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Title: Firefly Movie!
Post by: an0n on May 20, 2004, 08:06:39 pm
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4506

WHEE!
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on May 20, 2004, 08:14:53 pm
It was an utterly stupid move to have cancelled the show in the first place, but hey, this is good news :yes2: :D :yes:
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Post by: Bri_Dog on May 20, 2004, 08:26:52 pm
You mean people actualy liked firefly!?
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Post by: an0n on May 20, 2004, 08:29:19 pm
I should gut you like a ****ing fish.
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Post by: an0n on May 20, 2004, 08:30:03 pm
Better idea: *hands Bri an apple*

There ya go, buddy.
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Post by: Turnsky on May 20, 2004, 08:36:36 pm
i heard about this, sounds good.
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on May 20, 2004, 08:39:22 pm
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Originally posted by Bri_Dog
You mean people actualy liked firefly!?


WHAT, praytell, didnt you like about it? :blah:
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Post by: Taristin on May 20, 2004, 08:42:01 pm
What is it? I've not heard of it.  granted I live under a rock in a cave in the middle of nowhere, but...
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Post by: Turnsky on May 20, 2004, 08:43:34 pm
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Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.


WHAT, praytell, didnt you like about it? :blah:


he prolly thinks that all spacecraft should be made of saucers and nacelles.. and capable of breaking all known laws of physics concerning the speed of light. ;)
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on May 20, 2004, 08:49:36 pm
That was one of the reasons I really liked this movie. It was a good deal more realistic than other scifi shows
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Post by: jdjtcagle on May 20, 2004, 08:56:28 pm
Aww... yes I loved it because, well no offense to Trekies but it wasn't farfetched like star trek.
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Post by: an0n on May 20, 2004, 08:58:14 pm
And then there's the Buffy-isms.

Like when the fed is holding the Doctor hostage and he's all "Nobody move or I'll ki...." then Mal strolls up the ramp, blows the guys brains out in his stride and continues on past his corpse without a second glance.
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Post by: Thorn on May 20, 2004, 09:24:51 pm
The fact that Jewel Staite is kinda hot doesnt hurt either....
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Post by: Bri_Dog on May 20, 2004, 09:41:31 pm
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Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.


WHAT, praytell, didnt you like about it? :blah:


The style and stories.
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Post by: Bri_Dog on May 20, 2004, 09:42:29 pm
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Originally posted by Turnsky


he prolly thinks that all spacecraft should be made of saucers and nacelles.. and capable of breaking all known laws of physics concerning the speed of light. ;)


**** star trek. B5 owns. :mad2:
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Post by: Reez on May 20, 2004, 10:01:15 pm
i always planned on watching this show but then real life got in the way. then it got cancelled after like... 10 episodes... so haven't had the opportunity yet
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Post by: Carl on May 20, 2004, 11:42:01 pm
FF was okay, but it's no buffy.
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Post by: Singh on May 20, 2004, 11:45:30 pm
Sorry, never heard of it.

*disclaimer: victim lives towards the far east where sci-fi shows are only a small minority of the crap that is displayed on televisions.
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Post by: neo_hermes on May 21, 2004, 12:05:48 am
i never really liked FF... just doesn't interest me at all so i'm goin to leave this thread.
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Post by: an0n on May 21, 2004, 08:34:41 am
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Originally posted by Thorn
The fact that Jewel Staite is kinda hot doesnt hurt either....
'Bout half way through the run she gets banged on the floor of the engine room.
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Post by: J3Vr6 on May 21, 2004, 08:42:14 am
This is old news, actually.  You'll get the most detailed news here:

http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?obj_id=40387&aff_id=0&this_cat=Development+Heck

Honestly, I never saw the program so I don't know how good it was.
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Post by: an0n on May 21, 2004, 08:48:27 am
You can get the whole series in a box-set from Amazon for like £25.
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Post by: Reez on May 21, 2004, 01:38:18 pm
which is like 70 canadian... id rather just d/l it and spit in the faces of the corporations.
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Post by: ARothers on May 21, 2004, 01:46:41 pm
Firefly?
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Post by: karajorma on May 21, 2004, 05:02:46 pm
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Originally posted by ARothers
Firefly?


A sci-fi series by the creator of Buffy and Angel that got canned in its first season.
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Post by: an0n on May 21, 2004, 05:36:50 pm
Not even the first season.

It got 10 episodes in the US and, I think, 14 in the UK.

FOX aired the episodes out of order and ****ed them around in the timeslot. Then they *****ed about low viewing figures and cancelled it.
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Post by: karajorma on May 22, 2004, 02:31:12 am
I did say in not after :D

I saw the first episode and I figured it had potential but I never got to see any more.

How one earth did this get cancelled but Andromeda get 4 seasons?
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on May 22, 2004, 03:24:52 am
I dont know, probably because nowadays businesses like Fox are run by retarded monkeys in business suits...
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Post by: Stunaep on May 22, 2004, 04:40:59 am
Nowadays?
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Post by: Nico on May 22, 2004, 06:14:48 am
So, waht is thei Firefly thing about exactly? I mean, the plot, what's the plot?
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Post by: an0n on May 22, 2004, 09:52:32 am
Four words: Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder.

If Firefly had been packed sluts it'd still be on the air. I mean, even the professional hooker on the ship had standards too high for any geek to attain, so the geeks didn't watch.
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Post by: an0n on May 22, 2004, 09:57:27 am
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Originally posted by Nico
So, waht is thei Firefly thing about exactly? I mean, the plot, what's the plot?
They terraformed like a million planets across the galaxy (despite what one of the intro monologues says).

Everyone went nuts and the core worlds decided they needed to establish some order, so they marched out and conquered all the independant systems.

Basically, it's the American civil war on a galactic scale. Mal and Zoe were troops for the independants.

The independants were basically crushed after an apocalyptic battle at Serenity Valley when dozens of super-bombers wiped out the entire area.

Mal and Zoe got a Firefly class transport and put together a crew. Now they go around smuggling and trying to piss off the Alliance.

On the ships there's Mal, Zoe, Wash (pilot and Zoe's husband), Kayleigh (engineer), Inara ('companion'), Book (priest who may or may not be a retired alliance black-ops guy), Simon (doctor), River (Simon's crazy, telepathic sister).
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Post by: Stunaep on May 22, 2004, 02:03:11 pm
And the new gist is, that it's kinda a western in space. Which is what makes it immensly cooler than *insert Star Trek clone/Enterprise here*
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Post by: an0n on May 22, 2004, 02:12:18 pm
It's good because they're not out to do what's right. They'll do the right thing if they have to, but they'll kill alot of people doing it.

Misc Quotes:

Jayne: Don't see much point getting involved in other people's trouble's without an up front price negotiation.
Zoe: As I said, no one's forcing you to go, this job is purely speculative.
Jayne: Good, don't know these people don't care to.
Mal: They're whores.
Jayne: I'm in.

Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome.

Mal: Ship like this, be with you until the day you die.
Zoë: That's because it's a deathtrap.

Mal: You've only got to scare him.
Jayne: Pain is scary.

Wash: Psychic? Sounds like something out of science fiction.
Zoë: We live on a spaceship, dear.
Wash: So?

Inara: What did I tell you about barging into my shuttle?
Mal: That it was manly and impulsive?

Jayne: You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
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Post by: Carl on May 22, 2004, 03:35:05 pm
and they use black-powder pistols, which had been obsolete even before the civil war.
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Post by: an0n on May 22, 2004, 03:36:40 pm
Yeah, but they have a very good reason: Anything modern would be either incredibly expensive and restricted (like the Alliance wave-guns) or would smash through the hull and explosively decompress the ship.
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Post by: Martinus on May 22, 2004, 03:48:53 pm
[color=66ff00]The now (in)famous suprnova used to host a torrent of the entire run but it's been a bit light on good stuff recently.

Wouldn't mind DLing a few eps myself to get a taster. 25 bones is a bit steep for something I don't know I'll enjoy.
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Post by: Nico on May 23, 2004, 06:12:03 am
Sounds like I'd love that series actually.