Why was this show ever cancelled? just finished watching the set

POSTED BY: MathewJ
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 23:12
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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:57 PM

Welcome to the board SBWatcher. Glad to have you w/ us. Always a pleasure to see a new face.

Enjoy the board. Hope to see you around often.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SBWATCHER

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:02 PM

Hi Browncoat1,

thank you for the kind welcome ... hope to be around often!

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:15 PM

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Hi Browncoat1,

thank you for the kind welcome ... hope to be around often!

No problem. We are a friendly bunch around here.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SHINY

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:11 PM

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No problem. We are a friendly bunch around here.

Well, we got one that's kinda horrific...

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ECMORGAN69

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:54 PM

Welcome to MathewJ and SBWatcher! Hope you all enjoy the board

Mathew, the show was cancelled for one reason; Dung-flinging Monkeys in charge at FOX TV, The Serial Killer of Quality TV

Keep Flying...

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah, you, FOX TV!!

KARENKAY99

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:26 PM

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You know, if someone had told me this was a "western" before I watched it, I wouldn't have. I abhor westerns, and haven't watched one since the "Maverick" and "Rawhide" days. Neither do I particularly care for bluegrass/country (aversion therapy courtesy of an ex-spouse).

me too!! i grew up on bonanza and rawhide. i thought i'd had enough.
however since i fell in love with firefly, i'm thinking of giving deadwood on hbo a try. it started last sunday and i missed it but it looks like they are going to run it on hbo on demand.

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

DARKJESTER

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:17 AM

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If there are any browncoats in the South Bend, IN area, drop me a line.

Hi SBWatcher, and Welcome!! I'm in Goshen, 30 miles east of you. So far, I've noticed posts by people in Gary and Indy. There are a few Hoosier Browncoats at least. And you might want to search out the threads for the Browncoat Ball, in Chicago later this year.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

DARTHVEGAS

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:06 AM

It's light years ahead of the theme to Enterprise's 80's power balad

THEFOP

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:33 AM

When I first heard about firefly, I can't honestly say that I thought much of it. My reaction was more or less "space ships and horses? Yeah...great"

Then my roommate started showing me episodes of Buffy this past fall. We watched a few seasons of it, and then he comes to me with this big frickin' grin on, and says he has something new for us to watch. When he told me what it was, I have to admit I was a bit incredulous, but I figured I'd watch it with him

5 minutes in, I was hooked. I tend to sing the ballad of serenity quite a bit, and generally accost random people on the street with quotes, should the spring to mind. I'm waiting for the movie with anticipation, and hoping beyond hope that the movie leads to a new series, which this time will not be cancelled prematurely.

If I hadn't decided that I could get a much nicer house if I rented with other people, I probably would never have seen firefly.

BAMADAVE

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:43 AM

to answer your original question as to why this show was cancelled, because nobody f'ing watched. all the other reasons are just excuses meant to obscure the fact that the fans of the show let it down.

aired out of order - so what. watch the episodes in their intended order and the story is still told out of order. they flash back or reveal details later in the series that you don't get in the pilot. also, each episode stands well enough on its own that it doesn't require seeing the previous one.

pre-empted for baseball - who cares? sci-fi fans can wait 16 years between star wars films and still manage to figure out when to go to the theater in record numbers, but can't seem to figure out that firefly will be on again in two weeks?

time slot of death - well either it is a great show or it isn't. if people can't be bothered to make time to watch it on a friday night, they must not really think it is a great show.

didn't know it was on - one of my favorites. is the network supposed to come to your house and change the channel for you? every newspaper and countless websites all have tv grids. people can't take one minute out of their day to see what is on?

fox just wants to make more reality crap - close, but missing the point. fox just wants to make money. they had to hire extra people to rake up all the cash that american idol show is bringing in. there is not an evil plot at the network to only make bad tv. they are there to make a profit, and you can bet that if firefly was getting top 20 numbers that they would be more than happy to keep flying.

etc etc etc. this might seem harsh but i think it is worth pointing out. firefly was cancelled because the fans let it down. they didn't watch, and that is what you get. sadly, since people would rather say f fox and the people at fox are morons and any other thing besides 'it's our fault', it will happen again and again. rather than focus all of that energy tilting at the fox windmill, they should be trying to figure out why it is that sci-fi fans couldn't be bothered to tune in. until that is figured out, it will just keep happening. ask the fandoms at dark angel, odyssey5, the lone gunmen, millenium, harsh realm, space above and beyond, veritas the quest, american gothic, etc. etc. etc.

hey, look over there at that clever new wonderfalls show that nobody is watching. then again, people probably don't know when it is on. or they are too busy on friday. or it might have been advertised wrong. or fox might really want it to fail. or this. or that. or the other.

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