They canceled Firefly! Why?
POSTED BY: Lutzi
UPDATED: Saturday, May 15, 2010 19:44
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Hello everybody. I am new here. I just got done watching the entire Firefly series. It was the best thing I have seen on TV. Sadly, I am actually mad that it was canceled, eight years ago! The graphics, writing everything is better than anything that is out there now!
Don't forget, these were the people who cancelled Dark Angel, and TSCC. Mind you TSCC had Summer Glau, and DA had Jessica Alba. The twp best actresses in the Biz. SCrew Angelina Jolie-Pitt.
"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22
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Originally posted by Lutzi:
Hello everybody. I am new here. I just got done watching the entire Firefly series. It was the best thing I have seen on TV. Sadly, I am actually mad that it was canceled, eight years ago! The graphics, writing everything is better than anything that is out there now!
Don't forget, these were the people who cancelled Dark Angel, and TSCC. Mind you TSCC had Summer Glau, and DA had Jessica Alba. The twp best actresses in the Biz. SCrew Angelina Jolie-Pitt.
"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22
2 right out of 3 ain't so bad. Maybe we're too hard on them.
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Welcome aboard.
You just asked the million dollar question (literally). You and a couple hundred thousand folk are wondering what were they thinking. And what's really amazing to me is that Hulu (a venture launched by Fox and Universal) has it listed - get this - as a TV Classic. Go figure, what brainiacs!
I have a theory (among the hundreds floating about). Fox is owned by one Rupert Murdoch, an ultra-conservative, who's beliefs leaned toward the Alliance way of thinking (I'm just saying). This show is centered around the little guy, or, as Mal would say, "just honest folk."
Murdoch and company, in their infinite "wisdom," see this as a huge problem (see above comment re: Alliance thinking). For these "folk" authority figures are to be feared and obeyed, not made out to be the "bad guys." It's what you might call a basic conflict of interest. From the outset "Firefly" was treated like a bastard child, this despite the fact that Fox greenlit the show (mostly based upon Joss's rep from Buffy and Angel).
Fox wanted to make money of course, but they wanted to make it the old fashioned way, by controlling the "signal." Just look at Fox's leanings in their news programs. Attack, attack, attack. Anyways, here we are because - You can't stop the signal.
Once again, Welcome.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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I'm new here too. Same story - saw Serenity, then got the series. Best thing I've seen on TV since the original Star Trek (yes, I'm that old). I've watched all but the last 2 episodes. I'm putting off watching them because I don't want it to end...
It is really a testament to the vision and talent of Joss, the writers, and the cast that the show is still earning new fans 8 years after it ended.
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