Would you be willing to give up all present and future TV shows for new Firefly episodes?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 13:24
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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 2:31 AM

The title asks it.
Give up all TV now and in the future (fiction, that is) for a seven year run of Firefly BEGINNING NOW!

Would ya do it?

...Lost...The 4400...CSI....New BSG....
All that and more gone....?

(You could keep what ya already have on DVD...)

In a heartbeat Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:01 AM

I knew it, the question's too hard.....

Difficult Chrisisall

SWEETSERENDIPITY

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:14 AM

We talking network tv only, or all tv? Network tv, hell yeah! I would miss House though.

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WTE

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:17 AM

I don't think I could do it. I love my House and Veronica Mars too much, especially the latter. And while I may love Firefly more, I don't think I could bear that, especially since it would mean that after Firefly ended there would be no more TV, period. Except reruns. I need newness, on occasion.

HONKS

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Monday, June 12, 2006 3:18 AM

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FROMTHEDARK

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:20 AM

100% all the good shows are gone now or are on repeat

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by WTE:
I don't think I could do it. I love my House and Veronica Mars too much, especially the latter. And while I may love Firefly more, I don't think I could bear that, especially since it would mean that after Firefly ended there would be no more TV, period. Except reruns. I need newness, on occasion.

HONKS

TV would come back after the seven year run, I just wanna see if it'd be worth having Firefly, and nothing else new at all, and I say YES!!!

Diabolical Chrisisall

MIRAMEL

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:25 AM

HELL yes

MALAYNADREAMS

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:29 AM

Oh, I would do it in a SECOND!

Number one: The other shows I watch would go to DVD--I'd just catch it after.

Number two: It'd free up more time if I just had to focus on Firefly once a week!

Number three: Aside from a few gems--what is of quality out there anyway?

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MEANGOLDFISH

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:34 AM

i wouldn't.
i love my firefly with all my heart, but it would mean giving up on all my adult swim, some shows on hbo, and any show that is being filmed, written, or even thoguht up right now. now way.

WTE

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:35 AM

Suddenly I feel like the odd man out... :p

HONKS

CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:40 AM

No.

I love Firefly, and I mean that in an actual love sense of the word not just the term people use so loosely, but to stop new shows from being born, to do to current shows what was done to us? No.

Somewhere out there in someone's mind is an idea that could become a show, it's a worthy successor to Firefly, something that would be just as good. Even though I probably wouldn't care about it the way I do Firefly it deserves a chance.

It deserves a better chance than we were given and I wouldn't take that away.

MONKSDAD

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:47 AM

yes, in a heartbeat, I love house and everything but firefly is just to important to me. I would miss my yankee games but hey i can watch those on the internet, oh and i can watch house on the internet lol.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:54 AM

I think the point was that you couldn't watch house on the internet if you made the choice. I don't know if this applies to you, but I think as a general rule if you need a loophole then the answer is, "No."

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It has occured to me that though I would not do it myself, for reasons I already stated, I wouldn't mind one bit if someone else did.

I mean I wouldn't do it, but I'd be far from heartbroken were it done. Where does that put me?

ONTHEDRIFT

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:57 AM

Yep, no loopholes needed. Hell yes.

Fox

CHRISMOORHEAD

Monday, June 12, 2006 5:44 AM

In a heartbeat. Fuck Family Guy, fuck Lost, fuck The Venture Brothers, fuck Aqua Teen Hunger Force... and those are just the ones I like.

I used to be a big pro-wrestling fan... FUCK pro wrestling.

I hear 24's pretty good... FUCK 24

I hear American Idol... FUCK AMERICAN IDOL!

I'd empty my bank account and live in the woods for a year to get FireFly back, as long as I had a nice little T.V. tree stump to watch it on.

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SUZFROMOZ

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:56 AM

yep, I think I would, especially if TV came back at the end of the 7 years. What i wouldnt give for a 7 year run of Firefly. *sigh*

DOLLBECKY

Monday, June 12, 2006 9:28 AM

Losing House would sting a tad but the bonus of ridding tv of reality crap and gameshows *And* having Firefly....I would happily do it
also is it giving up just US Tv or UK shows too?

SHELMA32

Monday, June 12, 2006 9:39 AM

Losing Lost and House would be sad,
but Firefly is the only show I can watch over and over again without it getting 'old'.

Id love it if all i could watch was firefly!!

ECGORDON

Monday, June 12, 2006 11:13 AM

Can we make that five years? If so, you've got a deal.

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PHOENIXROSE

Monday, June 12, 2006 11:18 AM

Meh, I don't watch TV anyway. So I say TOTALLY!
Seven years might be a little long; how about "However long it can reasonably be while staying good and not jumping any sharks"? I know, I know... But every show does it eventually if it's on too long. Maybe it would make it seven years. That would be shiny.

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PAYTHEMAN

Monday, June 12, 2006 11:28 AM

The only shows I take time to watch are Rescue Me and The OC and I'd give 'em up in a heartbeat.

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:03 PM

Well, in the same heartbeat Chrisisall, absolutely!

I'm risking a lot here too folks.. my daughter loves Lost the way I love Firefly...oooo would she be mad. But she'd come around after a few eps... I'm sure of it.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

DEEPGIRL187

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:13 PM

I love Firefly. I really, really do. It's one of the best things that's happened to me. Honest.

The problem here is, you would be asking me to give up House. Aside from Firefly, that is my heroin. Hugh Laurie ranks second in outright coolness after our captain. I could give up Lost, Bones, Las Vegas, and The 4400 (even though the new season looks really shiny). But House? That strong a person I am not.

So I suppose I could give up almost everything. Just not House.

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DONCOAT

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:25 PM

I'd have to go with "yes". Especially if the blackout applied only to fiction series (which includes reality shows, IMHO). We'd still have our sports, news, science and historical documentaries, and This Old House (no, not that House).

For those with addictions to other shows: if Firefly were the only thing on the air, a lot of good actors would be looking for recurring roles along with our BDHs. I could imagine Hugh Laurie showing up as Simon's old mentor at the medacad, possibly now on the outs with the Alliance.

Oh, the story lines...

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DEEPGIRL187

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
For those with addictions to other shows: if Firefly were the only thing on the air, a lot of good actors would be looking for recurring roles along with our BDHs. I could imagine Hugh Laurie showing up as Simon's old mentor at the medacad, possibly now on the outs with the Alliance.

I love Simon, I really do, but I don't think he would have survived a day working for House. Not that the captain is much better in that regard, but I truly think it would drive Simon insane. On the other hand, I can see House on the outs with the Alliance. He never has been one for following orders.

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SHELMA32

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:46 PM

I cant really.............
because ive watched blackadder!!!!!

JOSSISAGOD

Monday, June 12, 2006 1:40 PM

I don't know if I'd be willing to give up the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica but everything else can go!

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Well, in the same heartbeat Chrisisall, absolutely!

Where are the true Browncoats, FollowMal?

14 to 7 for. One third here say no...

Like anything, even BSG, Lost or House could equal our BDH's...?

SEVEN SEASONS OF FF WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD!

Chrisisall

JOSSISAGOD

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:48 PM

OKAY, OKAY, you've changed my mind! I'll give up Battlestar for Firefly! You drive a hard bargin Chrisisall!

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

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JIGMAN

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:52 PM

Firefly has touched a chord in my life that no other show has for me, ever.(Maybe a few books though)Absolutely. In a heartbeat. And for good measure, I would request reality TV be sent to the special Hell...

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:53 PM

That gives me a happy

Chrisisall

DEEPGIRL187

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Where are the true Browncoats, FollowMal?

14 to 7 for. One third here say no...

Like anything, even BSG, Lost or House could equal our BDH's...?

SEVEN SEASONS OF FF WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD!

Chrisisall

There's plenty of true Browncoats, chrisisall. But is it really fair to do away with some of the few good TV shows that are left? How about we get rid of all the truly bad television that's eating up the airwaves, like American Idol (or for that matter, reality shows in general), soap operas, stuff like The Insider or Entertainment Tonight. When you think about how much crap there is on TV and how much is spent on said crap, you don't have to get rid of the good shows to watch Firefly, because the money spent is enough to relight a thousand seasons. There is a middle ground here, and one can still be a good and loyal Browncoat while wanting to keep other shows.

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CRUITHNE3753

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:24 PM

Yup, think I could go with that. Although I'm waiting to see what happens in the next season of Life on Mars... and also what the America-ish version will be like.

MSG

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:28 PM

AS long as I get dvd's of my other shows...sure I'd even be willing to trade all the CSI's for Firefly ...hmmm wonder if we could sneak in and slip in a few tapes of Firefly and get them aired as CSI Firefly...bet we could get ratings then:)

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PENGUIN

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:35 PM

Absolutely...There's so little worth watching on TV these days.

Sign me up!

ONTHEDRIFT

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Well, in the same heartbeat Chrisisall, absolutely!

Where are the true Browncoats, FollowMal?

14 to 7 for. One third here say no...

Like anything, even BSG, Lost or House could equal our BDH's...?

SEVEN SEASONS OF FF WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD!

Chrisisall

Sacrifice, it's something that can be difficult for people to understand, and asking someone to make one, even for the sake of something they love - good luck. Your "Seven seasons of FF would have changed the world", is right on the money. What a good change it would have been...I'll be daydreaming about that for awhile.

I myself LOVE Veronica Mars, House, and have just started with BSG and the 4400. I'd give them (and ALL other TV)up for seven years in exchange for a meager 14 new episode run of Firefly. Love and sacrifice, I'm with you Chrisisall.

RUGBUG

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:56 PM

No problem for me. I would give it all up in a second. Of course, this must be tempered with the knowledge that the only show I currently watch is Scrubs. I only get NBC (no cable) at home, so Scrubs would be the sacrificial lamb. I could do that.

PAGANPAUL

Monday, June 12, 2006 5:01 PM

If all TV shows stopped being made except Firefly? No.

It wouldn't be fair to all the other actors, crew, producers, writers, etc. to just tell them that their shows have been unexpectedly canceled due to some incomprehensible decision at their network, now would it? What kind of imbicilic creepy network could possibly be that inconsiderate anyway? (Oh yeah, that would be FOX, wouldn't it?)

If only I had to stop watching all TV shows except Firefly? ABSO-FRIGGIN-LUTELY!

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 5:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
But is it really fair to do away with some of the few good TV shows that are left?

According to the rules in my postulation, YEP.

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Volkswagons?

Chrisisall, doin' the math

COZEN

Monday, June 12, 2006 5:42 PM

Serenity, which by definition is the ship itself and the crew, is more in tune with the Little Engine That Could.

Keep all them other tv shows, for all I care. Without a basis for comparison, there wouldn't be luv.

SCRUFFYHANSOLO

Monday, June 12, 2006 5:56 PM

yes but it would be sad to see some of the other shows go. then in a couple of years the fans of those shows would be doing just exactly what we are doing. trying, fighting, and hoping more than any sane person would. so should we wish that on them like it was cast on us??

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CHOO1701

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:18 PM

COuld i live without Doctor Who and BSG....possibly

Top Gear though? Hell NO!!!

(Fast Cars, hi-larious fun and "screw the world this is what were doing" attitude...sorry Joss...)

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WINDIE

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:31 PM

Yes, Yes oh and Yes

Better to have the best and leave the rest

Why have they taken the sky from ME

GENI

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:33 PM

Abso-effin-lutely. The only other thing I watch is Rescue Me (and sometimes Animal Planet), and if I thought the Firefly 'verse would continue in perpetuity, and I'd get to FIND OUT THE DAMN BACKSTORIES, yeah, the rest of TV could disappear without my even noticing.

Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense.

FIREFLYGAL

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:36 PM

You bet. To me there's nothing worth watching, so the choice is easy peasey.

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Monday, June 12, 2006 6:40 PM

Abso Frickin Lutely!What we waiting for!! it must be done, you know it i know it, we all know it! :o)

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Well, in the same heartbeat Chrisisall, absolutely!

Where are the true Browncoats, FollowMal?

14 to 7 for. One third here say no...

Like anything, even BSG, Lost or House could equal our BDH's...?

SEVEN SEASONS OF FF WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD!

Chrisisall

I dunno know, Chris...

It's comin' up as the thread wears on.. but I dunno...

7 seasons of Firefly... with all that magic and all that love and all those moments and questions answered. How can you folk resist that? What about the quotes, and Kaylee, and Vera.. what crappy town will Jayne have an adventure in next?
Will the Cap'n and Inara ....have sex? Will Kaylee and Simon get married? Will we find out about Shadow and what happened in Mal's past.
Will Serenity stay sound.. will our beloved crew we lost be back? What wonderful delicious something is Joss gonna write for us to enjoy and for them to say in 7 GORRAM SEASONS!!?

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

BSCPANTHERFAN

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jigman:
Firefly has touched a chord in my life that no other show has for me, ever.(Maybe a few books though)Absolutely. In a heartbeat. And for good measure, I would request reality TV be sent to the special Hell...

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Check with PhoenixRose, but I'm sure reality TV is already in the special hell. We haven't seen any of them on our Forsaken tour, but when we reach level 9, we might find a few more levels underneath. Dante needs an update anyway.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I don't watch much TV, but I would stop all of it for more Firefly.
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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 9:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
what crappy town will Jayne have an adventure in next?
Will the Cap'n and Inara ....have sex? Will Kaylee and Simon get married? Will we find out about Shadow and what happened in Mal's past.
Will Serenity stay sound.. will our beloved crew we lost be back? What wonderful delicious something is Joss gonna write for us to enjoy and for them to say in 7 GORRAM SEASONS!!?

When you put it like that, who'd want more Firefly anyway....
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CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, June 12, 2006 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
TV would come back after the seven year run, I just wanna see if it'd be worth having Firefly, and nothing else new at all, and I say YES!!!

Diabolical Chrisisall

I missed that.

Change my vote to, "Hell yes!"

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 12, 2006 10:25 PM

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SERENITYSLITTLEANGEL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:51 PM

Can we keep our DVDs of other shows??

In which case - I would give up anything - even House - for seven years of Firefly.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:06 PM

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Originally posted by SerenitysLittleAngel:

Can we keep our DVDs of other shows??

Sure.

But think of it, you get one show a week, watch it seven times, pop! Another show. For seven years.

I could definitly live on just Firefly (and my Dark Angel and Buffy on DVD, hee hee).

Chrisisall

RMMC

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
But think of it, you get one show a week, watch it seven times, pop! Another show. For seven years.

52 eps per year instead of a measley 22? Hell, I'm in!

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I could definitly live on just Firefly (and my Dark Angel and Buffy on DVD, hee hee).

...and MacGyver, Farscape, Doctor Who and....Brisco County, Jr! Whoot!

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RIVERMAX

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:17 PM

My initial response was "NO." I enjoy a lot of other shows.

I enjoyed Serenity, but not nearly as much as Firefly. I felt several of the characters were off in comparison with Firefly.

But then I got to thinking about how many times I rewatch any shows that I have on DVD (LOST, Dark Angel, Monk, Seinfeld, The L Word). Then I thought about how many times I have rewatched my favorite episodes of Firefly and laughed at the same line I've heard 9 times before or caught something subtle that I had missed 9 times before.

I definately changed my mind. I vote "YES." I'd miss LOST the most, but I'd get by OK.

RIVERMAX

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:24 PM

One thing I meant to write but forgot:

I'd be a lot happier with my choice if the seven seasons picked up after the first, and pretended that Serenity never happened b/c Serenity contradicts Firefly, most notably with Simon's rescue of River.

And it just wouldn't be the same without Wash. I could live without Wash. Shows that are willing to kill off popular characters seem to ring more true. It's dangerous out in the black. But I'd miss him.

FXSTB02

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:17 PM

Of course. I've re-watched the 4 FF DVD's and Serenity more times than any other TV show and/or movie. Firefly is the first TV show that I rented first, watched, and immediately went out and bought just so I could re-watch them all again whenever I wanted. Same thing with Serenity.

Yes, I have the 1st 2 seasons of Northern Exposure, but that was before I signed up for Netflix.

I like other shows (24, The Unit, etc.), but none of them have the writing, dialog, characters, actors, special effects, plot lines, etc., etc., and etc., of Firefly.

If Firefly was brought back, I'd hope that other writers and networks would strive to improve their shows.

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SAVEWASH

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:26 PM

Okay, if I could still watch the Cubs (what can I say? I'm a masochist) and other sports, and if the other TV would come back after 7 years, so Joss could come up with another great show, then I'm in.

Uh, now what? Where do we sign?

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GRAYFURY

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:24 AM

My fiance just made me endure the latest episode of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL... So my answer is, of course, "Yes!"

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RAVENHAIR

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:29 AM

In a word, YES!

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SHINYYUKARI

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:37 AM

Hmmm...since Lost is kinda pissing me off...I could probably live without it...

No Doctor Who or Robot Chicken though? Nope. Sorry. Couldn't do it.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:24 PM

Without a doubt, I would give up every bit of television for more Firefly. I would give up "Lost" (as much as I love that show), SG1, BSG, all of it.

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