What are Brown Coats to do?

POSTED BY: Hixie129
UPDATED: Sunday, January 6, 2008 00:36
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HIXIE129

Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:10 PM

If firefly were to come back to FOX then I am sure the majority of Brown Coats would support it, and so would I. No problem. And I wouldn't have to watch the TOON channel.

Is Joss being FOX is a step forward?, sure, but I don't trust FOX. Has Brown Coat majority forgiven FOX since Joss has taken a job there, it seems some have forgiven and they have forgotten their pain and the void that still exists without the verse. For me Dollhouse is no replacement.

ECGORDON

Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:03 PM

Hixie, I think you are wrong. None of us that are voting YES have forgotten what a heartache Firefly's cancelation was, and still is. I doubt I will ever truly forgive (those certain executives at) FOX for what they did to our shiny show. But I trust Joss to create, write and produce a show that is worth watching, whether or not I ultimately think it is as good as Firefly. The fact that he has been given another chance after the bitter way his previous relationship there ended I think is a sign of hope, both for Joss and the Browncoats, and possibly for the eventual revival of Firefly.

Personally, I don't care if you watch Dollhouse or not, but I think your watching sports on FOX but nothing else is highly hypocritical. It's still the same network, and NBC, CBS and ESPN run plenty of football anyway.

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BLACKADDER7

Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:14 PM

I totally agree with you EC. And as much as I hold the execs at FOX that cancelled Firefly in disdain, I tend to think of the following:

Were it not for those same execs, it's very likely that Firefly wouldn't even exist. No other network would touch the show with a 100 foot pole (and after the show was cancelled, he tried to bring it elsewhere. no other network, not even the cable channels, wanted anything to do with Firefly). Part of me is grateful to FOX that they even gave the show a chance. I mean, let's be serious. It's a space western. With funny, pretty characters, sure, but how hard a concept must that have been to sell to anyone? So without FOX, there'd probably be no Firefly, no Browncoats, no Serenity, and no fandom.

HIXIE129

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 1:50 PM

B adder7, FOX produced firefly because Joss was there already.. When Firefly was canceled Joss did not shop around to the other networks Firefly, FOX owned the rights to the show... As far as I know FOX still has the rights.

ECGORDON

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 2:22 PM

Sorry, but you are wrong again, Hixie.

The television rights to Firefly reside at 20th Century Fox Studios, not the FOX television network. Yes, they are owned by the same conglomerate corporation, Rupert Murdoch's News Corps, but they are separate business entities.

They did allow Joss to shop the show around, but none were buying, mainly due to the expense. As someone else mentioned earlier in this thread, we should be grateful that FOX gave us the opportunity to see the show at all, but we should also curse them for canceling it, along with all the other networks that were not receptive to keeping Serenity flying.

FOREVERFIREFLYFAN

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 10:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 11thHour:

Then Joss will be declared King of FOX, change the name of the network to JOSS TV, bring back Firefly, and invite all the folks who have worked for him to develop shows for his network.

Works for me.

11th Hour
Loyal Browncoat

Works for me too 11th Hour.

ROBYADI

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 5:02 AM

I was mad at the idea of Joss working on another show. It seemed to me that he has this gem of a show (firefly) with wonderful characters and stories and hes just holding it back for himself. Instead of trying to push the idea for more big damn sequals or shows dealing with the verse he works on something else. I know he wants to work on more firefly based things but he doesn't hold all the cards.

I understand that by doing another show with FOX he could gain some ground there and if the show does well the same thing could happen as it did before. While working on Buffy FOX wanted another show outa him so he gave them Firefly. Maybe the same could happen again.

Alls I know is I am one frustrated fan. I saw the show over a year ago and have been geeked about it ever since. I just got my girlfriend to watch it with me and she loves it. And this girl hates... HATES sci-fi stuff. She can't stop loving the show. No one can. I wish there was just more I could do.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, January 6, 2008 12:36 AM

as someone on this thread said before, "Even Generals have to pay the bills." he can't sit on his @ss wishing for more sequels or another chance at Firefly (as I have said before). And just because he's working on this thing now, doesn't mean he's not still working on his baby, his love. he will never abandon Firefly. he's not holding back, he's trying to create another chance to share his passion.

There is something you can do. keep supporting what we all love :) keep supporting Joss. and keep the hope alive.

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