Great USA Q&A with Joss
POSTED BY: BlackoutNights
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 01:08
VIEWED: 9900
PAGE 2 of 2
Lots of fans are interested in Firefly:TNG, but you'll have to count me out of that one.
It's this crew or no shipping out for me.
In fact I'm sorta indignant when someone mentions that. I love this crew. Mal loves Serenity. I can't see anyone loving Serenity the way Mal does.
I'll be happy for all ya'll that do like that idea, if I can, but it's certainly not for me.
Don't think I'm alone in this, Nathan Fillion has said he'd prefer no one else be Mal. I agree with him.
Commenting on this article though... Joss is saying lots of stuff right now, and so are lots of other folks. Money will be what really talks. We'll just have to see what happens with the DVDs.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me.
Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I agree. I didn't really take the interview as a death sentence at all. It obviously won't be Firefly, because of the changes from the movie, but also the rights are tied to the name "Firefly." Hence, the reason they used "Serenity" for the movie. I haven't seen the contract for the original TV series, but I'm sure it's tied to the name moreso than the characters or the story.
It could come back as "Serenity: Whatever" to TV and totally circumvent any reference to the series named "Firefly."
Last, but most importantly, Joss' interviews tend to be laden with sarcasm. To say it's dead seems to be something Joss would say, whether it was truth or not.
I've only been a Browncoat since May-ish, but I feel good about the chances of Serenity/Firefly making a comeback in some form.
Call it newb enthusiasm, but I ain't givin up!
Bring the Big Damn Heroes back!
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Good interview! Interesting that Joss mentions seeing Batman Begins in a theater. I wonder if they showed the Serenity trailer. I know mine did. Wouldn't that have been crazy funny? 
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I looked at this interview and I was really excited by it 'cause it was Joss himself saying what I really wanted to hear. There are plans for a second and third movie...what he didn't say is that depends on cashflow, but we all knew that. This wasn't what interested me though...it was the whole...after Serenity: Revolutions (I enjoyed that refrence throuroughly by the way) there was a chance for a series...The part that made me sad was him sayin it wasn't gonna be "firefly" but it wasn't that it wasn't gonna be a new cast or a new story...what he meant was there were pieces missing that were taken away by Serenity...what we'll have will be different but good God it'll be the same story with most of the same characters...I just wanted to throw up my perspective of this interview and hope to take away some of the downtrodden feel of some of what he said and put a positive spin on it. Hope it helped.
-Dan Simone
Ain't that just shiny?
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by DanielFyre:
what he meant was there were pieces missing that were taken away by Serenity...what we'll have will be different but good God it'll be the same story with most of the same characters...
As ususal we just don't know what he really meant. The man is a master of blurry statements.
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by Spinland:
It's called story and character development, and staying in the same, comfortable place for very long was never going to be an option in the Whedonverse.
Which is why I'll never be a whedon fan, just a Firefly fan.
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by FlyingTams:
Which is why I'll never be a whedon fan, just a Firefly fan.
Well, for whatever tiny crumb it's worth, I loathe Buffy/Angel. I don't thereby consider myself an unqualified Whedon fan, but I do approve of where he's gone with the one creation of his of which I am a fan. Everyone's mileage is guaranteed to vary, of course.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:I think Joss understands that his TV program was so clever and inventive that it would be almost impossible to sell it as a single movie except to those who were devoted to the show. I came to Firefly thru the movie anmd I must admit that the two are not the same. Hopefully w/ the DVD people will become devoted to the movie---Not the series--and this will save the concept. I do hope that the suits at Fox go to that special place in Hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in theaters--because the wrecked an excellent TV program which will not return
Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
Check it out. There's one really interesting part on what happens next.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2005/12/a_qa_with_joss_.html
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by BWare42:
but also the rights are tied to the name "Firefly." Hence, the reason they used "Serenity" for the movie.
No!
No no no no!
You don't think studios would be able to get away with little tricks such as this, do you?
Universal bought the movie rights from Fox; not the television right. Money changed hands to make our tv show into a movie. That's how it works. "Serenity" was what Joss wanted to call it, not "Firefly: The Movie".
"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
RE: DVD sales, I just thought you would all like to know that Serenity DVD (Widescreen) is currently ranked *** #1 *** (as of December 26, 2005).
While I think this is fantastic, for the first week sold, I still think it's a shame that the numbers just were not there for the theatrical release. It really was one of the better movies of the year.
Well, here's hoping that we'll see future adventures with the crew of Serenity!
--------------------------------------------------
Reporter #1: Is he working on a case?
Nora: Yes
Reporter #2: Which case is it?
Nora: A case of scotch. Chip in and help him out.
- The Thin Man
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME