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."

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Whedon's last words

[Tackhead]

> 'In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,' says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion.

"It was a leaf on the wind." *CRUNCH*

Re:Whedon's last words

[pcgabe]

In the director's commentary, Joss relays an anecdote about this scene.

Alan (Wash): My script only goes up to page 105. It's weird. I don't have any pages for after that.
Joss: Oh, I just... that's the end. It just ends there. You guys land, it's a happy ending.
Alan: Oh, good. OK, fine.

I guess

[ThePiMan2003]

I guess you can stop the signal :(.

Probably a good thing

[Sheepdot]

If Firefly doesn't stop now, then how else are we going to have Firefly: The Next Generation here in twenty years, complete with the new River/Jane-daughter wise-cracking empath, a male companion, a cyborg mechanic, and the psychotic-chained-up Reaver named "Thudd" for comedic relief?

Re:No rights for it

[Rei]

He robbed from the rich, and gave to the poor
Stood up to the man, and gave him what for
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!

(sorry - you sing your song, I'll sing mine :) )

Re:Made for TV

[Rei]

If only pigs had wings

Come on, what kind of browncoat are you? The appropriate responses would be:

"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak right now."

or:

"If only I had a magical wish-granting plank."

fortune-firefly is your friend. :)