 30’s. The minute I locked eyes on Liz Parker I fell head over heals in love. At that moment I became a 13 year old boy all over again. Her eyes sucked me in. From that moment on I was a Roswell junkie. I was able to relate to the characters on the show. There have been times in my life especially in High School were I felt like an alien. I taped every episode on old school VHS. I would then use my computer and dial up modem to find out more info on my new favorite show. That’s when I discovered I was not alone. I found Crashdown.com, Fan Forum, Sappleby.com and a whole community that had this same love affair with Roswell. Fast forward 15 years later. I’ve met Shiri Appleby twice. Got to work as an extra on one of her movies. I still post on Fan Forum. I own just about every movie/TV show Shiri has been in before and after Roswell. I own a ton of memorabilia including Movies/TV Shows, Magazines, Books, Trading Cards, Posters, Autographs and a hand knit scarf that Shiri had made. Not only is she on my brain 24/7 but I had a dream about her last night. It’s weird because I had other shows I loved as a teenager that I have moved on from. Even girls I loved as a teenager that I have moved on from. Early on I thought Shiri Appleby and Liz Parker was the same person. I guess she was just that believable. Midway through S1 I eventually found out who Shiri Appleby was. I read some interview she did. The look on my face when I found out She was older then I thought she was and that I was not the only kid in town without a Christmas tree was priceless. Shiri and I have a lot on common. I’ve never been to California, Austin or any of the Roswell meets ups unless you count the 2006 Tribecca film Festival. At the Tribecca Film Festival I met some Roswell fans and Shiri Appleby and Colin Hanks. I sometimes can’t remember what my life was like before Roswell. LOL My mom thought it was a phase I would grow out of. Boy was she wrong. For the record I have lots of other passions outside of Roswell and Shiri Appleby. I love music, sports and other things.
Peace
Eric
OMG, ok i need to try this!
Sooo… Roswell is special for me because it was the very first show that i’ve watched when i was younger (i’m 27 now and still addicted, i’m watching it all over again each year!).
I’m following the careers of the actors (i’ve started many shows because of them, like Revenge for Nick) and it’s my dream to meet them one day (got the chance to see Nick at Monte Carlo this year but, sadly, he didn’t got the time for a picture or an autograph :( )
Thanks a lot for giving us this opportunity, sorry i couldn’t make a longer comment but i don’t know how to talk about my feelings about Roswell, they are no words to say what i feel about the show, except that i loved it!
Roswell is my all time fave show! Such chemistry and great storyline! I met some wonderful friends through Roswell too! Still friends with them!!!
Would LOVE to see a movie come out of this reunion!!!
l am so hooked into this show that l now have Two compete box set of Series 1, 2 & 3. I bought one set when I was in America the other I bought here in Australia. I even specifically went to Roswell in 2012 just when Roswell FM was being shot. So wish id got a chance to meet Brenda Fehr. No matter what Roswell High is still the best & my favorite.
I’m a huge fan of Roswell since I was 11! :D
Why?
Because it was very different from the other shows, UNIQUE!
The actors made the characters so special, the story was amazing, fun!
I always remember that episode when Michael kidnapped Maria, it was so funny, I love them both! …Her Cosmonaut ^^
Even the special word they called them for no one recognize who they was: Czechoslovakians! :P
Or their favorite food Tabasco! Or even the episode where Max was too Drunk with Kyle…All the episodes were differents and special to me! That’s why I bought the dvd collector, to remind me when I miss them! :’)
I hope someday there will be a convention in France…I hope so! :)
I am an original 15 year roswellian. I have always loved the show for many reasons, the character dynamics, the writing, the being able to relate to the love aspects, and I love sci-fi. I hate that it just ended and wish they could have been able to do more.
hello there,
I’m a big fan of Roswell since its premiere in France! (it’s my favorite since it was time series)
It was broadcast on Saturday night and I never missed episode with my cousin!
Upon its release on DVD I bought it and I watched the series I do not know how many times!
I have news of actors and I’d love to have the chance to meet one day!
Thank you for this contest!