Is this the end for our small screen hopes?

POSTED BY: milford
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STORYMARK

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:07 PM

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Originally posted by milford:
Good point, however I'm worried about them being contracted to the network so that when the shows are cancelled they'll still belong to the enemy.

That rarely happens anymore, and when it does, it's useually someone who the network sees as a new, up-and-coming star. And even then, they're hardly iron-clad deals, unlike the old studio-system days.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

MILFORD

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:12 PM

Thanks for the info, I'm not really sure how it works.

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

GRIMJACK21502

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:24 PM

The bottom line is...something is up.

We had the CW sighting which was never discredited.

Alan and Adam are in PILOTS...I love those guys but for every 20-25 shot only one makes it.

My theory...whatever channel picks it up (CW, Sci-Fi, *shudder* the Fox demonseed) I strongly feel they will do a mini-series first to gauge popularity and ratings (see Battlestar Galactica). If it produces decent ratings, a series should spawn...with the downside being another DVD package for the producer to pawn.

Now will Joss lose interst, be too busy, etc?

Maybe...but as someone posted on another thread Joss was only involved in writting 5 of the original episodes. Is it too inconceivable for Joss to Executive Produce and write an episode or to a year...I don't think so.

This very moment, our BDH have their best chance EVER of returning to the small screen...where there is hope (and the almighty dollar, pound, euro, etc.) there is life.

And "Hope" is what we Browncoats do best.

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

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

MATTCOZ

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:31 PM

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Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
We had the CW sighting which was never discredited.

The sighting itself may not have been discredited, but there is nothing going on. Joss debunked this rumor himself. Maybe they had a mutual friend there.

ZEEK

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:50 PM

I wouldn't say it's the end. I wouldn't say it helps either. I could easily see Joss start a series without Jayne in it though. If you've watched Angel from the beginning to the end, you'd have seen that Joss can do a pretty good job of changing the regulars from year to year. I know that Firefly felt different somehow, but I'm sure the cast would have changed a lot by now if it had been on the air this whole time.

GRIMJACK21502

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by mattcoz:
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Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
We had the CW sighting which was never discredited.

The sighting itself may not have been discredited, but there is nothing going on. Joss debunked this rumor himself. Maybe they had a mutual friend there.

*sigh*

I know Joss "debunked" the rumor in his witty wordsmith kind of way...just like he "debunked" the "myth" of a Firefly movie about 2 months before it landed in Variety.

Also, I find the theory of a "mutual friend" at a newly invented TV channel...just a bit of a stretch.

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

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

MATTCOZ

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
*sigh*

I know Joss "debunked" the rumor in his witty wordsmith kind of way...just like he "debunked" the "myth" of a Firefly movie about 2 months before it landed in Variety.

Also, I find the theory of a "mutual friend" at a newly invented TV channel...just a bit of a stretch.

I know it was a stretch, but that's the best explanation I can come up with.

Did he really do that? I don't know, he seemed pretty clear that he hasn't heard anything. Don't know why he would be that evil to lie to us about it.

ALMIGHTYWOOKIE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:49 PM

Joss did say if there ever was going to be another series it would be neither Firefly nor Serenity, but a completely different spin-off using whoever survived/wanted in. I reckon movies/tv movies are our only hope now, along with Joss' new comic series out later this year.

"The man they call...MEEE"

MATTCOZ

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by AlmightyWookie:
Joss did say if there ever was going to be another series it would be neither Firefly nor Serenity, but a completely different spin-off using whoever survived/wanted in.

But what does that exactly mean? Would the show be fundamentally different? Or just under a different name?

DAVESHAYNE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by milford:
1-Convince me I'm wrong. Someone explain to me that the letters and emails are being read by someone literate and that there is hope in the verse for more adventures.

By now you have been told about the odds against any one pilot leading to a show and the odds against any single show being a success. But you should also consider that it is possible for someone to act in more than one show at a time particularly if one or the other of the shows is less time demanding because the part is small or there is a large ensemble cast that a player could add to in an infrequent way and still be interesting.

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2-Cheer me up. This has me downright pouty. I'm not used to being optimistic, and I think after having my hopes thusly dashed I won't be again.

It's not the end of hope if any given rumor doesn't pan out. There are so many different ways that Serenifly could come back and so many compelling reasons to believe it eventually will (more browncoats every day, attractive and talented cast, brilliant writers and producers, etc.) that being depressed because a single scenario (out of many possible situations) hasn't born fruit is an utter waste of maudlinity. And if that thought doesn't cheer you up just pop Trash into the DVD tray and giggle for a bit. Works for me.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

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