Serenity may fly again?

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UPDATED: Saturday, February 4, 2006 11:59
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WILDWEASEL

Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:08 AM

Howdy fellow browncoats, I have just recently joined the ranks with a story not unlike many of yours. I saw the Firefly series on Fox, and enjoyed it, but not to the extent that I do today. It was often hard to catch, and aired out of order. I was happy when I saw that the Sci-Fi channel had picked it up, but it was still hard for me to see the show. When I finally saw the movie however, my intrest was completely revamped and I recently purchaced the DVD box set. I can't stop watching and don't want to. Do yall think that perhaps a video game could emerge from the Firefly verse that could generate revenue and and enough new fan interest to help get Serenity back in the black? I loved Microsoft's freelancer, and they're making games out of everything these days, and movies from games.

"go get Vera"

W.W.

THENCDUCK

Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:25 AM

Yeah I can see playing a video game based on Serenity. I would buy the game.

I never even heard of Firefly until a couple months before the movie was released. Then I saw the show on the Sci fi channel and now own Firefly and Serenity. Everything that Joss makes is good I hope to see more from him in the future.

THE DUCK
:fork;

PATTYOBRIAN

Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:59 AM

I would certainly buy the video game, even if it sucked! Just cause. I hope there's a special edition DVD... and so much more!

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"...If you can't do summin smart... do summin right."

Operative:
"...You're fighting a war you cannot win."
Mal:
"Yeah, I'm known for that."

SHINYHORSE

Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:27 AM

yea bring it on!! gotta keep flying! firefly never should have been cancelled, there are no prime time shows on tv that i actually look forward to watching anymore i would rather be doing something else. i think i will go out and get another copy just to have a spare so when i where the first one out.

SHINYHORSE

Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:30 AM

i would buy it. has to be two player so my kid and i can play together. my daughter who is twelve just watched firefly and serenity with me and she loves it, that should say something. a good clean family show.

SHINYHORSE

Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:34 AM

if you go to moviegoods.com you can find that poster and other serenity posters their awesome!!

DAX82

Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:35 AM

Thats awesome!
The first movie didnt do that well at the box office, but thats only because no one knew what it was. The movie brought so many more fans to Firefly and if they had a sequal i guarantee they would double there numbers. Everyone is aware of this show and will give it the respect it deserves.

N7XEJ

Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:54 AM

Right On! Right ruttin' on! Fox is as fucked up as a football bat for not keeping our show running. The execs must have their heads in a nice warm dark place. I no longer watch F*x, the programming makes me ill and I personaly have no use for reality in any case. All I want, simple enough, is our 'Verse back and on TV. Then I want ANOTHER MOVIE!!!

IMPERIALKNIGHT

Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:39 AM

This show appeals to all of us, even those of us who don't like Sci-Fi because it gives us characters aren't the perfect little prodigal children all adhering to a single mold like Star Trek nor living in the impossibly heightened hyper-reality of Star Wars but are deep, intelligent, compelling, and above all real people locked in a world where virtue is not always rewarded and the good guys do not necessarily win. I believe that these corporate empires with their love affair for easy profit killed our show because its uniqueness, intelligence, and artistic strength paled in comparison to the force of their rapaciously deaf, dumb, and blind greed.

My point in all of this is that if we can't force Universal to restart Joss' short-lived masterpiece by playing by the rules then let's change them. The weakness in leaving it to Universal is essentially the same as leaving it to FOX (with some differences, but the same fundamental problem). “Selling” as Joss himself admits may not Joss' strong suit, but artistic vision is. The goal is to transform the equation entirely.

We are the central force in keeping Serenity flying so perhaps that is the way to restore the show to TV AND keeping it alive on the big screen. Star Trek and Star Wars did it, so why not Firefly?

Many of us (old guard and newfound conscripts alike) have already proven our devotion to the cause in the only language these suits understand: money. These suits have the power and influence to resurrect Firefly back to TV format but are seemingly blind to our incredible victory in taking a show that lasted only thirteen episodes and impressing a demigod of a conglomerate enough to make a major motion picture (which still didn't get the saturation advertising (commercials on primetime networks advertising both the movie and the SERIES in one 30sec+ package) nor marketing (in the form of enough theaters) to give it a chance to truly fly). As I said, we might need to re-think our strategy.

Here is the crux of what I propose:

1. Joss forms a corporation whose purpose is to buy Firefly’s way back into existence as a series. This corporation like all corporations will have shares so we browncoats can in essence buy ownership and share a stake in Firefly’s success. We can control Firefly's destiny instead of sacrificing massive amounts of money to dimwitted shortsighted suits only interested in cheap profit. We can use this ownership to negotiate with Sci-fi (owned by Universal) and buy a decent timeslot and pick up the series with the same cast, writers, director, etc. under Joss's direction. Then he won't have to continually "sell" his vision to those unsymPathetic fools because we will directly harness Firefly's resurgence. Of course, this requires an investment (note that the purchase of shares will provide dividends) from us in Joss' foundling company sufficient for it to go public. Once public, our options will increase and Joss can guide Firefly’s fate back to the forum it was meant to be in the first place. We can, at Joss' direction, promote the series properly through mass media and in junction with Sci-fi to bring the series back to life. From an investor’s point of view even if the corp. ultimately failed the investor is likely to recover most of his money anyway. This is just one idea, but I haven't heard anyone mention it before so I thought I'd offer it. By relying directly on our own strength and minimizing the powers of those suits that do not care about anything greater than the bottom line TODAY, Firefly might live to fly again in the way it was meant to. (And Universal can keep making movies while we keep Serenity flying on TV). Or…

2. (Adaptation of 1.) Universal offers Firefly fans a chance to contribute money directly to a fund specifically set aside for the express purpose of providing Firefly the funds required to pay either wholly or in some fixed part the cost of one season of the revitalized series on Sci-Fi at a decent timeslot. Same cast, crew, direction, etc as before, picking right up where the se

HAEKELDRACHE

Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:24 AM

What a moving speech! I totally agree in most of your points ImperialKnight, I think that we could (and should?) do more than filling the moneybags of FOX and universal. It´s time to start on our OWN!

To say it with the approximate word´s seen on a `From Dusk till dawn´ Poster:

"One fight is all that stands between us and Firefly. But it´s going to be one hell of a fight" ;)

Keep it Flying!!

Haekeldrache is german for Crochetdragon

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