Serenity on HBO 9/9-10/29 - Let's use it!

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PROTODEWD

Thursday, November 2, 2006 6:10 PM

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Originally posted by Blackclove:
OK, I am a real-life viewer who never knew Firefly existed. I watched the movie on HBO a few days ago

Hi all - another new convert checking in here.

Yes, the movie Serenity on HBO caught me. I had caught the end of it previously and had been absolutely enamored of the music that was used as the crew repairs Serenity near the end of the film. This as much as anything caused me to set the VCR to tape it when it came on a couple days later - once I was finally able to sit down and watch it in its entirety, I was blown away.

Being a longtime sci-fi fan, I had heard OF Firefly, but as it initially appeared on Fox, I never saw it (sorry, I absolutely hate FoxTV). Something about the movie seemed familiar though and it didn't take much searching to realize the connection between the series and the movie. Once that happened, I knew I had to see it all, so I went right out and bought both the series and the movie on DVD.

After watching the "entire" series, and the movie more than once, I'm left with one unanswered question: How did the Alliance get their hands on River again? I was thinking that the episode "Objects in Space" would answer that question, but as you know, River didn't leave Serenity with the bounty hunter...leading me to believe that the episodes that would have been made to complete the first season would have ended up with River's capture and return to the Alliance laboratory, perhaps.

Regardless of all that, I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and am with all of you in bewilderment at the absolute idiocy of network TV executives that obviously know and care absolutely nothing about the shows that are produced by their respective companies - all they see or care about is Neilsen ratings. IMHO, in todays marketplace, Neilsen is about as good a barometer of TV viewership as sticking your finger up your butt to determine its depth.

Also, I'm curious how SciFi Channel became involved in all of this. Did they buy the rights to Firefly from Fox? Or did they strike a syndication deal?

I'm sorry, but I have little hopes for Firefly if SciFi gets their hands on it. You think Fox screwed the pooch with the way they failed miserably in promoting the series, showing episodes out of order (I read that they held back the PILOT episode in order to USE it for some Christmas special? W.T.F.???), neglecting to air 3 complete episodes? Seems to me that they intended for the series to fail from the start.

As for SciFi....Look at what they have been doing. Take the premiere series Stargate SG1 and cancel it while it's still going strong, yet retain their weak spinoff, Stargate Atlantis (presumably to produce enough episodes to syndicate it). Tear apart the Friday night lineup and plug in the crapfest Dr. Who remake, BSG (their ONLY worthwhile series) and repeat both all evening. To top it all off they produce an absolutely ludicrous "reality" show about being a bogus "SuperHero", and run WRESTLING??? WTF do these guys smoke?

Anyway, sorry to go off on a tangent there, but as much as I have become to love this show, I have low hopes for it on network TV. If it is to live again I am sincerely hoping for HBO to pick it up. They have no SciFi in their lineup of "original programming", but I'm doubtful. (Note how they recently cancelled Deadwood.)

If you remember, SG1 began on Showtime, and from the pilot episode I had high hopes that this would be a series to break all the rules - that full-frontal scene with Vaitiare Bandera made me hopeful - but of course every episode after that clocked in at 45 minutes for an hour-long show meaning that it was destined to syndication on network TV...killing all hopes of having something not constrained by puritanical American TV rules concerning language and nudity.

Then, of course, by the 3rd or 4th season Showtime tired of it and promptly sold it to SciFi. At least for the SG1 fans, SciFi did continue production, but now I am left wondering why they even bothe

BUSINESSMAN

Friday, November 3, 2006 7:56 PM

ProtoDewd, the part at the beginning of the movie is a flashback, well actually a hologram of the original rescue of River from the Alliance. It can be a little confusing I know, but that was just the Operative watching that hologram to try and understand everything he could about River.

PROTODEWD

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 5:24 PM

Ok, that had occurred to me but I remembered a scene with that wound on River's forehead bleeding - had to watch again to realize that it was only in that dream sequence she had. My mistake, but the way it was done was a little confusing.

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:27 PM

HBO ( at least one of the HBO channels is showing the BDM again this morning. Listed 3 stars rated.

Ahhh, our BDH's looking wonderful.

Still holds my attention, still captivates me, still makes me thrill, cry and feel like I want to fly on that shiny ship with them all.

*sigh*

www.goodworkspresents.org

SISTER

Saturday, March 24, 2007 3:28 PM

...Caught the end of it...thanks for the heads up FollowMal

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 24, 2007 3:56 PM

It's on again at 11:30 ( my time ) I believe.. check your listings, but usually when they show it like this, about an hour later it's on again, just on a channel up or down in the HBO lineup.

www.goodworkspresents.org

AFIC

Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:28 AM

lets not forget the strings of firefly re-runs on sci-fi. I prefere showing people firefly first. that way they dont know who dies ;)

GODSMACKSERENITY

Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:34 PM

I just signed up for this website and came across this hiding in the back... Man if only

FOLLOWMAL

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:57 PM

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Originally posted by Godsmackserenity:
I just signed up for this website and came across this hiding in the back... Man if only

Welcome to the site, Godsmackserenity.

I like that song by Godsmack by the by.

If only is an ongoing phrase from Browncoats. We wish for more constantly, alas, it is not to be.
At least in series form. That's long gone and to be treasured as the gem it was. There's been a few rumblings lately ( some think it's awesome and are happy, others are very cynical and think it's absolutely not possible )of a mini series possibility since Joss is once again working for FOX and getting a second season for DollHouse.

I'm in the middle. I'll take more if we get it but I'm happy with what we got and very happy to be part of this community and fandom.

Have you checked out The Can't Stop the Serenity screenings? Go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com and check out what's going on.

Have you heard of The Kids Need to Read Foundation? It's a charity to help get books to children who need them that Nathan Fillion started with his author friend, PJ Haarsma. It's run by Browncoats and full of lots of energy and love. Come see us at www.kidsneedtoread.org. Also, our community forum has a subforum full of news about Nathan, Alan and the doin's of the genre entertainment world. We'd love to have you stop by.

It's at http://www.pjhaarsma.com/forum/index.php

There's lots of fun to be had here in the 'Verse while we wait for more news.

Oh, and I haven't done this in a long long time, but here...

*throws GSS a browncoat from the storeroom*

You gotta be suited up right.

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/

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