Maybe it's Good that Firefly Ended...
POSTED BY: Lance
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:32
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Just a thought, thats probably been covered before, but maybe it's good that Firefly ended the way it did. I was thinking about that today and wondered if this much fanlife and love for it would exist if it had run a lot longer? Would it have grown tiresome after a time? It's short and simple the way it is. Or, if Fox had given Joss three more episodes to wrap up the story, would he have done it? Would any of the characters still be alive? Would we care so much if the story had had closure back then? I think that they are alive in our minds because, after the last episode they were left still flying, still together, still alive, and, though not contented, reasonably happy.
Note: Serenity (the movie) was just a bad dream that Wash had one night, and has no effect on what the crew of the Firefly are doing in the future right now; or is that, will be doing? Time is always such a blur from this end.
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You know I don't know if we'd be as cohesive and committed a fan group if it had run for a long time, but I'd still like to have seen at least a full season or maybe 2.
"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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I think you may have a point... So many things run for to long, thinking of Friends for example the first episodes are funny have a ring of truth about Them, but once you go so far with an episode you have to be silly to keep the story lines going, would Joss have had the wisdom to know when to stop? Would F*x have let him? But at this end I would prefer for it to have an ending, just a little more info on why Inara left and more insight on Book's seemingly colourful past! But would thoses answers be satisfactory? would my love be so great.......?
P.S Let the hole Wash thing go my friend, Joss was just sendong a clear message..... I'M NOT DOING ANY MORE AFTER THIS!!! But notice the big space he left in between.......
How come things never go smooth
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To continue... Without the cancelled series to fight for there would have been no need for all the campaigning to bring it back, or to make a movie. I wonder if under those conditions if it would have seemed much more like an average SF series. We will never know. But because of what happened it has been exalted above all the others as a revered masterpiece. Not that I'm complaining, I like it too. Just think'n.
I don't want to get started on the Wash thing again, but just to say, that it may be Joss' story but it's my rationalization, and I can do whatever I want with that. The inside of my head is my world and characters do what I tell them to do... in here.
"Wash baby, come on, wake up, you're have'n a bad dream."
"What, oh, thanks Zoe, I've got to stop eating those late night strawberries."
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A general rule of thumb....as something becomes popular it usually becomes mediocre. And of course the old saying, the masses are asses. Firefly is a rare gem....so if this is all we ever get, it will be ok with me.
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I don't think we'd have the community we have today if the show hadn't been canceled. I know that I only found this place because I had heard the rumors that we'd get a dvd box set. Which was sorta unique for a canceled show back then.
Though I still wish I had something to look forward to on tv these days. Right now there's basically only How I Met Your Mother and that is still below Joss level writing.
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Originally posted by Lance:
maybe it's good that Firefly ended the way it did.
I don't think its a good thing at all. I just got done watching the series for the first time and I'm honestly upset that's pretty much all I get; However I am glad I did see it and I will definitely be busting it out every now and to watch it.
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The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Tyrell told me so Chrisisall
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Tweaker, welcome to the 'Verse. We're glad you found us, even if it is a bittersweet moment for you. It sure was for all of us latecomers. I'm so thankful there were fans around to make sure that there WAS a boxed set for me to find, and of course a Big Damned Movie.
(Did everyone notice we're up into the 26,000s now?)
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