Do You Think Firefly will ever return????

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COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:09 PM

So i'm sure this is a thread that has been done a million times but I thought i'd post it again (i'm new here just joined last month). So the reason I'm actually pretty hopeful is because of a comment a person made on a review of the Serenity comic Better Days on Amazon. So they had said that even though the Serenity comics keep coming out there are so many secrets that are remaining secrets. For example Mal and Inara's stories. For Mal we know very little of his backstory except that Shadow was destroyed during the Unification war (It's stated in a quote from Mal in the Firefly RPG Core Rule Book). We have no idea what caused him to enlist or why and also why he is so mad at the Alliance. With Inara we have no idea why she shipped out with Serenity. It was hinted at in Out Of Gas that she might be running from Alliance but it's more than likely that if she is they have no idea what she did because she remained a companion for so long. The reviewer made a point to say that it's almost as if Whedon is keeping these "secrets" locked down in case the show ever comes back and i'm wondering what your opinions on that are? We did get Shepard's Tale which told us Shepard's secret but the thing about Shepard is he's passed on so he won't get any new stories within the verse. His secrets hold no bearing so they can be told whilst Mal and Inara still live so their secrets hold some weight. In Better Days we found out that Zoe was a Dust Devil but we know so little about the other things that were hinted at in the show. Fox has also been dropping some hints too which is rare for them and I mean very rare. For those of you who watch Sleepy Hollow there was an episode in which Ichabod Crane fights Man eating creatures known as Reavers and there have also been some "coincidental" mentions of stuff in the X Files promos that are strangely Fireflyesque. So I'm curious do you think Firefly could come back even as just a 6 episode mini series or something?

MOOSE

Saturday, January 23, 2016 4:00 PM

Have you seen the 10th Anniversary special, Browncoats Unite?
They reveal Inara's secret in it.

I've given up hope of it returning in TV or movie form.
But, wouldn't mind being proven wrong, though.

MOOSE

Saturday, January 23, 2016 4:00 PM

Arrrgh the dreaded multipost is back!

MUDD

Saturday, January 23, 2016 7:42 PM

I'll never give up hope, but I don't think it's happening any time soon. In a recent interview Joss expressed hesitancy to bring back Firefly and an interest in working on something completely new. I'd love to see a Firefly spin-off, but for Joss's sake, I guess I hope he gets to work on something completely fresh.

GWEK

Saturday, January 23, 2016 8:33 PM

"Will Firefly ever return?"

A simple question with a deceptively complex answer. It will absolutely return (and perhaps continue) as a comic book.

If the MMO ever gets up and running and meets with success, I think it's very likely that we'd see some or all of the cast return for more voice acting.

But will the series every return in a recognizable form? Probably not.

One reason is the realities of the cast. Many have moved on to different projects. More importantly, a decade has passed. Most of the "action heroes" of the series are now approaching an age where they're more likely to have a favorite chair than a favorite gun (which I say with no malice or judgement given that they're my contemporaries). The "ingenues" of the show are now in their mid-30s. It's not that we CAN'T have a 40-year-old River, or Mal in his 50s, but that would significantly change the tone of what came before.

More important, there's Joss. After the loss of Firefly a second time in 2005, he gradually gave away important parts of the franchise to others in comic form: FLOAT OUT confirmed Zoe's pregnancy and gave us our first post-Serenity story, THE SHEPHERD'S TALE was just that (and poorly, in my opinion), Inara's secret has been revealed multiple times at events, and LEAVES ON THE WIND is now the first major piece of post-Serenity continuity.

Importantly, note that although Joss was involved tangentially in all of the projects mentioned above, he was not the prime mover or creative force behind any of them. They were all given away to others.

I suspect that we'll see a comic books miniseries every year or two, or perhaps, if we're "lucky" (and I use that term loosely, given the varied quality of the comics), we might get a comic book "Season Two," as we received continuations of Buffy and Angel. But, as with those stories, how much it would feel like "real" Firefly as opposed to professional level fan-fiction in a pivotal question.

ECGORDON

Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:37 PM

Whether or not it ever returns I'll still be a Firefly fan til the day I die. Even though there is the chance even Joss couldn't recreate the magic again, I'd like to see him try. I'll buy any comics that are released, but as with the Buffy and Angel comics, I would much rather see those stories on screen with the actors I love, rather than in static pictures.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

SUASOR

Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:36 PM

At this point a reboot, as with Star Trek, is most likely. It might well be on cable or other non-broadcast venue (like Netflix) which would mean more freedom to do anything. Joss left the Marvelverse recently so he might be up for this.

RIVERLOVE

Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:19 AM

I don't believe it's ever coming back. Even if it did come back I doubt it could be as good as the original. In fact it's likely it would suck. But who knows?

COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:50 AM

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Originally posted by Moose:
Have you seen the 10th Anniversary special, Browncoats Unite?
They reveal Inara's secret in it.

I've given up hope of it returning in TV or movie form.
But, wouldn't mind being proven wrong, though.

I just looked it up (in all honesty I've only been a fan of Firefly/Serenity for about two years now so i'm still sort of a newbie Browncoat). I sort of figured that was Inara's secret but I wasn't quite sure. I'd love to see how far this goes and even though I would hate to see Inara (a character I love so much) go through a Reaver assault I would love to see how strong it makes her relationship with Mal. I love the idea that after the assault Mal treats her truly like a lady and loves her the way he always has in secret. Spoilers ahead for Leaves On The Wind but I would be truly sad to see Inara go especially since finally her and Mal are together and a thing. It took so long to get to the point of Mal and Inara being together and I would be really upset to see that end so soon.

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:51 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Whether or not it ever returns I'll still be a Firefly fan til the day I die. Even though there is the chance even Joss couldn't recreate the magic again, I'd like to see him try. I'll buy any comics that are released, but as with the Buffy and Angel comics, I would much rather see those stories on screen with the actors I love, rather than in static pictures.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

I agree with you. I love the comics and I've read them over and over and over again but I would rather see it on screen than in a comic book. Truth is though i'm happy with what I have. I would rather have comics galore being released every year until kingdom come than have nothing at all.

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

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