A New Point Of View
POSTED BY: DJL
UPDATED: Friday, February 10, 2006 19:29
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The question is, are we willing to take the risk that the 'more' is rubbish?
Personally, I would rather have 24 episodes more of which only 2 are good, than not to have those at all. It _is_ worth fighting for.
mrben
"Carpe Aptenodytes"
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In my opinion, Firefly has one advantage, the cast is young, energetic and talented. Their contributions to their character make firefly. Yes star trek had 79 espisodes, ended in 1968, after the creation of the SciFi mania conventions the talk and movement began. Thus came to life the first intro "Star Trek the Motion Picture". We saw as fans the return of the original cast but lets be honest you would not see the original cast on weekly series, movies yes, tv no, was not the same, age has alot to do with it, charisma, the bond was not there. The introduction and popularity at the movies did spur the creative juices of Gene Roddenbury to creat The Next Generation with new ideas, but still carried the same from his sixties series, and of course DS9, and Voyager and Enterprise all have the same backdrop (high tech computers, weapons and intelligent rocket scientists)
Firefly brings common people together without all the lost high tech gagets, yes its a western, but, look at our history, where have we progressed, no fancy lasers, still using the same black powder concept, technology changes but mankind does not. If you look at the reevers, well, they are a dark side of man preying on man and other innocent helpless victims.. gosh.. just like the criminal element within our society. If ff does not return to TV or Cinema at least the fan base will live on.
Merchantmarine1
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i understand your points, and as a fan of storytelling across many media and styles, i agree that often the business end of television and movie-making compells a continuation where the creative drive has stalled, but the 'verse is simply too rich to be completed in what we now have. i, like many others, have taken great delight in the foreshadowing and cross-pollination of episodes and scenes, and there are too many compelling plot points still unresolved to think that quality would suffer. it would not surprise me if the creative powers of firefly choose to continue in big screen and made-for-tv forms, and the movie certainly limits some storytelling options, but, like many here, i'll take my Serenity most anyway I can get it.
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Plus you know, it's cooler to be a browncoat than a trekkie, right? QUOTE]
well at lest we don't look quite as weird when were in our costumes
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Originally posted by V8LTWT:
So, are we lucky because we got a movie ?
absolutely ;p
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Or do we keep holding for something else ?
gorramn ruttin' right, we keep holding! :) i want my series back. even if they give us a dozen wonderful movies, I'll keep holding. and the only way I'll ever change my mind is if Cap'n Tightpants himself kicked my door down, socked me upside the head with his patented right hook, and told me he'd found the bullet with my name on it. and, well, even then... you still gotta love the Captain... ;p
I've been a loyal acolyte to the blind idiot god of Teevee for many a year, and I've sat through alot of crap. They finally give me something good, and yank it away just as quickly? I don't think so... they still owe me for Space Rangers, Brisco County Jr, and The Lost World (which HAD to end it's run on a gigantic cliff-hanger...) And none of those could hold a candle to the slimmest aspect of Firefly. Hell, look how many crappy tv shows have had more than one season.
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I suppose that all we can do is wait for the bean counters to make their minds up & hope that the movie didn't muss up the potential story lines too much !
You're my kinda stupid, V8LTWT.
All those high-falutin network and cable big-wigs, and not one of them a browncoat? I think not. Ain't no one gonna up and take notice of the fanbase we got going here on a show that wasn't even given a fair shot? Okay, I'm gonna simmer down a bit now... ;p
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Originally posted by DJL:
Why resurrect near perfection?
To paraphrase, I'm not so affraid that new episodes would suck that I wouldn't watch them. Joss, Tim, Nathan, Morena, Alan, Gina, Adam, Ron, Jewel, Sean, and Summer would make a beautifull series and I'd like to see that series someday.
David
You wanna go, Little Man?
Only if it's someplace nice with candle light.
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Originally posted by DJL:
Why resurrect near perfection?
To paraphrase, I'm not so affraid that new episodes would suck that I wouldn't watch them. Joss, Tim, Nathan, Morena, Alan, Gina, Adam, Ron, Jewel, Sean, and Summer would make a beautifull series and I'd like to see that series someday.
Yeah, that's it.
People who don't want it are claiming fear as a reason. But does it really apply here? I'm not so afraid of losing something, like say quality, that I'll avoid the chance to get it.
Apparently there are some here who disagree, they think it will suck if we get any more. Not worth trying. But these people brought us what we love, we owe them at least a little bit of faith.
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