Three Films but no new series
POSTED BY: richardworthington
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 17:43
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..if the movie is a hit, maybe they'll think twice about the series and pull it together for Fall of 2005!!!!!!!
How sweet would THAT be??????
I'll be in my bunk........
Back in action by Autumn 2005, that would be wonderful
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I could be wrong but, time limits aside, if the movie/movies are successful they'll make more money than a show ever could and universal will want to keep it in the movie realm. The thing to focus on is that Joss has kept the story alive and the longer he does the more the fanbase grows. I don't care what medium it comes in as long as it's produced by him for as long as he can.
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Originally posted by JaynezTown:
they won't do another TV series for 10 years !
Hmm. I think Jewel's quote was that Fox owned the tv rights for 10 years. That is not to say 10 years from now. That would date back to when they first optioned the show. That would be late 2001, early 2002. So, that would mean another series would be possible in 2012.
ie, ain't a gonna happen. But, then again, I don't think anyone other than Star Trek has ever gone down this road and the movies did underwrite a new series. Remember, Fox also owns F/X also and it tends towards darker themed series. And, the demographics of Firefly matches it a bit more closely.
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Originally posted by switchy:
I could be wrong but, time limits aside, if the movie/movies are successful they'll make more money than a show ever could and universal will want to keep it in the movie realm. The thing to focus on is that Joss has kept the story alive and the longer he does the more the fanbase grows. I don't care what medium it comes in as long as it's produced by him for as long as he can.
I could always see Joss creating the next generation Firefly. Someone around here thought of a sort of Ghost ship where they find Serenity drifting... or maybe the end of the trilogy will have sequels (or a series) based on their children. That'd be interesting.
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Originally posted by Poetic4U:
I could always see Joss creating the next generation Firefly. Someone around here thought of a sort of Ghost ship where they find Serenity drifting... or maybe the end of the trilogy will have sequels (or a series) based on their children. That'd be interesting.
Forgive me for being a cynic but I just can't see a "Firefly: Next Generation" sort of thing going on. I suppose that it could be pulled off, but. . . I just can't see it having the same magic as the storylines of our beloved crew. Instead of a 'second-generation' type thing, an idea that would probably be better is for Joss to tell a different story within the same 'verse. Maybe the characters in that one could be complete opposites of the characters in "Firefly".
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Another story from the Firefly 'verse? Hmmmmm...
How about Joss telling the story of the exodus from Earth that Was (decades before the existing storyline)? Or maybe the story of the next uprising against the Alliance (20 years later) and the fight for freedom? I know that both of those smell like other attempts at extending a franchise (Enterprise, and STTNG), but I'll bet Joss could do a better job of it than than the rulers of the Star Trek have done recently...
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Originally posted by Kramer:
I'd rather have a season of Firefly than a movie. I already know that I'll walk out of the movie wishing I could see another one the next night.
And by season, I mean a REAL season, which is supposed to be what? 24 episodes? That's about 20hrs of new Firefly shows.........just about what I need.
I've read somewhere else, too, that Fox owns the TV rights for 10yrs, so unless they bring it back or sell it, it'll be 2012 before it airs again. And I don't think the cast & crew will sit around waiting for that to happen.
I couldn't agree more - rather a series than a movie, and a full series too where the artists have more than a weekend to write a script. The movie will just leave me even more p-st at FOX - can you sue a network for withholding great entertainment?
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Universal and NBC are the same company now. Maybe after the film Universal can buy out FOX and put Firefly on NBC. You could still do the movies between seasons. X-files tried it with their film but the series went south afterwards and we never got a second film.
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Exactly my/our point in so far as x-files film versus series - can anyone think of a good film from a tv series??!! I'm not saying this BDM won't be it but what would you really rather have? I think it's great to get the film but how do we get the series back? Just asking - sadly, I have no clue. Maybe instead of bashing FOX people should start saying nice things about them ... um, er, well encouraging them to just let the rights go or let JW & co. make it again?
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
You could still do the movies between seasons. X-files tried it with their film but the series went south afterwards and we never got a second film.
Yes, it did go south, didn't it? *Is bitter over the fact that X-Files slowly putrified over its Nine Freaking Years on TV, whereas Firefly hardly got a chance to do anything. . .*
Ahem, I have heard rumors about an X-Files film sequel. . . I don't know if that's been put in Developement Hell, though. . . The sad fact is, I would probably go see it, if only to see if Chris Carter is finally and totally running every good idea he had for the show into the ground.
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