Would You Watch 'New' Firefly If...

POSTED BY: InstantKarmaGirl
UPDATED: Thursday, February 26, 2009 04:39
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VERONIC

Saturday, February 14, 2009 4:35 PM

Without Nathan, Adam, Alan, Gina, Morena, Jewel...etc......the show is not Firefly. I don´t like the idea

ZZETTA13

Saturday, February 14, 2009 4:35 PM

Howdy IKG,

I would love, LOVE seeing FF fly again!!

Now saying that, would it do well as a new series? Would it be the same?

I can not speak for everyone here but having someone else playing the part of MR, JC, Zoey, RT or any one of the vast characters known and adored by the fans would be an outright travesty . No!! no new faces in the parts of our BDH. Either get them all back or develop a storyline where Mal is off visiting his mom, Jayne has come up with a bout of Damplung and has been dropped off at Jaynestown for the folks there to take care of him and River has been left on the planet of Whitefall where she is teaching martial arts to the kiddies there.

As far as I’m concerned the actors of FF own those characters ( maybe not in a legal sense but in a endearing and believable one anyway)

Heck, Joss may be right. Would the magic of the first season of FF be able to be captured again? If all the main characters, even Badger, Saffron and Niska all came back I would be willing to watch every episode ( of the second season) no matter if it sukked or not. But I personally think it would be FANTASTIC!!

The networks have no idea the impact FF has made. Every person I’ve shown Firefly to has been bewildered has to why the show isn’t still running. Of course they may not join fan forums or buy tons on merchandise but that’s for me to do ( the HC FF nut, or browncoat if you wish)

Anyway, guess that you can see that my answer is YES, well sort of. The lucky people involved in that show would come back too I assume because they were fans and they really enjoy each other as members of the human race ( tv executives consider themselves gods I take it).

Anyway hope this gives you an answer to what you’re asking.

Z, out

BYTEMITE

Saturday, February 14, 2009 4:50 PM

Of course they could capture the magic again. It took a couple years for the movie to become a possibility, and when they met up all the actors were amazed how quick and easy it was to fall back into their roles. Plus, all of them love Firefly.

ECGORDON

Saturday, February 14, 2009 5:08 PM

I wouldn't be interested if they tried to do another version of Firefly without the actors we know and love, but a "Tales from the 'Verse" kinda show would be doable. Other than the main characters, one of the best things about the series was how real it was, how fully formed a vision of the future, with even supporting characters being ones we would love to have more information about.

I'd like to see a partnership between Badger and Saffron, or a follow-up to what happened to the "Heart of Gold" girls following Nandi's death, or Commander Harken's growing realization that the Alliance is not all it's cracked up to be. I'd also like to see a prequel concerning the war and what led up to it, or even go back far enough to the exodus from Earth and the establishment of the first colonies.

What really needs to happen, that is if Joss doesn't think he will ever return to the story, is let writers loose to create a series of novels or collections of short stories. And no offense intended here, but I don't mean fanfic, I mean established authors like KRAD and Steven Brust who have already contributed to that effort, along with many more who I am sure have an affinity for the 'Verse. Don't forget that Orson Scott Card is on record as saying Firefly is the best SF series ever created.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

AURAPTOR

Saturday, February 14, 2009 5:20 PM

Different folk acting as if they're the captain ?

How do ya figure ? The BDHs ARE the crew. Can't nobody come in off the street and expect us to call them Captain or River when they're not. What a silly notion!

Now, if others came in as different folk.... then you're talkin' about a horse of a different color. Or at least something I'd be open to checkin' out. But as for pullin' a Darren Stevens on us with 1 or any of the main characters ?

Count me out!

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PIRATENEWS

Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:13 PM

3 words: Dukes of Hazard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukes_of_Hazzard

Scabs are quickly forgotten as ratings crash, even as "cousins".

Substitution only works after 30 years.

If I recall, the original Dukes were invited to play in the movie, which appeases the fans. Like BSG2.

I never even heard of the last scabs.

But sex always sells...

PACHELBEL

Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:21 PM

I always thought Jonathan LaPaglia, the chrononaut in 7 Days, would make a good Capt Reynolds.

SHINYGOODGUY

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:42 AM

Well, I don't think you could ever replace the crew. It's like trying to replace Serenity herself with a different ship (with a Capison 38 engine, you know what happens to them!).

If they could not get the original crew back then FF would need an overhaul, a complete new crew, new adventures in the 'verse. And even then it would be hard to accept anyone else. It's like Joss said in his commentary on the Special Edition DVD, these actors were meant to play these characters.

Maybe if Monty took over until Mal got back, then maybe.

SGG

Tawabawho?

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:28 PM

I'm an old legit theatre guy, trained to deal with different actors playing the same character. Could there ONLY be 1 Hamlet? Always and forever played by Mel Gibson? Basic notion, NO. and this leads to leads to a bunch of discussion--

Is Branagh's Hamlet better than Gibson's? How about Derek Jacobi? Christopher Plummer? Richard Chamberlain? If not better, how are they different? What do they emphasize?

It's worked for Batman and James Bond, too. Was Connery better than Daniel Craig? Was Clooney sexier than ___ ( Forgive me, I haven't seen ANY of the Batman movies. Not my cup of tea ) ?

Strange that it never caught on in television Darrin in Bewitched and Lionel in All In the Family are the only 2 times I can think of.

That said, it doesn't mean that you can't accept only one actor playing a role, emotionally, "He's my favorite. Nobody else can do it as well, nobody else brings the right chemistry with the other actors. He's just the best."

So, yeah, I'd watch it, try it out at least. Might get half way thru the first episode and say, "Nathan was so much better than this guy," and turn it off, but I'd try it.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:58 PM

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Originally posted by InstantKarmaGirl:
What if Summer Glau, Nathan Fillion, and Adam Baldwin couldn't be in it because they are all now attached to shows and are or will be featured in vital roles.

Would we *really* want anyone else to be Captain Malcome Reynolds? And *is* there anyone else who could ever replace Summer as River? And, personally, Jayne just wouldn't be Jayne if someone else played him.

Now a TV mini-series, I think is do-able, but if Firefly fans are really pushing for Firefly to get back into a 22 or 23 episode a year television program...how is that going to happen?

I for one, would feel weird about someone else trying to impersonate Nathan's Mal. And I'm not quite convinced that someone else could make River as good as Summer did.

Any thoughts on this because I find it fascinating what Browncoats think...?

As much as I would love to have Firefly / Serenity back in some form, I don't think I would want it without the BDHs. I don't want to see anyone else playing Mal, Zoe, Jayne, Inara, River, Simon, or Kaylee. The cast made those parts their own and honestly I just could not see anyone doing the roles justice.

I don't think Joss would be willing to consider doing it without the cast either.

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