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You can't take the sky from me, a tribute to Firefly

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Friday, January 29, 2021 5:57 AM

THG

Love the above post. You can't stop the signal Moose.

T

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:21 PM

MOOSE

Not that any of us really need to see this, but folks are still making vids

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 11:14 AM

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 11:21 AM

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FIREFLY / SERENITY Panel - Wizard World Philadelphia 2019

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 11:28 AM

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Firefly Cast Reunion Panel - Nathan Fillion - Long Beach - Quarantine Comic Con

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 12:14 PM

THG

There is a lot of scrolling to do.

T

Explaining Why Firefly Fans are No Longer Called Browncoats in Firefly #14 [Preview]
Posted on February 15, 2020 by Jude Terror|Comments

Firefly #14 is in stores from explosive publisher BOOM! Studios next week, by Greg Pak and Lalit Kumar Sharma, and this preview below shows that this issue may finally put an end to a long-held misconception about Firefly fandom.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/explaining-why-firefly-fans-are-no-lon
ger-called-browncoats-in-firefly-14-preview/

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 2:10 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Sunday, December 5, 2021 2:12 PM

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Sunday, December 5, 2021 2:24 PM

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Saturday, December 25, 2021 1:11 PM

THG

Merry Christmas

T

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022 11:41 AM

THG

Holy shit. Does this mean the Cylons killed the crew of Serenty? They killed almost everyone else. Say it ain't so.

T

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 11:04 AM

THG

New Firefly Comic Books Announced

POSTED BY: SECOND

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=20&tid=62603&mid=11498
92#1149892

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Monday, August 1, 2022 12:24 PM

THG

This is what I'm talking about.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 2:16 PM

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Monday, December 5, 2022 1:53 PM

THG

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

T

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Monday, December 26, 2022 11:03 AM

THG

OONJERAH

My nephew came for a visit last month.

He'd seen Serenity & liked it. Never saw Firefly.

So I showed him Firefly.

I done good. I done right.

Can't stop the signal.

... oooOO}{OOooo ...

Part of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

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Monday, January 9, 2023 5:52 PM

THG

The Firefly and Serenity Database

https://firefly.fandom.com/wiki/Firefly

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Monday, January 16, 2023 1:03 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by second:

How do you set aside differences to work as a team? What makes a great team?

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Monday, February 27, 2023 11:14 AM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

This is what I'm talking about.

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Saturday, April 15, 2023 3:31 PM

THG

Firefly's Serenity Was Designed To Be The Opposite Of A Star Trek Ship

Based on the short-lived but incredibly beloved cult TV series "Firefly," Joss Whedon's 2005 film "Serenity" is saddled with pretty complicated mythology. Set in the 26th century, a distant solar system has been largely terraformed, and those living on the planets closest to the sun live in bliss under an all-powerful organization called the Alliance. A viewer will get no points for guessing that the Alliance isn't entirely good, and that there is a great deal of corruption at play. Also, crime and poverty still exist on some of the solar system's outer worlds, to the point where they look a lot like the Wild West, with characters on horseback and high-tech trains that speed through dusty mesas.

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Based on the short-lived but incredibly beloved cult TV series "Firefly," Joss Whedon's 2005 film "Serenity" is saddled with pretty complicated mythology. Set in the 26th century, a distant solar system has been largely terraformed, and those living on the planets closest to the sun live in bliss under an all-powerful organization called the Alliance. A viewer will get no points for guessing that the Alliance isn't entirely good, and that there is a great deal of corruption at play. Also, crime and poverty still exist on some of the solar system's outer worlds, to the point where they look a lot like the Wild West, with characters on horseback and high-tech trains that speed through dusty mesas.

The main characters of "Serenity" are the brown-coated crew members of the title ship, a craft populated by former Rebels and malcontents who have turned to smuggling to survive. Fans of "Firefly" will recall several descriptions of the Serenity as a clunky-but-functional craft that is especially conducive to smuggling, as it has myriad secret compartments built into its structure. It has two outsize jet engines on either side, is small enough to soar around in a planet's atmosphere, and its pilot sits in a beak-like, bird's head-shaped compartment.

The interior of the Serenity is uncomfortable, angular, and metallic spaces lined with wrought iron stairways and catwalks. The mess hall is cramped, and only one person has inhabitable-looking quarters.

Whedon and co-author Abbie Bernstein explained in their 2006 book "Firefly: The Official Companion" that the Serenity was designed to be more utilitarian than comfortable, specifically to evoke an Old West covered wagon. Unlike the ships on "Star Trek," which are slick, bright, technological marvels, the Serenity was essentially a big rig.

The Anti-Enterprise

For Whedon, it was crucial that the Serenity remain small. Production designer Carey Meyer helped come up with the layout of the ship, and Whedon felt that having too many spaces inside of it would be antithetical to the outsider nature of the characters. Indeed, when one thinks of, say, the U.S.S. Enterprise-D from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" -- the model Whedon was clearly and deliberately deviating from -- one doesn't necessarily have a good plan for getting around its many, many hallways and research centers. Over a thousand people live on board that ship. If a Trekkie were to project themselves onto the Enterprise-D, they would have to rely on the ship's computers just to find their way back to their quarters or to one of the ship's many relaxed, recreational areas.

Whedon wanted viewers to see the Serenity, and feel like they could move around its cramped interiors, no maps required.

"The design of the ship is something that I worked on very hard and then Carey Meyer worked on very hard. To me, the design of the ship was very crucial just in terms of the idea of a known space; the idea of, 'We live in this space, and here's where the rooms are, and here's why, and here's where the cargo bay is, and here's why,' and there are not fourteen hundred decks and a holodeck and an all-you-can-eat buffet in the back. It's very utilitarian."
For the record, the Enterprise-D only has 42 decks, and the all-you-can-eat buffet is likely just the replicator in your room, but one understands Whedon's meaning. The Serenity isn't meant to be cushy, nor expansive.

The Flying Dorm Room

The Serenity has a very "off-campus housing" vibe. With its picnic table mess hall, area rugs, and cluttered "hang out" spaces, it feels like a college student decorated it. Whedon, meanwhile, said that he looked to a famous John Ford movie when it came to his thinking of the ship's design, saying that "If you actually watch 'Stagecoach,' they spend a long time introducing the stagecoach because that space is very important."

Whedon also noted that the various rooms on the Serenity were carefully color-coded to match the character that spent the most amount of time in them. The earthy engineer Kaylee (Jewel Staite) had a motif different from the steely doctor Simon (Sean Maher), for exampble. He even knew how to color the set when no character was meant to inhabit it on the regular.

"I knew everything I was looking for and which space related to which character. We spent a lot of time talking about paint. Because you're going into this knowing you're going to spend most of your time on the ship, and every room represented either a feeling or a character. The engine room was rusty brown because that's very earthy and likable and real, and that's Kaylee's space -- that was very deliberate. The hall next to it is very cool and blue, because that space doesn't really serve a purpose except for action or suspense. Everything was done exactly like that. Obviously the blue of the infirmary is like Simon."
Compare this aesthetic ethos to "Star Trek," and you'll find the ship comes first with its inhabitants entering later. "Firefly" was an antidote to "Star Trek." Indeed, if it wasn't obvious, the Alliance may be said to be a satire of the Federation.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/firefly-s-serenity-was-designed-
to-be-the-opposite-of-a-star-trek-ship/ar-AA19Uf9j?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7fc0cdaf02cc4abdaa36adee3ed99161&ei=26#image=1

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 11:45 AM

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10:48 PM

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Quote:
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023 9:02 AM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:29 PM

THG

lest we forget what brought us here.

T

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Saturday, August 26, 2023 6:24 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Quote:
Originally posted by Oonjerah:

My nephew came for a visit last month.

He'd seen Serenity & liked it. Never saw Firefly.

So I showed him Firefly.

I done good. I done right.

Can't stop the signal.

... oooOO}{OOooo ...

Part of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

Yep, done good done right. Lest we forget what brought us together at this site in the first place.

Keep flying friend.

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Saturday, August 26, 2023 9:11 PM

THG

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Monday, October 30, 2023 3:08 PM

THG

And so much more if you follow the link.

T

https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/firefly

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Monday, November 13, 2023 9:05 PM

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https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=firefly+verse+map
&mid=820DA7CAC531DAA94C03820DA7CAC531DAA94C03&FORM=VIRE

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 6:24 PM

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Saturday, January 27, 2024 5:36 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
This is what I'm talking about.

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Monday, March 4, 2024 12:31 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 4:26 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Sunday, April 28, 2024 6:06 PM

THG

This is what I'm talking about.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024 6:58 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

si shen

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 5:54 PM

THG

It could be argued this is one of the better threads. That said, I miss the threads of yesterday that contain firefly paraphernalia and maps of the verse. Wow they were first rate.

T

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 6:18 PM

THG

https://web.archive.org/web/20070828051820/http://www.fireflyfans.net/
thread.asp?b=2&t=8593

I got this link from JEWELSTAITEFAN. It's a good one. Not sure what to call it yet.

T

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Friday, November 15, 2024 5:45 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

EASTER EGGS, check out the links.

http://www.cap-that.com/firefly/

http://fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=32

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

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Friday, November 15, 2024 6:17 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

How you holding up buddy?

--------------------------------------------------

Trump is fine.
He is also your current President.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024 3:46 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:

This is what I'm talking about.

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