Firefly/Serenity, do I watch it?

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:14 pm

I hate that it got cancelled, but I don't know that I'd want it back now. People change, nostalgia builds. Would it live up to our impossible expectations? Better to have loved and lost and all that.

DD* · Post by DD* » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:07 pm

MHS wrote:I hate that it got cancelled, but I don't know that I'd want it back now. People change, nostalgia builds. Would it live up to our impossible expectations? Better to have loved and lost and all that.

Maybe - but a series set X number of years after the events in Serenity, exploring what happened once the secret was revealed, could be veddy veddy interesting... The Alliance does not seem like the type to forgive and forget.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:53 pm

As much as I love Castle, I find myself hoping that this season (Starting Monday!) is the last one. With Kate and Richard hooking up at the end of the last season they can no longer drag out the "Will they or won't they" angle which was pretty much at the end of it's rope anyway.

Get them together, solve the murder of her mother, wrap everything up with a season finale and celebrate a good five year run on an excellent show.

That would have the added benefit of freeing up Nathan for a Ten Years Later revival of Firefly.

WarPig · Post by **WarPig** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:43 pm

Smoove_B wrote:I dunno. Alan Tudyk gave Joss the big red recall button from Out of Gas and let him know he just needed to press it to get everyone back...

Dammit, I've went and gotten something in me eye...

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:09 pm

WarPig wrote:
Smoove_B wrote:I dunno. Alan Tudyk gave Joss the big red recall button from Out of Gas and let him know he just needed to press it to get everyone back...
Dammit, I've went and gotten something in me eye...

Alan Tudyk is the only one who would be hard to justify bringing back.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:22 pm

Why? nothing happened to Wash that would prevent. Nothing at all. They are all fine actually. Bring them back I say. I love Castle but Mal never shoots anyone. Mal needs to shoot people.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:22 pm

Blackhawk wrote:
WarPig wrote:
Smoove_B wrote:I dunno. Alan Tudyk gave Joss the big red recall button from Out of Gas and let him know he just needed to press it to get everyone back...
Dammit, I've went and gotten something in me eye...
Alan Tudyk is the only one who would be hard to justify bringing back.

Seriously? You do know this is science fiction, don't you? Bringing back Wash would be easy.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:51 pm

Washborg.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:33 pm

Daehawk wrote:Why? nothing happened to Wash that would prevent. Nothing at all. They are all fine actually. Bring them back I say. I love Castle but Mal never shoots anyone. Mal needs to shoot people.

Did you not watch Serenity?

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:33 am

pr0ner wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Why? nothing happened to Wash that would prevent. Nothing at all. They are all fine actually. Bring them back I say. I love Castle but Mal never shoots anyone. Mal needs to shoot people.
Did you not watch Serenity?

Or Firefly?

JSHAW · Post by **JSHAW** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:12 pm

Found this the other day.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/11/firef ... v-special/

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:32 pm

Thanks JSHAW nice to have something to look forward to.

Bakhtosh · Post by **Bakhtosh** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:07 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:19 pm

That is cool.

This is my current desktop wallpaper

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:53 pm

JSHAW wrote:Found this the other day.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/11/firef ... v-special/

Must set DVR. Thanks!

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Bakhtosh · Post by **Bakhtosh** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:13 pm

Daehawk wrote:That is cool.

This is my current desktop wallpaper

PLW · Post by **PLW** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:22 pm

Daehawk wrote:That is cool.

This is my current desktop wallpaper

WTF is up with Mal's leg?

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:26 pm

All those legs and you are looking at his?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:04 pm

Seriously

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:24 am

Smoove_B on 9/20/12 wrote:In case anyone was curious, it was 10 years ago today that Firefly premiered on TV.

In case anyone was curious, it was 10 years ago today that Serenity was released in theaters.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:25 am

Smoove_B wrote:
Smoove_B on 9/20/12 wrote:In case anyone was curious, it was 10 years ago today that Firefly premiered on TV.
In case anyone was curious, it was 10 years ago today that Serenity was released in theaters.

Surely you're mistaken.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:31 am

And today is the day the unofficial follow-up (not really, but it gives a huge nod to Firefly) is out.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:35 am

Does anybody know how reavers clean their spears?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:39 am

Spoiler:

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:54 am

That's only because they're too slow to put in the River.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:10 am

Daehawk wrote:That is cool.

This is my current desktop wallpaper

That picture would have worked better if Inara and Kaylee switched places. Same with Wash and Jayne.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:20 pm

Don't be dissin' my beloved Kaylee.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:37 pm

Seeing this thread pop up again, my answer to the topic question would be: I dunno, do you like feeling SAD?

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:19 pm

hepcat wrote:Don't be dissin' my beloved Kaylee.

No dis (diss?) intended. They just needed to put Kaylee with Simon, Inara with Mal, and Zoe with Wash. Makes more sense that way.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:09 pm

Hey Netflix: It’s Time to Bring Back Firefly

ALL RIGHT, NETFLIX and Amazon and Vimeo and every other streaming service out there are hungry for original content: It’s time to stop screwing around and give Firefly the second season it deserves.

This past weekend at New York Comic Con, the majority of the cast was on hand for a reunion panel, and 3,000 honorary crewmembers of the good ship Serenity packed in to watch the most beloved TV stars in the ‘verse trade anecdotes (Nathan Fillion is a thief) and express their desire to do a second season of the cult favorite show … if they could just get the chance.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:11 pm

Before the X-Files six episode run was announced, I would have thought it to be impossible. Now that we'll actually be seeing that happen in January, I do think it's possible Amazon or Netflix has the juice to make a Firefly relaunch actually work.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:20 pm

I'm not sure how you could do it though. Wash and Book are dead. Without them, I'm not sure I would enjoy it as much. An ensemble lives and dies on its chemistry, and those two were an essential ingredient.

And you couldn't just do a prequel to the movie as some of the actors do look a bit older now.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:29 pm

They could just make the first episode, "The Search for the Wash."

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:33 pm

They could say Serenity was a dream sequence.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:34 pm

There's a 6-month timeline gap between the end of Firefly ("Objects in Space") and the events in Serenity. Cast appearance aside, seems like they could pretty easily fit something in there. Maybe even tie into some of what happens in the comic books.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:35 pm

stessier wrote:They could say Serenity was a dream sequence.

There's always the equal chance of a space/time rift or something.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:38 pm

Paingod wrote:
stessier wrote:They could say Serenity was a dream sequence.
There's always the equal chance of a space/time rift or something.

Wouldn't they all need to grow pointy beards for that to happen?

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:43 pm

They could, and probably would (if they had a chance to do a new season) do it without Wash or Book (aside possibly from a few flashback sequences). Yes, they were great characters and played well off the others, but they're still just parts of the overall ensemble. If you had the others, and the key writers (especially Whedon) the show would still be great.

Though admittedly Book's absence in particular would suck, because he would have been a great vehicle to explore the government / federation/ whatever the hell it was called. Maybe replace him with the enforcer guy from Serenity, as I would think you could do similar things with him.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:45 pm

But I want the Preacher's backstory! Much was hinted at - absolutely nothing was explained.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:47 pm

stessier wrote:But I want the Preacher's backstory! Much was hinted at - absolutely nothing was explained.

You obviously didn't read the comic books then. Get out of this thread - fans only.