How would it look if firefly was a cartoon?

POSTED BY: mrsMal1
UPDATED: Friday, April 14, 2006 17:49
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MRSMAL1

Thursday, April 13, 2006 5:48 AM

Fellow Browncoats tell me how would it look if firefly was made into a cartoon or something like a anime

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AGIRLYMAN

Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:03 AM

Fan ruttin tastic.

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TAY

Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:12 AM

i think it would be awesome if firefly was made into an anime cartoon!

SIMONF

Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:43 AM

There was going to be a cartoon DVD (a la Chronicles of Riddick) set before Serenity and after Firefly which would have been released before the BDM. But it got knocked on the head, and what we got instead was the Serenity comic book series.

I'm sure there are cartoon sketches of the cast somewhere. But I've never been able to find thenm.

CITIZEN

Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:30 AM

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Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by mrsMal1:
Fellow Browncoats tell me how would it look if firefly was made into a cartoon or something like a anime

U gotta smile .. If u Luv Mal.
)

It's an idea.

Still, without the original voice-actors, it couldn't/shouldn't be done.
Can you imagine Captain-Generic-Voice playing Mal? It would be awful.
And if we had the cast already assembled, why not just make some new episodes...

Animation would be rad, but you'd have to change the ship/crew if you were to change voice actors.

It just wouldn't be the same.
It might make for an interesting thread though:

Worst voice Actor for Firefly Character X
Just start the list with William Shatner = Mal and work from there.

MSCKAREN

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:06 PM

My smartass answer is, "It would look like Cowboy Bebop or Outlaw Star..."

My considered answer is, "It worked for Star Trek as an interim step between the cancelled original series and the first movie."

I think the actors would be willing to do the voices considering most of them have done voice work for Justice League.

I wouldn't mind if they looked like the characters in the comics except for Inara - they need a different version of her...

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NUCLEARDAY

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:08 PM

If it's got Firefly in the name, I'd definately watch it :)

I know at least Nathan, Morena, and Gina have/ are doing voice work. But then there is the thought that, yeah... it'd have to have all the cast doing the voices for their own characters (can you picture anyone else but Jewel and Summer voicing Kaylee and River?), and if you have everyone together you might as well just make another season (other than a cartoon being much, much cheaper to make I'd imagine :)

That being said, a win would still be a win. And if we already had our ongoing live-action seasons and a movie trilogy there'd no doubt be plenty of room for a cartoon. (Maybe a good spin-off even?)

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Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:30 PM

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Originally posted by msckaren:
I wouldn't mind if they looked like the characters in the comics except for Inara - they need a different version of her...

Why would there need to be a different version of Inara?

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Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:56 PM

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Originally posted by nuclearday:
I know at least Nathan, Morena, and Gina have/ are doing voice work.

So's Adam (Jackie Chan Adventures, JLU, probably some other stuff).

And there's a good reason why an animated series would be better (in the eyes of studios) than a live-action one: cost.

Animated series tend to have much higher over-the-line effects costs, plus the fact that sets, props, and costumes cost almost nothing.

Of course, being an otaku, I'm in favour of animé (check out Witch Hunter Robin or Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to see that "animé" doesn't necessarily mean "big eyes, small mouths, wacky facial expressions"), but there are a lot of really good (i.e., well-animated, good production values) American (Star Wars: Clone Wars, JLU, The Batman, TMNT) and European (W.I.T.C.H., Code Lyoko) series hitting the airwaves recently.

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