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Superduper alien weapon threatening the Earth and the existance of mankind? All new hairdos and plastic noses? Ooh.
Maybe this is new to Trek, but haven't we all seen and heard this before? About dozen times?
At least B5 and JMS did with style, somehow I have a feeling that B&B will turn this into mainstreamed, preprocessed junk that Voyager was (and the current Enterprise episodes have been).
How about a real first frontier sci-fi series? Wagons, cattle, gunsliging captains and a interesting story? Oh that's right, you took the sky from me... damn Fox.

It seems we agree in principle, if not on the specifics. The mention of a duplication fee over and above media costs and shipping just raised my hackles. Anyway, suffice it to say I love Firefly, and if it weren't for rips on the net, I would never have seen it, because I didn't even know it existed until a few weeks after the last episode (the pilot) aired. And trust me, there is a strong fan community behind Firefly. They aren't up to the level of Farscape fans (producing and broadcasting an ad), but they did take out a $3,000 ad in Variety. It seems you can't view the full-size version anymore.

I won't give up on Firefly yet, despite Fox being a bunch of asschimps for cancelling the show (I guess it is a little too high-brow for Fox, in retrospect)... rather than some fan flicks, I'd rather see fans put effort into saving the series by getting it onto another network like UPN.

Not a petition, since that doesn't seem to do anything. But check out http://www.fireflysupport.com for ways to help convince Fox and other to support the show.

Don't forget the rescue efforts.

Many Firefly fans decided that instead of waiting to see if the show would be canceled they would start a rescue effort right away. Firefly support has been raising money, and on December 9th they will run a full page add in Variety supporting Firefly, they are sending copies of that issue to advertisers and to the execs at Fox. They have also used some of the money raised on producing T-shirts and bags with the Logo of the support campaign, this too will be send to Fox execs.

One guy in American Mensa paid for an add to telling other members about this new program, another guy in Ohio bought cable adds to get other people to watch. And tons of people have been writing the advertisers thanking them for supporting the program, and generally oozing goodwil towards it.

Its not over yet. There are two episodes and the pilot to be shown in December, and two more episodes already in the can. I you like the show, make a different spread the word, send a postcard, take a chance on something which is not the usual premasticated gruel. If you hate the show... don't do anything, no need to actively annoy other people is there?

http://fireflysupport.com/

Think its sick to try to save a TV program? A sign of looserhood? Perhaps, but it makes more sense to fight for something you like, as opposed to spend effort on something you dislike, no?

Don't forget the rescue efforts.

Many Firefly fans decided that instead of waiting to see if the show would be canceled they would start a rescue effort right away. Firefly support has been raising money, and on December 9th they will run a full page add in Variety supporting Firefly, they are sending copies of that issue to advertisers and to the execs at Fox. They have also used some of the money raised on producing T-shirts and bags with the Logo of the support campaign, this too will be send to Fox execs.

One guy in American Mensa paid for an add to telling other members about this new program, another guy in Ohio bought cable adds to get other people to watch. And tons of people have been writing the advertisers thanking them for supporting the program, and generally oozing goodwil towards it.

Its not over yet. There are two episodes and the pilot to be shown in December, and two more episodes already in the can. I you like the show, make a different spread the word, send a postcard, take a chance on something which is not the usual premasticated gruel. If you hate the show... don't do anything, no need to actively annoy other people is there?

http://fireflysupport.com/

Think its sick to try to save a TV program? A sign of looserhood? Perhaps, but it makes more sense to fight for something you like, as opposed to spend effort on something you dislike, no?

If, like me, you'd like to keep firefly on the air there's a lot of things you can do:

Check out Firefly Immediate Assistance

Sign the Online petition

Post on the show's bulletin board

Email Fox

Write to fox at:
FOX BROADCASTING CO
ATTN: SANDY GRUSHOW, CHAIRMAN, FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
10201 WEST PICO BLVD
LOS ANGELES CA 90035

Write to the sponsors

If you live in the UK email Sky (Fox UK) to pick up the show

More than anything if anyone you know is a "Neilsen Family" then please get them to what the pilot "Serenity" when it airs in December.

Fan campaigns do work and have in the past entended the runs of both Buffy and Roswell.

There is already a fan-contribution paid-for full-page advert going into the December 9th issue of L.A. Variety.

Don't give up hope yet! :-)

If, like me, you'd like to keep firefly on the air there's a lot of things you can do:

Check out Firefly Immediate Assistance

Sign the Online petition

Post on the show's bulletin board

Email Fox

Write to fox at:
FOX BROADCASTING CO
ATTN: SANDY GRUSHOW, CHAIRMAN, FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
10201 WEST PICO BLVD
LOS ANGELES CA 90035

Write to the sponsors

If you live in the UK email Sky (Fox UK) to pick up the show

More than anything if anyone you know is a "Neilsen Family" then please get them to what the pilot "Serenity" when it airs in December.

Fan campaigns do work and have in the past entended the runs of both Buffy and Roswell.

There is already a fan-contribution paid-for full-page advert going into the December 9th issue of L.A. Variety.

Don't give up hope yet! :-)

It isn't too late. You can help save Firefly. http://www.fireflysupport.com/ is the home of the Firefly support campaign.

The current time slot occupant "Firefly" will go on hiatus. Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman stressed that "Firefly" has not been canceled. New episodes will continue to air throughout December and the network is considering a new time slot for the series.
Electronic Media (article link)

Call me a skeptic, but I've heard this before and it will certainly make a lot of people think twice before jettisoning Firefly out of the airlock if you join the campaign to save the show.

If you want to support what many (including me) consider to be the best show on television, join the campaign to support Firefly by voting to save it at SaveMyShow.com, by sending a postcard asking Fox to save the show to:

FOX BROADCASTING CO
ATTN: SANDY GRUSHOW, CHAIRMAN, FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
10201 WEST PICO BLVD
LOS ANGELES CA 90035

Donate (via paypal) to Firefly: Immediate Assistance to support the campaign to save the show.

Put a banner, graphic, or link on your web site to support the show.

The current time slot occupant "Firefly" will go on hiatus. Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman stressed that "Firefly" has not been canceled. New episodes will continue to air throughout December and the network is considering a new time slot for the series.
Electronic Media (article link)

Call me a skeptic, but I've heard this before and it will certainly make a lot of people think twice before jettisoning Firefly out of the airlock if you join the campaign to save the show.

If you want to support what many (including me) consider to be the best show on television, join the campaign to support Firefly by voting to save it at SaveMyShow.com, by sending a postcard asking Fox to save the show to:

FOX BROADCASTING CO
ATTN: SANDY GRUSHOW, CHAIRMAN, FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
10201 WEST PICO BLVD
LOS ANGELES CA 90035

Donate (via paypal) to Firefly: Immediate Assistance to support the campaign to save the show.

Put a banner, graphic, or link on your web site to support the show.