New Firefly
POSTED BY: jrgm21306
UPDATED: Friday, April 30, 2010 13:20
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Het guys, I'm new to fireflyfans but have been a dedicated browncoat since 2003. (i know i was a little late to help the show while it was on the air but what can you do? i NEVER watch network tv) anyway, i wanted to see if there is any possibility that anyone will still pick up the show to create a new seasn or even a new movie. hoping there is some news out there on weather anything is or can be done. thanks guys, hope that we can make something happen to keep the best show ever running and alive
jamie
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Welcome aboard, and to answer your question - we can dream.
Kick around the site here, and check out what's been said on the matter. Ya might find a good bit more than you'd have guessed.
The folks at QMX ( and a host of others, too ) also help out with all sorts of fine stuff to buy, if ya feel the need to express your love for the 'verse. 
http://store.quantummechanix.com/Firefly-and-Serenity_c_1.html
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The tiniest glimmer of hope is that Fox apparently losses their TV rights in 2012. So, maybe someone will take the bait then.
However, the realist in me says it's over. I don't see Nathan or Adam giving up their current roles to come back to Firefly right now. Castle is doing decently well. Why move over to a proven loser?
Chuck has a good chance of being cancelled by 2012 I guess. However, if it's not I still don't see why an actor would choose to leave a stable job for one on shaky footing.
I say enjoy what we've got and hope Joss comes along with something new and awesome.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
The tiniest glimmer of hope is that Fox apparently losses their TV rights in 2012. So, maybe someone will take the bait then.
However, the realist in me says it's over. I don't see Nathan or Adam giving up their current roles to come back to Firefly right now...
Why move over to a proven loser?
'Cause it's the LOVE that keeps 'er in the air...
BTW , Firefly has NEVER been a 'proven loser'.
Even when it was on network , it was paying its own way with ad revenue . Subsequently , it made about a bazillion simoleons with DVD boxset sales...
Proven loser ?
F-network , for prematurely killing its own , over and over again !
We're still ahead of the Star Trek curve , and Firefly is too good an idea to just crawl away and die...
Long as there are Folk with hearts of stardust , and we are still drawing breath , there will always be a place in the 'Verse for more Firefly , one way or the t'other...
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Originally posted by out2theblack:
BTW , Firefly has NEVER been a 'proven loser'.
Actually, it is. You see, making money is moot if the money isn't enough. And Firefly wasn't exactly a cash cow, similarly for the movie. It's also failed to get a large solid fan base. What we really have is mediocre, at best, profits and a very (relatively speaking) fan base. Then there's the nasty little fact that the powers that be aren't exactly inclined to back it.
In short, proven loser. Sure is.
And that love thing, it doesn't even enter the equation. You don't bet your career on love.
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Originally posted by out2theblack:
BTW , Firefly has NEVER been a 'proven loser'.
Even when it was on network , it was paying its own way with ad revenue . Subsequently , it made about a bazillion simoleons with DVD boxset sales...
I seem to recall Fox had to actually refund money to the sponsors because the ratings were so low. If that's not a loser then I don't know what is. I really don't know the numbers as to whether Fox still came out ahead on the show from just the ad revenue. I'm guessing by now the DVD sets have made them a decent amount of money.
Still the ratings were poor and the movie just barely squeaked into profitability with DVD sales from what I've heard.
That isn't very encouraging for potential investors. Especially considering sequels tend to make less than the originals from what I hear.
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Originally posted by out2theblack:
'Cause it's the LOVE that keeps 'er in the air...
BTW , Firefly has NEVER been a 'proven loser'.
Even when it was on network , it was paying its own way with ad revenue . Subsequently , it made about a bazillion simoleons with DVD boxset sales...
Proven loser ?
F-network , for prematurely killing its own , over and over again !
We're still ahead of the Star Trek curve , and Firefly is too good an idea to just crawl away and die...
Long as there are Folk with hearts of stardust , and we are still drawing breath , there will always be a place in the 'Verse for more Firefly , one way or the t'other...
Great post! I agree with everything you wrote. I'm offended by any description of Firefly involving the word "loser". There's plenty of blame to go around, but none of that blame can be directed at Joss, or the crew, or the actors. If Fox lost money on it...good for them...they frikkin' deserve it, 'cause all they ever did was abort the thing before it took its' first breath. Movie studio didn't make an Avataresque killing on it? So sorry! Maybe next time do some better audience research to come up with a more exciting or newbie-attracting title for the movie, and maybe promote it a little more enthusiastically, if making money is your goal that is. Firefly still lives on in comics, here at FFF, and with BDH appearances at sci-fic cons all over the country.
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Great post! I agree with everything you wrote. I'm offended by any description of Firefly involving the word "loser". There's plenty of blame to go around, but none of that blame can be directed at Joss, or the crew, or the actors. If Fox lost money on it...good for them...they frikkin' deserve it, 'cause all they ever did was abort the thing before it took its' first breath. Movie studio didn't make an Avataresque killing on it? So sorry! Maybe next time do some better audience research to come up with a more exciting or newbie-attracting title for the movie, and maybe promote it a little more enthusiastically, if making money is your goal that is. Firefly still lives on in comics, here at FFF, and with BDH appearances at sci-fic cons all over the country.
Well at least you can relate to the studios not giving a flying @#$% about what you want. Cause you sure don't give a flying @#$% about what they want.
Why wouldn't Joss deserve some of the blame? He handed Fox a show that was incredibly difficult to market. To this day I don't know how to succinctly describe Firefly to someone who has no idea what it is. It's also clearly not the show the network wanted. If Joss had done his research and compromised then maybe he'd still have a show to this day. I don't see how he comes out scott free.
As for the movie I'm pretty sure Joss came up with the title Serenity. I also saw plenty of commercials for the movie when it was in theaters. They were actually really good at showing off the witty dialog and some of the action. I think Universal did a great job with Serenity. I have no ill will toward them.
Good thing we have fans that celebrate networks and studios not making money on their investment. It's always fun to have extra roadblocks to ever seeing more Firefly/Serenity.
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COMPROMISED!!!!!!!! How was coming up with "The Train Job" as a rushed together alternative pilot not a compromise??? If he hadn't done that we wouldn't have one single second of this show to enjoy. It wouldn't have even been aired.
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Another episode of a show the network didn't want? Not much of a compromise.
It's like having an argument with your wife about sitting around watching football all day and thinking that watching different teams is a compromise. It's completely missing the point.
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