Top 10 reasons Firefly was cancelled.

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STOWEAWAY

Saturday, January 19, 2008 1:26 AM

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This is a great list, but here's my favs:

22, 20, 19, 15, 12, 10, 8, 5, 2, 1

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First #12 or second #12?

On another note, this appears to be the first thread started by me with over 1,000 views.

Sorry, second #12 -- "Do you know what your sin is?"
I'm not sure it makes sense but I love that line. And I would love for the Operative to bring the smackdown on F*x execs.

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GAPSULE

Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:56 AM

25) Fox executives were angry that Whedon decided to name the evil corporation with strong ties to the government: Blue Sun--- instead of Fox Entertainment.

26) The cast was too damn pretty.

27) Fox executives wanted to rehire Nathan Fillion for another show... so they could cancel that one too...

ZOID

Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:25 PM

# whatever:
We all know why Firefly was cancelled: Bad ratings. ...You know, like X-Files had in its first season.

F*X are a bunch of morons. OTOH, Summer is the best thing in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.

As to the RWED portion of this discussion:
Folks who argue that the Alliance are synonymous with either Democrats or Republicans are missing the whole point. It takes both Republicans and Democrats to make up the mess we call Government. Or as Mal would put it, "Everyone can be interfered with or ignored. Equally."

Our government is a mish-mosh of the worst ideas of both our ruling parties. Come to grips with it... Because believe it or not, you asked for it; by pitting one party against the other, instead of insisting on cooperation between the two. The more militant you are -- Left or Right -- the more you ensure that the American people will never have decent, responsible governance. ...And you don't care, as long as 'your side' wins; and so, we all lose.

Respectfully,

zoid

P.S.
American War of Independence: started by Independents

American Civil War: started by Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats, a political situation which has undergone a geographic pole reversal; so, you pick 'em.

Spanish American War: Democrats

World War I: Democrats ("War to end all wars")

World War II: Democrats (second war to end all wars, and to make Europe safe for democracy)

Korean War: Democrats ('police action' to make SE Asia safe for democracy)

Viet Nam: Republicans (although, escalated by JFK, actually initiated by DDE; non-war to continue trying to make SE Asia a place where the (surviving) native peoples could participate in American-style democracy)

Gulf War I/II: Republicans (beginning of the end of The 2,000 Years' War between Muslims and Judeo-Christian factions, a.k.a., The Last Jihadic Crusade; the war to make the entire Earth peaceful. As peaceful as a graveyard, in fact)
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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, January 21, 2008 7:08 AM

Thread starter updated with top vote-getters countdown.

If voting, please use the numbers of the proposals, not the countdown numbers.
Further proposals still accepted, and more voting. Updates will include new calculations of votes.

GAPSULE

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:32 AM

28) Fox was going to replace Firefly with Man vs Beast the Series, but the animals withdrew at the last second because they have more dignity than that.

ANDMAN

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:13 PM

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12. terrifying space monkeys

To go with that: "Too Much hair"

29)The network execs had never heard of ACTING before and thought that the hair really made Summer go crazy (but no falling asleep)

Anybody who disagrees with any of this violently can do so. But no matter what you do, "You can't take the sky from me".

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, January 28, 2008 7:08 AM

30. California Coalition of Fake-boobed Bimbo "actresses" sued for unfair exclusion. They claimed all scifi shows are required to include a character with fake-Os.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:24 AM

I like that one, I'm changing my vote for #7 to #30.
So now they are #1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 1st 13, 2nd 13, 18, 22, 30.

LUNA195

Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:39 PM

Hey Asarian

I think you may be on to something in your serious reasoning as to why the show was cancelled.

Don't know how seriously to take this, but X-files/Lone Gunmen actor Dean Haglund who played the character 'Langley' said in the development of the Lone Gunmen spinoff Fox Execs said they didn't want another show like the X-files.

They didn't want a show that critized government or its security agencies (CIA, FBI etc).
The alliance and the war certainly parallel the real world. But Joss wanted to create a world people could relate to.

The 2005 interview with the actor was on Alex Jones' Prisonplanet.com. For some reason my computer won't play this interview anymore for free. http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/january2005/120105haglund.htm

luna195

KATESFRIEND

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:46 AM

Hey luna195,

That statement about Fx programming policy makes more sense than many other arguments I heard about Firefly's demise and difficulty being resurrected. It makes more sense in light of how popular the series is with fans, how much money it's made, and how absurd most of the TV programming is nowadays. And a quick look at other Fx programming will agree with you too. Thanks for sharing the info.

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