TERRIBLE NEWS! SERENITY DELAYED!

POSTED BY: gojiro
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 08:06
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SNIPER

Monday, February 21, 2005 2:37 PM

Actually, Episode III comes out in May, two weeks after April 22nd. Hitchhiker's Guide was out the week after that, and the Interprater was out on the 22nd.

CONSCIENCE

Monday, February 21, 2005 4:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hero:
We know Joss was a big Kerry supporter, so a flip flop on the release date should have been expected.

Valid point!

ECGORDON

Monday, February 21, 2005 11:48 PM

All I know is that the weekend of April 22 is going to be extremely depressing.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

XION47

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:26 AM

Not totally bad news for me as I got my exam schedule last week. I would have been doing a final exam on April 21st and one in the evening of April 22nd.

I wouldn't have been able to concentrate at all during my exams or my studies in anticipation of everything so at least I know I will pass my classes.

Harken: "Seems odd that you would name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of."
Mal: "May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
~ƒireƒly

TLACOOK

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:07 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Siraris:
Oh and I have a dumb question... is it true that Joss is being forced to make 2 more movies if Serenity does well instead of bringing the show back? Because if that's true it's BOLLOCKS. That means we have to wait until we see how Serenity does, then if it does well (which it will I'll see it 50,000 times if need be) then we have to wait another 2 years or so for the second one, and more for the third... UGH. Someone tell me it aint true :(

FORCED? Joss wants to make movies! Joss has said everything but, I NEVER WANT TO DO TV AGAIN. He shut down Mutant Enemy. What message does that tell you?

He stated this weekend when asked about more TV that NO ONE is even thinking about it.

Let Joss do what Joss does best. Be a genius. I will be perfectly happy if Serenity never goes back to the small screen and all the actors become Big Damn Movie Stars and Joss gets to do Wonder Woman, more X-Men movies, a Serenity trilogy, more original scripts (which he has mentioned working on), A Fray movie...

Why do we want to limit this man by sticking him on TV? TV has been very good to Joss and has hurt him. I will follow him wherever he wants to go and be thrilled with whatever genius I get.

SIRARIS

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tlacook:
Quote:
Originally posted by Siraris:
Oh and I have a dumb question... is it true that Joss is being forced to make 2 more movies if Serenity does well instead of bringing the show back? Because if that's true it's BOLLOCKS. That means we have to wait until we see how Serenity does, then if it does well (which it will I'll see it 50,000 times if need be) then we have to wait another 2 years or so for the second one, and more for the third... UGH. Someone tell me it aint true :(

FORCED? Joss wants to make movies! Joss has said everything but, I NEVER WANT TO DO TV AGAIN. He shut down Mutant Enemy. What message does that tell you?

He stated this weekend when asked about more TV that NO ONE is even thinking about it.

Let Joss do what Joss does best. Be a genius. I will be perfectly happy if Serenity never goes back to the small screen and all the actors become Big Damn Movie Stars and Joss gets to do Wonder Woman, more X-Men movies, a Serenity trilogy, more original scripts (which he has mentioned working on), A Fray movie...

Why do we want to limit this man by sticking him on TV? TV has been very good to Joss and has hurt him. I will follow him wherever he wants to go and be thrilled with whatever genius I get.

Why do we want to put it back on small screen? I'll explain. I happen to be a game developer, and I spend most of the time wracking my brains thinking of ideas for games. Now in a game, I have more than 2 hours (length of a movie) to work with characters, plot etc. The problem is, there is no way to create the same experience as television. In a movie, you have 2 hours to tell a story, on TV you could have over 24 hours to tell one PART of a story. Granted, you could make multiple movies, but think about all the possibilities... actors/actresses move on, don't want to do it anymore, something happens to someone, the studio drops the idea, and the pure fact you only have 2 HOURS to tell this story.

I look at Firefly as one of the crowning moments in Television because of how beautiful the story is. We got to see but a glimpse of these characters lives, with the possibilities being endless. You have a movie that comes out every 2 years, that's 6 hours in the next 6 years. If you had a TV showed that aired a full season for 6 years, that's over 144 HOURS of material. Watch the first episode of Firefly, it's almost a movie in and of itself.

TV has not been kind to Joss... well let me narrow that to Fox has not been kind to Joss. Although I've never seen Buffy or Angel, I heard they were wonderful shows, and from watching Firefly, I can only imagine.

So yes, a couple movies about Firefly is better than nothing, but it the end it's still an incredible tease for what we really could be experiencing.

I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens in September... I am willing to bet the movie makes the 40 million Jewel said they need to make, which means he can do another, and maybe a TV show. I am guessing (since Universal is putting Serenity out) that Fox has let go of Firefly? Universal = Sci-Fi = NBC. Possibilities?

To not persue Firefly on the small screen, would just be a travesty.

THEDARKSHAPE

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:06 AM

Univeral owns the film rights, whereas Fox owns the television rights. Neither can make something on the other company's medium.

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