Firefly

[metadigital]

I just spent all night trawling the W-OT forum for any Firefly / Serenity threads, and there were none in the ten page cache.

 

So here we are.

 

I have Serenity on order (the superior European regional PAL encoding format, not the inferior NTSC copy that was available before Christmas) and I treated myself to the entire series on DVD (

[Cantousent]

Fionavar and Kumquat have both convinced me to buy the series. You just added incentive where none was needed. Also, you're a busy man on the forum today.

[Bokishi]

Yeah he posted in every active thread today :ph34r:

[Hurlshort]

I think the last one got locked, but there are quite a few Firefly fans here. I've enjoyed the DVD's for the season and movie.

[Oerwinde]

Theres a bunch of fans who are trying to get together the funds to buy the rights to the series so they can possibly make a 2nd season if they can find a station willing to air it or if they can get a direct distribution model that works.

[Hurlshort]

Theres a bunch of fans who are trying to get together the funds to buy the rights to the series so they can possibly make a 2nd season if they can find a station willing to air it or if they can get a direct distribution model that works.

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Do they really need to buy the rights? I thought Joss Whedon had control of them, as he just did a movie. Whedon doesn't seem terribly opposed to continuing the Serenity story. I would think any money they raised could be used directly for production costs.

[metadigital]

Mr Whedon let the cat out of the bag in his commentary of "Objects in Space": he says (just as Keeley and Simon are about to kiss and Shepherd Book appears, stage left): "Hey, don't stop them, they canned the series, so they don't get together later!" (or words to that effect).

 

Sounds like the studio decided not to indulge Mr Whedon past the initial dozen episodes.

 

:D

 

Anyone care to name their favourite scene / episode (and why, of course)?

[Ophannin]

Ahh serenity/firefly :D

 

Good movie/series. I've spent way too much time and money on them

[Darque]

I still need to get this movie.

 

Still not convinced on the series though.

[metadigital]

Let me throw a few character at you.

 

Captain Malcolm Reynolds. Perfect embodiment of leader caste. Takes precisely the correct action to obtain the best result for his responsibilities (i.e. his crew and their welfare) in every situation. Like clockwork. Perfect avatar / exemplar.

 

I also like the Wash-Zoe relationship. Not a boring clich

[Gabrielle]

I still need to get this movie.

 

Still not convinced on the series though.

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Good movie, never seen the tv series.

[Gorth]

I liked the series much better than the movie. Not that the movie wasn't decent, the series just had more oomph!

[Surreptishus]

and by oomph you mean Inara, right?

[Gorth]

Well, lets just say, the series had more bite. And yes, the girls are generally good looking :">

[Surreptishus]

Well, lets just say, the series had more bite.

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As a whole I would agree, on a per episode basis i would not.

I think one of whedon's strengths is the chracter inteplay in his ensemble cast thingies - the banter, the injokes, domestic drama etc. Taking each episode as a self contained unit, much of the character driven aspect would be lost on the audience.

 

If you meant bite as in mandibular, then i definitely disagree. :D the film has plenty.

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[CoM_Solaufein]

I've seen the movie, it caught my interest because it's sci-fi. I never heard of Firefly until I watched the movie. I'll have to see if the tv series is on DVD to watch that.

[Surreptishus]

I've seen the movie, it caught my interest because it's sci-fi. I never heard of Firefly until I watched the movie. I'll have to see if the tv series is on DVD to watch that.

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IT IS ON DVD!!!

 

You would have seen that had you read the first post! <_<

[thepixiesrock]

The chicks are hot.

[CoM_Solaufein]

I've seen the movie, it caught my interest because it's sci-fi. I never heard of Firefly until I watched the movie. I'll have to see if the tv series is on DVD to watch that.

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IT IS ON DVD!!!

 

You would have seen that had you read the first post! <_<

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I meant to see if its in the store near where I live.

[thepixiesrock]

Haw, haw, haw.

[213374U]

It's really great. Those of you that haven't watched it, do it now. To think that stuff this good got the shaft and other crap is still going strong makes me want to kill some TV exec.

 

The show has some of the best lines ever, too.

 

"Say, this "emergency" wouldn't happen to be taking place in someone's pants, would it?"

 

Mal 4TW

[BattleCookiee]

I just spent all night trawling the W-OT forum for any Firefly / Serenity threads, and there were none in the ten page cache.

 

But there is one beyond that...

[thepixiesrock]

Oh-ho, zing!

[Surreptishus]

It's really great. Those of you that haven't watched it, do it now. To think that stuff this good got the shaft and other crap is still going strong makes me want to kill some TV exec.

 

The show has some of the best lines ever, too.

 

"Say, this "emergency" wouldn't happen to be taking place in someone's pants, would it?"

 

Mal 4TW

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Form the DVD commentary it seems that the network was never really interested in the show in the firsr place. It was doomed from the get go.

[Walsingham]

I think Fox know they are going to burn in hell anyway, so why make any effort?

 

My favourite Malcolm Reynolds/series moment is when Capt. Reynolds marches into the hostage situation in the pilot episode, followed by Reynolds in the duel, followed closely by Jayne's hat.