Will Firefly Ever Return?

POSTED BY: RiveR6213
UPDATED: Saturday, April 28, 2007 22:06
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RIVER6213

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:46 AM

Will it?

Joss if you are reading this I hope you find it in your heart to give use what we want. Take your time, we will wait forever if that's the case.

-River

THEONETRUEBIX

Monday, April 23, 2007 5:04 AM

No.

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RIVER6213

Monday, April 23, 2007 5:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by theonetruebix:
No.

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June 22 & 23 @ the Hollywood Theatre
To Benefit Equality Now and the Women's Film Initiative
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%*@$#@!

-River

MUDDERSMILK

Monday, April 23, 2007 5:23 AM

It won't. I'm sorry. I really really really really wish it would, but it won't. If it was, it would have by now. Even direct to DVD movies, like Babylon 5, or Star Trek. The actors have moved on, and Joss Whedon's stock seems to have fallen quite a bit in Hollywood. Now I'm sure I'll get tons of angry responses, and personally, I'd pay about $2,000.00 just to see a new film, show, etc. I've bought everything I could twice, turned friends onto the series, but it doesn't seem to matter. And it doesn't make sense. They could do 4-6 cable movies a year, with a $10M budget, and make that back easy, like with the Sharpe's Rifle series in England. What this takes is the backing of someone important at a studio. And there isn't that backing. Someone at Universal liked Joss Whedon, and gave Serenity a chance. That person either feels burned by its lack of monetary success (read excessive profit, not just break even), or that person is no longer there. Here is a list of SCI FI shows that never came back:

Space 1999
Earth 2
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Blake's 7
Seaquest
Space Above and Beyond

And can anyone explain what cruel joke the universe is playing on us, when there are not one, but two Stargates, but no Firefly: The Later Years. I have never actually met someone who watches Stargate. Ever. I think its a myth, like the moon landings.

ROY

Monday, April 23, 2007 9:01 AM

I think it will, in the way that Star Trek NG & BSG came back - be patient, it will take a few years. Keeping a fanbase going *might* speed this up, so never lose hope.

What we need is a Browncoat to get into a position of influence with the studios or perhaps get the studio presidents kids hooked on it - I can dream

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MALSNARA

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:22 AM

How can you say that? One of the main mesages of the show is never to give up hope! We believe that Firefly will come back because we have to.
I love the idea of getting the kids hooked on it btw....if only...

The bible can be pretty racy when it comes to plows

MALSNARA

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:23 AM

Also I watch Stargate and Stargate Atlantis. They're both brilliant but neither compares at all to Firefly.

The Bible can be pretty racy when it comes to plows

MUDDERSMILK

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:17 AM

Saying that it won't return is not some form of Heresy. I'll be a fan of the show forever. Just like I still watch Blake's 7 episodes. That is a brilliant show. Bet you don't know what it is, or even heard of it. My point. Some shows, no matter how wonderful, don't come back, no matter how much we want them to. They talked about a Blake's 7 reunion movie for years. There was even a collection taken up by fans. What really triggers these projects is someone important who likes the show, or at least is willing to listen to someone who does. Thats why the show died so quickly. The PTB at Fox thought the show was too expensive, and they weren't fans. No critical acclaim (for buzz or cache), no rising viewership, and no sponsor to see it through. So they pulled the plug. At the SCI Fi channel, Stargate is cheap, and drags in enough viewers (although I stand by my earlier moon shot analogy, I have yet to find someone who has actually watched a full episode, in person)to make SCI Fi money. Can Joss compromise his standards to make a two hour Firefly SCI-FI movie for $3 Million. Would the actors work for scale. Because if either answer is no, then they will just make Gorgoyles 2, or another of the many movies they turn out there. And no Firefly. Sorry. I'll hold here like a damned fool until Mal gets back, I promise. I'm just not going to hold my breath (and my intelligence) while I do.

SERGEANTX

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:36 AM

I think it probably will. Maybe not with the exact same cast, maybe not soon, but we'll see more. If you're not picky about the form it takes, this is almost a certainty. We've got more comics in the works, a MMORPG is planned - and I think we'll get a series again eventually. I never understood why certain folks get a kick out of proclaiming it's death, but as long as people love the show, there's hope it will be revived.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

JADEHAND

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SergeantX:
I think it probably will. Maybe not with the exact same cast, maybe not soon, but we'll see more. If you're not picky about the form it takes, this is almost a certainty. We've got more comics in the works, a MMORPG is planned - and I think we'll get a series again eventually. I never understood why certain folks get a kick out of proclaiming it's death, but as long as people love the show, there's hope it will be revived.

SergeantX

Hey Sarge,
I love the show.
I'm pleased about the new comics.
I see and hear of new fans weekly, if not daily.
We'll be back.
new comics (already underway.)
more? surely.
As much as I love Drive, more Firefly is more to my liking.
-TJH

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At the shapes in the rain." -Beyond You - Afraid of Sunlight -Marillion
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