Lemme do the math here; Firefly + Serenity... by chrisisall

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Lemme do the math here; Firefly + Serenity...

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Friday, April 2, 2010 15:21
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Monday, March 29, 2010 8:23 AM

= BETTER THAN STAR WARS OR ANY OTHER GORRAM THANG!!!

Just watching The Message, & got all misty knowin' the whole 'Verse ain't but 13 hours in length... but still, a better voyage has never been launched.

*snif*

Okay, better now.

The contemplating Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

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Monday, March 29, 2010 8:25 AM

ZEEK

Question is if we got the prequels would it diminish the verse just as bad as they did for the Star Wars universe? Is Firefly/Serenity only as good as it is because it didn't last long enough to hit the down swing?

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Monday, March 29, 2010 8:29 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Question is if we got the prequels would it diminish the verse

Yes.

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Monday, March 29, 2010 8:53 AM

RAHLMACLAREN

"Damn yokels, can't even tell a transport ship ain't got no guns on it." - Jayne Cobb

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
= BETTER THAN STAR WARS OR ANY OTHER GORRAM THANG!!!

Do you count the SW prequels in that comparison?

I never do.

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Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay

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Monday, March 29, 2010 9:09 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
= BETTER THAN STAR WARS OR ANY OTHER GORRAM THANG!!!

Do you count the SW prequels in that comparison?

I never do.

I do.
And I'll admit that episodes 4 thru 6 are iconic & ingrained in our pop mythos, but like Blade Runner, Firefly is already having its influence felt in good SF like a positive viral agent- take the anime series Planetes for example. SO influenced by Joss.

The laughing Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

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Thursday, April 1, 2010 3:36 PM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Is Firefly/Serenity only as good as it is because it didn't last long enough to hit the down swing?

No, I believe it would have stayed great throughout most of its run.
But resurrecting now would be like the Trek films. And don't get me wrong- I loves me my Trek, but re-capturing that magic is SOOO tricky. For the most part, the Trek movies failed IMO. I'd rather Firefly not continue, unless the SAME, COMPLETE team could be put back together.

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Friday, April 2, 2010 4:29 AM

JONGSSTRAW

Nothing had ever made me feel the incredibly satisfying and thrilling emotions as when I first saw Star Wars opening weekend in May of 1977. They gave me a button at the box office which said "May the Force be with you." I had no idea what that meant, but I soon learned.

Empire Strikes Back was great, but it wasn't the same as Star Wars for me. The rest of the movies were never able to capture the same magic either.

First time I watched Serenity was at home on a big screen without any knowledge of Joss or the FF 'verse. It blew me away. It was thrilling and different, and I just knew that I had to find out what it was that I had just seen. That led me to Amazon and Firefly DVDs. If I was only allowed to have 1 franchise to ever view again I would choose Firefly/Serenity over anything else.

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Friday, April 2, 2010 4:41 AM

ZEEK

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Nothing had ever made me feel the incredibly satisfying and thrilling emotions as when I first saw Star Wars opening weekend in May of 1977. They gave me a button at the box office which said "May the Force be with you." I had no idea what that meant, but I soon learned.

I have that kind of memory about Serenity. I got to see it in a prescreening and it was the best environment ever. Just a ton of browncoats who were sooooo excited. Best movie going experience ever.

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Friday, April 2, 2010 4:47 AM

DMI

Expired, forgotten, spoiled rotten.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Zeek:
Is Firefly/Serenity only as good as it is because it didn't last long enough to hit the down swing?
No, I believe it would have stayed great throughout most of its run.
But resurrecting now would be like the Trek films. And don't get me wrong- I loves me my Trek, but re-capturing that magic is SOOO tricky. For the most part, the Trek movies failed IMO. I'd rather Firefly not continue, unless the SAME, COMPLETE team could be put back together.

Agreed, but in that unlikely eventuality, I think a resurrection of the verse would definitely be great. I don't know what the plot would be with Book and Wash dead but I trust Joss.

I know a lot of the reasoning at this moment is that everyone is working on different things and couldn't get together but I'm sure they could find the time to do a mini-series and if sci-fi let them it would outstrip any of the garbage I've seen from them lately or have heard that they have in production. Plus, given the length of season 1, a mini-series would be just like a season 2. I still don't know why this isn't happening.

I pray for one last landing,
on the globe that gave me birth.
Let me rest my eyes on the fleecy skies
and the cool, green hills of Earth.

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Friday, April 2, 2010 3:21 PM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by DMI:
if sci-fi let them it would outstrip any of the garbage I've seen from them lately or have heard that they have in production.

Yeah, but remember about wishes & steak, eh? Or is that planks... or horses...

Whatever, don't 'spect no sense from them with the gold is all.

The laughing Chrisisall

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