Whedon definitively says 'We'll never make Firefly again'

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TALLGRRL

Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:55 PM

"We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone," Whedon told USA Today. "And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career."

Y'all need to stop, sit down, take a breath and a chill pill...then READ WHAT THE MAN SAID.
"Firefly" is GONE. Which of these 3 very simple words don't you understand here?
There is no more "Firefly". It has ceased to be.
It was axed by the weasles at Fox, what, 4 years ago. This show is gone.
"Serenity" wasn't, nor was it meant to be, Firefly.
People were/are bitching and moaning about every little thing in that movie from the music, to the not-so-much-Chinese, to the end of the movie not being "Firefly".
Universal didn't hire Joss to bring a big 2 hour episode of Firefly to the big screen...and thankfully he didn't.
He.Brought.MORE.
There's nothing in Joss's statement that says he never again wants to have anything to do with the 'verse.
He didn't "recant" anything.
He had to clarify what was mis-stated by the writers of that interview....and thus mis-understood by some fans.
Sheesh.
Where's my coffee...?

GLUEMAN

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:00 PM

I agree with you Tallgrrl. It’s a figurative statement not literal.

What Joss is saying is that all things change over time and he needs to adapt to the given situation at that time. In my heart I know that Joss and the people who share his vision on the creative side will return one day.

Who know what the future has in store? Who knows maybe the changes Joss and his creative team bring to the verse might make it better than it is right now?

What makes this "verse" great is its canvas. The Writers, artists and performers have so many ways to paint the picture. As a viewer it’ll keep it fresh and we'll all be better for it.

The entertainment market is changing fast and we must be open to whatever media Firefly/Serenity is presented. The delivery system is changing with video on demand and direct to DVD on the horizon.

It will come back some day soon and will have changed hopefully even better than before.

I know I be "flyin" with them!

"Have you looked at this scan carefully? At his face? It's love point of fact" Operative at the Institute Records Room

RACOONBOY

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:04 PM

No, what he said was that if they can, they will make the trilogy, and that'll be all, and that's good, but most of us want more, Firefly can still be brought back, it is still possible, I just want more.

A trilogy is not enough, the show was better than the movie, what makes you think the next 2 will be any different, Joss can do best with a TV show rather than with a movie, and that's what this 'verse deserves, the best. He ain't never done nothin' better than Firefly, and it's not too likely he ever will. It's possible, but very, very unlikely. I ain't never seen anything better than Firefly, and you're askin' me to just lay down and die!?

fox said they were gonna destroy this 'verse, and we choked 'em with those words. We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty. Just a little while longer, we'll get our show back.

DESANGRO

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:43 PM

Personally, I feel that the best bet for a continuation of the Firefly/Serenity 'vers would be a miniseries on SciFi. Think of it-- more Firefly on the small screen, but with the potential for more screentime than most movies can or would have. The Battlestar mini was what? 3 to 4 hours long? Serenity was only a minute shy of two hours.

See what I mean? Two or three nights of Mal and company, in segments of an hour and a half or two hours per night... that would be perfect.

Except for the fact that I don't have cable. And my aunt would either have to tape it for me, or I'd have to wait for it on DVD.

But other than that, it would be perfect.

BOWIE

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:54 PM

I agree that he was saying the verse has changed too much for it to go back to how it was before, not that he'll never make another. Its like after the war, sure everyone could go off and be folk once again, but they never really got over the war, and it changed them, all of them. Thats what it means. And in that spirit.....

Come gentlemen, "Lets not argue and bicker over who killed who....."

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

REND

Friday, January 27, 2006 3:59 AM

a few things:

1. Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Operative, was he not the best possible villain one could have asked for?

2. Speaking of which I am settled on this: Book being/was a put-out-to-pasture Operative. for what thats worth..

3. I watched Objects in Space last night, and had watched the movie last week.. I seriously think the show was better,, perhaps Im nostalgic and like things like houses gift wrapped in solar blankets passing off as set design but I just think the time they were alloted for dialog was way more and made the characters resonate better.. Take Objects for instance, that was a whole show devoted primarily to Jubal Early being brilliant and insightfully walking the ship while he critiqued every crew member, plus he shot Simon which i thought needed to happen.. There was something sort of Ray Bradbury about his red space suit which i really dug too.

4. Does anyone really want that show to come back minus Wash and Book? Neg.. I think they fractured the concept enough so that it would be impossible to, I think to make the movie they realized they had to.. they answered the big questions and for me killed off the remaining by shifting the power centers, the biggie River being omnipotent and understanding it.

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, January 27, 2006 4:15 AM

Glad to have you Rend, noticed you just signed up today.

Hope to hear from you often.

" If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed. "- Mal

WHITEFALL

Friday, January 27, 2006 4:58 AM

Ok, a few things I'd like to say...

Joss said "But, you know, we'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career."

In this passage, he uses firefly to mean the series that aired in 2002. Because if he meant the 'verse and our crew as a whole, he would not have said that "Serenity isn't Firefly", as that is a distinction. By this statement, he says that the F*X series is gone, the DVDs we know and love are no longer applicable to a series because of the movie. However, he can sure as hell make a series out of Serenity. (not necessarily in terms of licensing rights, but philosophically)

And don't you folks think we browncoats, nor our crew couldn't survive the deaths from the movie: if you know anything about Whedon TV programs, he accepts death as a constant in life, and then life goes on: thus, he could, if he was making a series again at all, most definitly make it minus the two characters. It was just bad luck that Firefly ended before Joss had a chance to kill someone, (depressing, yes, but i mean he would have eventually) I doubt it was his intention to keep the show with the same number of crewmen indefinitely.

Ok, so, to sum up: i dont think Joss meant anything but the 2002 series is 'dead', and I think that a series continuation would be fine coming on after the events of the movie.

I survived a day in Whitefall and all I got was this lousy signature!

Terrifying Space Monkey of Destiny

CHRISPV

Friday, January 27, 2006 5:04 AM

The Firefly brand is dead. I mean, after all, all of the new stuff coming out is labeled "Serenity." The comics, the RPG, the model, everything. I wish it weren't so, but it is. Firefly might not go on, but the 'verse will. In short, I agree with most everything the esteemed browncoats above me said.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

KIZYR

Friday, January 27, 2006 6:03 AM

Well, the DVD was #1 on Amazon.com for a while. And now it's #7, after having been out for, what, over a month now? That ain't nothin', you know.

I got a lot of hope left for the series, whatever name it's called. Truth be told, I actually like the name Serenity more. Mind you, merely a shade more, but more nonetheless. KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

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