What the heck is Firefly?!?!?

POSTED BY: OmegaNine
UPDATED: Monday, March 27, 2006 23:12
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ZZETTA13

Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:15 PM

Omeganine " What the heck is Firefly?"

good question and one of the reasons its felt was a drawback to the tv series.
The name isn't a catchy one.
"Firefly" sounds as if it is should be seen on the "Animal Planet" station.

It may be the reason why it was missed by so many the first time around.Maybe " Firefly: Adventures in Space (or the Black) or " Into the Black" may have brought aboard a few extra fans. These are all ifs and maybes and well, "Water under the ships bridge"

Joss W. is a great writter. I'm not one to second guess his reasons for naming his shows what he has.I only know that many of the true Firefly fans are here (and other FF fan sites) and the mission is not complete. Just watching it again the other day I thought about how much story of each character is undeveloped. There is plenty of room for more. We are here to help see it happen. I find it sad that "Art" is not seen by the big companies as anything of value. Its all and only about $$.Well theres money to be made given the chance and we're hoping to spread Fireflyism like the pax-viruse in the verse.

:) Z&C

OTMA

Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
Hi, Omeganine, welcome to our shiny ship.
This show is addictive, huh? And wonderful!

The link to the petition thread is here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=3&t=17379

I signed that petition, but I can't find the other one.
Just bought another set of Firefly DVD's as well. Found out that "Best Buy" really isn't. Definitely coulda gotten it cheaper, but I didn't want to wait. I suppose the more different retailers see demand, the better.
Never would have done that for any other series. I guess that's just the way Firefly is.

MIRAMEL

Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:31 PM

there is *always* hope.

untill one of 'em dies ;)

but that won't happen

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:24 PM

I don't want you to think I'm bragging, you're here, you're family, it doesn't matter when you came.

I've been here since the start, and I remember when Firefly was first taken from us, we had to wait three years for Serenity to come to theaters, but it was worth the wait. Don't give up hope, for the longest time we didn't have reason to hope.

We have reason now, what can happen once can happen twice, and we have something we can do that makes more difference than online petitions. What we can to is both simple and important beyond words.

We can spread the word. If you truly want more tell someone, tell everyone. Every new convert is a DVD sale and a name on an online petition, and another person spreading the world.

Even more important personally, though not to getting it back, a new Firefly fan is a new friend a new family member.

TV and movies are both run by money, if a network thinks it will make money they will pick it up, and if Universal thinks it will make money they'll give us a Sequel.

The only way we can make them think that is if we increase our numbers, and while you might not think it makes a difference if you personally bring people to the show and movie it does.

We lost because of superior numbers, but we don't need all that much to keep flying, all we need is more.

OMEGANINE

Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by zzetta13:
Omeganine " What the heck is Firefly?"

good question and one of the reasons its felt was a drawback to the tv series.
The name isn't a catchy one.
"Firefly" sounds as if it is should be seen on the "Animal Planet" station.

It may be the reason why it was missed by so many the first time around.Maybe " Firefly: Adventures in Space (or the Black) or " Into the Black" may have brought aboard a few extra fans. These are all ifs and maybes and well, "Water under the ships bridge"

Joss W. is a great writter. I'm not one to second guess his reasons for naming his shows what he has.I only know that many of the true Firefly fans are here (and other FF fan sites) and the mission is not complete. Just watching it again the other day I thought about how much story of each character is undeveloped. There is plenty of room for more. We are here to help see it happen. I find it sad that "Art" is not seen by the big companies as anything of value. Its all and only about $$.Well theres money to be made given the chance and we'er hoping to spread Fireflyism like the pax-viruse in the verse.

:) Z&C

I'm just pissed the killed off Book, I always wanted to know what he was before he was a shepherd. But i agree, there is sooo much room for another few seasons. You can tell he tried him best to tie stuff up in the movie without giving it all away. Looks like he has hope as well.

PIZMOBEACH

Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:31 AM

Hi OmegaNine and welcome. Depending on your level of withdrawl there are a few things you can do:

Read an unaired script here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/feature.asp?f=45

It would have made a really good ep imho.

Then there are the works of the talented, industrious fans who have decided they just couldn't wait for the tv programmers to "get it," and have crafted their own versions of what the series may have been.

http://www.firefly-tvs.com/
http://www.stillflying.net/

And if you just need to hear our BDH (Big Damn Heroes) delivering some of the best lines from the show have a listen to the station in my sig.

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.net

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:53 AM

Ok I wanted to respond again, actually my body wants to sleep but the caffeine in my bloodstream won't let me and if I don't simply say or do something I'll go insane, and not in a good way.

There are some who have given up hope, and that is truly sad, but we can't expect them to stay with a lost cause for ever. And that's what we are, a lost cause, we have been since before the show came on the air.

I'm not looking to have a perfect ending, I'm not waiting for Firefly to be reinstated for eternity as we watch the crew grow old.

I just want one more hour, and I want that to sustain me until I get another.

We're fighting a war we already lost (where have I heard that before?) but that doesn't mean we stop fighting. We hold.

The important thing is not to win, it's never to win, we won't change the industry, we won't make good fiction come before money, we wont be recognized as the greatest fans of the greatest show.

The important thing is never to win. The important thing is not to lose. To keep flying if I can borrow from the show again.

We're born losers for whatever reason, this world has a flow and we're against it. We'll never be the heroes storming in with the light of god shining down on them and gleaming armor protecting them, but I'll settle for being the one who limps off the battlefield and lives long enough to fight the good fight again. Or better yet read a good book and run the hell away from the battlefield until it's absolutely necessary to return.

I need to drink less soda, if this is what the caffeine in soda does to me imagine what the same amount of coffee would do.

Joss said if you like it tell everyone, and I keep on saying the same. Tell anyone, tell everyone, let them see, if they don't like it so much the worse for them, but if they would have and you chose not to share it with them think of how much they miss out just because you didn't do your part.

I am someone who believes unreasonably, and I'm proud of it. Reasonable belief might not make you suffer, but it doesn't reward you either. Our history always celebrates the idiots who took on the impossible. Even the losers. Especially the losers.

I'll never be a martyr, thank whatever gods there be, and I doubt I'll ever be part of something that shapes the political, physical or religious world. But I know I'm part of something bigger than myself here, and I don't care if it is unreasonable, I don’t care if it is stupid or hopeless.

This show and these characters touched my soul, and for that I owe them, I owe them and those who brought them to life. Fiction can be more powerful than real life, it can reach deeper inside of you than anything else, and it has to if it has any chance of making a difference, it can make you forget for a moment your drab wretched lives (points to whoever knows where I stole that from) it can make you remember everything you have to be thankful for.

It can take you to places you'll never go and show you people you'll never meet, and when you look in their eyes you see yourself.

Firefly gave that to me, while some things have equaled it in that respect nothing has surpassed it, and for that I owe unreasonable belief and unfounded faith.

I need to sleep now, good night.

FLORALBUNNY

Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:20 AM

Hello, OmegaNine. You look shiny in that lovely browncoat.

Stop by the galley and check out the fresh strawberries I found on my last shuttle run. Badger held me up for big money for cream cheese but I found bargain chocolate, so there's a dish of dip for the berries. Alternatively, cream in the cooler, and sugar in the bowl.

Put a napkin over that coat so the juice can't get on it.

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

JOSSISAGOD

Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:27 AM

For my two cents, I hope SCIFI is the one to bring Firefly back, 'cause I don't have HBO! though, I've heard tell that SCIFI may not be able to afford it!

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

EQUUS108

Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:49 AM

I would agree Scifi would do a great job i think in picking up the show. Though they seem to be kinda full right now with there Stargate shows and BSG but maybe going into their off season now they will start to think about new shows.

Best thing to do is to keep writting and keep spreading the word. Tell everyone u know about the show get them hooked and tell them to write a letter or drop an email to the scifi channel. I know i have sent three now.

Keep the firefly flying.

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