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Serenity on Sci Fi Channel?

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UPDATED: Monday, February 6, 2006 21:07
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FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:32 PM

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I've never heard a funny on there, and it's all just ... so ... dramatic.

Yea, it is that. Like I said it's not as well rounded and funny as FF, they certainly do take themselves seriously and it has fallen prey to conventional scifi stuff (IMHO) before. BUT... I think it's the only other thing out there besides my Firefly/Serenity DVD's that I can stand to watch. ( Monk not withstanding, Milford, sorry

) You might see what you think.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

STORYMARK

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:34 PM

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BSG is good, Mcallen, you should give it a try. It's not as good as Firefly, sometimes bows to the scifi tried and true formulaic thing, but it's as good as tv gets right now.

The partial episodes I've seen of BSG (and admittedly, it's just been a few minutes here and there) all just seem so cold and sterile. I've never heard a funny on there, and it's all just ... so ... dramatic. Not saying it needs to be Vaudeville, but I've always gotten a very one-dimensional feeling from watching it. Perhaps I should try again, though ...

True, the show does not tend to have a lot of humor, but it is a story about the last surviving 1% of the human race fleeing from evil robots intent on wiping them out. Not a situation that lends itself to a lot of levity.

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QUIXOTIC

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:35 PM

It is my understanding, probably due to the news segment on Firefly Talk or the Signal, that the TV rights for Serenity have already been bought by USA network.

Does anyone else rememeber this?

Yeah, and if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

GARBAGECANMUSIC

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:48 PM

Am I the only one that has a reaction of wanting to go to SciFi and knock on their doors with axes and baseball bats when the realization hits that one of the reason FF/Serenity doesn't get picked up is because they have too much SG-1 on their hands?

I mean.....10 years of it? AND a spin-off show? Seriously?

Don't take this the wrong way to you SG addicts out there, but....is SG that good or are you just so hungry for any SciFi whatsoever (and I will say that any kind of SciFi gets the short end of the stick) that you just eat it up?

I'm a SciFi fan....but....I just don't get SG...I just don't get it. A movie, yes. TEN YEARS worth? No. Gorram. Way.

Also, in what frickin' universe does MacGyver get a long lasting TV career and FFers don't even get a gorram consideration??

How much is that little Geisha in the window?

GRIMJACK21502

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:50 PM

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Originally posted by Quixotic:
It is my understanding, probably due to the news segment on Firefly Talk or the Signal, that the TV rights for Serenity have already been bought by USA network.

Does anyone else rememeber this?

Yeah, and if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

I hadn't heard that (which means nothing).

USA would be a nice landing spot for the Fly since they seem to actually care for their original series.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

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EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Monday, February 6, 2006 8:54 PM

I think the best solution would be for SG1 to go away (it's on it's last legs, at least storywise), and have Sci-Fi roll that extra money over to a new season of Firefly with the rights licensed from Fox. There will definitely be a hole in the lineup, and Atlantis is not strong enough to carry the weight.

For as much as it pains me, BSG is the flagship show. In fact it's a frakin juggernaut at this point (it is a great show), and Firefly could not at this point supplant it. But the resurgence of Firefly as the opener, in Atlantis's current timeslot, would put Sci-Fi in an excellent position to absolutely own Friday night television. NOBODY could compete with that.

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FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 6, 2006 9:00 PM

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But the resurgence of Firefly as the opener, in Atlantis's current timeslot, would put Sci-Fi in an excellent position to absolutely own Friday night television. NOBODY could compete with that.
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I agree. Let's hope TPTB see that!

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MILFORD

Monday, February 6, 2006 9:03 PM

If you haven't watched BSG you should give it a try. They do a good job over there. You are right though, much more serious than FF, but, then again, they're in a more serious situation. Only seems appropriate.

Let's get on it with Sci Fi. I think they'd go for it. Someone on another board commented that the way they got BSg on the air was by gettin Sky One (I think that's it) in the UK to pony up some cash. So heads up there across the pond. You hit your station and we'll hit ours and see what we can do.

Maybe we should try to coordinate something. Get ahold of people on the different boards and fanfic sites, and one week have a massive letter-writing campaign, both snail and email. We could send them shirts and stickers and movies and all manner of stuff. We could even send them a copy of the Done the Impossible DVD, which I'm pumped about by the way. We should include things like how many units of the DVD's and Serenity have been sold, all the info on the podcasts and everything. Include pictures from the Flanvention showing the audience response and devotion. We should set aside a week and just do it. No talk, just action. Who's with me?

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KAELE

Monday, February 6, 2006 9:07 PM

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Thanks FollowMal. I'll be getting on that sometime this week. Perhaps even handwritten, make 'em work to read my plea... :)

I remember Sliders! My mom loved that show. I was more a fan of Quantum Leap though. And yes, she also got me into Blake's 7. What can I say, I'm true to my genre...

SO...if SciFi is polling about a second season and has picked up re-air rights to Firefly, should we possibly get our hopes up?

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Adam Baldwin's birthday's coming up on Feb 27th.
If we all do a snail-mail write up and send them on the 24th (which is when Nathan's on FX as Caleb in Buffy)...

Could work. Anyone up for it?

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