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Firefly is dead

POSTED BY: SERENA777
UPDATED: Saturday, February 11, 2006 08:02
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Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:05 AM

Firefly is dead - the"people" at fox killed it.
But Serenity isn't!!!

I have some questions and since I'm new online
if they have been asked/answered before please bear with me.

Why is a Firefly fanbase, a loved movie -if not a "runaway hit" - why is all this potential being wasted -- {forgive me - but a two hour movie cannot/willnot do Joss's characters Justice - they are so multifaceted} and not being re-tooled as a seriesthat does justice to his creation ???

Why hasn't the Si Fi Channel or SHowtime
picked this up?

Sci Fi aired the Firefly series so it seems like
a "good home" for a new series

Look at Stargate - Ok movie - great series
10 years running!

I truly believe that Serenity has even more potential --

GOod Series (killed too early), Good movie,
Solid fanbase)

Why is this potential being wasted???

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Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:15 AM

GRIMJACK21502

These are questions we all have, but recently (past month or so) we have had reason to think...something is going to happen. With the CW network launching, the Firefly Season 2 Project (Ace Underhill...that name still cracks me up), and most importantly the continuing DVD sales, things haven't looked so promising since the anouncement of the movie.

As I have said before, I believe there are TV execs out there just waiting for the "final" numbers of Serenity (and BDS) sales...someone will pick it up...the money is too good.

Make no mistake, Firefly is not dead. If it were dead, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Firefly is just sleeping...and we will all be here when she wakes up.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

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Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:02 PM

WHITEFALL

If you'll allow me to get poetical...

We stand on the edge of a precipice, our adventure grounded, our information limited. If nothing changes, nothing will change, and Serenity will be lost to us. And yet above that precipice lies hope, in the sky lies a second season, a second movie, anything... all we have to do is fly. Just gotta do the impossible, that'll make us mighty.

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I survived a day in Whitefall and all I got was this lousy signature!

Terrifying Space Monkey of Destiny

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Friday, January 27, 2006 9:32 AM

GLUEMAN

Bravo!!! Whitefall

Hang on everybody it's going to be a bumpy ride!

People in the future will declare FF/Serenity a SciFi Classic.
Be Patience our verse is expanding every day. We are far from dead.

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Friday, January 27, 2006 9:54 AM

AKALIGHTNINGBUG

the original star trek only lasted 3 seasons... nuff said.

We may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:06 PM

NANDIFAN

And then someday...someday soon!...Browncoats all over the Earth can rise up in glory shouting;

"We wouldn't stay down!"
"We have won the war and restored glory and honor to the 'verse!"

"Welcome back Firefly!"

I can hear them now and it is beautiful!

Everyone just keep the faith!

"If they've got guns or brains at all."
"They've got guns."

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:52 PM

TIPPY

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Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
These are questions we all have, but recently (past month or so) we have had reason to think...something is going to happen. With the CW network launching, the Firefly Season 2 Project (Ace Underhill...that name still cracks me up), and most importantly the continuing DVD sales, things haven't looked so promising since the anouncement of the movie.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the CW Network?

BTW, my brother got me into this amazing series and now I want more more more more more!!!!!!! Why can't I have more?

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:12 PM

ASARIAN

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Originally posted by Whitefall:
If you'll allow me to get poetical...

We stand on the edge of a precipice, our adventure grounded, our information limited. If nothing changes, nothing will change, and Serenity will be lost to us. And yet above that precipice lies hope, in the sky lies a second season, a second movie, anything... all we have to do is fly. Just gotta do the impossible, that'll make us mighty.

You hang in there, bud. Here, in the Netherlands, they're pre-ordering the Sereninty DVD several months before its even available (good thing I got me the NTSC Retail DVD from the States). It's gonna sell like crazy, believe you me! And nobody will be able to ignore those numbers! Not unless they're irretrievably stupid or congenitally insane, that is.

River Tam rocks!

"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:55 PM

KANESKI

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Not unless they're irretrievably stupid or congenitally insane, that is.

Keep in mind you ARE referring to the people who are in the same line of work as the people who originally cancelled the show.

Nonetheless... DVD comes out on the 8th here in Aus, and from what I've asked around, there has been a decent chunk of preorders.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:22 PM

ASARIAN

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Originally posted by Kaneski:
Quote:
Not unless they're irretrievably stupid or congenitally insane, that is.

Keep in mind you ARE referring to the people who are in the same line of work as the people who originally cancelled the show.

Nonetheless... DVD comes out on the 8th here in Aus, and from what I've asked around, there has been a decent chunk of preorders.

A lot can be said on why the show was canceled (and already has been said, of course). Bottom-line? I think they simply made a mistake, and scrubbed it before really giving it a chance. Also, Serenity (its theatrical release) was overall poorly marketed; and its DVD sales, as far as I understand things, have picked up in great numbers, simply by word of mouth (just goes to show that what we're doing here really does make a difference, btw.)

Since the brass is always interested in their own bottom-line, wich is making money, I really think they will be unable to ignore the Serenity sales (and the FireFly boxes, naturally), unless .., well, I offered some alternatives. :)

"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam.

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Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:47 PM

LADYSINGS

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Originally posted by Tippy:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the CW Network?

The new CW network will be debuting in September 2006. It will be a combination of UPN (owned by CBS television) and the WB.

"Kaylee, find that kid who's takin' a dirt nap with baby Jesus. We need a hood ornament."

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Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:40 PM

TIPPY

Thank you, LadySings! That was might kind of you to respond to my inquiry.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:14 PM

LADYSINGS

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Originally posted by Tippy:
Thank you, LadySings! That was might kind of you to respond to my inquiry.

You are more than welcome, my friend!

"Kaylee, find that kid who's takin' a dirt nap with baby Jesus. We need a hood ornament."

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 9:10 PM

TIGERMAC36

I completely agree with making a new Firefly series on SciFi or the like. Fox is a very tough network to approve any new show and have the ones they do show aren't that great.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 9:25 PM

JETGIRL23

Quote:
Originally posted by Nandifan:
And then someday...someday soon!...Browncoats all over the Earth can rise up in glory shouting;

"We wouldn't stay down!"
"We have won the war and restored glory and honor to the 'verse!"

"Welcome back Firefly!"

I can hear them now and it is beautiful!

Everyone just keep the faith!

"If they've got guns or brains at all."
"They've got guns."

I can hear it!! I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it...I , for one...will hold...till they get back...I have no choice in the matter.

But you know what..........

"Faster would be better"

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Friday, February 3, 2006 6:46 PM

MERCHANTMARINE1

Wasted effort, time, energy. If you sit down and see just what is on TV, the reality shows, Prime Time Crime and lets not forget, Desperate Housewives and Lost with their own category if anyone can figure that out. I would welcome the return of FF with a new series. I believe that the S.F. movies and T.V. series that dominated the networks worked against FF, and that reason is, we are all conditioned to see aliens, lazer battles futuristic ships brilliant, dashing commanders in uniforms that garner respect. FF, went against all that, brought us an idea of human colonizing without aliens, no scientific academy graduates or military acadameies etc, no rocket scientists or engineers. Mr. Whedon brought us a volunteer soldier turned privateer/captain, a courageous yet stunning soldier herself and first mate, a young farm girl with no education only a nack to listen and feel how machines operate, a cut throat whose only ambition is his take on the profit, a shepard with a clouded past, but we know by his understanding and skills he was an assassin just running from his past trying to turn is life around and the Doctor and River we know about those two.. Dead, I sure hope not. Yes its fantasy, science fiction, but, its not part of the norm, not from the mold and nothing usual about these characters. Joss hit another series out of the park. We will have to wait and see with this new network WC, what will happen next. I hope, if FF does make a return or its Serenity, I truly hope that Motion Pictures are not the only venue, the cost for admissions is rising, the tickets sales will not compete, and everyone is talking DVD sales not ticket sales so that should say something about marketing. If BSG can be resurrected and now in its 3rd season with Universal Pictures and available on cable, I see alot of hope. Its now up to Joss to decide how much effort on his part to bring either FF back to television or Serenity. To keep FF alive, Mr. Whedon deserves the control of production, his previous and current productions have proven themselves to be smash hits. Mr. Whedon deserves nothing less.

Move aside John Carpenter, Steven King Mr. Joss Whedon has entered the building.

Merchantmarine1

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Sunday, February 5, 2006 9:43 PM

BOWIE

No one's not good enouph in Firefly. Even a scumbag like Badger can find a place. I think people like that, which is why so many have flocked to the Jiang yin that is the firefly verse.

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

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Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:02 AM

FILTER

I do believe Firefly will live again. I am also a Doctor Who fan, and that show died a slow, agonizing death in 1989. It was resurrected in 2005 and let me tell you, it is awesome, and will be on the SciFi network later this year. The same will happen to Firefly. It will live again, I KNOW IT!
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