Any hope for Firefly?

POSTED BY: millernate
UPDATED: Saturday, October 19, 2002 19:15
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DELSIE

Friday, October 18, 2002 1:02 AM

Wow. This thread is just over flowing with pessimism. I'm not going to say that Firefly won't be cancelled, because it's always possible. Also, I'm not part of the Fox network. I don't know what they're thinking. In my opinion, it's best to acknowledge the possiblity of cancelation, but still hold out hope for the show's success and not to let the uncertain future effect the viewing pleasure.

One other thing that just jumped to mind: The ratings being quoted are only for the first three episodes. Granted, some networks may make their rulings on this, but it's obvious that Fox hasn't done this for Firefly. There aren't a lot of shows that I watch(ed) reguarlly where I came in on the first episode. Normally, if I become interested during the first season, I'd start watching after the fourth episode. I'm not saying that a majority of fans do this, but it it is a thought to keep in mind when looking at the early ratings.

~Delsie.

"A friend of mine once sent me a postcard with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said 'Wish you were here.'" - Steven Wright

HAPLO721

Friday, October 18, 2002 7:00 AM

Sorry about that. I'm simply tired of people saying the show doesn't have a chance. Having such a sentiment come from somebody with "darkangel" in their handle doesn't help matters, though I can see now that DAS' post wasn't meant the way I thought it was at first. Forgive me? Pretty please?

ENTILZHA

Friday, October 18, 2002 2:47 PM

Quote:
Don't you mean "one more Nielsen viewer and the rest of my extremely large and demographically desirable, extended family loggin in"?

But of course!

Entil

TRICKSTER

Saturday, October 19, 2002 3:00 AM

I for some reason have the urge to fill this thread with images of rainbows and puppy dogs and cute little teddy bears as everyone gathers around a campfire and sings Kumbayah.

Natalie

MOONKNIGHT

Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:08 AM

Wow... I haven't had a good puppy dog and teddy bear roast in a long time.... do you serve them plain or with barbeque sauce?

Kumbayah m'lord.... kumbayah....
Oh lord.... kumbayah....

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TIGRIS

Saturday, October 19, 2002 7:56 AM

Yes, lots of hopes, tons and tons of hope.

I watched the season premiere (I;m a joss fan) and thought, ehn, ok i guess. Watched the next episode and was ehn, ok, again. then didn't tune in for a while, then saw todays episode (jayneville or something) and said, wow! this is great, i'm marking this time spot down on my calendar! And i didn't just add myself to the growing list, but told my internet friends about it, and had them mark it down. so yeah, it;s only word of mouth, but hey, it does has some loyal viewers, as i've discovered over on TWoP,a nd those viewers have friends, who have friends. and it's only three episodes in for goodness sake. I don;t know when dark angel was in the friday time slot, but was this when the show premiered? or did it already have a fan base? THis is certainly a stinky time for a show to start out at, but i think the network will realize that, and i think advertisers realize that (i mean, they can't all be stupid right?). I don't know how many Neilson "families" there are out there, but i'm sure its not very accurate if already we are saying the numbers are inflated or averaged, or whatever. doesn't sound like we have much confidence in them already. so why not just not bother with numbers for now, and see how the show plays out.

HANDSOFBLUE

Saturday, October 19, 2002 1:20 PM

Theres an online petition. Sign it to help save Firefly

www.petitiononline.com/firefly1/petition.htm

MOONKNIGHT

Saturday, October 19, 2002 3:03 PM

No offense but I believe your link is wrong...

When I click on it I go to a list of search engines, one of which is for petitiononline.com. So I enter "firefly" into that in hopes of finding the petition you have mentioned but I seem to only find 4 other petitions.... one wishing to cancel Firefly because they claim it rips off some anime they love too much; the other three are for boycotting Fox and Firefly until they bring back Dark Angel.

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RERINHA

Saturday, October 19, 2002 5:37 PM

I believe the right link is

http://www.petitiononline.com/firefly1/petition.html

MOONKNIGHT

Saturday, October 19, 2002 5:44 PM

Thank you, I can't imagine how my search didn't find that.

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