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It's pretty much over, ain't it?

POSTED BY: cozen
UPDATED: Saturday, November 19, 2011 19:23
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COZEN

Sunday, November 6, 2011 3:11 AM

Been a while since I last surfed this wee portion of the Internet. A year or more.

Despite Haken's attempts at creating a technically updated version of this site, well, it's kinda obvious that there aren't that many folk posting to it any more. All you RWD'ers pretty much amount to the largest percentage of posters here, and, sadly, that's not saying much.

Enough years have passed such that Fox Corp has lost it's exclusive contractual hold upon the Firefly series, yet Whedon hasn't seized the initiative to attempt a resurrection. His call, his choice, gotta respect that.

This is over, done, but for the last 20 people who bother to post here any more, and Haken's willingness to keep this site alive relative to what it costs him to maintain the server.

Peace. It was a great ride for a short while.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, November 6, 2011 3:21 AM

SERENITY was on SyFy again tonight.

Though I fear you are right, as far as Joss is concerned. The adventures of our favorite Firelfy transport and her crew, have likely come to an end.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

BYTEMITE

Sunday, November 6, 2011 3:30 AM

New Firefly comics. Got the story rights back in 2012. Ten new members in the last two months, half of them writing fanfic.

Hafta disagree.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, November 6, 2011 3:50 AM

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
New Firefly comics. Got the story rights back in 2012. Ten new members in the last two months, half of them writing fanfic.

Hafta disagree.

I'm not dissing the comics, as they do keep the story going, to some degree, but seriously? What % of sci-fi fans in general really follow that medium ? I'll take new members, absolutely. More on this crew, the better. But comics aren't what brought me to Serenity. And to be honest, they're not enough to keep me around, waiting for a slim chance of more to come.

If there's a revival, then fine. But I need more than fan fics and comic books.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

LILI

Sunday, November 6, 2011 6:45 AM

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Originally posted by cozen:
Enough years have passed such that Fox Corp has lost it's exclusive contractual hold upon the Firefly series

You are incorrect. The exclusive contractual hold is, last I heard, still in effect. There was a news snippit somewhere about "finally being allowed to write new stories set pre-movie" starting sometime next year. That means aforementioned exclusive contractual hold is not up until next year. It's unfortunate that a contract would last so long on a property that the corporation had so little interest in pursuing, but it seems very little could be done about it.

Facts are stubborn things.

PIRATENEWS

Sunday, November 6, 2011 8:55 AM

The FFFfanfic writers are doin a hellova job Brownie.

Fox cant stop da signal.

NIKI2

Sunday, November 6, 2011 3:22 PM

So sad. Somehow I had visions that the rest of the site was still active, what with all the forums, Castle, etc., just that I only hung out down here. Doubly sad to learn otherwise, given the "quality" of the posting here.

Yeah, I caught Serenity last night too--weekends I look forward to the trash movies on Sci-Fi channel, but for once they had something of value! Enjoyed it all over again, tho' I DID find myself quoting along with them far too often...!

Bless Haken twice, thrice as much, if what you say is the case, he is truly a man of mercy to keep this site alive--AND to keep it so beautiful! I love the new version, even tho' I had trouble with it at first, I haven't been "back" since I figgered it out. Lotta work there. Thank you Haken, many times over.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, November 6, 2011 4:26 PM

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Yeah, I caught Serenity last night too--weekends I look forward to the trash movies on Sci-Fi channel, but for once they had something of value! Enjoyed it all over again, tho' I DID find myself quoting along with them far too often...!

I don't get it. Is it POSSIBLE to quote Firefly / Serenity too often ?

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

BYTEMITE

Sunday, November 6, 2011 4:52 PM

And after movie too, LiLi.

In fact the next comic is a post-movie perspective form Mal. We'll get a good look at how the crew has been holding up, and about Zoe's little surprise.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Sunday, November 6, 2011 5:05 PM

The movement needs a push from Joss. He's busy with Avengers. After it gets out, if it makes a ton of money, he'll have some leverage. Maybe he can do what he wants to do. And if the rights become available then, and he wants to, maybe he'll choose to do Firefly again.

Gotta remember, it took Roddenberry 18 years to get the Star Trek movie and restart that whole thing.

SO maybe next year, we'll see if Joss really has the desire to do more. Then it's just a matter of seeing if the cast is available.