Firefly Lives - New Comics in 2008

gambit3 writes "'Serenity: Better Days' will be released as a 3 part comic in early 2008. The series is a step back in time to the early years of the Firefly crew, and the fledgling gang's turbulent attempts to cope with success after they pull off their first successful heist. It features the same creative team as Those Left Behind, with the story by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, and Adam Hughes providing all three covers this time." Ironic, considering today's brand-new poll.

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Better Days

[cybrpnk2]

I wish with all my heart they had made "Better Days" as a movie and "Serenity" as the comic. Firefly was the very best SF show ever on TV. To have short-circuited its comeback as they did with making the movie so very harsh was IMHO a wasted chance at a relaunch. Fot those of you that haven't yet gotten what all of the fuss is about, hey, Christmas is coming, get the DVD as a present to someone else and give it one more try. Firefly is the American Western mythos of the past presented in a Space-Age future. We need to remember the vibes it resonates on now more than ever.

Re:Meh!

[freeweed]

a great - or even a good - actor can make a passable pulp script a cult phenomenon. Anthony Stewart Head and Nathan Fillion are great examples of this

Man, I wish I could mod you +1000.

Sorry folks. I love Joss. Seriously love pretty much all the man has ever done. But without his cast, his work isn't 1% as good. Joss writes good. With the right actors he writes GREAT. Every comic I've read based on Whedon work has seemed like a sad attempt to cash in on a hot franchise.

Then again, I'm not into the 250 Star Wars Universe novels released every year, even though I love the movies. So take what I say with a mountain of salt. I'll hand in my Comic Book Guy badge now :)

Re:I bet you really didn't see the series

[Fnkmaster]

Weird, I'm not much of one for Buffy and think I watched one episode of Angel, but I loved Firefly.

Re:Meh!

[Anonymous Coward]

You're missing a lot with the existing comic. I bought the hard cover which had more art and the forward written by Fillion. Not only was a it a good story that did help bridge the gap to Serenity the movie, but they preserved much of the feeling those actors gave onscreen, the aura of their characters. I've never watched Buffy, never read those comics, I don't know how good or bad they are, but if you liked the Firefly series and the movie, you're really doing yourself a disservice by not picking up the trade paper back comic (the softcover is around 8 bucks).

Re:I bet you really didn't see the series

[Fweeky]

Space-guns that make laser sounds, but look exactly like period Western firearms? They didn't make me think "laser", they made me think "guns in the future use a different mechanism to propel their bullets". *shrug*.

Every space hooker has a heart of gold Hm? There are maybe 4 fleshed out enough to make a vague assessment; two of them are trained "Companions" and not exactly hookers, one's a double-crossing bitch and one shoots the father of her child in the face at point blank range in front of him.

"Am I a lion"? What? He's a nutcase. Like many nutcases he probably has some sort of auditory processing or sensory integration disorder (which would explain much of his other odd behavior). He mishears Simon and thus a non sequitur is born when he repeats what he thought he heard back. This isn't uncommon in real life.

Interesting characters like this was the entire point of Firefly for me. If you wanted a western, I can perhaps see why you were disappointed; I've never liked westerns.

There's actually a past.

[SanityInAnarchy]

Most prequels suck, I think, because there's really no reason for them. They've run out of things to do in sequels, and they're looking for another direction to expand that universe, but it doesn't work, because it kind of ruins the originals. (Example: Star Wars. It's kind of hard to watch the originals after watching the prequels, and kind of hard to watch the prequels, period.)

But think about it -- the first few minutes of Serenity were a prequel, after all. And there actually is a ton of story there, maybe written out, maybe not.

Example: What did Book do before he was a Shephard, and why does the Alliance like him so much? Where else can you find out, except in a prequel or a flashback?

How did Mal come to side with the Independents, anyhow? Why did Inara leave House Madrassa? Why was the Alliance formed?

I'd much rather have a sequel, but unlike you, I'm not ready to kill it off. I want more Firefly, because I'm convinced the show was good enough that it wouldn't jump the shark. Think about it -- would Firefly really suck as much as Star Trek did after 7 seasons?

Re:I bet you really didn't see the series

[Hucko]

Ditto, hated Angel, meh for Buffy (girls in mini skirts is always eye-catching), but Firefly was almost British humour. I was impressed, and found the stories to be reasonably entertaining as well.