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Title: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Unknown Target on January 11, 2006, 02:02:57 pm
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=34083

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Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there's hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD.

Discuss :D
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ford Prefect on January 11, 2006, 02:09:47 pm
I hope it's true. I fell completely in love with that show from the first episode.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ransom on January 11, 2006, 02:21:37 pm
*steps far, far away from pecenipicek*

It'd be nice if it does happen. Then I might actually try getting into Firefly.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Corsair on January 11, 2006, 02:44:53 pm
Oh man... that would be amazing. I recently discovered Firefly after seeing Serenity and then seeing all of the Firefly episodes and it's basically my new favorite TV show. I really hope it'll get another chance, hopefully aired in order and with a decent time slot.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: MicroPsycho on January 11, 2006, 02:51:48 pm
it won't be the same without Wash...
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: gevatter Lars on January 11, 2006, 03:11:14 pm
I think the series is just fun. Nothing meant to be taken to serious. I like the series a lot more the the new BSG...while the new BSG has a more interesting story then the old the damn shaking camera makes me allways...not so importend and not the topic ^_^

Well different people different opinions....
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ghost on January 11, 2006, 03:58:11 pm
I'm pretty sure pecenipek just likes to say that he thinks stuff sucks just for attention. You guys remember his self-titled rant about a bunch of the HTL ships?

Anyway, I'd really love it if Firefly came back. I didn't see the series, but I saw the movie, and freaking loved it. I absolutely intend to watch the series when I get the chance.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Corsair on January 11, 2006, 04:07:44 pm
Quote from: MicroPsycho on January 11, 2006, 02:51:48 pm
it won't be the same without Wash...
That's true... who'll play with the toy dinosaurs while flying the ship now? Mal sure won't.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Turambar on January 11, 2006, 04:41:08 pm
starting firefly would probably mean taking money away from galactica, which is in every possible way a bad thing.  serenity wasnt that good.  i saw episodes of firefly, and i thought it just wasnt that good, worse acting than stargate, without all the amusing one liners.

i dont feel as strongly as the p-man, but i am against bringing that series back
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ford Prefect on January 11, 2006, 04:45:27 pm
The story has to continue because there is one burning question that they haven't resolved: Who the hell is Book, really? Because they made it quite apparent that he wasn't just a preacher.

pecenipicek: Calm thyself and be at peace with existence.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Sandwich on January 11, 2006, 06:04:02 pm
Wish I could ban certain people from posting in certain topics.

Anyway, I can't imagine how they'd manage w/o Book and Wash...
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Nuclear1 on January 11, 2006, 06:35:16 pm
I'll agree with some of the above posts. It just won't be the same without Wash or Book, and now that River's mystery has been cleared up, I don't know what should be done with her or her brother.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have it back. Firefly (and consequently Serenity) is my favorite space opera and sci-fi show since Star Wars.

And could an admin please get read of pec's and ZB's posts, please? This thread doesn't need to be locked just because some people can't keep their heads out of a flame war. :doubt:
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: gevatter Lars on January 11, 2006, 06:46:00 pm
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tarting firefly would probably mean taking money away from galactica, which is in every possible way a bad thing.
What it will shorten NBSG...oh please god let Firefly run again ^_^

No not realy. I have to agree with some others that Serenity put an end to the series. It was a last nice oversized Episode and that should be enought. Starting again now after Serenity would be a bad idea.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Goober5000 on January 11, 2006, 06:54:54 pm
With respect to Kalfireth, I think the thread deserves to be free of trolling, so I've split off the offending posts into their own locked topic.  But any further flaming in this thread will lead to monkeyage. :)
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Unknown Target on January 11, 2006, 06:55:19 pm
Maybe they'll discount Serenity or move off on an alternate plotline? Because yea, if they remove those two crew members, the show really doesn't have that much life in it :(
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Eishtmo on January 11, 2006, 06:57:16 pm
Not going to happen without a lot of work.  And by that I mean a lot of lawyer work.  From what I understand, when the original contract with Fox was signed, there was a stipulation that no new episodes could be made for any other network for 10 years.  We've still got a few years before they'll release it for episodes.  Now for other mini-movies or something, I don't know, maybe they can do something.  Hell, they released a comic, so who knows.

Oh, and I believe SciFi doesn't actually have any financial power over nBSG.  They pay them to show it, but nothing else.  Some British company is footing the bill for most of it.  I think NBC is in on the deal too, but I'm not sure exactly how.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: karajorma on January 11, 2006, 07:03:04 pm
Sky footed 50% of the bill for season 1 of BSG (and insisted on getting a world exclusive premier in return). From what I understand Sci-fi weren't stupid enough to let that happen a second year in a row.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: aldo_14 on January 11, 2006, 07:06:38 pm
Quote from: karajorma on January 11, 2006, 07:03:04 pm
Sky footed 50% of the bill for season 1 of BSG (and insisted on getting a world exclusive premier in return). From what I understand Sci-fi weren't stupid enough to let that happen a second year in a row.

Quite possibly the smartest decision Sky ever made.  Although no doubt financed by tens of hundreds of completely pointless Sky Gnome sales......
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Rictor on January 11, 2006, 07:38:15 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on January 11, 2006, 06:04:02 pm
Wish I could ban certain people from posting in certain topics.

Anyway, I can't imagine how they'd manage w/o Book and Wash...

Come now, just because they're filthy and illiterate should be no reason to discriminate against them. Some of history's greatest people managed quite well without either a book or a wash. Think of Genghis Khan for one.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ford Prefect on January 11, 2006, 07:46:13 pm
Wait a minute, I saw Serenity but I forgot-- when did Book die? His character is driving me crazy because I wanted to find out who he really was.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Mefustae on January 11, 2006, 07:51:23 pm
Pull up a chair, children.

In previous interviews, Joss has said that, should Firefly and/or Serenity return, so will Wash & Book, but "not in a silly, 'long lost twin' kind of way" (his words). Moreover, while a massive selling of the Serenity DVDs might be enough to ressurrect the idea, it is highly doubtful that Firefly will return. 'Why?' You ask? Simple; FOX. They still hold the rights to the series and it is entirely up to them to bring it back. Given the run they gave it when it first aired, most soundly believe that FOX wouldn't even bother bringing it back.

Thus, as stated in a few Whedon interviews, the Firefly crew will likely return in the form of movies, most likely straight-to-DVD, which is fast becoming a lucrative industry (especially for Universal) with rising movie-costs and falling Hollywood quality.

So, while the series returning may be a very shiny prospect, there is a general consensus of level-headed browncoats that it just won't happen... but hey, we can still hope the FOX executives get hit by falling space debris, can't we?

@Ford Perfect; Book died when his small refuge was attacked by the Alliance, more accurately a group of Alliance troops under the command of the Operative. His corpse was then, unceremoniously strapped onto the front of Serenity.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Unknown Target on January 11, 2006, 07:51:52 pm
Spoiler:
He died when the Serenity returned to it's little colony planet and found it in ruins, remember? It was right before they went through Reaper Space.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Nuclear1 on January 11, 2006, 09:33:14 pm
Quote from: Rictor on January 11, 2006, 07:38:15 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on January 11, 2006, 06:04:02 pm
Wish I could ban certain people from posting in certain topics.

Anyway, I can't imagine how they'd manage w/o Book and Wash...

Come now, just because they're filthy and illiterate should be no reason to discriminate against them. Some of history's greatest people managed quite well without either a book or a wash. Think of Genghis Khan for one.

/me has SMIT'D Rictor for the above pun

Spoiler:
If you look in the Outtakes section of the Serenity DVD, you'll notice that Nathan Fillion (Mal) orders Book tied front and center because "he's our friend, it's an honor". He also tells Kaylee to tie a little "hood ornament" to the ship. :D
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 11, 2006, 10:12:20 pm
God I love that outtake. :lol:

Seriously, if Firefly were to return, it's in a perfect position to do so. The ship has been fixed up; and even though River seemed to be doing better in the movie, that doesn't exclude the possibility of future flashbacks or other plotlines involving the Alliance trying to cover up something that River might know.

So the series is in a perfect position to start again, with new characters and problems, rather than having to explain a lot of that stuff to new viewers. (Hopefully the next incarnation will have Badger. :D Although that's probably wistful thinking.)
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: FireCrack on January 11, 2006, 11:01:28 pm
Also, theres plenty of room for episdes before the movie but after the series as it stands. Alot of things that werent there before suddenly popped up.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Mefustae on January 12, 2006, 12:20:24 am
Quote from: FireCrack on January 11, 2006, 11:01:28 pm
Also, theres plenty of room for episdes before the movie but after the series as it stands. Alot of things that werent there before suddenly popped up.
All that, amounting to approximately 8 months, is covered in the comic-book series and novelisation.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Ford Prefect on January 12, 2006, 12:44:02 am
I lost interest in comic books when I was about 12, and I can't switch over to books after I've gotten attached to the characters on screen. Additionally, that show contains too many beautiful women for it not to be on television. It's a crime, in fact.
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: Sandwich on January 12, 2006, 04:27:50 am
One thing that was never explained was "Two by two, hands of blue"... ;)
Title: Re: Firefly pulling a Family Guy?
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 12, 2006, 04:31:44 am
What happened to the two blue-hand guys was explained in the comics (Or so I hear).

That seems to be about all everybody wanted to know after Serenity. :rolleyes: Apparently two men with an undisclosed relationship and wearing dishwashing gloves can achieve a massive fan following.