Firefly to Re-air in High Def, March 2008

POSTED BY: Cordrone
UPDATED: Thursday, February 7, 2008 22:26
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CORDRONE

Friday, January 11, 2008 3:03 PM

Ni Howdy fellow Browncoats! In case anyone had not heard the Shiny folks over at the Universal HD channel have picked up the BDS for another full run starting in a little over a month. The show was not originally scheduled to be picked up again after it's airing in 2007 but the influx of fans and traffic to the Universal HD Firefly Fans forum I've been told basically caused the Universal VPs to rethink that position. (My source for this information is the Universal_HD site Admin "A shiny Browncoat in his own right" who I now communicate with frequently since becoming a Moderator for those forums. No pay but the inside info is well worth it!!)

Anyway, Firefly will be re-aired in a weekly format like a normal series and will be shown in its proper order all in HD.

Even if you don't have HD or don't get the Universal HD channel you can join the boards for free and still show Universal (Makers of Serenity) that you want more of the 'Verse and that they should make Serenity 2.

Link to the Universal HD Firefly Fan Forums:
http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

OUT2THEBLACK

Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:22 PM

WOW !

This is Great News !

That's gonna leave a mark !

BROWNCOATS RISING !

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:38 PM

Dammit, now i wish i had HD -__ *sulks*

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SPACEGIRL32

Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:36 PM

Cordrone,

I don't know if this makes a difference or not....but my husband & I just changed our services to the Direct TV package with the Universal HD. We bought a new HD-TV this Christmas! :smiles:

Firefly never looked so good!

Hmmm....ya think I should write the folks a letter?

Oh- and we did not download the Firefly eps from XBOX Live. It didn't looks as pretty & from what I understand.....writers get 0 dollars from the downloaded episodes.

OUT2THEBLACK

Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:42 PM

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Originally posted by Spacegirl32:

Firefly never looked so good!

Hmmm....ya think I should write the folks a letter?

Absolutely , write the letter ! Uni-' Versal folk

need to know that you're Feeling the Joy in HD !

That's the kind of stuff that'll get us another

BDM...Or two...Or More...Viable Franchise !

Your money is talkin', love...Make sure Universal

hears it !

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SPACEGIRL32

Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:01 PM

I'm just glad that I get to watch my favorite show in HD. I have a lot of show that I love and I can't get them in HD yet.

Seriously, I have spent my share on FF/S. No one will ever learn about how much $$I have really spent. I am taking that info to my grave!!

Anyhoo--I will send in an letter. You never know....

ASARIAN

Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:59 PM

I just wish they'd bring out a HD DVD (or BluRay) of Firefly. I would spend the cashey money on it faster than I can say: "I would spend the cashey money on it." :)

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, January 14, 2008 7:20 AM

Cool. Are they planning to also show BDM and Done the Impossible (would that be Big Damn Documentary?)

OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, January 14, 2008 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by asarian:

I just wish they'd bring out a HD DVD (or BluRay) of Firefly. I would spend the cashey money on it faster than I can say: "I would spend the cashey money on it." :)

We're Workin On IT ! ; be patient ,

will 'ya ?

I figgered THAT , would deserve its own

thread...('O2tB' runs off to start new thread...)

But in the meantime , for all you

DEMANDIN' Browncoats ,

( Hey wait , that's ALL of us , ain't it? ) ,

Check out this tease at Target.com ! Seems there

are already some BigRedBoxMart folk who wanna

do Blu-Ray ! < http://tinyurl.com/238ev9>

WooT ! Whoa Howdy ! Let's ALL sign up to be

notified when this product becomes available !

BROWNCOATS Demand , Tar-Jay will SUPPLY !

If you click the pic that appears , it's our

SHINY Captain in all his Firefly Blu-Ray

BoxSet Glory !

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CORDRONE

Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:39 PM

Best thing to do Spacegirl32 is to join the boards and post that info. The Admin there reports weekly to some Universal VP's and he brings our Browncoat desires and stories directly to those folks during his planning meetings with them.

This is the main reason I'm so very adamant about Browncoats join the site, posting, and such. The folks there can actually SEE us and have been responsive, on a smaller scale, to what we want. It is my notion that they will respond on a LARGER scale if there are more users there. As of 5 mins or so ago there are ONLY 1,736 registered users on the Universal boards and of those 1,736 users approx 1,500 are Browncoats (I'm user #176 and have been keeping count sorta from there). that's not enough for the Universal folks to say... "You know the fan base for this show/movie is big enough that I think it warrants us to invest in a sequel."

However, if there are 10,000 screaming Browncoats then that's a different story! I know that with all the fan sites out here in the black that numbers like that are easy to meet.

The impossible was done once before and I think it can be done again. So please join the 100% free Universal HD Firefly Fan Forums and show Universal that they really should be making a BigDamnSequel. you need not have HD to join the boards folks! http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

PHILO71

Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:58 PM

It's time to fly on over to Universal HD and show your support Browncoats! They have some very shiny banners also! We Hold!!!!

"But she was naked and all articulate"

SHINY

Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:10 PM

Awesome! I just got an HD Tivo for Christmas! (now how much space am I going to need to store the entire series in HD?!?!?!)

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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!

FOREVERFIREFLYFAN

Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:36 PM

SHINY!
That news made my day

My plan:
tell everyone i know about this in hopes of creating many more browncoats because more browncoats mean more firefly! ...right?

PHILO71

Friday, January 18, 2008 2:07 AM

Just wanted to show this shiny banner of Book. Nice hair Ron!

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

DAPPA

Friday, January 18, 2008 8:46 AM

If interest is still there and growing, why can't we go to season 2. Yes josh did finish the story with the movie. Can't we all forget about that as if it never existed. We all know the main reason for it was because it deserved to have an ending. But if it's possible to go to a new season I'm willing to treat it as a one off movie that has nothing to do with the show!!!

David

SBAR

Friday, January 18, 2008 1:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by dappa:
If interest is still there and growing, why can't we go to season 2. Yes josh did finish the story with the movie. Can't we all forget about that as if it never existed. We all know the main reason for it was because it deserved to have an ending. But if it's possible to go to a new season I'm willing to treat it as a one off movie that has nothing to do with the show!!!

David

DH and I have become true fans of this show. We would love to see new seasons that possibly show what happened after the last season and if it's possible to just look past the movie for awhile.
This show deserves to be picked up and resurrected by someone.
SBar

PHILO71

Friday, January 18, 2008 2:51 PM

The folks over at Universal HD seem to be responsive to our presence on the Uni-HD Forums. Certainly worth a little effort to get more of us over there I think.

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

CORDRONE

Friday, January 18, 2008 2:57 PM

I'd love to see more season myself but I think with all the actors pretty much attached to other projects: Terminator - Shara Connor (Summer Glau), Chuck (Adam Baldwin), Desperate House Wives (Nathan Fillion), and so on that a TV series isn't an option (at least at this point). However, it is very common for TV actors to have a clause in there contract that allows them to do movies (All TV actors really want to be in movies - it pays more and it's actually less work). This does not hold true for other TV shows though, especially if that show is on a rival network. Thus it is very reasonable to assume they could make another movie but a TV series is much less likely.

But I digress, the notion is that a big show of interest by us Browncoats in the show while ON Universals own boards sends a direct message to the VP's at Universal.

Peace,
- Cord

RIVERISMYGODDESS

Friday, January 18, 2008 3:02 PM

Trilogy, oh Trilogy, I want my Trilogy ...

This is great news, I can't wait!

~jimi
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TG

Friday, January 18, 2008 9:01 PM

Can't wait. In the meantime, I read a blog that alerted me to fancast.com, where I watched Firefly episodes for free. Excellent quality. fancast.com/full_episodes

TG

STRANGEBIRD

Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:22 PM

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Oh- and we did not download the Firefly eps from XBOX Live. It didn't looks as pretty & from what I understand.....writers get 0 dollars from the downloaded episodes.

Good thinking, Spacegirl32. Also will they even get a cent from the HD airings? If any writers deserve our support 100% it's them. If they weren't I'd just not even watch them in HD.

@dappa Welcome to the boards. It's good to see enthusiasm like that from new recruits. Oh and it's Joss.. not Josh. Alot of folks make that mistake. I did at first too.

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STRANGEBIRD

Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:32 PM

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Originally posted by Cordrone:
I'd love to see more season myself but I think with all the actors pretty much attached to other projects: Terminator - Shara Connor (Summer Glau), Chuck (Adam Baldwin), Desperate House Wives (Nathan Fillion), and so on that a TV series isn't an option (at least at this point).

Don't forget Jewel Staite is on Stargate Atlantis now. She's doing great there. Her possible love interest on that show is so different from Simon it's hilarious. Oh and Morena Baccarin is in the Stargate SG1 DVD movie coming out in March I believe. Though shooting is done of course and I have no clue what she's doing now.

I'd be fine if we never see anything else on the big or small screen. I really would love it if it could continue but I'd rather have what we do and not risk the studios pressuring Joss into making the series without one of the actors or obtaining the rights and forcing Joss out if his views didn't match theirs. Then we'd be stuck with crap that ruins our beloved 'verse. And everyone else would be convinced bringing it back was a bad idea and we wouldn't see even a comic book again.

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ASARIAN

Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:

Quote:
Originally posted by asarian:

I just wish they'd bring out a HD DVD (or BluRay) of Firefly. I would spend the cashey money on it faster than I can say: "I would spend the cashey money on it." :)

We're Workin On IT ! ; be patient ,

will 'ya ?

Patience? I really don't wanna deal with her again! :)

Seriously, though, I wasn't quite getting whether the whole link was just a gag, or a wishful thinking thingy, or how that works exactly. Are there really plans to bring out an HD DVD/BluRay version of firefly? Is that really the case? 'Twere mighty shiny if 'twere!

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BINKOCD

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:04 PM

I just got into Firefly and watched every episode this week, finished last night. I am kind of sad that show is gone, but it made the movie make more sense to me. I say we need a second movie and a third. I am very happy that they are going to re-air these in HD. But will they release them on Blu-Ray, along with the movie? Nice to see that others feel the same way.

Binkocd

MOLOTOV

Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:26 PM

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Originally posted by Shiny:
(now how much space am I going to need to store the entire series in HD?!?!?!)

I'm assuming that it's going to be broadcast in 1080i, like last time.
Saved as .ts files, the last broadcast of the series was 46 gigs in size.
If it's 1080p it will probably around 100 gigs, give or take 20.
But I'm pretty sure Universal HD broadcasts 1080i standard. If anyone knows for sure, let me know.