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Well, here's the thing. I didn’t grow up loving television. American television to me was always kind of low brow. But then I started working in television and thought "wow, you can really do beautiful stuff here". But now, I've finally made a movie and been treated like a filmmaker, which is very different to being treated like a screenwriter. I've now had the best of both worlds and the fact of the matter is I'm now in love with both. There's just no two ways about it.

I'm desperate to go back to TV but it's really a situation where I have to go back with enough power to… I can't go through another Firefly. Just to love something that much and have it pulled out from under me. I can have a film poorly received but the fact is that it's out there, you did it and you have the sense of accomplishment regardless. With a TV show you create it to go on and when it doesn't it gives you the kind of feeling I am just not capable of living through again.

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I'm not there to challenge them to a point where they go "This is obscene and bizarre and I don’t' know where I stand". I'm not cool enough to be that guy. I'm the guy who wants them to love the movie they just saw, which is I think what the studio is looking for.

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Joss Whedon said:
I remember we had a guest director on Firefly and he was telling the characters where they were coming from and I remember telling him, "those are not places on the ship that these characters would be". And I knew that he neither knew nor cared. I need to have everything, the whole tapestry. So the TV show works as a movie and they don't always.

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A second film wouldn't happen in two seconds but if everything went swimmingly, then yes I think a sequel would be the thing. Some people have asked about a new series but I don't think that's where the thinking would be.

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A second film wouldn't happen in two seconds but if everything went swimmingly, then yes I think a sequel would be the thing. Some people have asked about a new series but I don't think that's where the thinking would be.

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this part just makes me really sad :(

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looks like whedon is leaning more towards a sequal film rather than a second season. It's a shame a feature film is really a poor story telling vehicle compared to a tv series. A tv series can really take its time and develop a intricate story.

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Originally posted by Scythe404:
True, but look at what happened to Buffy after seven seasons.

Sure, having two thousand hours of our BDH is preferable to six or seven, but also think of quality.

Firefly was Joss' most polished, solid and well done series, but that kind of thing can catch up with you in the long run. No one is superhuman. No one can plan out ten seasons of a show, each as good or better than the last.

I'd rather have three fantastic movies than two or three fantastic seasons and a bunch of flaccid, disappointing ones.

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True, but look at what happened to Buffy after seven seasons.

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Originally posted by dantheman:

All we can hope for now is for Joss to have so much success that he can name his own terms. If he is able to do that, maybe he will resurrect the series. So far with Serenity, it is strike 2. BTVS the movie bombed. Serenity bombed. Here's hoping that Wonder Woman will be his breakthrough.

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Originally posted by Grounded:
Hasn't it been discussed many, many times on here before that a return to TV was nigh on impossible, barring some sort of spinoff? I'm surprised people are getting depressed about this now when it's been repeated, and by Joss himself no less, plenty of times in the past.

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Originally posted by embers:

hold up there cowboy...
Serenity did NOT bomb,
it was not a big blockbuster success, but it got great reviews, and it has done about as well as most of the other movies that have come out this Fall (obviously it has been a depressed movie box office, but that is not Joss' fault).

Frankly I think Universal will have no trouble making a profit on Serenity in the long run

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Scythe404, I am right there with you. it is pretty great to have the 14 episodes and the film that we do have. Me, I'll take whatever more I can get. And be damn happy with what we've already got. As has been pointed out in previous posts, we've already gotten way more than we got with six Star Wars movies as far as quality hour for hour.

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Originally posted by Hartmeister:
A latter idea would be to use the miniseries format (which was originally used by Battlestar Gallactica which is now a series). The full cast could be used by these and could develop several arcs. This would be great for fans but would be totally dependent upon the ratings for the last episode. DVD sales would be real reason for such a series. However, without a long-term committment (impossible with such a format) it would be hard to keep the cast beyond one or two of these mini-series.

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Originally posted by nerdlover:
I wanted the series to come back very badly as well. After watching Serenity, however, I'm actually not so sure. Yes, having a weekly FF fix would be a wonderful thing to look forward to, but having the story done in bug budget, big action format has its own appeal. I too would be horribly disappointed to see the series decline the way Buffy did (it really jumped the shark when it introduced Glory, most annoying villain in the 'verse). And I would like our beloved FF actors become big movie stars... they deserve it after giving life and depth to the characters that mean so much to us. I just have one request--will Mal and Inara kiss? I mean, for real? Finally?!?!

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I'd rather have three fantastic movies than two or three fantastic seasons and a bunch of flaccid, disappointing ones.

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I’d rather have six fantastic hours than forty-four or sixty-six fantastic hours and other stuff I can ignore.

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Originally posted by Rabbit2:
Well people are perfectly free to reject what they dont like, I dont understand that attitude however.

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