concern of a Browncoat

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BLUESUNCORPORATEGOON

Friday, January 16, 2004 1:38 AM

wow-
i just wrote this huge post about how i hope that when Firefly:the Movie gets made and starts cracking skulls at the box office and how i hope that the series is revived by anyone but the SciFi channel because of how craptastic Sliders turned out after moving there from the 'F' word

i just am hoping that if it is indeed revived,that it lives up to the near legendary status of the original eps(and assuming the entire team is back,writers-directors-producers-composers,hell,bring back the camera guys too)it will...but i cut my post down to this...i tend to ramble on and off topic,and with little creative editing,bam,leaner post...
thanks for readin'
Keep Flyin'

I'll be in my bunk.-Jayne

TRASK43

Friday, January 16, 2004 2:00 AM

I like long posts. But yeah there is always a concern that if the show ever does manage to make it back that they have to be changes and it wouldn't be the show we remembered. but it would be nice to be in a position to have to worry about this kind of stuff.

DRBORIS

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:17 AM

I think the SciFi chanel has improved a little since the mistake it made with Sliders.

They seem to have handled the Stargate stuff all right. I was REALLY impressed with the Battlestar Galactica miniseries they did (can you say Firefly tech crew?)

I think if they concidered and made Firefly a core piece of the network programing (and you know it would get decent respect from them) it could lead a very productive and happy life there.

Not saying I know for sure, just something to concider.

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HEX20

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:46 AM

The Scifi channel has done an excellent job with Stargate SG-1 (which is one of my favorite scifi series). I believe they didn't change anything when they moved to the SciFi channel, i believe they still film in Vancouver and have the same team.

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VETERAN

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:49 AM

You're right SciFi is doing a good job with Stargate. If Firefly could get the same treatment it would be great.

REDKOMMIE

Friday, January 16, 2004 9:02 AM

Heres some... other concerns...

I am betting you all loved Farscape? Well farscape was bring in the ratings, but someone over at sci-fi canned it cause of 'lack of imporvement in the ratings' and 'we want to go in another direction'.

Now those aren't real quotes, just what I remember from when farscape was canceled (they could be a lil broken in fact, so if they are please tell me :P).

Now, I know the people over at Sci-Fi want to cover all the sci-fi aspects. They might, however, be a lil iffy on bringing in another space-advture.

You have to look at it this way, they have Stargate SG-1, and soon the spin-off (Bad with spelling.. errrrggg so I won't try :P), and theres hope for a Battle Star Galactica series as well. I don't know how much Sci-Fi will want to have three shows (even with the slightess of difference :P).

Oh I want them too.. I just got to say my two cents on the subject.

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BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 16, 2004 3:38 PM

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Originally posted by redkommie:
Heres some... other concerns...

I am betting you all loved Farscape? Well farscape was bring in the ratings, but someone over at sci-fi canned it cause of 'lack of imporvement in the ratings' and 'we want to go in another direction'.

Nope. Not really. It was okay, but if I missed an episode it was no biggie. It just never grabbed my interest.

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Now, I know the people over at Sci-Fi want to cover all the sci-fi aspects. They might, however, be a lil iffy on bringing in another space-advture.

Not really sure why they would not want Firefly since it has proven it can make money in DVD sales, and if the movie racked in money, I could see no reason to pass on the show. Sci Fi has been putting out a lot of programming that doesn't seem too Sci Fi to me. Like last nights "Dark Waters" w/ Lorenzo Lamas. What the heck was that garbage? Octopus II? Seems they are scrounging for programming that is remotely "sci fi" just to fill out time slots.

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You have to look at it this way, they have Stargate SG-1, and soon the spin-off (Bad with spelling.. errrrggg so I won't try :P), and theres hope for a Battle Star Galactica series as well. I don't know how much Sci-Fi will want to have three shows (even with the slightess of difference :P).

The spin off is Stargate Atlantis, which Adam Baldwin has said he is up for one of two roles on the show. If it is done as well as Stargate: SG1, I am certain I will like it. The important thing is it is actual Sci Fi, unlike some of the more questionable stuff Sci Fi has been airing of late.

I liked the Battlestar Galactica mini series Sci Fi ran, though I admit I watched it w/ some reservations due to some of the sex swapping of some of the main characters. I am hoping it gets picked up as a regular series.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SPECTRE

Friday, January 16, 2004 10:55 PM

I was pondering this at work today.
I don't want to see Firefly revived. I mean as it stands now it is perfect. Everything in it was honed to a razor sharp finish, and all of the energy put into it makes it stands out technically, and artisticly. Every ep was made as if it were going to be the lst one and there were no compromises.
If it were to come back I am concerned what would have to give to be brought back into production. I am sure Joss would pretect it as much as he could but something somewhere would have to give.
Relying on SciFi to do it would be an abohernt mistake. The have done all right by Stargate but that is about it. Ever since Vivendi the parent orgaisation that owns USA, then by trickle the SFC,went int Chpater 11 it seems that everything that has been done has been to drive away fans and bury the network. There is a clause in the Vivendi ownership rights that who ever buys the company has to maintain USA and SciFi.
I am working off of memory here because it was in the Wall Street Journal article I read last year.
BS Galactica was horrible. Re-Imagining something is in my own taste demostrates a lack of imagination, or getting the chance and/or budget to see to fruitaiton the "If I could have done it this way..."
Farscape after it was brought back had lost the ensamble joy that it had before it was saved. When it came back it was the John Criton Story, and that is what I am afraid of most that would happen to Firefly.
Firefly will never be gone as long as I have the DVD's clutched firmly in my grasp.
Buzz

HAPLO721

Friday, January 16, 2004 11:01 PM

There's no way Joss would sign with a network unless they gave him exclusive creative control.

Early: You ever been raped, Kaylee?
Kaylee: You know, it's funny you should mention that... ever heard of the Fox network?

CAPNRAHN

Friday, January 16, 2004 11:31 PM

OOOOOH NOOOOOOOOO...

Bonnie Hammer (SciFi Prez) is a yutz! She wants to make SciFi more of a fantasy/horror channel.

'Scuse me, Bonnie, the title of the channel is SciFi ... not SciFiFanHor.

Firefly would wilt under her 'tender care' or Joss would commit murder/death/kill.

Shannon Dourghty(excuse my spelling)reality show indeed!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!

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