‘Firefly’ farewell? One Browncoat says a revival would miss the magic by HAKEN

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‘Firefly’ farewell? One Browncoat says a revival would miss the magic

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UPDATED: Monday, March 14, 2011 18:43
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 4:21 PM

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LATIMES.COM - I am a Browncoat. A Browncoat’s life consists of attending conventions, wearing out DVDs of our beloved show “Firefly” and pouncing on any shred of news about the series. The recent news that “Firefly” would be back on television stirred the ‘verse into an absolute frenzy. Though the headlines stated only that ” ‘Firefly’ Returns to Television,” yearning fans leaped to the assumption that the headlines meant new episodes. Alas, it’s just the existing episodes — although many of them are airing for the first time and the series will be aired in the intended order as opposed to the bizarre mish-mash sequence that infamously undermined the series originally. The prospect of the show potentially reaching new audiences is exciting, but it’s not new. Still, fans were riled up. What if “Firefly” could come back? What if we could make it happen...

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/03/08/firefly-farewell-one-brownco
at-says-a-revival-would-miss-the-magic

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 6:32 PM

ECGORDON

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Originally posted by HAKEN:
"...Alas, it’s just the existing episodes — although many of them are airing for the first time...

How much of a Browncoat can he really be if he doesn't realize that the Sci-Fi Channel aired all of the episodes, in the correct order, beginning in July of 2005, and they have also been broadcast on the Universal HD cable channel as well as USA.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011 5:57 AM

ZEEK

I'm fairly certain that Joss could recapture a large portion of the magic if he put his mind to it. If they could get the actors and actresses back then I see no real problem getting the show back up and running. I doubt it could possibly live up to all the hopes and dreams, but I think it would be good.

Heck when Firefly was canceled I heard there were unaired episodes. I eventually found a place to download them. Then I made time to completely focus on each one. I was disappointed. They weren't everything I'd ever wanted and more. They didn't tell me who Book was. There was nothing character defining in them. I would fully expect to be just as disappointed by a new episode of some heist gone wrong that really doesn't advance anything special. Not every episode can be earth shatteringly epic. Given time I've come to really like the unaired episodes. They're all good in their own right. They just didn't change the verse. I think new episodes would be about the same. They would be good but they wouldn't fulfill all our Firefly hopes and dreams instantly.

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Monday, March 14, 2011 6:43 PM

RIONAEIRE

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I believe that the 14 episodes of Firefly were and are something singular, something unique, one in a million. I don't believe that the movie measured up to the standard, something had been lost with the passage of time, the loss of the show's energy. Some people liked it but for me it wasn't the same and feels hollow in comparison. I personally believe that new shows would be the same, would feel hollow to me, contrived, and not up to what Firefly has become for me in my life. Plus if there were new shows everyone would want me to "accept them as cannon" which I'd have a hard time doing unless they blew me away and were amazing, but I feel that too much time has passed, and other things with it. I feel like fan projects and enjoyment of what we already is the best way for me personally to enjoy the verse, that way nothing new is set in stone, there's wiggle room for interpretations and theories, and given the short length of the show I think those theories have become larger and more varied than life, impossible to pin down. Firefly and what it means to its viewers can't be quantified in my opinion. I like how the comics are optional cannon in most people's minds, you can go with them but you don't have to because it isn't on TV. Of course some people think anything official is cannon, but it seems less so with comics than it would with a new film etc.

I know few will understand what I mean, but I'm only sharing my opinion.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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