Whedon's guy responds to Firefly Season 2.com reports on SCI FI Wire

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BROWNCOATSRISEAGAIN

Friday, January 27, 2006 10:18 PM

How about this quote from January 9th?

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17800

"As long as I was able to service the characters with integrity and had enough money so that I wasn't hampered, then I would love to return Serenity to TV. I love that universe; it continues and those characters live on. There could be a series, there could be a miniseries, there could be all sorts of things. I'm not ruling anything out. I'll let it simmer for a while and see if anyone calls."

Andrew

BARD

Friday, January 27, 2006 10:23 PM

I'll weigh in with JAB1981 on this one. We all talk up a storm about wanting to figure out a way to get our show back. And then the nay-sayers start whinging about internet addresses and the like . . .

Note that when Jayne said "I'm smellin' a lot of 'if' comin' off of this plan" he still went ahead and *did* it. "Shoulda, woulda, coulda."

If Underhill wants to take a shot at making "Firefly"/"Serenity"/"Jayne's World fly, he has my blessing. I don't have the money, the technical know-how, the connections to even begin doing it *myself*.

And if some evil genius can rip me off by learning that I'd rather watch it on my television than on an I-pod, then I guess I'd better just crawl under my Luddite rock and wait for Ragnarok.

If it doesn't work, at least he tried. And at least some people had sufficient "courage" to fill out a simple on-line questionairre.

Better that failure than sitting in the dark and spouting cynicism.

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GLUEMAN

Friday, January 27, 2006 10:42 PM

Hey, if nothing else Ace has stirred the pot up. As they say "there's no such thing as bad publicity"

I'll take what ever Joss and crew dish up!

RIPLEY

Friday, January 27, 2006 10:53 PM

Ah, you got me. There's a direct quote addressing the TV issue. I'll pass it along to SCI FI Wire and I'm sure they'll amend their story.

Because they're not "sloppy journalists" there; if someone points out an actual quote that contradicts something that was previously reported, they'll change it. No agendas.

ripley

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Originally posted by browncoatsriseagain:
How about this quote from January 9th?

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17800

"As long as I was able to service the characters with integrity and had enough money so that I wasn't hampered, then I would love to return Serenity to TV. I love that universe; it continues and those characters live on. There could be a series, there could be a miniseries, there could be all sorts of things. I'm not ruling anything out. I'll let it simmer for a while and see if anyone calls."

Andrew

TINFOIL

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:02 PM

Joss is one of the kings of riddle talk. If he says, "I like cake, that's good eating", you have to wonder if he likes eating cake or if he simply likes cake and know that other people think it's good eating. That's just him.

Now, about the life/death of Firefly... Futurama is coming back... FUTURAMA!!! Remember that show that FOX gave the shaft well before Firefly? Yeah, their fans never gave up faith, bought the DVDs, and now we're getting FOUR straight to DVD movies.

Firefly fans are WAAAAY more fanicical(sp?). We pay for things we can get for free, and buy multiple copies of things we can't get for free. We buy trading cards. We buy lighters. We buy shirts, figures, toys, poorly written RPGs, EVERYTHING! When there's money to be had, someone is going to find a way to tap it. We just need to make sure they are well aware that more Firefly equals more money. Period.

RIPLEY

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:09 PM

Sure enough:

SCI FI Wire has amended their story:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=34383

"Whedon previously told USA Today that he still hopes to tell more stories set in Serenity's futuristic universe, though Firefly as it was is dead. He later told Empire Online that he remains open to doing another TV series."

ripley

RODWY

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:11 PM

To all you ruttin people talkin about if Firefly is comin back or not I got this to say.

We are just like the Browncoats, Fighting a war we cannot win. Unlike them we will win this war, but it will take time.

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Mal: Define Interesting
Wash: Oh god, Oh god, We're all gonna die?

METSRULEIN2K

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:50 PM

I've been roaming in these boards for a few months now and I've never really felt the need to respond. Until now.

What are you guys thinking? Here is a guy who has asked for nothing except "did you buy firefly" and is chasing a dream we all have and you guys are killing him for it. You're acting like the Alliance and he's trying to be an independant. Let the guy chase his dream, if he strikes lightning we all get what we wanted, if you all bash him sight unseen, nobody will get anything. I don't know who the guy is but it seems as if hes swinging for the fences on this one, and nobody wants to put him at the plate.

Why bash a guy for trying? It makes no sense.

Keep on flying.

THEONETRUEBIX

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:58 PM

FYI, the fact that Sci Fi Wire amended their story doesn't mean they haven't been sloppy or shoddy. This is at least the third time they've misreported this aspect of it, despite the correct information being out there all along.

It is their job not just to "report what is said and not what isn't said" -- their job is to KNOW ZTHEIR SUBJECT and GET THE STORY RIGHT.

I'm glad they amended their article. But we shouldn't have to harass them to correct mistakes they've been making for months now.

SIMONF

Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:49 AM

Firefly is dead. Ceased to be when Fox cancelled it. Joss, if he feels like, will carry on the Serenity 'Verse (assuming circumstances allow it). So I'm surprised Mr Underhill isn't talking to Universal instead of Fox.

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