E-online Kristen's Breaking Firefly Scoop!

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LEIASKY

Thursday, February 9, 2006 1:50 AM

>Actually the WB is owned by Time Warner not Viacom.

Yes, I know:)

> And CW will in the least be partly owned by Time Warner. I'm not sure how they are splitting it. I work for Time Warner but they don't give us lowly employees much details on these things.

So do I:)

I don't care on what network a new series airs, as long as it does! :)

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

RKLENSETH

Thursday, February 9, 2006 1:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Leiasky:
>Actually the WB is owned by Time Warner not Viacom.

Yes, I know:)

> And CW will in the least be partly owned by Time Warner. I'm not sure how they are splitting it. I work for Time Warner but they don't give us lowly employees much details on these things.

So do I:)

I don't care on what network a new series airs, as long as it does! :)

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

Cool, someone else that works for Time Warner. Anyways, I thought you were saying that Viacom owned the WB. I was misreading what you were saying. Sorry.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

LEIASKY

Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:00 AM

>Anyways, I thought you were saying that Viacom owned the WB. I was misreading what you were saying. Sorry.

Naw, I wasn't clear in what I meant :)

Hope we have some news soon. Though Joss is busy working on two projects right now, I believe. Hopefully, he'll have time to put into Firefly when he's done with those.

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

GOODNIGHTKISS

Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:26 AM

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Originally posted by SadLittleKing:
Also, those are some great observations and suggestions. While I was reading your suggestion about adding a female member to the crew, the name "Saffron" popped into my head. Why? She fits the criteria of everything you stated. She would create tension between Mal and Inara cause Inara hates her and wouldn't understand why Mal would allow her to stay on (maybe because Mal is having more trouble getting jobs, given what the Operative did to the people who had helped Mal in the past, and Saffron being well-connected can get those jobs for him). She could have her own motives, leading on Jayne to try and spark him to cross Mal at just the right moments. And she's an expert in piloting and mechanics. She could pilot the ship when River's out with Mal & Co and she could annoy Kaylee every now and then with some kind of mechanical speak in the sarcastic vein of "You missed a spot." I thought Saffron worked well with them in Trash. I'd like to see her on the crew making things....not smooth.

Oohh... Interesting. Not exactly what I was thinking, but it could be interesting. My only jive with Saffron is that we've already established she's always in it for herself and herself alone, which might make Mal a bit hard-pressed to bring her on again, considering her mad skills... though it could be neat to have River there to guide things..

Honestly, I'd love a character who could tell us more about the Alliance and its inner workings... like someone who was the child of a member of the Senate, then faked their death... and that'd be cool to have to find out why... River could read the person and know what had happened, but choose not to put it out there... and that could lead to interesting power struggles on the ship, too...

My mind is too full of ideas... I just LOVE this series, and I wish it could come back!

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SADLITTLEKING

Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:36 AM

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Originally posted by GoodnightKiss:
Honestly, I'd love a character who could tell us more about the Alliance and its inner workings... like someone who was the child of a member of the Senate, then faked their death... and that'd be cool to have to find out why... River could read the person and know what had happened, but choose not to put it out there... and that could lead to interesting power struggles on the ship, too...

That sounds cool. I like the idea of River sort of becoming an inconspicuous guardian of the crew.

SNAP

Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:47 AM

My only fear is that Joss made River a little too powerful. I hope he doesn't kill her off.

Think about it:

She can make the crew pretty much redundant.

She can kick Jayne's butt, outshoot him, etc.

There could be no funny business when Mal is getting paid or working a job if she is with him since she can tell when anyone is lying or going to doublecross him.

She can pilot the ship and most likely pick up any other skills the crew have.

KWICKO

Thursday, February 9, 2006 5:18 AM

The long and short of it is, we don't know what they were all doing there at the same time. IF the rumor is even accurate, that is.

They could have all been there doing promo work for a "special edition" DVD release of the BDM (even if we haven't heard about it yet). They could have been there lobbying TPTB at Paramount and/or the CW to pick up the show, and trying to convince the suits how gorram GOOD it is. They could have been there for separate reasons completely unrelated to each other, merely in the same place at the same time by sheer coincidence. For example, maybe the execs called each of them in for meetings about upcoming show ideas they want the actors for.

Hell, maybe they were just picking up checks for work they've done, or some such mundanery...

Or, as mentioned on Whedonesque by some smartass, maybe the CW's planning on remaking "Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place" ;)

Still, though, if those three were really there together, it's hard NOT to get one's hopes up!

Do I think a resurrected Firefly will be flying this Fall on the CW? Nope. But I DO hope that it will be flying somewhere, sometime. A sighting like this, if credible, does nothing to diminish that hope.

A lot is being made of how busy Joss is on his other projects (Goners, Wonder Woman, X-Men, etc. I'd just like to point out that IF the green light were given for a Joss series, miniseries, or movie of the week for the CW, it doesn't necessarily mean that we'd have to wait until all his other projects were finished. We all realize that Joss himself didn't write and direct every single episode of all of his shows. And the man DOES love to multitask, too; he was able to run Buffy and Angel simultaneously for a few years, with no loss of quality in either show. I have no doubt that he could assemble a top-tier team to "run" a new show while he wraps a few things up, with him being the final arbiter of what gets put on the air, and him generally overseeing things to make sure the show meets his (and his fans') expectations. He seems pretty good at giving his crews and cast the bones of what he wants to have on screen, and then letting them flesh it out as they see fit, so long as it fits his overall vision for the show.

So... where does that leave me? Well, my first reaction to seeing that EOnline article was to exclaim, "Shiny!" If it means a possibility of - or even the merest hint of a future hope for - a new show for our crew and our 'verse, then I'm all for it. I'm not setting anything in stone, and I haven't been promised anything, so I'm not setting my TiVO yet, but I'm hoping. What's the harm in hoping?

Mike

"Kaylee, find that kid that's taking a dirt nap with baby Jesus; we need a hood ornament."

MILFORD

Thursday, February 9, 2006 8:24 PM

This is how I choose to read the rumor:

They were in the office finalizing the return of Firefly to the small screen this fall, complete with the return of Wash and Book which they will manage to do without any sort of waking up from a bad dream foolishness and the show is planned to run until 2050.

I take this as a certainty for two reasons:

1-We just god a gorram movie people, nothing is impossible now.
2-I like to irritate the cynics and skeptics whose sole goal in life is to dash people's hopes. If we're disappointed, fine, we'll get over it. If we're not, ha ha, you'll be left trailing in the rear.

Remember, that but for one trifling exception, the entire universe is made up of others.- Oliver Wendall Holmes

RKLENSETH

Thursday, February 9, 2006 9:07 PM

Let me just make something clear, I want Firefly/Serenity back as much as you guys. But you guys are fooling yourself with rumors that could have been simply made up and have no way of proving. Back before the movie started we had heard rumors that Universal might be buying the movie rights. Through people like Adam Baldwin and Chris Buchanan we were able to confirm that these rumors had merit. As of yet, I don't think anyone that would be involved in such a project has come out and said anything to give these rumors merit.

I'll personally wait for such confirmation from a trusted source rather than a rumor mill. Anyways, that doesn't change the fact that a lot has to happen first before this even becomes an option first and foremosts Universal has pass on another movie and allow for a TV series to be made. Then 20th Century Fox would have to want to make more Firefly or sell the rights to another production company. Those two major events would have to happen first before the CW could even think about picking up any Firefly/Serenity show.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

MILFORD

Thursday, February 9, 2006 9:13 PM

Fine. You sit and wait for your "evidence" and I'll enjoy my unbridled optimism in this area. Makes the time go by faster.

Just teasing you rklenseth, I don't blame you one bit. I suppose it's just nice to hear that something is happening. One can only email and write letters to silent monolithic networks for so long before any ray of hope looks like a good one.

Remember, that but for one trifling exception, the entire universe is made up of others.- Oliver Wendall Holmes

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