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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 21, 2011, 12:31:59 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/18/firefly.returns.ew/index.html?iref=NS1
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They're just playing reruns, not filming new episodes.
I'd seriously pay a LOT of cash for new episodes. On the plus side, they're being shown in HD... ooo, shiny
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I quite forgot to post this here. I must be getting senile in my....errrr? What are we talking about? The dog want's vanilla!
Nathan Fillion said (http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/17/firefly-returns/) he would buy the rights and start producing new episodes if he had the money.
And now there's a group set up to try and make that happen.
http://helpnathanbuyfirefly.com/
The Io9 story (http://io9.com/#!browncoatsunite/5764615)
I'm sure there are trust issues involved here with the collecting of funds but I love the overall idea.
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i need to confess i've never seen any firefly. i've been fighting the urge afraid i might like it.
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If you like guns and beautiful women watch it just for those. If you like the setting and the stories, bonus.
The only knock I have against the series was that some of it's action sequences could have been better.
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If you like westerns, and you like sci fi... =D
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i do! i just went without tv for more than a decade
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I love Firefly.
But, Wash it dead. Book is dead. River isn't nutso anymore. And the Federation was exposed with Miranda.
Whedon wrapped it up very nicely with that movie.
Fillion would have to buy rights to the property, including the Serenity movie, and he would then have to deep-six the Serenity movie to relaunch Firefly as a series.
Or he'd have to come up with some effing awesome replacement characters and another awesome villain that would appeal to the libertarian-geek audience like the Federation did.
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i need to confess i've never seen any firefly. i've been fighting the urge afraid i might like it.
Your fear is justified. It has everything a good story needs, whatever the genre: plot, character development, good writing & execution.
My dad, born <a long time ago> is not a scifi/fantasy fan, thought is was great.
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looks like i'll get a chance at redemption
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My MOTHER liked Firefly!!!!
:O
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I love Firefly.
SPOILERS!
Whedon wrapped it up very nicely with that movie.
Fillion would have to buy rights to the property, including the Serenity movie, and he would then have to deep-six the Serenity movie to relaunch Firefly as a series.
Or he'd have to come up with some effing awesome replacement characters and another awesome villain that would appeal to the libertarian-geek audience like the Federation did.
The new episodes could exist in the gap between the series and the movie. They could also predate the series
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While the
Federation Alliance, may not be a problem, there are still otheer backwater planets Malcom Reynolds and the Serinity crew haven't been to. And there's a long list of his enemies who might want payback. And let's not forget the unresolved issue with Inara who has morphed into a damned good looking lizard.
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I wonder if most die hard Firefly fans are as anti-authority and anti-government in real life as Mal, etc (and me!) ???
We just watched Serenity (twice!). I think the series was better because it spent a lot more time on the character development and less on action.
A future Firefly series/movie could start right "what was that?" where the movie ended, or it could jump ahead months or years - the cast could even change somewhat. The Reavers aren't all dead and the Alliance isn't going to just ignore smugglers, but I agree they need some new problems to solve.
Heck, as far as I'm concerned they could crash land on some remote planet and spend the rest of the time playing cowboys and bad guys. Back at the Heart of Gold would be nice ;)
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Federation?
You guys mean the Alliance, right? ;)
"miranda has weaked their regime, but they are still powerful."
Mirinda was just the begining of the fall. Their is still work to be done, not to mention the issue of the Blue Sun corperation, which was not addressed at all in the movie. In terms of answering questions, the movie didn't even come close. Books past is still an open book and perhaps could still be opened up (what if he left clues?!?!) And I don't think river is sane after the movie, just a bit more coherent. Plenty could still be done with her.
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Federation?
You guys mean the Alliance, right? ;)
Oops. My bad. Sorry.
Federation = that other space series' totalitarian hippie autocratic marxo-fascist bad guys. =D
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Most of the series shows were not done with an Alliance villain chasing them. They were done with just adventures buying/selling and running cargo in more lawless parts. Also, that rich guy on the space station who captured Mal and Wash is still around.
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And he probably STILL isn't very happy with Mal.
And what's this about Inara being a lizard? Did I miss something?
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And he probably STILL isn't very happy with Mal.
And what's this about Inara being a lizard? Did I miss something?
The actress is playing the leader of the aliens in the re-make of "V" that's on the air right now.
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And he probably STILL isn't very happy with Mal.
And what's this about Inara being a lizard? Did I miss something?
She's a Gou'ld
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Most of the series shows were not done with an Alliance villain chasing them. They were done with just adventures buying/selling and running cargo in more lawless parts. Also, that rich guy on the space station who captured Mal and Wash is still around.
[russian accent] they have a reputation, yes, not a very good one, yes? [/russian accent]
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Let's not forget YoSafBrig ;) =D =D =D =D =D
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[russian accent] they have a reputation, yes, not a very good one, yes? [/russian accent]
Is not reputation. Is fact. Is solid.
I love Firefly.
But, Wash it dead. Book is dead. River isn't nutso anymore. And the Federation was exposed with Miranda.
And Saffron got an office job...
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There's lots of time between when they picked up the Tam's and Book and the movie to explore the 'verse and those interesting and colorful characters in it. The first 13 only touched on a few of them.
Plus they can keep running into YoSafBrig. :P
Then when they run our of planets/moons to visit, maybe they can do a "after" stories.... With YoSafBrig as the new pilot and Jane's husband. :O
"You got a wife ?? All I got was a stupid stick that sounds like rain !"
Did I mention that YoSafBrig should be in every other episode, if not every episode ??
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Then when they run our of planets/moons to visit, maybe they can do a "after" stories.... With YoSafBrig as the new pilot and Jane's husband. :O
Did I mention that YoSafBrig should be in every other episode, if not every episode ??
With these criteria I would shell out some serious shekels for new episodes.
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"miranda has weaked their regime, but they are still powerful."
Think about how many scandals have been exposed about our current congresscritters....and they're still in power. There's plenty of steam left in the Alliance....and a good reason for Serenity to be on the run....
Federation?
You guys mean the Alliance, right? ;)
Then again.....a fight b/t River and Worf could be epic.... :cool: [popcorn] :cool:
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I do not like the idea of forgetting about the movie. It was so well done even though they wrote it so as to take the Simon-Mal dynamic back to the point before OiS. The fact that River's escape was changed around to include Simon which does not fit at all with his characterization from Jayne's Town. And of course the killing off of two beloved characters...so a lot of good work would be flushed. And that doesn't seem fair to the people who worked on the movie and those that really love it. Plus it has one of, if not the greatest, space battles ever filmed. Throwing that away would be a crime.
It would be better to fit episodes in before the movie and maybe also some post Jayne's hiring pre-Tams flashback stuff.
As to the Alliance They're weaker but not out of it. This might just be the opening the Browncoats need to restart the war. Although I've always thought it was less a real war of independence than some cause made up by corporate-Alliance interests so that various keiretsu could sell massive amounts of arms and support to both sides. Only ending when both sides were too exhausted to continue. Or when the folks enriching themselves overreached and caused other factions to rebel inside the Alliance.
And does anybody have a better color for use in a spoiler tag for this board?
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Spoilers?
An aps member who has yet to watch firefly/serenity is derilect in their duties as a member, and thus should be punished. :police:
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It's a courtesy for the occasional lurker who may stop by. Plus, there are well over a dozen APS members so is it likely they've all seen the series?
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It's a courtesy for the occasional lurker who may stop by. Plus, there are well over a dozen APS members so is it likely they've all seen the series?
*sigh* ok, but it should be on a list for required veiwing
:lol:
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I already own the series on DVD. (Need to upgrade to blueray.)
I have a Dutch friend over once a week to watch an episode leading up to Serenity. (He had never seen it before.)
And now, it looks like I need to find out where the Science channel is on Comcast.
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I am happy to report that I converted the brother-in-law. He is a Star Wars geek, so I thought he might like it. Success!
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Then again.....a fight b/t River and Worf could be epic.... :cool: [popcorn] :cool:
Worf was always getting his as handed to him by some chick with latex on her face. If it ran past 10 seconds, River likely is not on her game.
I rate Worf at less than Jayne, hand-to-hand ability, anyways.
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There was a teeny shout out to "Serenity" by Nathan Fillion last night on "Castle".
He was talking to his mother and daughter about some spa she wanted to take her granddaughter to and it had the name "Serenity" in it. And every time he said "Serenity" he'd break the fourth wall just a bit and give an impish glance directly into the camera.
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Worf was always getting his as handed to him by some chick with latex on her face. If it ran past 10 seconds, River likely is not on her game.
I rate Worf at less than Jayne, hand-to-hand ability, anyways.
http://www.omegacron.com/klingons/anatomy.htm
Excuuuuuuuuuuuse me?
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Yeah, and a couple of weeks back Castle spoke some Mandarin and when Beckett asked where he learned it he said he picked it up from an old TV show he was fond of.
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http://www.omegacron.com/klingons/anatomy.htm
Excuuuuuuuuuuuse me?
Your link is to Kilngons, not Worf, who always seemed to be the most pissant band-*** excuse for a Klingon ever.
I'll stand by my evaluation.
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There was a teeny shout out to "Serenity" by Nathan Fillion last night on "Castle".
He was talking to his mother and daughter about some spa she wanted to take her granddaughter to and it had the name "Serenity" in it. And every time he said "Serenity" he'd break the fourth wall just a bit and give an impish glance directly into the camera.
Yep, it was nice. =)
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http://www.omegacron.com/klingons/anatomy.htm
Excuuuuuuuuuuuse me?
I'll back that up. Despite the physiological differences, Klingons never seemed to fare any better against humans in hand-to-hand combat when the humans were sufficiently motivated.
And I just LOVED the reference to trying to ret-con the TOS Klingons with the Movie/STNG Klingons. ;/
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Worf was always getting his as handed to him by some chick with latex on her face. If it ran past 10 seconds, River likely is not on her game.
OK, OK....how about River vs. the entire Klingon Empire?.....
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march 6 science channel 8 pm its on again
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Worf is the Proud Warrior Race dude who always gets his ass kicked in order to show how serious the situation is. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect)
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Make it post-Serenity, just clone Wash from skin cells left on the toy dinosaurs.
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There's no reason that Zoe couldn't have been just a wee bit pregnant before Wash got kilt.
Firefly: The Next Generation =D
And River is going to be a heck of a pilot :cool:
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There's no reason that Zoe couldn't have been just a wee bit pregnant before Wash got kilt.
Firefly: The Next Generation =D
And River is going to be a heck of a pilot :cool:
:O
Ok, thats it!
The show is going back on the air.
We can help write it.
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She's a Gou'ld
Orici :police:
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There was a teeny shout out to "Serenity" by Nathan Fillion last night on "Castle".
He was talking to his mother and daughter about some spa she wanted to take her granddaughter to and it had the name "Serenity" in it. And every time he said "Serenity" he'd break the fourth wall just a bit and give an impish glance directly into the camera.
Nope. He was looking at his daughter. And he was biting into an apple at the time. Guess he's getting soft.
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:O
Ok, thats it!
The show is going back on the air.
We can help write it.
Yes......BSL and Rev can handle the snappy dialogue....Rocketman and Physics can do the special effects.....now, we need someone to write the River/Kaylee nude scenes........
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I was just watching The Message, and I realized that I dress like a slightly cleaned-up Jayne. Weird t-shirts, khaki or olive pants, big clunky boots, milsurp jackets. No cunning hat, but I'm thinking about getting this one:
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi171.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu292%2Fjoshbissey%2FSock-Monkey-Hat-Brown_1.jpg&hash=99daffac371909bcce588ffd33612a3a50f5af40)
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Adam Baldwin sings "Hero of Canton" while wearing Jayne's hat.
http://www.squidoo.com/jayneshat
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OK, OK....how about River vs. the entire Klingon Empire?.....
Is Q back in town to arrange that?
Oh, and y'all are a bunch of geeks.
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http://store.qmxonline.com/Serenity-Wallscapes-48-Wall-Decal_p_121.html
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Is Q back in town to arrange that?
Oh, and y'all are a bunch of geeks.
you didn't figure that out before now? ???
:P
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now, we need someone to write the River/Kaylee nude scenes........
I'll be in my bunk
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River and kaylee? ???
No, inara and kaylee.
Duh.... ;/
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River, Inara and Kaylee. Duh... :rolleyes:
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River, Inara and Kaylee. Duh... :rolleyes:
And YoSafBridge makes six.
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What about Zoe?
.... >:D
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Where's the drool smiley when we need one.........
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What about Zoe?
I'd get performance anxiety. If I didn't perform, she could kill me with her little finger.
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Yeah, but River can kill you with her brain.
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Damn! Guess I really, REALLY need to buy it!!
Bob
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Damn! Guess I really, REALLY need to buy it!!
Bob
Yes, you really, REALLY DO !!!
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I was just watching The Message, and I realized that I dress like a slightly cleaned-up Jayne. Weird t-shirts, khaki or olive pants, big clunky boots, milsurp jackets. No cunning hat, but I'm thinking about getting this one:
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi171.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu292%2Fjoshbissey%2FSock-Monkey-Hat-Brown_1.jpg&hash=99daffac371909bcce588ffd33612a3a50f5af40)
Cunning.
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Damn! Guess I really, REALLY need to buy it!!
Bob
And don't come back until you've watched at least three episodes.
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And if you're into such things, there's an Easter egg on one of the discs. [popcorn]
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EN71CW?ie=UTF8&tag=dealswoot-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001EN71CW