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Whedon Calls Death Knell For Firefly
Ant writes "Entertainment Weekly is reporting on the end of Firefly." From the article: "Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million. 'In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,' says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion. He has no regrets -- and he's moving on."
Uh, TV series aren't free. Firefly was a fairly expensive series. Yeah, Sci-Fi would pick it up if anyone did, but I think even they don't want to touch it at this point. A failed series, a failed movie...what's the point?
Plus, Firefly was crappy anyway. Joss blew his whole creative wad on the first 3 seasons of Buffy.
Loved the show, loved the movie. The lady and I still fall asleep to the TV show episodes on a regular basis (bedtime viewing).
If Whedon isn't interested in retrying the show in an iTunes/download model, it is because he doesn't have faith in his own creation and he doesn't have the balls to take a risky venture. This guy is Hollywood now, and there's no turning back.
Great news, geeks: we can do it ourselves. How? Fanvids. Right now they're not the greatest quality, but just wait for what the next generation can do. Screw copyright (I'm against it). Whedon calls it dead, so to me that is public domain. Take it, write better episodes. Find another Firefly ship with another crew and go deeper into the universe of Browncoats and the Alliance.
I'll pay for a few episodes. Go get 'em, kids.
"Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million"
It's hardly a surprise it didn't make many ticket sales. I saw this film recently and found it painful. Acting ability was virtually non-existent. The plot was pretty poor too. As B-Movies go, it was far too long. Was the TV series just as bad?
The other problem he has is that whilst Firefly was a quirky, charming series the movie Serenity was a complete hotch-potch pile of crap. It sucked bigged time and really showed that Wheedon's directing skills simply didn't transfer from the small screen to the big screen.
Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
Why would anyone who's not a fanboy be in here posting, anyway? Only to be an asshole who likes to stand around criticizing others to no purpose. Those of us who DO like Firefly don't like losing our friend, and yeah, maybe someone somewhere is looking for a "Save Firefly" movement like Farscape had, but to just go post because you have an unsolicited opinion is simply a foolish waste. An enlightened person does not engage in idle talk or pointless criticism.
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Silly me, I figured we were all done jerking off over this already.
I gotta tell you, I'm having trouble getting it up. Serenity is a brutish looking bitch, and I'm just not that desperate.
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There are so many people who rave about Buffy and Firefly and sometimes I feel like I am not understanding why these people still feel these are good shows. THEY SUCK. The writing is mediocre the plots are cliche and the actors are B at best. What the hell is wrong with you people?! Am I the only nerd who sees that some people are seriously misguided and insane?
I feel like the bad guy in zoolander who was the only one who realized that all the "looks" were the FUCKING SAME....
Ave Molech Setting
Well since its already been spoiled I have no qualms about saying this... ...
And I know its being overly picky and technical, but
Wash doesn't get shot, he gets a giant spear through his torso, thats a hard one to walk away from.