Firefly Virtual Season 2 ideas

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ANANTI

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:24 AM

Okay, I have an idea to do a virtual season 2 of Firefly.

Basically, the season will follow the story arc from the BDM, except in far more detail than we were able to see from the movie. There have been a lot of lament that the movie packed an entire season worth of plot and squeezed them into 120 minutes. Here is a chance to recreate what the Firefly season 2 would have been like have the show been allowed to continue.

Like the TV show we can have different writers for each episode, so it will be a collaborative effort.

Anyway it's just an idea to see if there are any interest out there, and feel free to add any suggestions in this thread.

EXODUS2310

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:12 PM

Wow, I've been looking for a virtual season2 for some time. How is this going? Do you have staff?

THEACCOLADE

Saturday, October 22, 2005 2:46 AM

oh! how does this work? I'd love to give this a shot if it is still open or in the works or whatever. Will this thread be the information hub?

GIANTEVILHEAD

Saturday, October 22, 2005 6:45 AM

I have some ideas. They have to break the bad news to Wash's parents. River gets addicted to a drug that makes her lucid. I got lots of crazy ideas about the Unification Wars, the earth that was, and the building of the new earths.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

EXODUS2310

Saturday, October 22, 2005 7:30 PM

So is this going anyway? I sure would be interested in reading this. Is it gonna be script based or prose?

THEACCOLADE

Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:57 PM

I would vote for Script form. Like a real season. Provided this is still in the works...*bats eyes* please! :)

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TRAKEN

Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:00 PM

I was looking foward to backstory on Shepard Book,
but I think season 2 if it happens ought to include.

Some new charaters to fill the voids left by wash and book.

Perhaps, some revelation of books history, maybe tied into some kind of abbey investigation to his death.

I think Inara would need a new purpose to be on the ship, since she likely will be kicked from the guild for aiding the crew in thier movie adventure.

Just some of my ideas for now..

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EXODUS2310

Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:07 PM

No don't have it continue after the film. Have it continue straight after S1. I also hope it is script based, my interest would just got *plop*if it was prose.

THEACCOLADE

Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:40 PM

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No don't have it continue after the film. Have it continue straight after S1. I also hope it is script based, my interest would just got *plop*if it was prose.

My thoughts exactly. Joss has said that the film was the super compact form of season 2 so I would love (and I think this was the original idea) to expand the story line of the film, but that doesn't mean that we can add things like more Book and Inara history ect.

My idea is this, we take the film, we list the events that we know must happen, then we fill in any ideas that we have about other characters. Maybe we do this as a group, maybe we each take a character or a story line and we fill in the time line in a little more detail. We could use the comic books too, I haven't read them yet (where do you find them? I've looked all over.) but I understand they fill in some of the time gaps.

Then once we have a timeline that everyone likes we split it up into 20 episodes or how ever many we want to do (I think between 19 and 23 is a standerd season, something like that) and we assign the eps to different writers. We then post them in the order in which the would show on TV. I do think that we should have the time line first though (even if its not very detailed) because it might get a little hard to know where to stop and finish otherwise. But I've never done this before so there may be a much better way to work it.

These are just some thoughts, I'm sure ya'll have ones that are just as good and better. :) I hope we can get this rolling, I think it'd be great fun. :)

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TRAKEN

Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:13 PM

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Originally posted by exodus2310:
No don't have it continue after the film. Have it continue straight after S1. I also hope it is script based, my interest would just got *plop*if it was prose.

I see your idea, to flesh out a good season 2 is should have seeds of some ideas for season 3, so the story has continuity.

Also, the fact that good shows like firefly, family, farscape... etc. are canceled and it takes fan based marketing to get it going again, tells me the sad state tv is in.
I dream of the day when fox, nbc, cbs, and abc are not running the show.

THEACCOLADE

Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:04 PM

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I see your idea, to flesh out a good season 2 is should have seeds of some ideas for season 3, so the story has continuity.

Exactly. I think we could do both.

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Also, the fact that good shows like firefly, family, farscape... etc. are canceled and it takes fan based marketing to get it going again, tells me the sad state tv is in.
I dream of the day when fox, nbc, cbs, and abc are not running the show.

no kidding. it really boggels the mind. Someday we'll take over and all will be right with the world. It is encouraging though that fans have made as big of an impact as they have, i.e. The Peacekeeper Wars and Serenity, it's cool to know we can change things, even if it's a long time comming.

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EXODUS2310

Monday, October 24, 2005 7:40 AM

As for releasing the episodes, you could just make a website and a seperate forum (proboards is good) and release them there.

TRAKEN

Monday, October 24, 2005 11:44 AM

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Originally posted by TheAccolade:
no kidding. it really boggels the mind. Someday we'll take over and all will be right with the world. It is encouraging though that fans have made as big of an impact as they have, i.e. The Peacekeeper Wars and Serenity, it's cool to know we can change things, even if it's a long time comming.

I know but something about having spend time being a movie/tv promoter in my spare time makes me upset.I mean NMJ.
I have enough work to do trying to get through my senior year of engineering.

I'm looking foward to when the internet mafias will open up enough bandwidth for internet broadcast "tv". MAke tv distribution much cheaper then shows can have a longer time to prove themselves. Maybe on demand tv free.

CITIZEN

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:10 PM

How about a comic or animated format?
It would give something 'visual' fit in with the style (we've already got comics) and shouldn't be too hard todo with all the talented folks around here.

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GWEK

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:40 PM

So, to clarify... What you're looking to do is spec out what the Miranda-Reaver-Operative story arc could have been if Whedon had done it as a 22 episode story arc (that's the standard) rather than a 2 hour movie?

I'm down with that, but want to make sure I'm on the right page here.

If we're going to do this right, we need to first consider the end of season 1.

Including the two part pilot, we have 15 out of 22 episodes for season 1.

The comic book miniseries from Dark Horse is clearly the season 1 finale (and, therefore, should be required reading for any serious attempt to figure out how season 2 would've played out). It shows us how Book and Inara leave the ship (GREAT scenes both), as well as tying up a few other story arcs.

If we assume that would have been 2 hours, that brings us to 17/22 season 1 episodes. I don't think the 5 "missing" episodes would have been integral to the plot (in fact, the miniseries implies that it's been "business as usual" for a while), except perhaps, to introduce Haven so we have a reason for Book to go there when he leaves the ship.

My thoughts on Season Two include the following:

1) Season 1 is pretty much "the year they work for Badger." Season 2 would then be "the year they work for Mingo and Fanty."

2) Given the way JW does things, we wouldn't see more than the briefest hints of the overall year story arc until "act 2" (around episode 8 or 9), so the major stuff (such as the Reavers and the Operative) probably wouldn't be introduced until then (at the earliest).

3) I could see the overall arc of the first act (roughly episodes 1-8) going something like this: Having cut ties with Badger, Mal now tries to work for Mingo and Fanty. But Mal and his crew, they're trouble, so first they're going to need to prove themselves with a few big jobs. We might even get recurring opposition in the form of another crew that works for M&F (possibly even the crazy folks from the first issue of the comic).

4) Throughout this, the crew begins to use Haven as, well, a haven. During the first season, Serenity is their home, but they start to develop a second home. It's also a good way to keep Book as a recurring cast member.

I could even see story arcs where one or more of the crew leaves for a little while. Say, for example, there were some sort of outbreak on Haven, leading to Simon volunteering to stay there for 2 or 3 episodes.

Maybe there's even someone there to make a Simon-Kaylee-??? triangle(because if those two aren't going to hook up until the finale, SOMETHING needs to be done to spice things up).

Clearly, though, we have to care about the folks of Haven and see that Mal and crew care about them, so when the Operative's men slaughter lay waste to the place in act 3, it means something.

5) I could easily see Inara being largley absent from the series for the first act. I can also see her being attracted to the Operative. He represents everything that Mal isn't, which is what she SHOULD be attracted to.

I suspect that, had the story been done as a series, we'd've had 5 episodes where the Operative is just hanging out with Inara, having political and philosophical discussions so that she (and we) can see just what an intelligent, clever man he is.

6) Ideally, THAT is how I'd've liked to have been introduced to the Operative, by the way. Consider this:

We first see him as a client of Inara's. Although it's a job, she's clearly attracted to him because he's so intelligent, insightful, etc.

It's only after we get used to the idea of him as potential competition for Mal in a romantic sense that we see a version of the opening of the movie and realize exactly who he is.

And then we realize exactly how clever he is and how carefully he's been weaving his web, and preparing to ensnare the crew of Serenity. He becomes chillingly efficient, but, to Inara, still not entirely unattractive, since he has the conviction that Mal seems to lack...

7) The whole Miranda/River-goes-crazy-due-to-subliminals would've taken a lot longer to play out: a line h

GWEK

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:41 PM

Oh, by the way, in case it isn't obvious, I'm clearly interested in the idea. :)

LIMINALOSITY

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:10 PM

I'm likin' this idea very much.

I would like to apply for the position of virtual costume designer. Please ask your people to call my people, anytime.

If I'm gonna wear a dress, I'd want something with some slink.

BRETTYBOY

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:52 PM

Wow this is a great idea. I am in, in any capacity I can be. If I have a vote though I would say we should continue the story from the end of the movie. But I am onboard with what ever direction we go. Also I wanna apply for virtual grip.

EXODUS2310

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:47 PM

Who is actually in charge of this virtual season since the topic starter hasnt replied yet....

THEACCOLADE

Friday, October 28, 2005 12:54 AM

Wonderful ideas!! Thanks for posting!!! I thought I'd eat up some board space and reply...

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1) Season 1 is pretty much "the year they work for Badger." Season 2 would then be "the year they work for Mingo and Fanty."

Exactly. This gives us plenty of places to go and trouble to get into while we are setting up the rest of the story arc. So would the final job (where the Reavers atack) come somewhere in the middle (8 or 9) of the season?

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2) Given the way JW does things, we wouldn't see more than the briefest hints of the overall year story arc until "act 2" (around episode 8 or 9), so the major stuff (such as the Reavers and the Operative) probably wouldn't be introduced until then (at the earliest).

:) I guess this answers the above question...duh...

3) I could see the overall arc of the first act (roughly episodes 1-8) going something like this: Having cut ties with Badger, Mal now tries to work for Mingo and Fanty. But Mal and his crew, they're trouble, so first they're going to need to prove themselves with a few big jobs. We might even get recurring opposition in the form of another crew that works for M&F (possibly even the crazy folks from the first issue of the comic).

I think this would be a great way to start writing too because it would give us a chance to do more "solo" writing. A chance to get the feel for format and story without having to worry so much about making sure that the time line and story arc are going in the right place. A bit like having training wheels if you will.

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4) Throughout this, the crew begins to use Haven as, well, a haven. During the first season, Serenity is their home, but they start to develop a second home. It's also a good way to keep Book as a recurring cast member.

I could even see story arcs where one or more of the crew leaves for a little while. Say, for example, there were some sort of outbreak on Haven, leading to Simon volunteering to stay there for 2 or 3 episodes.

Maybe there's even someone there to make a Simon-Kaylee-??? triangle(because if those two aren't going to hook up until the finale, SOMETHING needs to be done to spice things up).

Clearly, though, we have to care about the folks of Haven and see that Mal and crew care about them, so when the Operative's men slaughter lay waste to the place in act 3, it means something.

Love love LOVE this! I was thinking the same thing but you've mapped it out better than I could. I'd really love to see some depth in the Jayne/Book relationship and this would be a great place to do that (for example, fleshing out the whole cigar thing which I think is one of the coolest things in the film)

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5) I could easily see Inara being largley absent from the series for the first act. I can also see her being attracted to the Operative. He represents everything that Mal isn't, which is what she SHOULD be attracted to.

I suspect that, had the story been done as a series, we'd've had 5 episodes where the Operative is just hanging out with Inara, having political and philosophical discussions so that she (and we) can see just what an intelligent, clever man he is.

6) Ideally, THAT is how I'd've liked to have been introduced to the Operative, by the way. Consider this:

We first see him as a client of Inara's. Although it's a job, she's clearly attracted to him because he's so intelligent, insightful, etc.

It's only after we get used to the idea of him as potential competition for Mal in a romantic sense that we see a version of the opening of the movie and realize exactly who he is.

And then we realize exactly how clever he is and how carefully he's been weaving his web, and preparing to ensnare the crew of Serenity. He becomes chillingly efficient, but, to Inara, still not entirely unattractive, since he has the conviction that Mal seems to lack...

Oh the angst! :) Again, you've hit the nail on the head. This is a great idea. We have no idea how long the Operative is at the traininghouse before she

GIANTEVILHEAD

Friday, October 28, 2005 2:15 AM

Ah, I misunderstood, I thought the topic creator wanted this to be post Serenity. My ideas, the new River hunters, the earth that was, fits in better post Serenity, although I could come up with some ideas for what happens between the show and the movie. I think it would be interesting to expand more on the Unification War, how the war was fought, what kind of tactics each side used, and it would be nice to explore the dark underworld of the core worlds, maybe a cult.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

ANANTI

Friday, October 28, 2005 2:43 AM

Hi guys, thanks for all the responses!

I'm glad so many of you liked the idea. I really hope we can get this thing going. I'm going to see about geting a domain/website set up, anybody here good with web designing? I'm hopeless when it comes to visual stuff like that.

Anyway a lot of what I've thought on this overlaps with the thoughts on the thread already so I won't repeat them.

In addition to what has been mentioned these are somethings I'd want to include:

1) Giving Mr. Universe a real introduction.

2) Running into the underground group that helped Simon brake River out, with flashbacks that expand on how River was rescued. 1 and 2 could tie into each other, perhaps this underground guy introduces them to Mr. Universe, perhaps Mr. Universe provided some of the hacking technology that enabled the break in?

3) Fun things with recurring villains. Saffron?

Mainly I really want to expand on the character of the Operative. There is so much to him that can be so fascination, but because the length of the movie format that Joss wasn't able to explore.

Keep coming with the good ideas.

GIANTEVILHEAD

Friday, October 28, 2005 2:55 AM

I think that it would be cool to do a story where the underground wants Simon to do something for them. I know that Simon paid the underground to help him but I'm thinking that the underground is like the mafia, and since they did Simon a favor, they're expecting a favor in return. Plus it would be cool if the underground has ties to a cult based on one of the Core worlds. Plus I have an idea for a story arc where River gets addicted to a drug that makes her lucid.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

BRETTYBOY

Friday, October 28, 2005 3:48 AM

In keeping with the underground theme, we could add a story involving other children that had been freed, or maybe river desperately wants to go back and rescue a friend.

GIANTEVILHEAD

Friday, October 28, 2005 4:33 AM

Well, here's what I think happened to many of the other Academy students:
[url] http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=12&t=14229

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

BARCLAY

Friday, October 28, 2005 5:59 AM

I think this idea is gorram shiny. I want to be on board with it, but not sure writing is the way for me to do it. Maybe as some sort of editor/creative consultant who makes sure the "whole" arc is slowly played out?

I think that having a strong underlying story is crucial, I want to emphesize on thing, every episode of Firefly worked as a stand alone. I think if we can mimic this manner of telling the story, but remaining episodic and not a soap opera, so much as possible. A few two parters here or there, I'm thinking, or, at the very least, making sure we have some episodes thrown in that break from the storyline (think X Files, Deep Space Nine here).

I'd also like to see things tie into the first season, for example.

The Lassiter. We've all kinda been assuming it paid for the upgrades to Serenity, but I think a humor-based "we can't get rid of this thing" episode might be fun, sending the crew all over the place trying to unload the gun covertly.

The Heart of Gold. Who's up for a return visit? Maybe while Inara happens to be visiting? Sexual tension abounds.

Early. Did he die in space? Obviously the answer in my book is no, so he can be brought back. But how? Is he connected to the Operative?

The Reavers. How do they go from things you never see to big scary things? How do we do this without seeming sudden or cheesy?

Blue Sun. Hey, remember them? Obviously the Blue Hands were the "big bads" of season 1, and now they're gone [comic books], but what about this huge corporation that makes River freak out?

Onward!

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MUTANTEMU

Friday, October 28, 2005 8:58 PM

This is the fist time I've used Quotes, so here's hoping I got it right.

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Originally posted by GWEK:

If we're going to do this right, we need to first consider the end of season 1.

Including the two part pilot, we have 15 out of 22 episodes for season 1.

The comic book miniseries from Dark Horse is clearly the season 1 finale (and, therefore, should be required reading for any serious attempt to figure out how season 2 would've played out). It shows us how Book and Inara leave the ship (GREAT scenes both), as well as tying up a few other story arcs.

If we assume that would have been 2 hours, that brings us to 17/22 season 1 episodes. I don't think the 5 "missing" episodes would have been integral to the plot (in fact, the miniseries implies that it's been "business as usual" for a while), except perhaps, to introduce Haven so we have a reason for Book to go there when he leaves the ship.

I agree. A few other additional Season 1 events to consider, in my own opinion, are these:
1) At the end of "Objects in Space," Serenity is heading to New Melboune to drop off Inara. While there, Inara's departure is delayed when events happen that provide a clue to her past; revealing to Mal that her motives for leaving aren't selfish.
2) The crew are finally able to pawn off the Lassiter. But after buying a new HoverMule, they lose the rest of the cash (either via Niska, or lost while escaping from Reavers).
3) The events of the mini-comic series (entitled "Those Left Behind").

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1) Season 1 is pretty much "the year they work for Badger." Season 2 would then be "the year they work for Mingo and Fanty."

2) Given the way JW does things, we wouldn't see more than the briefest hints of the overall year story arc until "act 2" (around episode 8 or 9), so the major stuff (such as the Reavers and the Operative) probably wouldn't be introduced until then (at the earliest).

3) I could see the overall arc of the first act (roughly episodes 1-8) going something like this: Having cut ties with Badger, Mal now tries to work for Mingo and Fanty. But Mal and his crew, they're trouble, so first they're going to need to prove themselves with a few big jobs. We might even get recurring opposition in the form of another crew that works for M&F (possibly even the crazy folks from the first issue of the comic).

Again, I agree. In the comic's 1st issue, the opposing crew, led by a man named Ott, does indead work for Fanty and Mingo.

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4) Throughout this, the crew begins to use Haven as, well, a haven. During the first season, Serenity is their home, but they start to develop a second home. It's also a good way to keep Book as a recurring cast member. . . .
Clearly, though, we have to care about the folks of Haven and see that Mal and crew care about them, so when the Operative's men slaughter lay waste to the place in act 3, it means something. . .
I suspect that, had the story been done as a series, we'd've had 5 episodes where the Operative is just hanging out with Inara, having political and philosophical discussions so that she (and we) can see just what an intelligent, clever man he is.

Other events throughout Season 2 would be (as more than one person has already mentioned above), the introduction of Mr. Universe, showing the Underground movement. I also think we would've seen the return of Jubal Early; his ship DID turn around at the end of the episode. I think we would also discovered that Simon knew from the start that River is psycic; minor acting subtleties from the show seem to confirm this.

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7) The whole Miranda/River-goes-crazy-due-to-subliminals would've taken a lot longer to play out: a line here, a scene there... stuff that we realize the truth of only in retrospect. Joss is good like that.

I believe that the Operative would've also persue other ways of finding the crew of Serenity, not just the subliminal messages. Maybe hunting a certain red-headed con artist so she'd seek refuge with them? Can you im

GIANTEVILHEAD

Friday, October 28, 2005 11:03 PM

It is possible that Simon has troubles with the underground. Somehow I doubt that the underground helped Simon out of the goodness of their hearts. I think that the underground had their own plans for River, she is a very valuable individual, and perhaps underground never intended to give her to Simon and wanted to use her for their own schemes. I think the only reason why they told Simon that River was in trouble was so that they could gain access to his resources. Maybe some decent members of the underground thought that taking advantage of Simon like that was wrong and helped him escape with River. It would explain why River arrived on Serenity in stasis, she wasn’t smuggled out of the Academy in stasis, she was smuggled out of the underground base in stasis. The crew coming into conflict with the underground would also explain why Mal was so unhappy with Simon in the movie.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

EXQUEMELING

Friday, October 28, 2005 11:33 PM

Yeah, this sounds like a top idea! When can I read the script for the next episode!?!

For those of you looking for a proper introduction for Mr. Universe, read the Serenity novel, as it turns out, he is a contact of Wash's from pilot academy - it gives quite a bit of background to him and lots of plot ideas to work on/with too...

GWEK

Saturday, October 29, 2005 3:27 AM

One thing that occurred to me while I was thinking about this thread was exactly how much do we use the movie as "canon"? The idea, after all, sort of a reinterpretation.

For example, "Firefly" seems to imply that Simon funded River's rescue but did not participate in it. In "Serenity," however, we see that he was her literal savior.

Personally, I like the TV show interpretation, because it allows some of the mystery to drag out a little further. I had two different ideas related to this:

1) When River starts to unravel because of the secret of "Miranda", Simon realizes that he needs more answers from the Underground, so he either tries to go after them himself (which likely involves him getting in way over his head and requiring rescue) or hires Mal and Co. to track them down.

2) Alternately, I had the idea that perhsp someone from the Underground realizes, to some extent at least, what's going on and acts as sort of a "guardian angel" to River, following her and the crew from a distance. Ideally, this would be done in such a way that the audience thinks that the guardian angel is actually "the Big Bad" for part of Act II (meanwhile, if we go with one of my other suggestions, the Operative is discussing politics, music, and art with Inara).

I could see the guardian angel character being someone who has secrets of their own and hooks up with the crew in the short term sort of filling some of the Book role. Also, as a minor point, it would be the guardian angel, but Simon, who knows "the safe word."

As mentioned, there is backstory for Mister Universe (and other thigns) in the novelization, but the question becomes what's the best place to work it in?

I completely agree with whoever it was who said that the most of the episodes should be stand-alones, but if we use "Buffy" as an example, as the story progresses, we'd see stories that tie together more strongly. For example, "Shindig" and "Safe" are essentially a loose story arc, and later episodes are tied together by the medicine from Arial and the Lassiter.

I'm seeing something like this:

ACT I (roughly Episodes 1-8): These are mostly stand-alones tied together by the idea of the crew trying to prove themselves to Mingo and Fanty (and possibly by visits to Book and Haven). Inara is largely absent and, if there there's any "Big Bad" it's a crew that Mal and Co. compete with (possibly Ott's band of misfits).

Our first run-in with the Reavers probably occurs near the end of Act I or the beginning of Act II, leading us to believe, mistakenly, that they are the "Big Bad."

ACT II (Episodes 9-16): By now, the crew is in good with Mingo and Fanty, but River is starting to unravel. We first meet the Operative and Mister Universe, but have no idea of the roles they'll eventually play. Again, these are largely stand-alone episodes, but might involve the Underground, a major job for Mingo and Fanty, etc. River's bar brawl on Persephone occurs somewhere near the end of this act.

ACT III (Episodes 17-22): This is basically the last half of the movie writ large, and unlike msot of what we've seen before, is pretty much one big story arc (consider the third act of most seasons of Buffy or Angel).

Basically, I could see an entire episode devoted to the rescue of Inara, an episode for the death of Haven, and the last 2 or 3 episodes are pretty much the journey to Miranda and then the battle at Mr. Universe's place.

Okay, so, enough with the ideas. Down to business. How are we going to do this? Who's in? Who's in charge?

If we're serious about this, I think it's time to start organizing rather than just throwing out ideas.

I certainly don't want to usurp anyone's power, but I'll volunteer right now to help organize things. Can I be, like, a head writer or somesuch? :)

Also, is anyone aware or another group working on this same concept? If so, we should hook up with them so we're not duplicating effort.

Anyone want to set a website for this? Is fireflyseasontwo.com taken?

Thoughts? Opinions? Who's in? And who wants to play p

EXODUS2310

Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:58 AM

Well I think you guys should stop yapping on an open forum and get to do to doing privately...could be spoiling it for people who just wanna read the series.

As for forums, you could just proboards. I love them, you can do anything with them.

THEACCOLADE

Saturday, October 29, 2005 1:39 PM

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Okay, so, enough with the ideas. Down to business. How are we going to do this? Who's in? Who's in charge?

If we're serious about this, I think it's time to start organizing rather than just throwing out ideas.

I certainly don't want to usurp anyone's power, but I'll volunteer right now to help organize things. Can I be, like, a head writer or somesuch? :)

Also, is anyone aware or another group working on this same concept? If so, we should hook up with them so we're not duplicating effort.

Anyone want to set a website for this? Is fireflyseasontwo.com taken?

Thoughts? Opinions? Who's in? And who wants to play producer?

I agree. I'm totally in. I've never done this before so I dont know how helpful I'd be in organizing but I'm willing to do anything that needs doing. :) I really would love to be a writer, and I'll do any other job that I can. I think we've gotten together some great ideas, I think we are ready to start! Lets get going! :)

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EXODUS2310

Saturday, October 29, 2005 3:38 PM

I think virtualfirefly.com/.net/.co.uk would be better because if you go over two seasons...then fireflyseasontwo is pretty crap for a name.

BRETTYBOY

Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:17 PM

Im in, in any way I can help. Now I must admit I probably found firefly/serenity later then most, but my questions is. How is Joss gonna feel about us using his characters and basic world without his permission? Or is he cool about fans using it. Also is this gonna be just a written season? Is it gonna be told third/first person, or through a new character? Or maybe we are gonna write it out script form. Or are we gonna do it graphic novel style, or maybe using flash ?

But however we proceed, Im in.

GWEK

Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:52 PM

Okay, here's how it is: Lot of people seem to be interested, but no one is organizing yet, so I'm going to appoint myself head writer.

My job will be to organize the overall flow of the season (in concert with the other writers, of course), and also make sure that we don't make any major mis-steps (like generating episodes that stray too far into bad fanfic...).

For the record, professionally speaking, I'm an editor, and have also won writing awards, so I'm bringing some experience to this.

Here's what think we need:

WRITERS: If you guys look at my previous messages, you'll see that I have a lot of ideas on the overall season spine, but I have no desire to come up with stories to fill 22 episodes, so we need probably 4-8 staff writers (that will probably give most people 2-4 episodes each, which should be enough for folks to develop their own mini-arcs).

By the way, I think the following should be "required reading" for anyone who wants to participate: Every episode of "Firefly" (preferably with commentary as well), the Serenity mini-series (which wraps up season 1), and the Serenity novelization.

TECH FOLKS: I'd like two do two things here. First, we need a better way to communicate. Can someone set up a forum or something for us? I'm not particular tech savvy myself...

Second, we'll need a site for this. I'm seeing it as eventually looking like a virtual DVD set, wth special features, commentary, etc.

ARTISTS: Not sure how we want to do this yet (treatments, full scripts for every episode, etc), but I think it would be great to have whatever we write illustrated in some way (storyboards, etc).

RESEARCH: Is anyone else working on a project like this? Will Joss get mad? If the answer to either of these is yes, we need to rethink things.

OTHER FOLK: Anyone else who wants to participate and has something to provide. If nothing else, we'll probably need a small handful of folk to read everything to make sure we're not spiraling into madness.

OUR MISSION: To create a virtual "season two" of what the motion picture "Serenity" could have been if Joss had 22 episodes rather than 2 hours. "Here's how it might've been..."

Anyone who's interested in working on this project in a serious manner (because, don't get me wrong, it's gonna be WORK) can e-mail me at gwek@optonline.net and we can start organizing.

Sound good?

EXODUS2310

Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:14 PM

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Second, we'll need a site for this. I'm seeing it as eventually looking like a virtual DVD set, wth special features, commentary, etc.

That could actually be done as a seperate download once the season has aired. A normal website would surfice, slong as it presents itself and makes clear what it is.

BRETTYBOY

Monday, October 31, 2005 6:54 PM

So is this idea dead or whats up?????

THEACCOLADE

Monday, October 31, 2005 8:07 PM

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So is this idea dead or whats up?????

I think the idea is to email gwek at the above address if you are interested. People were tired of the chatter going on here.

***@***
Right!...Because teenage pranks are FUN when you're about to die!

EXODUS2310

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 6:09 PM

and you should do just that

VICE

Sunday, November 13, 2005 2:52 AM

One idea I'd like to toss out -
I'm sure you guys are considering at least one episode to develop Book's past a little more. I've heard several discussions about how Book was probably an Operative at one time, which explains quite a bit. I'd love to see an episode exploring the parallels between Book and the Operative, his path to redemption, etc. To me this seems like one of the more obvious ideas, but probably a pretty good one, and since I didn't see it mentioned yet...

"He's a psychotic lowlife."
"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community." - Mal

EXODUS2310

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:50 PM

So anything happening behind the scenes?

ANGEVINE

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:31 AM

Is there a website or will the stories be posted here? (This may have been covered and I might have missed it in the replies, sorry.)

GIANTEVILHEAD

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:19 AM

pm/e-mail gwek if you want to be part of the crew.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

EXODUS2310

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:16 PM

Can we have an update from behind the scenes? whats going on? stories being made? website developed scripts written?

DIGIFICWRITER

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:12 PM

Myself, Gwek, and the others who have joined the staff are hard at work. Even though the original idea was to take the events of the movie and tell them over the course of 22 episodes, we have decided to first go back and finish out the final 7 episodes of Season 1. Our current release plan is to use this board to release our 7 Season 1 eps, and later move them to a 'Virtual Firefly' website, which is where we'll be releasing our Season 2 episodes (we'll also be posting them here, but by going to the website you'll get 'special features' such as opening credits and such).

Take my love
Take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell 'em I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me

EXODUS2310

Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:21 PM

Cool. Has work began on the episodes themselves?

GWEK

Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:59 PM

To give an update, here's where we stand:

As our producer states, our fist order of business is to complete Season 1 with 7 episodes (bringing it to a full 22 episodes). The overall flow of this arc has been disussed, as well as the plots of individual episodes. Writers are assigned to all episodes, so we'll be seeing scripts pretty soon.

We've already settled on the overall flow of the first arc for the first eight or so episodes of Season 2, so as soon as S1 is finished, we'll roll right on into writing scripts for S2.

We'll discuss internally when you folks will start seeing something and digificwriter or I will try to post an announcement sometime in the new future.

Thanks for your support and continued interest, folks!

George (head writer)

PS: If any is interested in participating as a writer or artist, or has technical expertise in web design, please contact myself or digificwriter.

DRACOS

Sunday, December 4, 2005 7:10 PM

It's possible I could do a bit of writing for you guys.

Actually, I've been toying around with an idea I had for a fan-fic that would probably be in about four episodes in length. Possibly using it as a cliff-hanger for the end of season one and the first couple of episodes of seasson two.

Basically, the crew finds news over The Cortex that one or both of the elder Tams have died and Mal, in a moment of kindness, agrees to try to get them covertly to the funeral services. After the service, the crowd disperses and River and Simon aproach the grave with the captain and another crew member (undecided as to who) and its then that they all get nabbed by the Blue Hands and a bunch of Federals.

Opening up in the next episode we find Mal, Simon, and whoever else locked up in an Alliance prison awaiting trial while River has been put into extremely solitary confinement and is being shecked over and having early tests run on her to get put back into Mathias's program. The rest of the story-line focuses on the independent efforts of the incarcerated crew to escape and the free crew to try to break them out.

-Dracos

"Dont ask me silly questions.
I wont play silly games."

GWEK

Sunday, December 4, 2005 8:17 PM

Dracos, in keeping with the way Whedon normally does things, we're trying to stick primarily with standalone episodes (with character and/or minor plot threads running through them).

If you're interested in writing for us, please send an e-mail to me and/or digificwriter so we can discuss (I don't necessarily hit this board on a regular basis).

HAZE

Sunday, December 4, 2005 8:51 PM

Gwek, Iv sent you a Private Message

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Who do you suppose is in there?

DRACOS

Sunday, December 4, 2005 10:34 PM

Okay, no problem.

"Dont ask me silly questions.
I wont play silly games."

EXODUS2310

Monday, December 5, 2005 4:18 PM

Well that sounds cool. can't wait to read them.

SERENITYBOY

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 3:37 AM

Please contact me through e mails, it is much easier for me, cuz i dont get to the board too often. I love to write, and i really love these characters so to work with them would be a dream. please e mail me at slayerboy2002@hotmail.com. I would appricate being able to be on your writing staff, even if i only get to do one episode! thanx a lot!

David McCloughan Jr.

"Been more'n a year since I had anything twixt my nethers didn't run on batteries!"

EXODUS2310

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 5:42 PM

I could make set ya up a forum, along with ya custom banners and avatars and what not. Here are a couple I've done.

http://stargatedestiny.proboards55.com/index.cgi
http://sguniverse2.proboards51.com/

GEDEON

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 6:35 PM

You've ASSIGNED writers to this project!

This is great news. I'm in the first steps of writing a fanfic, but now I can't wait for your results!

Badger rules! You gotta write him some good stuff because he's my favorite bastard...

Gedeon

RUNA27

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:21 PM

Because I don't want the thread to die. ;)

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TECH FOLKS: I'd like two do two things here. First, we need a better way to communicate. Can someone set up a forum or something for us? I'm not particular tech savvy myself...

Weeeell, there's always my Shades of Fantasy boards, I think I could create a private forum there if you'd like. I'm still trying to figure out how to work raw PHP stuff on my own, but meanwhile, SoF is hosted somewhere and pre-fab, as it were with me able to edit and make new forums of course since I'm the admin.

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Second, we'll need a site for this. I'm seeing it as eventually looking like a virtual DVD set, wth special features, commentary, etc.

That would be so neat! Do you have a webmaster yet? I *might* be able to contribute this much. Heck, maybe even webspace. I have some, after all.

Quote:

ARTISTS: Not sure how we want to do this yet (treatments, full scripts for every episode, etc), but I think it would be great to have whatever we write illustrated in some way (storyboards, etc).

If we design the site to imitate a DVD menu system, the storyboards could be an extra. The main episodes could be done as scripts, perhaps interspersed with Photoshopped pics or illustrations.

Side note: it might also be fun to include fake ad breaks. Like advertizing Blue Sun coffee or Fruity Oaty Bars!

(Or maybe that could be just an extra...).

I think it'd be neat to do the episodes in flash format, of course, but you'd need a REALLY experienced flash cartoonist to do that, right? Or at least a really good one who knows their stuff.

Of course, you'd also need voice actors for that, probably.

Of course, if you did go that route and do flash, I'm fairly sure I could pull off River, and *possibly* Kaylee. So I'm there if you need VAs.

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RESEARCH: Is anyone else working on a project like this? Will Joss get mad? If the answer to either of these is yes, we need to rethink things.

I don't know about other Virtual Seasons, but Joss would probably be OK with this. After all, he approves of fanfiction in general, and he also lets people do "non-canon" (read: they make up their own stuff, just like in fanfic only they get paid for it) comics and novels based on his stories all the time.

Perhaps, if anyone here is a member of Whedonesque, they could post there and maybe Joss would notice and we could talk to him about it, though? That would certainly be a good idea, methinks.

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OTHER FOLK: Anyone else who wants to participate and has something to provide. If nothing else, we'll probably need a small handful of folk to read everything to make sure we're not spiraling into madness.

Ooooh!

I VOLUNTEER TO BETA-READ!

And maybe do a little site design, if you haven't got anybody yet for it. Because the idea of designing it like a DVD is really clever!

I'd love to do something like that, it'd be a fun challenge for me.

I'll also be emailing this to you.

-Runa27

Can't Stop The Signal.

BLACKRABBIT

Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:03 PM

Quote:

I think Inara would need a new purpose to be on the ship, since she likely will be kicked from the guild for aiding the crew in thier movie adventure.

You mean that poor young Companion kidnapped by those brigands?

If I was the Guild, that would be my first argument.

GWEK

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 7:50 PM

Hey, folks. Just wanted to let y'all know that the first epiosde that sprang out of the thread is available in the Blue Sun Room.

If you'd like to have pdfs of the episodes mailed to you directly, e-mail me at gwek@optonline.net.

Also, we're still working out art and technical (web site) details, so if anyone would like to get involved, please contact me.

Keep flying!

"Here's how it might have been..."

EXODUS2310

Friday, December 30, 2005 7:43 PM

I take it dialogue in <> is chinese? Do you know this website: http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/ every chinese phrase used in the series.

I liked it, for the most part characterizations are spot on, but I dont like the thing about dancing between River and Jayne. It seems unlikely.

I do like that you went into the backstory of Haven, and even had a little bit of a dig at Books past. Was nice seeing Bernable there and I imagine the scene at the end with the turrets would have been cool.

Are the episodes to be released weekly or when theyre done?

GWEK

Friday, December 30, 2005 7:46 PM

Thanks for the feedback, Exodus.

Yes, we'll be releasing episode a week until Season One is finished and will then take a brief hiatus before beginning Season Two in Spring of 2006.

EXODUS2310

Friday, December 30, 2005 7:58 PM

How many episodes in total for season 1? Well how many are you producing? Also, will the site/forum be online soon or when Season 2 is ready?

GWEK

Friday, December 30, 2005 8:07 PM

There will be a total of 7 episodes for Season One. When added to the 2 hour pilot and 13 existing episodes, this will round us out the the standard 22 episode season.

The web site will definitely up before season two (which will be a full 22 episodes) begins.

EXODUS2310

Friday, December 30, 2005 8:13 PM

Cool can't wait to see it. Have any details on the next episode?

GWEK

Friday, December 30, 2005 8:18 PM

Next episode is called "Hero Complex".

Don't want to say too much, but Jayne will get a fair amount of "screentime."

EXODUS2310

Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:30 PM

Is there any specific place to comment on the episode? To chat to others who have read it?

GWEK

Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:53 PM

Right now, you can offer feedback in the Blue Sun Room (per act, but not per episode as a whole).

You can also join the livejournal:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/virtual_firefly

Our official web site will be up in early '06.

EXODUS2310

Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:50 PM

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=16029

Seems there another virtual continuation out. Also, will this be making the front page of FF fans? You should email other sites about the series.

GWEK

Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:56 PM

Any publicity is great. How do we get on the front page?

Also open to suggestions about sites to mention this on.

(I'm a writer, not a publicist...)

GWEK

Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:00 PM

By the way, it's no surprise that there's more than one virtual continuation right now (in the wake of the renewed popularity becauseo f the movie). I'm pretty sure there's a third one starting up any day, as well.

Each seems to have a slightly different take (for example, I think we're the only ones who'll be completing Season One and re-imagining the movie as if it were done as part of the TV series), and it's a big 'Verse out there.

More Firefly is good for everybody!

BELACGOD

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 6:46 PM

Speaking of accessing this on the livejournal, we really need someone who's good with design to design us a community page. I'll buy the paid subscription (have been looking for an excuse to do that for a while), just need someone with the savvy.

GWEK

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 7:56 PM

For those who are interested, the second episode (Hero Complex) is currently available in pdf. I'll appear in the Blue Sun Room and livejournal soon.

EXODUS2310

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 8:07 PM

Have you emailed it out yet?

GWEK

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 8:10 PM

The pdf for 1x17 has been mailed out. Anyone who wants it can e-mail gwek@optonline.net. If you previously requested that you be added to the mailing list but have not yet received it, please let me know.

SMAUG

Friday, January 6, 2006 11:43 PM

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but I dont like the thing about dancing between River and Jayne. It seems unlikely.

I had posted this on their site.. but I thought I would post it here also....

Something going on between Jayne/River seems to be so far people's first negative reaction to this script... and it might have been mine first.. until I thought about it. I don't know if the author was really implying anything between Jayne and River or even planting the seeds of anything between Jayne/River, but really... the more I thought about it... why not?

Think about it this way.. I don't see anything ever happening between Janye and River anytime soon.. or in the near future. However... what about a few years down the line? When River, let's say.. would be like 23-25 years old? Then the more I think about it.. the more I COULD see at least the possiblity of Jayne and River together. Because think about this: Right now.. River is a tramatized teenager who because of what she has gone through is probably (even right now after the events of the movie) probably even LESS emotionally mature than she would have been by the age of 17 had none of this happened to her. She may be a genious-kick-butt killing machine.. who can read minds.. but that doesn't mean emotionally she is where she should be at 17. Jayne.. obviosly is very immature emotionally. So on an EMOTIONAL level.. they are probably pretty close to each other. Meaning they both have a lot of learning/growing to do. Thus their emotional age is pretty close to one another. Jayne has already shown that he CAN grow and mature. He has potential. Don't get me wrong.. he is always going to be "Jayne".. but as a character he has tremendous potential for emotional growth. Both he and River have the most growth to do.

I always saw Jayne and Mal as sort of weights at the end of a balance. Is Mal going to ever be pushed over the edge and become more like Jayne? Or is Jayne going to grow and mature and become more like Mal? Without Inara.. I believe Mal would become more like Jayne. I believe it will be Inara that will take the pain and bitterness and anger from Mal.. and finally allow him to feel true pleasure again. And as long as that happens.. as long as Inara doesn't leave.. and Jayne doesn't get himself killed.. I believe it will be Jayne that will eventually become more like Mal, growing tremendously emotionally... over time. A long long long time.. :) lol

So if he makes it.. what could be more fitting for Jayne's crowning achievment of becoming a man (emotionally) to know and find true love? He certainly knows what pleasure and sex is... but hasn't a clue of what love is. Now River.. also has a lot of emotional growth to do. So yes.. there may be a 25 year difference between them.. but emotionally.. they are much on the same level.

Now also consider this: A 25 year age difference between, let's say, a a 23 year old River and a 48 year old Jayne would be a pretty major obstical in our world that WE live in. She would just be in college and just starting her life.. and he would pretty much been through all that and would be more interested in other things... not partying every weekend with friends, etc. For the most part anyway. Yet even in our world.. a 25 year age difference happens (and sometimes works), thus isn't out of the question. But now look at THEIR world.. physically.. they are both living the same world.. they both have the same concerns.. they both work to live day to day just to survive and live another day.. to fly again., etc. And as long as River has to stay on the run from the alliance.. this will be her life. And Jayne probably can't see it any other way.. meaning.. he's not exactly going to ever settle down on a core planet with a nice 9-5 day job or anything. So River is not exactly going to want (or even have the oportunity) to go out and party with the girl friends or go bar hopping.. or etc. etc. etc.. that might be the typical life of a young 20 something. They both work to survive, so they have that in common. And they work and live togethe

GWEK

Saturday, January 7, 2006 5:54 PM

Thanks for the comments, Smaug. My personal take is that, through season one (especially the latter half), there's a strong dynamic between River and Jayne. Doesn't matter what kind it is. It's just a "connection" of some sort, and, heck, it can be fun to play with that a little.

As a reminder for folks, this project is in full swing, with two episodes available ("The Big Stick" and "Hero Complex"), and a third on the way in a few days.

You can find the epiosdes in the Blue Sun Room, at our living journal site, or at stillflying.net.

SMAUG

Monday, January 9, 2006 3:01 PM

Gwek,

Yea.. I understand.. like I said.. not even something that I think SHOULD happen.. just that I COULD see it happening.. and IF it did.. would be several years in the future. Like if the series was never cancelled.. I could see it happening at like the end of 7th season or something like that..

Smaug..

EXODUS2310

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:32 PM

Have just read 1x17. Another interesting episode. Featured Niska, another one of our familars. It was a Jayne centered episode and quite an interesting one. I can't wait for the others. Although during River torture, would have been more interesting if she felt she was reliving what she experienced back at the academy.

SAFFRONESQUE

Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:00 PM

Hey, Gwek;

I know I'm chiming in late (longtime reader, first-time joiner, ya know!). I greatly appreciate your efforts to move this whole thing forward and listen to our blathering! Shiny! Here's my 2 cents:

No one has really discussed crew replacements. I know it's a sensitive subject, but they need a new pilot. With all the talk about Chinese being the dominant culture in the 'verse, they really should introduce a Chinese character, probably a man, to take Wash's place. There would be a lot of rich plot ideas stemming from his hiring and becoming part of the crew (trust issues, competency, even romance, not to mention his own backstory.)

In my mind, River was more or less "cured" at the end of Serenity and appeared almost normal. The Alliance is no longer interested in her and Simon. Her psychic powers might be used as an opportunity to delve into the whole Blue Sun thing (2x2, hands of blue, yada yada). Maybe Simon might yearn to return to his old life, who knows (and break Kaylee's heart yet again)?

We saw a much darker side of Mal in the movie; there's got to be more to that than just losing the war. Would love to see some prequel stuff on that; what drove him to become an Independent, etc. And please, maybe some romance for him? He either gets it on with Inara or moves on. That is one tightly wound man.

Again, you rock! Can't offer much to the effort except that I am an internet editor by trade...If you need to make things shorter, I'm your gal!!

"My days of underestimating you are certainly coming to a middle."

GWEK

Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:10 PM

We have a lot of writers and idea folk, but can always use more editors. If you're interested in becoming actively involved in that capacity, shoot me an e-mail at gwek@optonline.net.

EXODUS2310

Friday, January 13, 2006 4:42 PM

Hey, when the website looking for a proper layout? And I'll get to reading the latest episode.

GWEK

Friday, January 13, 2006 5:00 PM

We have a "skip" week next week to focus on the web site a little. I don't want to speak for our tech staff, but the "real" version of the site will be up within the next few weeks (possibly to coincide with the next new episode, the week of January 24th).

If folks haven't spotted it yet, our third episode, "Property Rights," is available in the Blue Sun Room and as a pdf. It should be up on stillflying.net shortly.

EXODUS2310

Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:59 PM

I've finished this one. Started off rather slow, but I stuck with it and thoroughly enjoyed this. I find the characterization for River spot on and really enjoyed her moments.

I'm liking the complications between the relationship of Kaylee and Simon.

I must ask though. I assume we're gonna get an episode featuring new people soon? not just reusing characters or setting up the ones from the film?

GWEK

Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:08 AM

Glad you enjoyed the episode. As with the previous three episodes, you'll be seeing a mix of familiar faces (like Badger, Niska and Haymer) and new ones (like Hicks, Gleason, Ana, Brian, Newstead, Barrett, etc.).

It was an intentional creative decision to use the remainder of season five to give closure to some of the existing characters from the show. Obviously, we won't be seeing Adelai Niska again, and now that Haymer has the Lassiter back, he has no reason to be in the crew's world.

EXODUS2310

Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:00 PM

I've looked at your site, I like the menu and the colours.

However, for your episodes page, I'd have thought youd have gone for something a little less plain. Like this for example: http://www.stargatedestiny.net/episodes.php

GWEK

Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:10 PM

The web site is a work in progress, being gradually refined. Thanks for the feedback and please keep it coming!

www.stillflying.net

"Here's how it might have been..."

EXODUS2310

Monday, January 30, 2006 10:08 PM

Being the lazy sod I am, I've only just gotten round to starting the latest episode. I love the way you guys are excellent with your characterisations.

BTW, when are you folk getting up your own forum?

GWEK

Monday, January 30, 2006 11:19 PM

Working on it. We should have everything up and running in time to coincide with the Season Two premiere, if not sooner.

EXODUS2310

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:44 PM

Well, IMO that was the best episode out of the four. I really loved the characters, you guys are getting better at handling them.

Especially River, Kaylee, Book and Simon. Some of the dialogue is off a points.

I really liked the moment when they named the moon. Lol, made me life. Nice little tribute to "this land".

Any info on the next episode?

GWEK

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:04 PM

The next episode will be available later this week. Unfortunately, we're running a day or two behind schedule.

Without revealing too much, the basic plot goes something like this:

Mal takes a seemingly-simple job, and things go wrong. :)

"Here's how it might have been..."

EXODUS2310

Saturday, February 4, 2006 12:34 PM

I liked this one, not as much as the last one but I liked it. Interesting how Zoe did the thing she did.

EXODUS2310

Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:10 AM

http://www.firefly-tvs.com/

You should consider doing promo things like these guys.

EXODUS2310

Monday, February 13, 2006 7:41 PM

Ok finished the latest episode. Quite a dark one. I was quite surprised with the ending, especially as I had not read the comic.

EXODUS2310

Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:48 AM

Well I finished the last episode. Really enjoyed it, had that quality season finale feel to it.

PS, am I the only one who comments on the episodes or something?

EXODUS2310

Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:35 AM

Any ETA on your official forums yet?

GWEK

Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:13 PM

We're working on various components of the web site, and the plan is to have the forum up and running before we begin Season Two. We should have a date for the beginning of Season Two sometime in the next week or two.

In the meantime, look for contest-related announcement later today or tomorrow!

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

EXODUS2310

Saturday, March 4, 2006 11:42 AM

Hows it all going? You mentioned needing new writers and various other things in your e-mail, how isit all?

GWEK

Saturday, March 4, 2006 6:00 PM

We've more than doubled our stable of writers since Season One! Right now, we're looking closely at the first run of episodes, and trying to figure out what our release date for our next episode will be so that we can remain on-schedule throughout the season.

Should have more information shortly.

Thanks for the continued interest!

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

DRAGONLOVE

Thursday, March 9, 2006 3:39 AM

I heard about these script stories the podcast "Firefly Talk". I am behind on the episodes so I was late getting the information on your virtual season stuff. I think this sounds very intrestering. I went to your website and since your fourm is not working yet, I thought I would come here and just let you know where I heard about you. I will now be going and reading the season 1 scripts you guys have all done. Really excited! I applaud your efforts in this project. Good Luck!

ps - if you want to get word out about your site you might want to consider sending emails to the other fanfiction sites and see if they can't give you a shout out. Also, there are several different podcasts that might give you a mention. As I stated earlier, 'Firefly Talk' is a good place to go. Also, you should try 'The Signal', Geekshow.us (they LOVE firefly/serenity and would probably promot you, and the Dragonpage - Michael and Evo. These are just a few podcasts that I think would give you a helping hand. Again Good Luck!

Dragonlove

EXODUS2310

Friday, March 17, 2006 9:12 PM

http://www.serenitymovie.com/nonflash_site/index.html

I thought thatd be a good sort of website layout for you guys.

REALWORLDDOIHAVETO

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 7:19 PM

I'm in. Already have a lot of ideas especially around Inara and that mysterious "suicide kit"

Sarah