Firefly fans rejoice! Serenity trailer released!

[calhoun]

Do any Firefly fans lurk in these parts?

Firefly is my all time favourite sci-fi EVER! and its now made its way onto the big screen in a movie called "Serenity". Check out the trailer at http://movies.apple.com/movies/universal/serenity/serenity_ifs2.mov

For those of you who enjoy good sci-fi or even just good, well written TV shows should aquire the Firefly DVD box set and give it a whirl. Bet you cant just watch it once.

End of rant. (wipes rabid foam from chin)

[gadgetguy]

Old news, but definately good. Firefly was an excellent program that was never given a chance to succeed. I purchased the box set as soon as it became available and have watched it repeatedly. I've been looking forward to the movie since it was announced several months ago. September can't come fast enough.

[calhoun]

Old news?.. The trailer only came out a couple of days ago.

I've been a loyal fan right from the get go. Fox network should rot in hell for their mismanagment and cancellation of Firefly. Its been a long wait but yeah september is going to be great!

[ViRaL1]

You could always start a campaign to bring it back. It worked for The Family Guy.

[spiderman2k1]

Very glad they kept the same cast from the TV show I really think this will be a great movie!!!

[RottenFoxBreath]

straight to dvd i reckon.
not a bad series,not the best either.

[calhoun]

ViRaL1 Posted: Apr 29, 2005 22:17

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You could always start a campaign to bring it back. It worked for The Family Guy.

There was a huge campaign.. we succeeded in having it released on DVD but Fox wouldnt come to the party and bring it back. Must be a slap in the face for Fox to have Universal pick up the movie rights, I hope the movie(s) do extremely well for Universal and rub more salt in Foxs' wounds.

[calhoun]

RottenFoxBreath Posted: Apr 29, 2005 22:43

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straight to dvd i reckon.
not a bad series,not the best either.

What series do you consider the best?


Let the artillery fly!

[guns1inger]

Millennium
Edge of Darkness (OK, that was a mini-series)
Pheonix (Australian police series that ran two seasons)

[calhoun]

guns1inger Posted: Jun 10, 2005 07:38

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Millennium
Edge of Darkness (OK, that was a mini-series)
Pheonix (Australian police series that ran two seasons)

You cant seriously be rating those shows above Firefly.....

[RottenFoxBreath]

most tv series are ok but not brilliant these days.
i would even try to place one i like above another,but when it comes down to it,it may have a niche of fans,but will soon be destined to the great sci fi graveyard,much akin to many other series.

[leebo]

Must be a slap in the face for Fox to have Universal pick up the movie rights, I hope the movie(s) do extremely well for Universal and rub more salt in Foxs' wounds.

Don't hold your breath.
I believe the mistake you are making is you assume that since YOU enjoyed the series so much, millions of others did too.

Do you actually believe millions of people wanted to see more episodes, but Fox didn't want to sell more commercial time???

Kevin Costner has devoted his life to bringing back the western. Give it up already. Besides, Adam Baldwin already has a new series, doesn't he?

The movie comes out in September? Look for it on DVD in time for Christmas.

(I have to admit I did see every episode, but I still agree with Rotten).

[calhoun]

leebo Posted: Jun 10, 2005 21:15

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calhoun wrote:
Must be a slap in the face for Fox to have Universal pick up the movie rights, I hope the movie(s) do extremely well for Universal and rub more salt in Foxs' wounds.


Don't hold your breath.
I believe the mistake you are making is you assume that since YOU enjoyed the series so much, millions of others did too.

You think I am mistaken. I think you are mistaken. Have you even seen the show? Do some research, check out Firefly DVD sales at Amazon(breaking records all over the place), read the reviews. Look at the fan sites.

Remember the original star trek was cancelled.. look where that went.

Time will prove one of us right.

[CuCuy]

The show is a little over-rated in my opinion. Not a bad show by any means though. The problem is that there are just too many Whedon sycophants out there.

[calhoun]

CuCuy Posted: Jun 11, 2005 02:23

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The show is a little over-rated in my opinion. Not a bad show by any means though. The problem is that there are just too many Whedon sycophants out there.

Whedon sycophants out there? muahahahahaahhaah, what has that got to do with the quality of the show anyway?

The intellectually challenged have a hard time understanding Whedons dialogue is all.... and they usually prefer reality TV or sitcoms. pfft!

[guns1inger]

Firefly was so popular that it was shown just once, and screened somewhere between 11.30pm amd 1.30am on a Thursday night. The box set was out before the series finished screening. I like Joss' stuff - hell, he gave us Buffy and Toy Story, but please. Both Farscape (which I didn't think much of) and Space : Above and Beyond (which I didn't mind) lasted longer.

And if you had seen Edge of Darkness, you would not question the comparison.

[calhoun]

Again.. a little research yeilds readily available answers as to why it aired in poor time slots and was cancelled early. I am not going to try to explain to obviously cantankerous people.. suffice it to say you are wrong.

As far as the box set being out before the series finished airing.. LOL! wake up and smell the coffee dude. That may be the case where you live but when Firefly finished its first run in 2002 the DVD box set was not even conceived of. In point of fact masive fan action led directly to the creation of the DVDs.

People with steadfast opinions of things they know very little about amuse me no end.

[CuCuy]

CuCuy Posted: Jun 11, 2005 02:23

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The show is a little over-rated in my opinion. Not a bad show by any means though. The problem is that there are just too many Whedon sycophants out there.

Whedon sycophants out there? muahahahahaahhaah, what has that got to do with the quality of the show anyway?

I merely stated that I don't feel the show was as good as some would have us believe, i.e. the Whedon sycophants.

The intellectually challenged have a hard time understanding Whedons dialogue is all.... and they usually prefer reality TV or sitcoms. pfft!

The fact that I don't agree with your assessment of Firefly does not mean I am wrong. It's just my opinion, not a statement of fact, nor an insult directed at you. Taking an elitist stance by stating that those that disagree with you are intellectually inferior does little to further your argument, friend.

For the record, I'm a big Whedon fan! I thoroughly enjoyed both Angel and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I just don't worship at the feet of any single offering he puts out there, like "Herc" over at Ain't It Cool News for example. Besides, I seriously doubt Buffy/Angel would have been as good were it not for the contributions of David Fury, Marti Noxon, Steven S. De Knight, Alan Bell, Tim Minear, Ben Edlund, et al.

[guns1inger]

Thanks for setting me straight. Obviously yours is the only opinion that is correct. You do understand that an opion can't be wrong. Only a fact can. That Firefly is good or bad is only an opinion, not a fact. You are entitled to yours. You can disagree with mine. But you can't tell me it's wrong.

[RabidDog]

Give us a plot summary for the uninitiated... is it a cartoon thing (I presume not?)

[calhoun]

guns1inger Posted: Jun 11, 2005 08:03

My opinion is that you are not intellectually capable of appreciating Whedon's dialogue any more than my toilet bowl is.

Thats one clever toilet bowl you got there. Is it one of those new fandangle japanese computer operated ones?

No need for nastiness.. of course everyone is entitled to their opinion. Its opinions based on guesswork and assumption that I take offense to(people assuming that because it was cancelled or given a poor air time it must be bad). If you have watched firefly and dont like it then fine I can accept that. If you havent then keep your opinions to yourself.

[gadgetguy]

When I first saw the original advert for the Firefly series I wasn't that impressed, but something about it made me want to watch the first episode. (Probably my affection for Outer Space programming.) But after watching the first episode, I was hooked. It was very intellegently written, the actors gave immediate life to the characters, and the sets and effects were of the highest caliber.
So based on what passes for "popular" programming these days, I'm convinced that it wouldn't have drawn a mass audience.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

I have never seen or heard anything about firefly, it never came to Ecuador. I'm renting it tough, I'm trusting your suggestions, it seams really interesting (I'm a big sci-fi fan, can't you tell )

[rwh57]

I have the firefly box set and serentity camce with it

[leebo]

It's nice that you're so passionate about the show, but that doesn't give the show what it needs to survive (obviously). And no need to insult everyone with an opinion other than yours.

It was an OK show (my opinion). A little less cowboy and a little more science would have helped. People today just aren't into westerns. Haven't been in ages.

I'm guessing you're too young to remember when westerns were popular. Many have tried to bring them back. Where are they now?

The Star Trek series was revived because of Star Wars. It renewed interest in space stories. There have been many westerns made in the last 20 or so years, some of them actually good. But none have been able to bring the western to life.

[CuCuy]

The Star Trek series was revived because of Star Wars. It renewed interest in space stories. There have been many westerns made in the last 20 or so years, some of them actually good. But none have been able to bring the western to life.

Excellent point. Another thing that people seem(or choose) to forget is how bad so many of the season three episodes were. If it were me, I might have cancelled it too. :P

[Nilfennasion]

Shows get cancelled all the time. Often, the decision is made many moons before the show actually goes off-air. Often, it is due to a big mistake made by the producers. The makers of Murder One, for example, should never have let Daniel Benzali (sp?) go in favour of Anthony LaPaglia, aka Mr. Happy Face, which was so inappropriate for the tone of the show. Dark Angel was only barely watchable at best, because of Michael Weatherly and John Savage. When they let the latter go, the writing was on the wall.

It matters very little whether anyone loved or hated Firefly. If you were to ask a million random people if they had seen or heard of it, that the vast majority would say no gives a better idea of the real reason for its cancellation.

[gadgetguy]

The Star Trek series was revived because of Star Wars.

Actually that's a little bit of revisionist history. The Star Trek series was already in the process of being revived for TV when the Star Wars movie came out. The success of Star Wars made them decide that they could do better going to the big screen. But with or without Star Wars, Star Trek was coming back.

[leebo]

Star Wars (1977)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979 Winter)
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Whatever. I guess they was just slow.
Funny how it ONLY took 10 years for them to get there.

[gadgetguy]

I guess they was just slow.

Not really, when they decided to go to the big screen they had to start from scratch. It was really quite a different process to produce a movie as opposed to a TV show. So it took them about 2 years. Not an unusual amount of time to produce a movie. Star Trek The Next Generation is not the same series that they were planning to bring back when they decided to go to the big screen. The success of the movies allowed them to convince the "powers that be" that the franchise could be expanded by going to the small screen again, while also producing movies. And they were right.

(Of course, none of this has anything to do with Firefly, so I guess I'll shut up now.)