Would you still fly?

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INDEPENDENCESOLDIER

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:45 PM

Okay, hypothetical question here. What if some station opted to pick up Firefly again (hope of all hopes), but on one condition. The whole cast had to be recasted. No Nathan, no Sean, no nobody. Completely new. Would you be able to watch it?

"You're usin' your wiles on me! Your feminine wiles!"
-Captain Malcom Reynolds

SIMONWHO

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:51 PM

Yes. As much as I love the cast, it's the imagination behind the show that makes it. In fact, I was just watching Sports Night and realised that Josh Charles would have made an excellent Captain Reynolds.

I wouldn't want them to recast but as many movies have proven over the years (Hello Bobby!) you can have the best cast in the world and it doesn't mean a thing if the script isn't good.

EMBERS

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:52 PM

don't worry about it - Joss would never agree to it.
In his most recent radio interview he said he can't write long extensive Firefly comic books because he cannot tell the stories without these actors.
He is holding out all his best stories for when he gets to make them with our BDHs.
So re-casting isn't an option

INDEPENDENCESOLDIER

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:55 PM

I don't think I'd be able to watch it because I could not see anyone else as some of these characters. Who else is quirky enough to play Wash? Who can be stoic enough to pull off Simon or kick-ass enough for Zoe? These people made the parts, even though Nathan originally said that he didn't think he was Mal--he became him.

That's my take and thanks for your reassurance!

"You're usin' your wiles on me! Your feminine wiles!"
-Captain Malcom Reynolds

FISKMASEN

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:00 PM

If that were to happend, the story couldn't be about our BDH's. Because, frankly, no-one else could play them. And if the story wouldn't be about our BDH's, it wouldn't be Firefly. So, in my opinion, no.

JLIN13

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:00 PM

not ever, and i think that Joss would be smart enough to not accept that deal

CORNCOBB

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:25 PM

Absolutely not, and I'll tell you for why. It'd seem to me like the station picking the show up was incapable of making good creative decisions. What possible reason could any station have for wanting everyone recast? Other than to replace them with trendier, toothier, vacuous, talentless, brainless twits. I could see a studio like f*x doing that in a misguided attempt to create something that'll appeal to the big brother generation. No Thank You.

"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."

FIZZIX

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:32 PM

I would watch it, but I might not enjoy it. Since this is purely hypothetical, it doesn't matter whether or not Joss says yes. Because it happened, I'd watch it, and hopefully Joss'd hop on board, and it'd be all good and warm and fuzzy and well written!

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CHOO1701

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:39 PM

It just wou;dn;t be Firefly without the BDH's.

Although could i pose another question to the floor?

What about a Spin Off?

Serenity's one of THOUSANDS of Firefly classes, thus meaning the crews one of Millions, possibly billions of Verse residents who live on their own spaceship, wouldn't it be good to hear some of their stories as well.

Okay Joss HAS ruled it out, and also it might cause bad feelings among the Browncoats (like the whole "Mike/Joel" MST3K flame war), but isn't it another group of people looking out to the black and seeing many different things? Or isn't it just the verse without the magnificent nine?

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PENGUIN

Monday, January 1, 2007 9:46 PM

No...These people ARE Firefly.

No one else could play River the way Summer does...

No one else could play Mal the way Nathan does...

The same goes for the rest of the cast.

Joss created the germ...the BDH's brought it to life.

The BDH's and Firefly are one.

Clowns to the left of me… ...Jokers to the right...

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