Firefly Season II OR Serenity II

POSTED BY: MichaelAngelo
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 18:46
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MICHAELANGELO

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:08 PM

I'm a new member, so forgive me if this has been addressed in the past.

Am i like the only one who would much rather see Firefly come back than see more movies? Don't get me wrong, i loved the movie, seen it twice so far & have no intent on stoppin any time soon, but i'd much rather see Firefly Season II coming than Serenity II.

I've not heard/read/seen anything specific but it seems like there is NO chance of this happening. Is that so?

There's no need to be tellin ya how different Firefly is from all the rubbish on TV these days. Surely Firefly could find a home somewhere... please?

Any news on this? Anyone?

GHOLA

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:32 PM

You're not the only one, I think most people that love firefly and can do basic math (2 hours every three years or one hour every week) would much rather see Firefly come back to the small screen. Unfortunately Firefly/Serenity's chances of returning at all don't seem that great at the moment.

DECLAN

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:47 PM

There was a running poll on this website a while back about this issue. I don't know if it has been archived somewhere. I've tried to find it but can't.

I've been wondering about the idea of, say, 6 or more Made-for-TV movies a year. Sort of like they did with "Columbo".

You could then do slower, more intimate, more arc-based, character driven storytelling like "Firefly" rather than intense, epic-scale stories like "Serenity".

I've read that Universal has the movie rights but that Fox retained the television rights for 5 years. Where would Made-for-TV movies fall?

If Serenity is a middling box office sucess, would Made-for-TV movies be a viable alternative?

Or, if all else fails, how about a lower budget Serenity II? (Remember that the Star Trek movies were re-started with the low budget ST II: Wrath of Khan).

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:53 PM

If memory serves Fox publicly announced that they would not stand in the way of someone else taking Firefly.

Since Firefly is a product that they are still selling, and whether or not a TV show will have more episodes effects the value of the existing ones, them not giving up the rights if someone wanted them could be false advertising, and I’m told the laws against that are fairly harsh.

On the other hand I could be looking too far into it.

MICHAELANGELO

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 11:24 PM

Something needs to be done i say; a petition, floods of e-mail, something!

I'll admit I wasn’t a fan of the show when it aired on TV…but only because I didn’t know about it. I hardly watch TV, there is nothing on worth watching. I became a fan when a friend handed me the DVD set. He said watch it. I looked at it & was like, “a western with spaceships? Sounds pretty lame.” I was never one for westerns & I don’t like genera-mixing. He said is from Joss Whedon. I was like, “so, I’m not a Buffy or Angel fan.” But my friend insisted I give it a shot, so I did… and oh my I am sooo glad I did. Firefly is hands down the best thing I’ve seen on TV in a looong time…ever in fact. And, well 1 season just ain’t enough.

It’s all Joss’ fault. He put out a damn fine show, got me to love each & every character on the show, got me excited about watching TV again, then… it ended. I know FOX is to blame for canceling the show, but gorramnit, we need to fight harder to get it back on TV. 2 more movies, even if they are as good as Serenity, won’t be enough.

Bring back Firefly I say!

QUASARWINDS

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 12:50 AM

Ultimately I believe in quality vs quantity. Yes Joss Whedon is imaginative and brilliant but he is also human. Say Firefly did come back. Wouldn't you be afraid that eventually it would come to a point where the show's quality began to deteriorate? Where the jokes weren't funny and the storylines were rehashed? The reason Serenity was made was because the fans loved the TV show, every episode of Firefly was gold. How long could it stay that way? Buffy and Stargate SG1 are both shows that kinda got worse in their later seasons. If it comes to that, I'd rather have another movie that was as good as Serenity was.

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MICHAELANGELO

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 1:22 AM

Eventually the quality would drop, sure, but after how many seasons? 2, 3, 4? I don't think season 2 would suck, nor would season 3...and i'd rather have those than Serenity II & III. I don't need a $50M budget movie. That's not what i fell in love with :-)

Anyway, not to beat a dead horse... i'm just sad, that's all :-(

DEMONROB

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 2:08 AM

i think i can probably cope with an episode or two in seasons 6 and 7 being dissapointing.

ENGINEANGEL

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 4:37 AM

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written by MichealAngelo
I'm a new member, so forgive me if this has been addressed in the past. Am i like the only one who would much rather see Firefly come back than see more movies? Don't get me wrong, i loved the movie, seen it twice so far & have no intent on stoppin any time soon, but i'd much rather see Firefly Season II coming than Serenity II. I've not heard/read/seen anything specific but it seems like there is NO chance of this happening. Is that so? There's no need to be tellin ya how different Firefly is from all the rubbish on TV these days. Surely Firefly could find a home somewhere... please?

first of all - welcome, welcome, welcome. now on to more important business: there are probably going to be two other movies before (and IF) the series gets up and running again. I'd love to have Firefly back.

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written by DECLAN
I've read that Universal has the movie rights but that Fox retained the television rights for 5 years.

just to let you know. that is completely made up. it's a rumor that has been circulating for a while, going from a 5 years to 20 years. The rumor was addressed in an interview with Joss and Nathan, and there is no time limit set by fox. In reality, for some reason, Nathan was the one who started it.

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RAKARR

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:01 AM

Well I don't think FOX has the rights any more or some thing cause Firefly is on Scifi now (They have been showing the episodes for past couple months).

Anyways the likely hood of there being a 2nd season or 2nd movie I'd say is very good. Serenity has been doing great so far. Can't forget about how much the DVD will sell when the movie comes out. Oh and surely the sales of the DVD Box Set of Firefly has increased as of late with many new people buying it. I myself.

Pretty much Firefly was already really populare before Serenity, and now I wouldn't be surprised if the fanbase of Firefly has doubled.

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