Joss talks about Serenity/FF
POSTED BY: Rae
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 01:06
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I know im the only one out there still praying that it ever happens, but i want my Spike movie. Shanshu prophecys dont come with an expiry date, and Blondie Bear needs to lose his fangs. Whedons too busy though. Of course, i also laughed at the idea of "Serenity" making it as well so please by all means prove me wrong Whedon. As always i and the other minions pledge our undying loyalty to your coach potato inducing shows!
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Originally posted by werd:
Rae
Hey all, first time poster and relatively new to Firefly.
It is an intriguing idea and given the loyalty of Firefly/Serenity fans it seems like it could work to one degree or another. Hell, even if it only helps pay for the C-47's and gaff tape it would be money well spent.
NI HAO MA , Peng-You ! Hey Werd , Welcome to those among the De-Lurked ! Come on up the ramp of our Shiny ship , and make yourself comfortable !
I know what gaffers' tape is , but to me a C-47 is an airplane , a miltary cargo plane from WW2 , like a civilian DC-3 . An immortal flyin' machine . Like Serenity .
Is that what a C-47 is to you ? Please explain .
Do we need C-47's to get some more Serenifly , 'cause I know some folk...
Keep the Faith . Share the Love . Feel the Joy !
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Quote:You're not the only one.
Originally posted by CaptinAmazing:
I know im the only one out there still praying that it ever happens, but i want my Spike movie.
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Originally posted by out2theblack:Quote:
Originally posted by werd:
Rae
Hey all, first time poster and relatively new to Firefly.
It is an intriguing idea and given the loyalty of Firefly/Serenity fans it seems like it could work to one degree or another. Hell, even if it only helps pay for the C-47's and gaff tape it would be money well spent.
NI HAO MA , Peng-You ! Hey Werd , Welcome to those among the De-Lurked ! Come on up the ramp of our Shiny ship , and make yourself comfortable !
I know what gaffers' tape is , but to me a C-47 is an airplane , a miltary cargo plane from WW2 , like a civilian DC-3 . An immortal flyin' machine . Like Serenity .
Is that what a C-47 is to you ? Please explain .
Do we need C-47's to get some more Serenifly , 'cause I know some folk...
Keep the Faith . Share the Love . Feel the Joy !
Thanks everyone for the kind welcome. To answer your question:
A C-47 is just a clothespin that is used when making films. Primarily they are used to hold gels to lights. Because they are made of wood and not plastic ,tape or metal they can be attached to lights without catching on fire or heating up (which is of course important). The name comes from producers trying to get a larger budget from a studio by classifying them with this 'hi tech' name so that they could inflate their request and make it appear justified. They are extremely mundane but extremely important to the filmmaking process.
Brannigan's law is like Brannigan's love...Hard and Fast
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Hey guys and gals! I've been a member here for a while now, but I think I only have 1 or 2 posts. I do however read the forums a lot. Anyway, I'm just in a posting mood tonight I guess.
I'll take more Firefly anyway I can get it. Movie, TV show, mini series, straight to DVD, I don't care. I just want more Firefly! I still get the same responce that a lot of you guys get when I show it to someone new. "Why did they cancel this show!?!?!?" I was looking at the tracker for DVD sales on Amazon the other night, and Firefly was still in the top 100 in sales! That is absolutly amazing!!! I think that whenever Joss' schedule clears up a bit, we should all have a day that we buy another set of DVDs. If there is a mass selling of Firefly around that time, that would definatly send a message loud and clear as to what's hot.
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The record here: we all think it was good. I know I'm not the only one saying that we all think it was good. But honestly. Our unprecedented-ness-ish-isms of getting a movie are because of ... yeah. Stuff. Here's to having more of this stuff happen.
Or using some sort of mind control device on F*x to get our show back.
As for buying the rights... we don't possibly have this power, and if I read this right, Joss doesn't have the money. And Sci-fi channel's getting its credibility back with Dr. Who and Battlestar Galactica, but we've still got those crappy, budget/time wasting Sci-fi original movies with bad CGI that come out about every Saturday at 11 pm so that noone watches them. That, and the whole, hosting wrestling thing. I s'pose they need the money from ads from these viewers, but if they were to refocus the money into better prospects of television, maybe they'd get the viewers for the ads that they know will pay more, and reverse this downward spiral of hellpit suckage that they can be. *sigh* I think that they've got a bit of a focus problem. Maybe if we were to all get an email out...
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From Scifi.com FAQ:
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Why doesn't SCI FI have... [insert popular show]?
Some common reasons might be:
* The show has been licensed by another cable network, is in a syndication window and airing on local stations nationwide, or is simply not available for licensing at the moment.
* Some cable networks may own the current license term for your favorite show even though they are not airing it.
* Shows may be kept on the shelf until they are needed, or have been put on the shelf due to poor ratings performance.
Other reasons may be budgetary or strategic: If, for a given show, ratings estimates are low and/or the target demographics don't fit the Channel, SCI FI may decide not to acquire that program.
So. Yeah, Scifi has the right of it here. But look at that: ratings estimate, check, target demographic, pretty much check, but we come where Firefly goes.
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From Scifi.com's feedback page:
SCI FI CHANNEL
If you have suggestions or comments for our Programming Department about the SCI FI Channel or any of its shows, please contact:
feedback@scifi.com
So, let's all... email... at once. It's an automated response, but surely they check it eventually.
So, in the title, we can all say: "What about FIREFLY?"
And all write a convincing little bit about it, and why it would make sense to buy the rights. I say buy, because we can get more Firefly if we manage to be able to legally make more Firefly.
Oh, whee, I'm seeing funky lines scroll down my screen from staring at it too long. Howsabout I per-maybe-haps need to just post this now and get y'all to yell at me as a noob.
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May not be smart, and it may not please you, but you're definitely gonna see what I have to say.
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1st Post -
Pretty much the same story arc as many here.
(1) Watch partial episode of Firefly years ago (Out Of Gas). Intrigued but can never hook-up again. No impression made.
(2) Rent Serenity as second choice video earlier this year as 1st choice was out. Me - "Hmmm, that was way better than I expected."
(3) Months later buy used copy of Serenity from Blockbuster and watch again with family. Them - "Hmmm, that was way better than we expected." Me - That was even better the 2nd time. I wonder if the series was this good."
(3) Lend my copy of Serenity to other friends into sci-fi. Them - "That was really good. This was from a TV show? When? Is there more?"
(4) Receive Firefly box set for Christmas. About 1/2-way through episodes a kind of panic sets in. Me - "Gorramit, that is all there is! As a body of work, this is way better than the movie. What the eff was wrong with Fox?"
(5) Go online and see if there are any active forums (Duh!). Discover lots of other feel same way (Duh! again), discover Firefly Relit campaign, tell friends, influence ~12 letters to be sent 12/30.
(6) Join forums to say hello.
(7) Scratch head at never before known fan response to 4YO discontinued TV show. (I never wanted to be "that" guy.)
I'm scared!
red_metallic
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Hello REDMETALLIC and welcome to the boat. We are glad that you've come and sounds as if you may bring friends 
All are welcome here.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm......so you're half way through the series? Well let me say my friend that you are only half way through the joy that is Firefly. Saver the moment but don't fret. Part of the fun is bringing others to the browncoat goodiness.
Enjoy your new friends, Z
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"Yeah...too bad none of us have bajillions of dollars to make a movie..."
Bill Gates does. Is he a Browncoat?
Tom in Ventura, CA
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PEPPR91 wrote,
"Hey guys, I'm all for any kind of continuation of the series or movies, but does anyone remember that two of the best characters died?"
I believe there's enough chronological room for many episodes between the Objects in Space ep and Serenity, so Book and Wash could return for these. Otherwise, there many other stories that could be developed with new characters after Serenity.
I would also jump at the opportunity subscribe to a direct-to-DVD series continuation. And to keep costs down, the studios can just mail them to me in plain white cardboard jackets. The studios, or artists among us, could post DVD jacket art for download instead. One hour episodes, one layer DVD, no compression. "I'm in."
Tom in Ventura, CA
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