Awesome new petition to revive Firefly. One that actually has the data to make a strong case for it's revival.
POSTED BY: Zeylon
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 14:40
VIEWED: 12651
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I have to agree with Calhoun. A long hard road and we are but leaves in the wind. But still hoping. It's what we do.
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Originally posted by MoralDilema:
I just signed and I was 56!!! How is it that I'm #56. I just got into Firefly after seeing the movie and I'm trying to do everything I can to spread my love of the show. How am I #56.
Get going people!
We've been there and 'given up' on a new series already, so, as Calhoun says, some of us are a bit pessimistic is all.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you Beeeer Milkshakes!
Okay, the talking ferret was a bit wierd...
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Quote:Suggestions...
Originally posted by Zeylon:
As for spelling/grammer mistakes, I really didnt find any when I reviewed the petition except in the updates. If you found any, tell me.
dvds of the Firefly dvd series -> copies of the Firefly series dvd box set
IS ESSENCE -> IN ESSENCE
ATLEAST -> AT LEAST
be generate -> be generated
it's US counterpart -> its US counterpart
I have signed the petition, not because I think it will make much difference, but because I would hate to see it not get many signatures. Given all those meaningless polls in which we Browncoats voted for Firefly/Serenity, I think we can at least sign a petition. Also, it was pretty easy, no registration required.
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I applaud you effort! 
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A quote from a recent Whedon interview.
I'm desperate to go back to TV but it's really a situation where I have to go back with enough power to… I can't go through another Firefly. Just to love something that much and have it pulled out from under me. I can have a film poorly received but the fact is that it's out there, you did it and you have the sense of accomplishment regardless. With a TV show you create it to go on and when it doesn't it gives you the kind of feeling I am just not capable of living through again.
If Whedon himself isn't willing to write/ direct another series, well, need I say more.
Yep ......................... that went well!
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I would take 13 episodes on HBO over 24 on FOX any day. Now if you could just swing a co-production with the BBC so I could see it in Ireland without having to wait six months that would be grand.
Anyway the petition has my support.
Who do you suppose is in there?
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Originally posted by robinhood:
A quote from a recent Whedon interview.
I'm desperate to go back to TV but it's really a situation where I have to go back with enough power to… I can't go through another Firefly. Just to love something that much and have it pulled out from under me. I can have a film poorly received but the fact is that it's out there, you did it and you have the sense of accomplishment regardless. With a TV show you create it to go on and when it doesn't it gives you the kind of feeling I am just not capable of living through again.
If Whedon himself isn't willing to write/ direct another series, well, need I say more.
Yep ......................... that went well!
The key words being ANOTHER series, BECAUSE of the Firefly experience. If he doesn't want to do another one because Firefly got cancelled, it seems obvious that he would very much want to do an un-cancellation of Firefly.
Typos are unfortunate, and I know a lot of you have already gone down this weary road, but I think this petition is well-intentioned, if a bit premature. There is one gigantic difference between Firefly then and Firefly now: with it topping all the polls in every direction, it has now become a "prestige" series, the kind that both cable and network channels can use as a kind of flagship, and bruit about town as a show of quality taste on their own part. Such series are a key element in the Hollywood mix; lots of studios greenlight movies that they think will make little or no profit, or continue to run poorly rated series (Alias, anyone?), because of the awards, the rep, the general fuss.
I think what we should do, besides supporting all the initiatives that we have energy for in the meantime, is wait for the DVD sales, settle on a direction--meaning, to judge by the poll on this site, another push to get Firefly back, rather than a sequel to Serenity--and once the DVD sales are at a peak, do exactly what's being done now, which is a well-reasoned petition or set of letters, backed by a blitz of signatures. If we coordinate it, I agree with the current petitioner that circs have changed enough in the past couple of years to warrant another look. Remember that there's a good number of people in Hollywood already tracking the scenario: it's not like we Browncoaters are the only ones who know there's a phenomenon happening around Firefly. And they might be greedy, but they aren't completely dumb. Well, not all of them. Well, maybe a few of them aren't, anyhow. Like Mary Parent, and Nikki Rocco, and Chris whathisface from Fox who expressed the network's interest in the phenomenal DVD sales.
Like I say, Stakethelurk and other long-time supporters, we newer folks understand how much time and energy and hope you've put into this, and how naive we must seem. But there are more of us now--way more. You got the movie made; maybe the newest generation can get the series back. I'm pretty sure a lot of us plan to try.
Vancouver
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Hi Guys, i'm a bit of a 'firefly' virgin & have only got into it after seeing the movie and going straight out and buying the DVD box set!
I am a total sci-fi nut & have always thought Joss was cool (& not a bad singer).....
I am totally smitten and cannot believe 'firefly' was never picked up for another series!
I can honestly say that there was not 1 crappy episode in the whole thing and in view of this i've just signed the petition & also spread the word to my sci-fi pals........
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I always contended that in order to get Firefly back of the small (not as small as it once was) screen the movie had to middle out. Obviously if it flopped then the a TV revival would not be likely but also if it did to well the TV series would loose out to the movie franchise and the stars would become to big to get back on television.
This might be a fundamentally selfish way of looking at it and I honestly wished Serenity ever success in the world but the way things have worked out is perfect. Its got critical acclaim its generated intense interest and awareness of Firefly and it has not overshadowed the series. Serenity has become what I always wanted it to be, a trailer of Firefly season 2.
Go team.
Who do you suppose is in there?
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When it comes to either filming a sequel or bringing the series back on some network other than FOX it's always going to be about the money. I'm just hoping that some movie or television executive will examine the series and movie and start wondering what the show "could have done" given the right funding and not messing with Joss's vision of the show like Fox did to screw it up the first time and maybe realize that the movie did pretty well for a film that didn't have saturation advertising to overhype it like most Hollywood blockbusters. Some studios have spent almost 25% of what Serenity cost to make on advertising for some of their big budget movies and they always seem to find money to make total crap like a Gilligan's Island movie or a Brady Bunch movie so why can't they find the scratch, stay out of Joss's way and advertise the damn movie or series with a little more vigor. I think a revived series or sequel would do even better than before since there's already a huge grass roots fan base with more people "just discovering" the Firefly 'verse everyday. When it comes to FOX executives......"Two by two, brains of poo!"
Jaytee
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