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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:49 PM

KANGER33


I think I'd like to see it on SciFi as well. I've been happy with the way they've treated Stargate. However, that whole Farscape debacle kind of makes me wary. Never saw that show, but heard they treated is horribly. The WB is another possibility IMO. They seem willing to give cult shows a chance, but then they've also done bad in the past.

~Nicole~

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:51 PM

TRASK43


This definately sounds like good news. I get the feeling that joss maybe wrote the best script imaginable but one that somewhat ended things ie. killing main characters over exposing killing blue hands/reavers but after reading the script and seeing the dvd sales the universal executives realised the potential for a series and asked him to write something that leaves it more open for a return.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:52 PM

BOOMERGOODHEART


I'm in St. Louis, and I would make whatever plans were necessary to drive over to Raleigh (as luck would have it, I LOVE to drive) for a shiny premiere.

Question, though, Static...Will you be stateside by then? It would truly suck indeed if you couldn't attend your own shindig.

BoomerGoodheart
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:57 PM

STATIC


Quote:

Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:

Question, though, Static...Will you be stateside by then? It would truly suck indeed if you couldn't attend your own shindig.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."



I will be stateside in MAY, by dear girl. 10 weeks left in the special hell.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:05 PM

ANKHAGOGO


Quote:

Firefly 2: Take That!


Whoo hoooo!!!!!
Here's a movie title suggestion

Firefly:
And the Horse You Rode in On

Wouldn't that look swell on a marquee? heh.



And hey! Oklahellma is in the middle of the US -- y'all are all invited to come take over a theater here! And I got a theater all picked out -- it's right across the road from the Cowboy Hall of Fame.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:15 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.


NC is more'en a slight haul for me but if there's a movie and Static can get his friend to give a premeiere, I'll flash my a$$ to every State Trooper from here to Raleigh (or maybe I'll just fly in.)

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:22 PM

WOLF


HELL YEAH!! ROCK ON!!!
Joss can take all the time he needs so long as we keep getting good news like that. My week just got about a thousand times better.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:31 PM

KINGOFKOINS


Quote:

Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
As much as I'd like to just say, "That's damn shiny," I will believe it when I see it. Also, I hope that, if "Firefly" returns, they go to a different network, like UPN or SciFi. UPN could use the ratings boost, and it would beat the hell out of anything else on that woebegotten network. However, if it were on SciFi, at least they would not be as inclined to kill it. And, if the new BSG series is also on SciFi, "Super Shiny!"
B]



Alright. Let us take a look at this logically. Sci-fi is a cable channel, and has far less money to produce a show, then say, Fox. They wouldn't be able to produce the same kind of Firefly that we all know and love.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:31 PM

ECMORGAN69


Quote:

Originally posted by kingofkoins:
Alright. Let us take a look at this logically. Sci-fi is a cable channel, and has far less money to produce a show, then say, Fox. They wouldn't be able to produce the same kind of Firefly that we all know and love.



No arguments there. They don't have the resources of the four majors.

However, they make their own programming all the time. They do manage to make SciFi Original movies all the time. Also, they produce other shows like SG-1 each week. While they are smaller than say Fox, we don't know how much money they have to throw around.

So, in conclusion, who knows?


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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:32 PM

DAVEB


Great news but what does 'OB' mean? Sorry If I'm being thick.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:32 AM

IRISANNE


Quote:

Originally posted by Veteran:
NC is more'en a slight haul for me but if there's a movie and Static can get his friend to give a premeiere, I'll flash my a$$ to every State Trooper from here to Raleigh (or maybe I'll just fly in.)



YAHOOOO! What great news to wake up to! I've been thinkin-positive about the movie but feeling half-sad about it, too...two hours would be great but heart-breaking if we left the theatre without the possibility of more episodes, you know? This news will make me smile all day!

And hey--I'd consider driving down from Canada to see a premiere in NC. I'm busy doing a conversion of two friends in Boston (DVD set is on its way to them). They will be rabid Firefly fans within the next couple of weeks.

I'm positive they'd jump at the chance to go to NC with me. What a cool idea: road trip with much-loved friends, Firefly premiere, meeting a flock (?) of Browncoats in person, leaving the theatre with the hope of a revived series...

It doesn't get much better than that! YAHOOOO! Shiny shiny shiny shiny shiny.

And P.S.--10 weeks, Static? Fabulous. We'll count the days with you.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:11 AM

IRISANNE


So I start daydreaming about what it would be like to drive down to the movie premiere. (This is all your fault. )

I get to the part where I'm crossing the border into the U.S. and the officer says, "Anything to declare?"
-No.
-Where are you going?
-Raleigh, North Carolina.
-What is the purpose of your visit?
-To attend a movie premiere.
-What movie?
-Firefly.
-FELLOW BROWNCOAT! That is so shiny! Move over! I quit my job! I'm comin' with ya!

Then we zoom off down the road together, yelling, "No power in the 'verse can stop us!"


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Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:51 AM

LINDLEY


Quote:


No arguments there. They don't have the resources of the four majors.

However, they make their own programming all the time. They do manage to make SciFi Original movies all the time. Also, they produce other shows like SG-1 each week. While they are smaller than say Fox, we don't know how much money they have to throw around.

So, in conclusion, who knows?



Sorry to say it, but I don't think Scifi's the way. Prior to the BSG mini, they might have been.

However, Scifi has already got SG1 season 8 and SG: Atlantis season 1 next year; they came right down to the wire on whether or not to pick up Battlestar, due to it being so expensive.

Firefly would cost in the same range as Battlestar.

While its possible that Scifi might have been home to a Firefly revival, I doubt very much they have the resources for *two* such shows.

No, if you ask me, any revival should either go to NBC, CBS (I mention this only because they've been fair to Joan of Arcadia, which shares FF's old timeslot and at least some measure of its quality), or one of the larger cable channels like USA.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:32 AM

BLACKOUTNIGHTS


I read somewhere that it could be a direct-to-DVD series, which means Universal may be the distributor? I reckon syndication is always an option too. This is good news, but I'm waiting on the news that they've started filming — that, my friends, would rawk!

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:52 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.


Static wrote:

Quote:

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?


Raleigh is only 147 miles from Richmond, VA. I would be willing to make the drive for a Browncoat gathering for the movie. It would be great to meet people from the board and see the movie together.


"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."


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Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:11 AM

FLECHETTE



Static wrote:

Quote:

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?



I'm in Greensboro so I could definitely get behind a Raleigh area premiere!


as to the stations that could possibly air Firefly-- I can't picture UPN/Paramont airing anything that would show up Enterprise. Pretty sure UPN turned down the option to air the orginial series didn't they?

CBS I think has possibilities, tho my favored route would be a cable station like Showtime or HBO. main problem with that is the number of viewers that don't get the station....

Flechette

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 3:51 AM

SERENITYNOW


Quote:

Originally posted by Shiny:
Let's keep it up, and get all of our friends, family, acquaintances, co-workers, and complete strangers we meet on the street to watch some episodes and hook 'em on Firefly so they will buy more DVDs and convince the powers that be to bring back our gorram show!!!



We told a friend of ours to buy it and if he hated it, then we would buy it from him. This is a good strategy.

He ended up being really mad--imagine falling in love with the show only to realize it's been cancelled--all in one week!

So now you have all the more reason to indulge in peer pressure to get your friends to see this thing.

Honestly--I sometimes feel like a tupperware housewife pushing this show. But, like tupperware in the '50s, it's revolutionary.

Anyway, as a great man once said, I'm rambling. I'll shut up now.

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 3:57 AM

SERENITYNOW


Hey, Static--are you talking about the Rialto? I come from Raleigh (though I'm in MD now) and was just wondering.

Sorry about your being in "the special hell" right now. Don't you wish you'd had to sleep with an evil seductress to get there? ;)



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Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:02 AM

TEELABROWN


YES! This is GORRAM GREAT news! I'm all for a premire party! And Fox: We WILL have our movie!

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:27 AM

SOUTHERNMERC


weeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

This is SHINY news indeed! Though I have two things to say:

1) If we get a movie premiere party, continental US please, as I refuse to fly with all the gestapo style paranoid security (conceintious objection).

2) If someone picks up the series, I hope its not Sci-Fi as that means they don't have the budget like a major network and I can't get that channel where I live without digital cable, which won't let me record show (poor design).

Sorry for the run-on sentance, THIS IS THE SHINIEST!

Jayne: "How big a room?"

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:32 AM

LINDEN


Quote:

Originally posted by DaveB:
Great news but what does 'OB' mean? Sorry If I'm being thick.




Dave, I´m not sure, but I think O.B means Official Board.

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:32 AM

FIREFLYWILDCARD1


I'm in MD and I'd definitely find my way down to Raleigh for Firefly's premier if Static can convince his friend to do it! That would be awesome.

I don't know if NBC would be a good channel for Firefly because if you look at their current programs, there are abosolutely ZERO sci-fi shows. I don't know about CBS working either because they already have so many shows that cost a lot: CSI, CSI:Miami, Joan of Arcadia, and others. Plus CBS seems to be taking the route of reality TV for their new series as well. They have Survivor and Star Search (the two I can come up with at the moment). The cable channel USA doesn't seem to run very many original series. They seem to buy series that have done well on the main 4 channels and show those in reruns constantly. I think SciFi would be the best although the point about their finances is valid.

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:39 AM

SERENITYNOW


Hey, Fireflywildcard--

Sorry to get off topic, but--is there a MD Browncoat group to your knowledge? If not, could we start one?

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:40 AM

SERENITYNOW


Hey, Fireflywildcard--

Sorry to get off topic, but--is there a MD Browncoat group to your knowledge? If not, could we start one?

Email me: f3k64@yahoo.com

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:09 AM

DESANGRO


Quote:

Originally posted by Static:
Okay. . .I'm a moron. . .

I'm sitting here asking questions about a premiere party and I forget my own history.

I'm good friends with a guy who OWNS a theatre. It's an old-style 'movie house' type theatre, with traditional architecture, but all the neccessary trappings for new movies, like Dolby Digital Surround Sound, or whatever the newest, greatest thing is.

He usually only shows Independant feature films, stuff like that. . .stuff that doesn't usually make it to the multiplexes. . .HOWEVER. . .

I'm fairly certain he could be convinced to make the investment into asking for a first-run copy of "Firefly".

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?

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I'd love to go!!! I'm from NC too, so I'm right close to it.

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 12:49 PM

LORDJ


This is news YAY! Two questions:

1. Anyone know where/whom the quote is from? The link doesn't specify.

2. I have a theory (we should work this out): the "legal issues" referred to a couple of places are indeed regarding locking up movie cast members for a potential series return. What do y'all think? Reasonable? Wishful thinking? Both?

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Sunday, February 15, 2004 12:58 PM

ZAPHODB


Yup. I know exactly where the quote originated.

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Monday, February 16, 2004 6:49 PM

STATIC


Quote:

Originally posted by SerenityNow:
Hey, Static--are you talking about the Rialto? I come from Raleigh (though I'm in MD now) and was just wondering.

Sorry about your being in "the special hell" right now. Don't you wish you'd had to sleep with an evil seductress to get there? ;)



http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/



Yes, the good ol' Rialto Theatre. I used to run the Rocky Horror Picture Show out there until about 4 years ago.

If you were a regular at RHPS during that time, YES, I'm THAT "Chris Jones"

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Monday, February 16, 2004 9:32 PM

SERENITYNOW


Actually I never had the guts to go--but I bet a lot of my friends know you. Email me (f3k64@yahoo.com) when you get back--we should all do some Raleigh shindigs. I'm down there all the time and it's a good opportunity to rope my old high school buddies into the Firefly fandom.


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Friday, February 20, 2004 6:18 PM

CASEY


Hell Yahhhhh!

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Friday, February 20, 2004 9:31 PM

ODIN


This is my first post here ( so please be )

First off let me say that I am not a buffy or angel fan at all. In fact I hated those shows, but I do understand why people like them.

That being said, I'm competely infatuated with the firefly series, that died waaaaay too soon.

I don't buy dvds very often, but this is the only box set I own and I'm very impressed, and depressed at the same time. Impressed that the series was just awesome, and depressed that it is already over.

My point is that there must be a bunch of other guys like me out there who are newly minted joss/firefly converts. So if there is a will to get the series back, i'm more than happy to help. There is too much crap on tv as it is, it would be nice to be able to watch something good for once.

My 2 cents.

ODiN

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Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:44 AM

SERENA


Quote:

Originally posted by odin:
This is my first post here ( so please be )
ODiN



Welcome to our world, Odin.
Keep flying!

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Sunday, February 22, 2004 4:03 PM

LILLYBELLA


God,i hope this is true..... I love this show and Jayne is fricken amazing he really makes the show... But we need the origional cast as I love this dialogue of this series!!! You go Joss, this might make me forgive you for killing off Cordelia on Angel.. It might...How the heck do you get those damn smiley things to work....

lillybella

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Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:15 PM

MAKEROFPATHS


Quote:

Originally posted by lillybella:
God,i hope this is true..... I love this show and Jayne is fricken amazing he really makes the show... But we need the origional cast as I love this dialogue of this series!!! You go Joss, this might make me forgive you for killing off Cordelia on Angel.. It might...How the heck do you get those damn smiley things to work....

lillybella



This drag it from left to right here

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004 10:28 PM

MLSVRKSGN


First posting anywhere, ever -
Just had to sign onlong enough to say
FAN-FRICKEN-TASTIC! So thrilled. Have hardly been
able to bear netwk television for ages now, and
Firefly was a shining exception to the general rule. This movie seemed a hopeless dream, for it to HAPPEN, WOOOO. And now, we can perhaps hope
for a return of the series! If it's based on the
returns for the movie, I think I'll be buying
out my theatre! Do you suppose they give group rates?

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:05 AM

SASJA


I can't say how much I hope this is true!

Can nobody disclose the source of all these happy expectations? Or get the story confirmed? 8 out of 10 on the rumour accuracy scale - anyone with a bet on where such a story could come from? The best would be to see Joss post here with his usual cautious "It looks like it's a real possibility. But more than that I cannot say. ... I don't want to jinx anything."

A huge thank you to Joss and the rest of the crew for not only bringing us this fantastic show but for fighting so hard for its future - wish we could help out more.

As for networks, wouldn't UPN be our best shot with the WB a close second (I know we don't like them much at the moment, but it would make sense for them to take the show and they have the money to do it right)? I don't think straight-to-dvd or Sci-Fi would be able give Firefly the kind of budget it needs and deserves.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:55 AM

OCELOTWREAK


Quote:

Originally posted by Static:
Okay. . .
-snippity-
I'm fairly certain he could be convinced to make the investment into asking for a first-run copy of "Firefly".

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?

==================================================



Hey - count me in. I'd fly all the way from Bermuda to attend a "grand opening" with another 1000 Firefly nuts!

Shiny!
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:32 AM

GETUPKID


Hey count me in 2. And if ne 1 is interested shooting for the movie starts June 4th according to Jewel (Kaylee)

Oh, my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Whose flying this thing?! Oh, right, that would be me. Back to work

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:32 AM

GETUPKID


Hey count me in 2. And if ne 1 is interested shooting for the movie starts June 4th according to Jewel (Kaylee)

Oh, my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Whose flying this thing?! Oh, right, that would be me. Back to work

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:17 AM

LISSA


ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:58 AM

STILLSHINY


Quote:

Originally posted by GetUpKid:
Hey count me in 2. And if ne 1 is interested shooting for the movie starts June 4th according to Jewel (Kaylee)

Oh, my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Whose flying this thing?! Oh, right, that would be me. Back to work



Where did you find Jewel's response???

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

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