BRING BACK FIREFLY!
POSTED BY: humble
UPDATED: Thursday, March 15, 2007 16:43
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Originally posted by humble:
i haven't read too many waves from other browncoats writing about letters they've sent to networks and tv studios about bringing firefly back to the airwaves. are we pinning all our hopes to an iffy movie coming out of universal studios? what if this falls through? i think we should ban together and double our efforts and innundate studios/networks with MORE correspondence than ever! is there a way for fans to petition this with the help of joss and the cast and crew of firefly? i, myself, have written to scifi,universal,upn,wb,etc. i don't think that dvd sales alone are enough to assure the hollywood money people that firefly is a good investment! i think we should continue to stand up and represent our fan interest as well, now more than ever! BROWNCOATS UNITE!!!
LETS MAKE 2004 THE YEAR FIREFLY RETURNS! (signed as always, a loyal browncoat)
I think that's because you're two or three years too late. When it was first cancelled, not only was there a massive letter-writing campaign, and not only did Joss Whedon wear himself ragged by taking it to all the other networks, but the Browncoats took out a full-page ad in Variety (I think it was Variety) in which they thanked the cast and creators and vowed to bring the show back. Fast-forward to 2005, and you've got Serenity, because Universal exec Mary Parent is a "Whedon-stalker", and because the DVDs sold so well. As one of the earlier posts mentions, it was probably the initial campaign that got the DVD set made. So the first wave of Browncoats has done an awesome job, one that the latecomers might not know anything about.
FOX was always the wrong network for the show, and Joss knew it the second they sent back the pilot and demanded something with more jokes and more action. (Though...I kinda liked it better when Mal lightened up.) The sticking point is that they own the rights. This is presumably neither here nor there to them, since they don't seem to be considering bringing it back, but it would surely represent an extra impediment to any other station, even if they could be persuaded. It would be an extra expense, another legal hoop to jump through, etc. This is why the Browncoats' strategy is split on the issue, and some are still looking at FOX while others are looking elsewhere.
I personally think that a unified approach is the only way to go, and we should try to find out what the process is for one network selling their rights, how much it costs, how hard it is, etc. Depending on the answers, we should either stick with FOX (which has a history of bailing on quality shows, but also a history of being the only one to show them to start with) or settle on another network, such as ABC or NBC. Or, you know, HBO, which has a history of creating, airing, AND sticking with quality shows.
Vancouver
by the way, you're at least a year too late if you want to make 2004 the year we bring back Firefly.
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SHALL COME BACK! ME LIKE FIREFLY
no realy it should come back to good of a show
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How do we live in a world where there aren't even 3,000 names on that petition? (It's a rhetorical question, but let fly with the disparaging of Fox as you please.)
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I have seen about a couple of online petitions for FireFly, someone has a bright idea then creates one and tells 5 ppl, then someone else creates one.
Instead of creating a thread first telling everyone where the official one is.
online = waste of time unless its organised so that there is only 1 out there for ppl to add names too. Even then I doubt they take much notice.
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It's the irony of the growth of the internet. Back in the day ('95 or so), a petition made a lot of sense because there was usually only one effort, one bullhorn that everyone flocked to. Now there are multiple distinct and diluted efforts. But you're right -- even just the one sometimes doesn't help much, such as was the case with Space: Above and Beyond. (Hey, it was the only thing on.)
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Thats what I'm talking about we can definately get firfefly back back we need to make more noise about it. Just like family guy was brought back we can do the same things with Firefly
El Rusto
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Forget Fox!
They've pulled this kind of stunt before. They Dropped Doctor Who in favor a Pauly Shore Gag Show. (Gag, how appropriate).
They're the ones who thought they pulled a major stunt on George Lucas when he negotiated their continuing to bankroll his first Star Wars movie. They are the reason he's so damned rich in Star Wars now.
I would say the Joss Wheedon should approach Mr. Lucas and see if he's interested in rubbing the nose's of the Fox executives in their stupid mistakes, again.
Moongrim the Heretic
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interesting idea Moongrim. I'm very new to Firefly but completely hooked already!!
would love to see more series of our beloved show (maybe even another movie?) but i think i read somewhere that it wasn't just down to Fox being uppity? wasn't sure if it was Fox bigwig trying to make excuses
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everbody is talking and nobody is doing. I think that SciFi looks like our best hope since Joss won't work with Fox anymore (not that i would trust them with the Verse myself) So here is the Info for doing a mail campaign. Also, point of fact, there are a lot more of us now, why not try an organized, pointed campaign again. With any luck JW might have some fertile ground to sow the seeds of a new show once he finishes with WW.
Okay people, here is some SciFi Info.
Address:
Sci-Fi Channel USA
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10020
Email:
feedback@scifi.com
program@scifi.com
Home Page
http://www.scifi.com
Also, another point of intrest, SciFi.com has there own BBoard. It might be a good idea to get everybody here to register there and start chatting up about our beloved Verse. If there own site is clogged with Firefly fans then they have to know that we exist. And that we like them. Just a thought.
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Nice
"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young
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