Continueing Firefly Legacy
POSTED BY: lillybella
UPDATED: Thursday, December 22, 2005 03:26
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I believe that we fans have enough belief in our Serenity to make this happen. Just look at how long Star trek ran the shows it spawned and all the movies?? With Joss vision and the fans devotion why should Firefly not live forever. The life in the 'verse does not stop. Firefly is strong and Joss belief in this show is a testamont to this. I believe that we will see more firefly....
Lillybella
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Yeah, but Star Trek had a bigger fanbase (until B&B drove them away in droves with crap like Voyager and Enterprise), and all of the Star Trek movies had bigger box office takes than Serenity. The last one, Nemesis (considered a flop) made more than Serenity did in theaters!
Sorry, but I want Firefly to be as big as Trek was too, but it's not! Yeah, DVD sales still might save the franchise, but I'm not getting my hopes up again. Too many fair weather fans dissed the movie because it took risks. They wanted predictable, like Star Trek, and didn't get it. Which may be why it will never be as big as Trek was. There's no pathetic Genesis Device to bring our dead heroes back! Shame on the fans that walked away because of that! Maybe Firefly is just too good for the masses to understand, including some of our own!!!!
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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I was under the impression that Voyager was very successful, at least keeping the fanbase if not making it grow. I know it was the first ST series I watched every week without fail.
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There was nothing wrong with Voyager. It's problem was the same problem suffered by every Star Trek series except the original: It takes 3 seasons to get good. Enterprise's 4th season was brilliant.
Doesn't hold a candel to our 14 and 1 movie though :D.
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I do believe, I do believe, I do believe.........
Don't forget to call him "Sir." He likes that.
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Ah, but prior to The Wrath of Kahn, Star Trek was in a similar position. Star Trek II was slated to be the final Star Trek ever. All the actors, producers, writers, etc. were planning II to be the Star Trek swan song (one of the reasons Spock had to die). With a minimal fan base (at the time) and the nominal success of the first film all involved figured Trek was past it's time and over.
Then Nicholas Myer came in, made a few radical changes and directed what is arguably the best Star Trek film ever made. The film grossed huge profits and the fan base swelled immensely. Suddenly Trek as back from the brink, a third film was planned and inevitabely a new series was concieved and the rest is history, 4 television series' and 8 more feature films not to mention hundreds of books, games, etc.
So there is always hope.
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Actually, now that I think about it, the similarities are striking.
> Star Trek, a show well ahead of its time, was screwed over by greedy TV execs and cancelled (albiet it got three seasons as opposed to a half season).
> In syndication, Trek kindled a growing audience (many of whom never experienced Trek in its original run) and a culture of trekkies began to emerge.
> A feature film was made, met with a lukewarm reception but again, the ever-growing fan base kept hope alive and a sequel was made that would not only save the franchise but launch it into ventures no one ever dreamed of.
Could it happen for Firefly?
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How about a different comparison?
Highlander- First movie= Brilliant.
Second film= 
Third film= Highlander; The Remake
And then SIX YEARS of the series.!!!!!
1st season-tepid
2-4 seasons - Pretty Okay with a few spectacular moments.
Season 5 = Good
Season 6 = 
And then a FOURTH Film = okay, it was dogmeat, but it had Methos in it. (and we all know that's why I saw it 3 times in the theater, right?)
Then a spin-off television show, "The Raven"
Now, the FIFTH Film, and, hopefully the beginning of an all new trilogy, just finished filming in Lithuania.
If something as Okay as Highlander can get SIX seasons and five films, why the heck can't we get more seasons and another film for something as absolutely BRILLIANT as Firefly?
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Try e-mailing the Sci-Fi people to help get the ball rolling.
feedback@scifi.com
Demand more Firefly, maybe they will wake up.
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Well, here I am.
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How about we compare the Firefly/Serenity's situation to itself?
The original Browncoat's story is the extreme of the extreme; 11 aired episodes parlayed into a critically acclaimed motion picture.
As a relatively newbie to the Firefly phenomenon, I discovered the series just weeks before the BDM hit theaters. We all know the old school Brownies will never say die, so I feel the onus is on us new converts to match their fervor. If they can turn the series DVDs into the touchstone for the movie, we have to turn the movie DVD sales into the touchstone for the sequel. And grant we have more to work with. Serenity may have disapointed but it was by no means a flop, with worldwide box office coming a couple mil' short of even. In contrast Firefly was bleeding Fox dry when it was on air.
With new converts coming aboard everyday, I know we can do this...I know we can do the impossible again!
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