New Movie? New Series? Can we stand it without the original characters?

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UPDATED: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 17:22
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JOSSISAGOD

Saturday, January 5, 2008 5:58 PM

To me Firefly and/or serenity wouldn't be the same without the original actors. However, If Joss was on board, and he made new stories about all new characters, I would watch them in a heart-beat.

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Originally posted by: Kayna
And to add to the list of how Firefly failed, around me it was always being preempted by sports. Hard to build ratings when it's never on.

Bingo!!

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JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

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EVILDINOSAUR

Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:19 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing new faces, I mean I'd obviously love if all the originals came back, but i don't think id care too much if there was new people. though if there were new people, i think id actually prefer for them to portray new characters in the same verse, but maybe thats just me.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:19 PM

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Originally posted by BEB2:
Thanks for the quick response; that explains a lot. I guess it's too late then??

Not necessarily. All of the reports I've heard indicate that no one integral to the show has given up.

The problem that the people with the power to do something are not currently interested. That doesn't mean they will never be interested. So spread the word and make sure the fan base keeps on growing.

SAMEERTIA

Saturday, January 5, 2008 7:00 PM

ECGordon just made me snort my tea...
but ya know, that Badger/Saffron thing might make a heck of a fanfic. :D

Seriously, though- I can't see anyone but Mal captaining Serenity.

What if a new show or movie was more of a spin-off, with one or two of the major characters still active- and the others making periodic guest appearances? It worked well with Angel, and would keep the 'balance'.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, January 5, 2008 7:52 PM

I don't like that idea.

To have a spin off with some of the original characters requires that the crew be broken up. I'm still a bit pissed off at the makers of Stargate because they ended SG1 by giving the impression that the team was staying together still doing what they had been doing, which I thought was the best way to end it, and then they screwed that over by having Carter abandon the team and go to another galaxy. It's not that I don't want to see more Carter, or more of any of our crew, it's just that I'd rather keep the gang together.

BEB2

Sunday, January 6, 2008 12:21 AM

Thanks! I called my nephew in Scotland. He is CRAZY ABOUT Firefly; I am sending two more sets of DVDs and the movie to friends in the states --doing it today.
Does anyone ever take these DVDs to other sci-fi conventions and give them as gifts???
Also, the Mutant Renegade Company, is it publicly traded on the NYSE, i.e. could one buy stock in the company?? thanks, B

BEB2

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 6:38 AM

I've been taking your advice. Already ordered three more sets [Show+Movie] as New Year gifts. They're so cheap; if someone was willing to pass them out there in North America, I'd certainly be happy to contribute a few extra copies. Amazon is practically giving them away -- sooo cheap.

BIONICBATMAN

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 6:51 AM

I actually would like it. Just as long as they could bring in the characters they used for an episode or two. Like Badger or Saffron. And maybe some references to the original crew

Sounds like a shiny idea

BERNAERT

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 7:02 AM

I ran across this thread a couple of days ago, and took some time to think about it...

If Firefly comes back, with Joss at the helm, I'd watch it..

The question is, where to start if it does come back..

1-Between the end of the first season and the movie ( knowing that Wash and Book get killed off) This way you can bring back all the original characters..

2- After the movie, bringing back Mal, Zoe, Simon, River, Inara and Kaylee, with Flashbacks with Wash and Book?

3- with a whole new crew set in the same Planetary system ( with brief run ins with the original characters as guests)

I'd go for option 2, with Josh at the helm personally, but any return to this setting with Joss Whedon leading it would be fantastic... ( New series, New Movie, new Straight to DVD series, new Straight to DVD Movie, etc....)

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Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."
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Mal: "No. They're not gonna see this comin'."

BRERRABBIT

Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:02 AM

Bernaert:
The question is, where to start if it does come back..

1-Between the end of the first season and the movie ( knowing that Wash and Book get killed off) This way you can bring back all the original characters..

2- After the movie, bringing back Mal, Zoe, Simon, River, Inara and Kaylee, with Flashbacks with Wash and Book?

3- with a whole new crew set in the same Planetary system ( with brief run ins with the original characters as guests)

I'd go for option 2, with Josh at the helm personally, but any return to this setting with Joss Whedon leading it would be fantastic... ( New series, New Movie, new Straight to DVD series, new Straight to DVD Movie, etc....)

All of these are good ideas. Where I'd start would be before the movie so we could have more Wash and Book. Besides, I'd like to know what happened between the BDS and the BDM. But before the second season, I'd run Serenity the movie so I could pick up from where the movie left off with completely new story lines.

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