Hopes and Dreams: What impact the film will make.
POSTED BY: nisei
UPDATED: Sunday, September 11, 2005 15:59
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hope you enjoy this read. :blast
Space orientated shows until now have never been my alltime favourite tv shows. The oldies like Lost in Space, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Gallactica(old) and Star Trek(old) were good but still they to me were saturday afternoon fillers for boredom or rain and nothing more.....plz dont hunt me down and kill me for those comments hehe.
Moving in to todays era of tv i enjoyed Star Trek: NG,V, DS9 but slightly disliked Enterprise and i never fully enjoyed Babylon 5 although great in its own way or even Andromeda which i hated along with Lexx which i detest. i enjoyed the new Battlestar Gallactica but it to me was more like a rehash of a tv show i mention further down than a remake of old tv Gallactica. I could stomach small doses of Farscape but even those i wouldnt rush home to tape or take a day off work to watch. only two other shows apart from Firefly have been great. Stargate:SG1 similar humour to Firefly with Richard Dean Anderson providing the humour we all needed to see. and Space: Above and Beyond another show cancelled before its time and was a joy to watch and the further down mentioned show. shows i just had to watch. And on different note i include Red Dwarf but i love this as comedy not as just sci fi
With Firefly its a different story. this show became a religion to me, i loved every aspect of it and was addicted to it....and still am. i was a fan of Buffy and Angel and was sad to see Angel get cancelled. the show had a bumpy ride but finally found its feet and was a great show but then boom they send in the FOX hunter.
Now not being bothered about seeing Firefly at first what attracted me?. well hearing it was a joss whedon show it already has a plus, the man is in a league of his own when talking about the shows he has done. i am an X-Files fan so i would say he is one of the greats alongside chris carter.
another thing that attracted me was hearing Nathan Fillion was in it. i loved Two Guys and a Girl.......the series i mean. and Ryan Reynolds is a Christopher Walken impersonation god btw. but Nathan to me has great qualities of character to bring leadership and humour and seriousness in to a role without making it look fake. with him it is natural.
Also a reason i started to watch it was hearing Adam Baldwin was in it aswell. the guy is just a great person to watch on screen he brings a lot to the table. he has this quality of character that i would say is a two of a kind along with John C McGinley of Scrubs they both bring a tough walking and talking character along with a humour that is natural and not an ability many actors have.
The final reason is the best ...the theme tune. i watched the first episode already interested and intrigued by it but the second the theme tune came on i fell in love. it just closes the deal. it serenity was a product then joss whedon is the greatest salesman on the planet cos he sold it to me.
Now when hearing the show was ending its run it was like hearing that your christmas has been cancelled. i would rather be dumped that feel that kind of stomach churning pain. horrific. its a crime against storytelling and they should make it a new law to first run it by the fans before deciding....i wish..
But to cut a long story short it was cancelled and i felt lost and bewildered. no idea what to do and no idea what to watch without feeling that im just filling in for Firefly gaps in my life. i get involved with the story of every programme i watch as it is the only way to understand it for what it is. i dont talk during a programme, i dont take breaks, i dont even blink....ok i do blink :). But cancelling it was criminal. its like walking up to a person reading a great book with a great storyline with twists and turns only to take it from them and burn it. now they cant finish the story, only being able to read half a book me
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Wow you asked a mouthfull!
I think I'll just address the thread title:
I hope Serenity makes embarassingly large stacks of cash, Joss rules over Hollywood (and calls it...This Land), and we get Firefly movies 2x a year for the next ten years!
It MIGHT happen!
I have that feeling.
Chrisisall the reader
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:) i hope it does happen. i dont ask alot. i only ask one thing. firefly back. the rest is just thoughts
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Best case scenario:
Serenity wins one or two weekends and builds an audience sleeper hit style going on to become one of the only hollywood success stories of 2005.
By x-mas, Universal happily greenlights two sequels to be filmed concurrently.
Fox TV begs Joss to bring Firefly back to the small screen. Joss gives Fox TV the middle finger, re-opens the Mutant Enemy offices and spins off a new series taking place within the Firefly universe... all of the Serenity actors are invited to join the cast and most do. Co-creator Tim Minear assumes command and produces 13 episodes annually for BBC and Sci Fi channel with an option to broadcast on NBC (similar to Battlestar's NBC option). Mutant Enemy alumns David Fury, Jane Espenson, Drew Goddard and Ben Edlund return to the fold.
Joss writes and directs the Serenity films. He even guest writes and/or directs an ep of the TV version each season when taking a vacation from his exploding movie career.
There you go.
How's that for a totally achievable fantasy? 
mattro
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What you said and doubled, too much Firefly is barely enough (to paraphrase HG and Roy)
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Yeah, baby!
Chrisisall
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