Making a Firefly episode ourselves
POSTED BY: Firestalker
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 09:22
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I'd be willing to help, somewhat.
I wouldn't be able to travel, and I'm not really into CGI.
However, I'm an aspiring writer. I could help write an episode, if needed. I'm still a high school student, so I may not be the best, but my fanfic is up, so that's a taste of my writing.
Also, I play clarinet, if one was needed. I couldn't go anywhere with it, but I have a computer microphone...
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Im VERY interested in writing a script, particularly something based on the fan-fic continuity im currently working on. I live in Ireland so working together face to face is not on the cards but speaking as a man who has suffered from social phobia since he was 12 im well able to work around being only a voice on a phone or words on a screen.
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Who do you suppose is in there?
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A story not involving the current crew would be interesting, but maybe with people portraying members as they were when they were younger. A "flashback" episode, if you will.
Like Mal back on the farm with his dozen aunts and 56 cousins.
Tomboy Zoe all "Caddie Woodlawn" with a mom and older sister that have mastered roast chicken and embroidery while she's out hunting pigeons and fighting bullies.
Fun stuff like that maybe.
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I live near Portland OR.
I have experience writing, shooting, some directing, and acting for television.
I can be contacted at captainbanjo@gmail.com, or through www.anewideaco.com/happyfilms .
I just want to say I really like the idea of showing the crew that was on Serenity before Mal bought it.
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"Today we were kidnapped by hill-folk, never to be seen again and it was the best day ever."
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I was thinking of couple of ideas:
Using the idea of Browntrousers do one with the original crew of the Serenity [not called that at the time]. I was thinking of a female pilot, a captian that has a huge conscience, a drunk mechanic, and merc that been living on the rim too long and knows how the rim works.
I was thinking that the pilot and the captian can have a thing going, but make it complicated in some way [Maybe she's married or something]. Captian has a conscience and isn't the type of person that you would think would live in the rim let alone run a ship in the rim [i was thinking that through the course of this we can show his personality change to fit the lifestyle better].
The merc is no holds barred and ruthless, but loyal. He follows the captian no matter how much he disagrees with his way of doing things.
The mechanic is a drunk. I'm picturing in my head an old guy with a beard, but that can easily be changed to whatever. This can get the crew into trouble [bar fights, unpaid tabs, etc].
If anyone can think of anymore that could join then I gladly except them.
I think that the crew decisions will be the sole decision of the writers and script editors. Who thinks they can help with the writing. I'll send whoever can what I've written so far and we can collaborate on changes and additions.
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"You what the definition of a hero is. Someone that gets other people killed."
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I thought of this one possible idea.
Maybe a couple of guys who in some way or another get into some serious trouble with the law on some outer rims planet, and manage to run away by stealing an old firefly (which would eventally become serenity) from some junk yard. The two of them then have to run and fly the ship by themesleves, and outrun the law.
Eventually if this thing continued they might find more crew members along the way like a strong female character and there could be some kind of conflict over the two of them being attracted to her, and her only looking to escape some kind of trouble she's in too, not interested in them at all.
I don't know, just a thought I had.
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"Today we were kidnapped by hill-folk, never to be seen again and it was the best day ever."
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We could involve Blue Sun somehow. And perhaps even "the acadamy".
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Here's a little more on my idea if anyone's interested, I just thought of something and i really want to get it written out before I forget.
Two brothers, maybe just good friends who grew up together, work for some sleazy junkyard owner on a very rural outer rims planet, the older more responsible one is always looking out for the younger one who one day stops official guards of the magestrate that runs that planet from beating some kid who stole food for his family. this gets the two main characters into serious trouble with the magestrate, and they escape from the planet by stealing an old beat up firefly from the junk yard. The younger characters flies the ship, maybe possible dialogue could be like
"Older character: You sure you can fly this thing?
Younger one: Yeah, it's just like driving a tractor
Older one: You've never driven a tractor!
(the ship crashes into something)"
and the older character stays in the engine room to make sure the ship doesn't explode or something horrible like that.
Later they meet more characters who are also in some serious trouble, possibly incorperating other ideas that involve Blue Sun or the Alliance.
feel free to use any of my thoughts, or think they're all extremely stupid and just stick me in with the trolls for having such dumb ideas.
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Musthavemorefirefly , Like FireStalker said, we need all the ideas we can get, and the more minds the better. So keep inputing! I'm sure we can use idea's contributed by everyone, in some way or another.
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Hey, FireStalker, Do you think we should organise a "Chat Event" for all who are interested in working on the script?
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