Sci-fi (US) picks up Firefly

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UPDATED: Friday, July 8, 2005 07:29
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NWUKSTEVE

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by Razel:
The other great thing is Scifi has had crap shows for the last five years Stargates ok battlestar sux basically i think Sci-fi will put alot of money into firefly even if the movie doesnt do good and will pay for the show to continue i mean this is the network that ran 4 seasons of LEXX

Basically firefly is safe with Sci-fi it has a home now.

No offence (actually, maybe some small amount of slighty deserved offence - unless you were being sarcastic, in which case 'oops' for missing it), but I do love it when people who post opinions with which I disagree, do so with such poor grammar or punctuation (perfection not expected but some sort of effort would be nice). Makes me feel I must be right.

Or, in other words: Stargate is, at the very least, erm, well better thank ok; New BSG absolutley rocks; The chances of new Firefly on Sci-Fi if the movie is not a gargantuan hit are zero (and even if the movie is a hit the most likely outcome is sequels).

Sorry if this sounds negative. Firefly is still my favourite show ever (so far). Also, I'm a bit drunk and am actually only thinking "lurk too much, must post, even if gibberish."

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RAZEL

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:55 PM

dude 4 seasons of lexx

i win

Razel

NWUKSTEVE

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:17 PM

damn

relurks

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FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:26 PM

Ok, so what ARE the odds of things like:
1) Sci-Fi 'specials' like interviews, behind-the-scenes bits, etc. - new ones? Reused ones from the DVD's? Sci-Fi loves this stuff - wouldn't they do it with Firefly?

2) A DIFFERENT voiceover? Which one will they use? The ones that come with the episodes (i.e., Book at first, then a switch to Mal in later eps)? Or, better yet, an all-new voiceover...how hard would that be to do? Not at all, I'd guess...

BARCLAY

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:02 PM

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Originally posted by Forrestwolf:
Ok, so what ARE the odds of things like:
1) Sci-Fi 'specials' like interviews, behind-the-scenes bits, etc. - new ones? Reused ones from the DVD's? Sci-Fi loves this stuff - wouldn't they do it with Firefly?

2) A DIFFERENT voiceover? Which one will they use? The ones that come with the episodes (i.e., Book at first, then a switch to Mal in later eps)? Or, better yet, an all-new voiceover...how hard would that be to do? Not at all, I'd guess...

I like the "no voiceover" option. If they show Serenity first (which they are going to), you don't need a voiceover because everything you need to know about the Verse is spelled out for you. Seems to make sense to me. Why have a "...In case you haven't seen the pilot..." voiceover when you have, in fact, seen the pilot?

YT

Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:47 PM

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Originally posted by RhymePhile:
News about the cost of rights from thefutoncritic.com:
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FIREFLY (FOX) - Sci Fi Channel's off-network acquisition of the series, which was first reported back in May, reportedly is valued at $450,000 per episode. The news means that Sci Fi will pay about $6.75 million for the 15 produced hours of the series, three of which never aired on FOX.

That's a pretty hefty cost for a show that's been off of TV and has been watched again and again on DVD.

Might seem like it but, FutonCritic describes it as "acquisition of the series", which could mean recurring broadcasts, not just once for each ep. And it's barely more than a sixth of what FOX paid to get it made.

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WHOISRIVER

Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Razel:
The other great thing is Scifi has had crap shows for the last five years Stargates ok battlestar sux basically i think Sci-fi will put alot of money into firefly even if the movie doesnt do good and will pay for the show to continue i mean this is the network that ran 4 seasons of LEXX

Basically firefly is safe with Sci-fi it has a home now.

Razel

Uhm. Battlestar is SCI-FI's baby, just to stress. They love it. The viewers love. The person who runs this website also runs a Battlestar fansite.

Firefly is not 'safe'. Sci-fi have picked up the BACK CATALOGUE of episodes, NOT NEW EPISODES.

Firefly is over, but Sci-fi are giving the franchise a push in the direction of SERENITY here. And given that NBC/Universal, who own SERENITY, also SCI-FI, that's not a huge surprise.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

HASLINGER

Friday, June 24, 2005 2:56 PM

Universal owns SCI-FI. I'm sure they got the rights to the show when they bought the rights to Serenity. It's a brilliant marketing tool to draw more people into seeing the BDM. Hopefully, this will open the doors.

CAITLYN

Friday, June 24, 2005 4:41 PM

The future after the movie is as uncertain as ever, but running the series for 15 weeks on SciFi can only but give hope for more.

RAZEL

Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:01 AM

the nay sayers who belive firefly is over are just purple bellys thats right i siad it!!

and i never meant it like battlestar sucks i mean ive watch alot but i really meant to say its not anywhere near as good as firefly

the characters are static and stereotypical
the cinimatography is not different from other scifis other then those 2 things it seems good but those are 2 amazing things that set firefly apart from other shows face it sometimes when you watch bsg your like while that was corny or man im gay for liking this never with firefly it gets better the more you watch and you always see more things my point is that sci-fi will understand this and run with it and all you purple bellys will just have to deal with it

Razel

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