SyFy Seeks The Next Big Space Opera, To Replace BSG and Farscape

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UPDATED: Monday, July 13, 2009 17:52
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So they’re looking to make a Firefly show that ain’t Firefly? A space western, Come on!

The browncoats have told them time and time again what we want to see back on television. They had a chance to get Firefly the first time around and blew it. I realize that many of these folk aren’t the same people that made those decisions back then but I really don’t want a show that is a copy of Firefly. I think that’s what we’ll get…..and what happens to copies……they are compare to the original. Most of the time they are never even close.

Within the last couple of months I’ve introduce two coworkers to the Firefly verse ( this makes 6 coworkers total). They both loved the series and the last fellow devoured it in no time flat. I am constantly hearing them having discussions about the show without me being involved at all which tells me my goal of bringing FF to the masses is gaining speed, momentum and is moving forward. The last guy even requested to borrow my collectors edition of Serenity several times and was disappointed when I’d forgotten to bring it to him.

FF is still creating new fans so any copying of the show just seems lame to me. I want FF back, not a copy! The Sy/Fy people have played around long enough. I guess I would rather have nothing than a cheap imitation. Also if Firefly were to be reintroduced back into the si/fi fanship I think the pilot would have to be very bold and different ( with all the same characters of course). I don’t think that it could simply just take up where it left off (OIS).

Maybe a pilot episode centered around Inara. Something that would really dig deep into her past without revealing any true secrets. I think Joss and Tim could write an episode that way, leaving plenty of mystery to my favorite Companion. Also Book’s past wouldn’t be a bad place to start either. The mysteries of those episodes alone would generate plenty of new interest and give the hardcore FF fans what we’ve all been craving for years.

Anyhow, I do know a creator and some writes and actors that could pull it off. Even if it were only a mini series to start off with.

Z

PS: I’ve been talking up the show to another coworker and I think with him hearing other people talking about it he has become curious. My last two coworkers that were introduce to the show were not science fiction fans……..but they are firefly fans now.

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TV movies would be awesome and a good starting point. They could judge the ratings and interest by that just like they did with BSG.

It would be shiny to have the original crew back. I think all of us think that...but I could deal with a new crew and ship set in the 'Verse. I've been through 2 incarnations of SG and I'm along for the third when it starts and happily. I bet I can adjust to new folks and new adventures in the 'Verse as well. Maybe our crew could guest star?!

On that note, I'm not holding my breath. It would really surprise me if they brought Firefly or Serenity back whole. It's more likely they'll try to re-imagine it. If they pull it off and it's good I'll watch. If not, I won't.

I liked BSG, grew to love it and more than the old BSG at that...so let's see what they do. They might surprise us all. What a joy that would be.



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Originally posted by fillygirl:]
F*x would DIE before they brought FF back, hopefully they'll die soon.

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Eeep, I hope not. Bones and DollHouse will disappear and whatever else new that they're cooking up for 2009-2010. LOL

I disagree. I think Fox would bring back Firefly and any other show that we loved if it made them enough money. Money is their thing, not fan's hearts. Firefly didn't get enough viewers while on, no matter how you slice it. It was a given that it would be canceled. We're so very lucky that we got the movie to close up some of the story lines as well as it did. :)

Neither one of them did well. It's a small fandom. *sigh* But I think it has grown some with the release of the movie to cable and tv and I think it could grow more with another show or even showings of the old eps on daytime rotation on SyFy.

My daughter wishes they'd sell the rights to syndication. Like Star Trek, seeing Firefly on frequently can only grow the fandom.

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First, as much as I love Firefly I don't see it coming back as a series. Direct to DVD, hopefully, but no series. SyFy should scrap the 'original' movies and make Firefly movies (seriously, I just saw an ad for an original movie called "Sand Serpents" about giant worms that travel underground and eat people. I thought that was called Tremors).

As for an original Big Space Opera, I always thought it would be cool to take a cue from Joss and use our past as a guideline. Instead of after the Civil War, I would go back to before the American Revolution. I would have a show about the settlement of Mars, some 100 years or so after it was terraformed, and the events leading up to a possible uprising and revolution.

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Originally posted by Dewrastler:
First, as much as I love Firefly I don't see it coming back as a series. Direct to DVD, hopefully, but no series. SyFy should scrap the 'original' movies and make Firefly movies (seriously, I just saw an ad for an original movie called "Sand Serpents" about giant worms that travel underground and eat people. I thought that was called Tremors).

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I just saw the commercial for that. Dune-like much? Ugh..

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As for an original Big Space Opera, I always thought it would be cool to take a cue from Joss and use our past as a guideline. Instead of after the Civil War, I would go back to before the American Revolution. I would have a show about the settlement of Mars, some 100 years or so after it was terraformed, and the events leading up to a possible uprising and revolution.

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I think that's a cool idea too! Have you tried writing something like this?

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As for an original Big Space Opera, I always thought it would be cool to take a cue from Joss and use our past as a guideline. Instead of after the Civil War, I would go back to before the American Revolution. I would have a show about the settlement of Mars, some 100 years or so after it was terraformed, and the events leading up to a possible uprising and revolution.

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I think that's a cool idea too! Have you tried writing something like this?

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I would, but I have trouble coming up with storylines. I have a list of ideas that would make cool stories, and even have events and places I want them to go. I can come up with event A and event B and event C, I just am not really good at connecting them into a coherent story. Maybe I just need to actually practice it, usually I'm to busy to try and sit down and write anything.

But thanks for liking the idea.

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