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Matthew Morris wrote:
I'd love to see 'sane' River and Jayne bond, kind of him taking Simon's place as a 'big brother' figure...

I know how you feel...

SERENITY: BLUE SUN

The Cruiser began reeling in Serenity. They would have to be real polite to the purple bellies that would burn their way through the hatch if they were even slightly slow with getting it open.
"Hands of Blue!" River collapsed on the floor against the hatch to the flight deck and drew Jayne Cobb's attention with a nasty memory.
"Oh hell!" If it was who River thought it was they would be lucky to live long enough to welcome them aboard.
"Dont worry Mal! Me and River’ll come and rescue you later."
Jayne Cobb scooped River up and hurried toward the airlock. They needed off the ship now.
Cobb forced the twitching girl into a suit. "Hey, focus!" Jayne Slapped River on the cheek and drew her full attention instantly.
"Suit up!" There was nothing they could do for the Doc and Kaelee, and Mal and Zoe would be on their own when it went ugly.
Vera. Jayne strapped the weapon to his suited form and watched River pull her favoured ‘Reaver Cleavers’ from their place of concealment in the Airlock. Jayne cycled the Airlock and they were in Space. The Hatch cycled again and they were locked outside.
Outside the Cruiser hard-anchored with Serenity. Jayne and River moved along the hull of Serenity to best point and jumped to the Cruiser. They needed to be over the flight deck for this and well out of sight of Serenity.
The Blue Gloved collectors scoured the vessel. She wasn’t there. She wasn’t inside and out side on the Hull. They would get her location from the others eventually. Perhaps they had left her at a safe haven, and by the looks of it in the care of the one named Cobb.
"All right! You can be angry with me later for leaving your brother behind, but I figure that you and I are their best options for escape if we are on the outside." River Tam nodded at her annoying brute of a companion. He was right.
Pain. Mal screamed and bled until his heart could not take it. Niska was nothing compared to these bastards. He coughed on blood and laughed.
"This is what we are going to do. You are going to Ride their ship to where they take the others. Once they go in, they will take a shuttle down on account of these big buggers don’t land. You will ride that shuttle down and Signal me. I will go back for the Serenity when they ditch it to space and come for a Landing. Sound good?"
River smiled. It was a good Plan.
Torment. Zoe screamed as Mal watched. Her anger fuelled her. It would only take one mistake and all these blue gloved bastards would be dead.
Cobb drilled in above the latrine he knew was there from the last visit and fitted an Air Hose. River stared out across the mammoth vessel at the stars. "Beautiful."
"Now, this is going to give you air for your journey. Once they move to launch the Transport Shuttle, you will need to move quick."
"Tam? You OK?" River nodded. "I'm OK."
River could feel them torturing her brother. She really wasn’t OK about it. "She's on WHITEFALL, with Jayne Cobb. Just stop hurting them." Kaelee couldn’t let them torture him or the others.
This one had spent a lot of time with River Tam. They made Kaelee Scream.
"I'll be waiting for your call." Jayne Cobb retreated toward Serenity leaving the small woman attached to the Alliance Cruiser.

Jayne Cobb stared at the distant facility with the rifle scope for a while before turning to address his companion. It sat across a mile of open desert. They would be exposed to the sensors the instant they left cover of the rock that now sheltered them.
"And you are certain they have the Doc and the others in there?" River Tam nodded. "All right Girl; when can we move?"
"First window in eighty seconds...mark." River Tam turned the trophied axes taken from her encounter with the Reavers in her hands until she had the balance.
"Are you sure you don’t want one of my guns?" Cobb was feeling concerned that she still carried those blades. "I know you are fond of them and all."
"I'm fine." River smiled. Their relationship was coming along fine. At least he respected her as his better in the killing arts.
"Once at the first waypoint we have to stand there for eighty three minutes before we run for the next." Jayne hated the idea of having to stand that long in the open sun without water.
They fell quiet for a long while before River broke the silence.
"Five." River tensed her grip.
"Four." She felt Cobb ready himself.
"Three."
"Two."
"One."
Zero. They surged forward at the same moment and ran forward toward the first scanning null.

Jayne Cobb stood at the threshold of his prize and waited.
It was a stupid gorram plan anyway. Serenity was his. All he would have to do is turn and walk back up to the flight deck and leave Mal and the others to die at the hands of those Alliance bastards. He thought about it. He promised her he’d be here. What the Hell, she wouldn’t be the first woman angry at him. Cobb turned and walked toward the upper gantry stairs.
Jayne noticed the Reaver Cleaver spin past the corner of his left his eye a few seconds after his foot touched to first step up to the flight deck gantry. He paused as it cut through a wire strut and embedded itself in the metal framework of the steps.
She was alive. She was angry, she was in a killing mood, and she was here.
Jayne turned toward her.
“You find them?” She looked like s@%+. Suit must have caught fire during atmospheric entry.
“…you O.K.?” River ignored Jayne and walked slowly toward him with her remaining Cleaver bouncing in her left hand.
“Whoa there darling, I’m here aren’t I?” He put a hand up in protest and backed up against a metal railing. Her booted shin snapped into his groin like a hammer. Jane dropped heavily on his knees.
“Damn it woman…what the hell are you doing?” A kick to the head and he was on his back with River Tam straddling his chest like a saddle and her cleaver blade jammed up beneath his right armpit. River Tam closed for her prise and bit him on the lip hard before pulling away.
“Missed you.” River’s voice was seductively playful.
Jayne Cobb looked at the strange turn of events straddling his living corpse with concern; Looked past her at the cleaver embedded in metal and back at the one jammed up under his armpit. “So I noticed. I’m hoping that was intentional.”
River smiled and shook her head. That was discouraging. That one meant fifty-fifty in crazy girl language. Jayne Cobb closed his eyes and felt the load on his chest lighten.
“So…did you track them?” Was she still there? His eyes snapped open and he looked about. The Cleaver under his armpit was gone. She was working on the one embedded in the Steps.
“They’re not far off.”


New Firefly reference on tonight's Castle! Castle and Beckett were in Chinatown, and he leaned on some bystanders in Chinese. "Semester abroad?" Beckett asked. "Nah, a TV show I used to love," Castle replied.

The same night Jayne and River were reunited over on Chuck....


'Firefly' returning to cable


CourtFool wrote:
'Firefly' returning to cable

This is a dark day.

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Freehold DM wrote:
CourtFool wrote:
'Firefly' returning to cable
This is a dark day.

I wouldn't go that far. :)

(Despite its flaws, it was awesome.)

Without it I would never have checked out Castle, which is even more Awesome.

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Joana wrote:

New Firefly reference on tonight's Castle! Castle and Beckett were in Chinatown, and he leaned on some bystanders in Chinese. "Semester abroad?" Beckett asked. "Nah, a TV show I used to love," Castle replied.

The same night Jayne and River were reunited over on Chuck....

They mentioned "Firefly" on "Community" last night.

Shiny!

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It looks as if the 'SyFy' channel is picking up the show for a re-broadcast. I have no idea if this will lead to new episodes.

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yellowdingo wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:
I'd love to see 'sane' River and Jayne bond, kind of him taking Simon's place as a 'big brother' figure...

I know how you feel...

SERENITY: BLUE SUN

Hey Yellowdingo, who's the author of this fiction? I kinda want to read up the rest of this if there's more. Also have you read the one written by Steven Brust a while ago, it's interesting seeing a well established author write up a fanfic.

ewan: I really doubt that it will, but there's always that snowball's chance in hell that it might and that would be cool.

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The Science Channel has acquired the rights to the cult-hit and will air the series in its short-lived entirety, plus some new extras. Science Channel will wrap each episode with interstitial segments starring renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show’s sci-fi concepts.

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Whited Sepulcher wrote:
yellowdingo wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:
I'd love to see 'sane' River and Jayne bond, kind of him taking Simon's place as a 'big brother' figure...

I know how you feel...

SERENITY: BLUE SUN

Hey Yellowdingo, who's the author of this fiction? I kinda want to read up the rest of this if there's more. Also have you read the one written by Steven Brust a while ago, it's interesting seeing a well established author write up a fanfic.

ewan: I really doubt that it will, but there's always that snowball's chance in hell that it might and that would be cool.

I'm writing Serenity: Blue Sun...just been stalled for a year...Got an Idea of where it is going though. Its gonna be gorram awesome. You are going to learn why the Alliance was training River to attack Blue Sun.

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Ooh!

Ooh!

Ooh!

I thought Blue Sun owned the Alliance!!!!

I never thought they would be adversaries!!!!

Hurry up and finish it!!!!

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SmiloDan wrote:

Ooh!

Ooh!

Ooh!

I thought Blue Sun owned the Alliance!!!!

I never thought they would be adversaries!!!!

Hurry up and finish it!!!!

Spoiler:
Blue Sun have the Supercargo Shipping and Colonization Monopoly...the Alliance are just the 'colonial government'. The Alliance would have issue with the continuous unhalting stream of 'colonists' coming in from Earth.

Look guys; it is not all that complicated; here are the facts.

If I like and watch as show; it gets cancelled; is that easy; really. I love Firefly; so, of course; it was doomed.


Valegrim wrote:

Look guys; it is not all that complicated; here are the facts.

If I like and watch as show; it gets cancelled; is that easy; really. I love Firefly; so, of course; it was doomed.

It's a fundamental law of the universe. When I like a show that doesn't get cancelled... it's like a magical occurence.


Crimson Jester wrote:

The Science Channel has acquired the rights to the cult-hit and will air the series in its short-lived entirety, plus some new extras. Science Channel will wrap each episode with interstitial segments starring renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show’s sci-fi concepts.

That sounds pretty cool.


For your answer to Mr Universe; I think you need to look at cyberpunk literature and gaming which is probably the root of this character archtype as well as based in our own era's appeal to power to the people. The show is much based in mega corporation power; which is the linking theme for much cyberpunk, as well as the development of Kalee's techi position which is not Western and the explaination of Summer's character; so a merger of themes blended into something new. Western/SF/Cyberpunk and their really outrageous swearing in a foreign language just to get around the censors was over the top.

sigh; I used to own the movie and box set; what a low blow to have lost it in the Divorce of all things; sheesh; that was a low blow. Cant afford to replace it yet, but, I still do have all the comics and have them sealed in bags with boards :)

Chris Mortika wrote:

Back when I was getting certified to teach English, I studied a lot of what they called "sub-literature": romance novels, comic books, adolescent girls' books, horrible "Flowers in the Attic" thrillers, and westerns. And westerns have a number of genre conventions, not just in setting but in themes, and in what's considered "the right kind of decisions."

In Westerns, conflicts are settled one-to-one (when teams meet to fight, characters pair off to fight "their opponent"), and bravery is an important factor. Heroic decisions, doing things because they're right, even though the character knows there'll be bad consequences, are expected.

The protagonists do things for the common citizens, but are never really part of the common citizenry (for example, "Shane"). Indeed, the common folk will often turn their back on the protagonist just when he might need them. (for example, "High Noon.") The protagonist is also separated from the common people by some unusually high degree of skill. This skill is usually gunplay, but it doesn't have to be. (O. Henry's short story "A Reprieved Reformation" is a perfect example of a Western with a different kind of skill: safe-cracking.)

Just being set in the Western Territories during the 19th Century doesn't make a story a Western. "Little House on the Prairie" is not a Western. (Neither the book -- which is a classic example of a different genre: the girl's book -- nor the TV show.) Neither were the TV show "F-Troop" nor the movie "Dances with Wolves".

We've had Western films which were set in Australia ("Quigley Down Under") and in outer space ("Outland").

Firefly was a Western, as well as a SF show. In particular, it was an early, post-Civil War Western.

That served two purposes. First, it gave us watchers a easy-to-decode hook on the setting: the society and expectations. The culture has just gotten over a major, bloody war; Mal's side lost; there's a frontier out here, with little towns surrounded by lots of nothing; life is hard, and dangerous;...


One thing that hooked me as when I watched the first play of the show; in the scene where Kalee says to Book something like " I can tell your looking for a ship, Grandpa; you can stop looking, this is your ship"

and Book says "I never married"
Kaylee says " what"
Book " I never married; am not a grandpa"

then I knew dialog was going to be important on the show; then I stopped; hooted and hollars; hey; that Guy is from Barney Miller; holy moly; a blast from past. But I read in an interview why he did the show; he said over the decades he had been offered all kinds of roles in sci fi movies; but never took one; then offered this one; said he always wanted to do one; but only took this role because this show was about people; no monsters, no aliens... just humans interacting.

That was so cool I am still jazzed.


I hated Buffy until I realized it was really a Superhero title; thus, was ok to be cheesy and suck; so I watched them all hehe; Hated Buffy; but her supporting characters rocked; Loved Zander, Spike and so many others; they made the show reachable; took me awhile to get adjusted to it; Buffy's character was terrible; heck even some of the bad guys were great bad guys.

Guys; just think of it as a comic book on tv; then it all makes sense and the continuous story line built on show prior rock; but make it very difficult for non seasoned watchers as you dont know whats going on or why; same with Angel; those characters were built in "Buffy" and had relevance only to that storyline, without it you have no idea of who Angel is; why he is doing what he does; nor have a reason to care.

Buffy as a vapid cheerleader gaining superpowers to fight evil; that is totally a comic book genre and once you figure that out; that nagging voice in your head saying WTF goes away and you enjoy the show and the trial the characters go through ;their achievement and failures.


See above note, of course I like it; thus it got cancelled.

Nameless wrote:
The Jade wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
Titus; Undeclared;Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Firefly;

Now those I liked.

I own the Undeclared box-set. I highly recommend the show.

Though this reply is about two years late, I'm going to give it a try anyway!

If you enjoyed Undeclared, you should check out Freaks & Geeks, which is a similar type of show, but set in high school in the early 80s. Personally, I thought that Freaks & Geeks was simply a better version of Undeclared (which is why I just couldn't get into that show), sharing much of the same cast (Jason Segel, Seth Rogen).

Also, much like Undeclared and Firefly, it is tragically short; only one season.


oooh; ok; gotta brag a bit; I have a really cool friend who is in the movie biz and a bit of a mover and shaker; she got me a browncoat pin; a special one; and I wear it just to see who notices hehe; I wore it before you could buy one in stores.

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Nicolas Logue wrote:

I liked Firefly so much, I am modeling the entire Dark Horizons line after its glory...well, I'm injecting some Pitch Black, some Cthulhu in Space flavor, and some Event Horizon into the mix, but yeah, the verse of Dark Horizons will contain a lot of homages to Firefly.

Come check it out at Sinister Adventures. There will be loads more news about Dark Horizons in early May, you betcha.

Thank you for keeping the spirit alive in true Browncoat fashion, brother. No power in the 'verse... ;)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Dalesman
"Bringing Big Damn Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"

P.S. And this whole eating of posts, but still showing them as being posted thing is seriously damaging my calm.... :(

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Do you think you could try liking all three CSI series...When I try 'liking it to death' they add a new series to the franchise.

If I keep trying they might add CSI Paris or something...


Thanks to Valegrim for unearthing this so I could see it.

Nameless wrote:
The Jade wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
Titus; Undeclared;Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Firefly;

Now those I liked.

I own the Undeclared box-set. I highly recommend the show.

Though this reply is about two years late, I'm going to give it a try anyway!

If you enjoyed Undeclared, you should check out Freaks & Geeks, which is a similar type of show, but set in high school in the early 80s. Personally, I thought that Freaks & Geeks was simply a better version of Undeclared (which is why I just couldn't get into that show), sharing much of the same cast (Jason Segel, Seth Rogen).

Also, much like Undeclared and Firefly, it is tragically short; only one season.

I didn't see Freaks and Geeks until last year. It was sublime. A perfect show. Undeclared was a straight up comedy half hour, very good for what it was, but Freaks and Geeks was a dramedy that really stuck to your ribs. Each note pitch perfect. Its last episode had the most respectful and loving depiction of the roleplaying game experience as I've ever seen on film.


well said Jade; well said.


The Jade wrote:

Thanks to Valegrim for unearthing this so I could see it.

Nameless wrote:
The Jade wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
Titus; Undeclared;Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Firefly;

Now those I liked.

I own the Undeclared box-set. I highly recommend the show.

Though this reply is about two years late, I'm going to give it a try anyway!

If you enjoyed Undeclared, you should check out Freaks & Geeks, which is a similar type of show, but set in high school in the early 80s. Personally, I thought that Freaks & Geeks was simply a better version of Undeclared (which is why I just couldn't get into that show), sharing much of the same cast (Jason Segel, Seth Rogen).

Also, much like Undeclared and Firefly, it is tragically short; only one season.

I didn't see Freaks and Geeks until last year. It was sublime. A perfect show. Undeclared was a straight up comedy half hour, very good for what it was, but Freaks and Geeks was a dramedy that really stuck to your ribs. Each note pitch perfect. Its last episode had the most respectful and loving depiction of the roleplaying game experience as I've ever seen on film.

WHy did F&G die again? I know it had a good sized following, and it died for reasons that were actually believable. Did NBC put it up against something they shouldn't have?


Oh; the network had a falling out with Jos Whedon and pulled all of his shows.


Valegrim wrote:
Oh; the network had a falling out with Jos Whedon and pulled all of his shows.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Freaks and Geeks was Whedon?


Freehold DM wrote:
Valegrim wrote:
Oh; the network had a falling out with Jos Whedon and pulled all of his shows.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Freaks and Geeks was Whedon?

I don't think so. If I remember correctly, I think it was from the guy (Judd Apatow?) who did the Ben Stiller Show and was not Ben Stiller.

EDIT: Created by Paul Feig, executive produced by Apatow. Don't know why I thought it was connected to BSS.


Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Valegrim wrote:
Oh; the network had a falling out with Jos Whedon and pulled all of his shows.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Freaks and Geeks was Whedon?

I don't think so. If I remember correctly, I think it was from the guy (Judd Apatow?) who did the Ben Stiller Show and was not Ben Stiller.

EDIT: Created by Paul Feig, executive produced by Apatow. Don't know why I thought it was connected to BSS.

*whew* Dodged a bullet there. drinks Haterade(tm) Classic- Whedon Flavor


So apparently Firefly is returning to cable:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/18/firefly.returns.ew/index.html?hpt= Sbin


hehe; they all look the same to me; where are my glasses, doh


Bestselling fantasy author Pat Rothfuss - author of THE NAME OF THE WIND and its imminently-released sequel THE WISE MAN'S FEAR - has offered to join forces with Nathan Fillion to buy the rights to FIREFLY and return them to Joss Whedon to do with as he will.

AWESOME idea. The only problem is that Fox would probably want tens of millions of dollars to part with the property (the DVDs/Blu-Rays are still selling nicely, along with repeat rights and sales) and Rothfuss isn't that rich.

But maybe some kind of pledge-drive alliance thing between regular fans and celebrity fans could eventually achieve the same? Then Whedon could make a new series for HBO or something. And maybe buy the film rights to THE NAME OF THE WIND and make that and Fillion could play the older Kvothe in gratitude to Rothfuss? WOULD THIS NOT BE AWESOME? I think it would.

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Werthead wrote:

Bestselling fantasy author Pat Rothfuss - author of THE NAME OF THE WIND and its imminently-released sequel THE WISE MAN'S FEAR - has offered to join forces with Nathan Fillion to buy the rights to FIREFLY and return them to Joss Whedon to do with as he will.

AWESOME idea. The only problem is that Fox would probably want tens of millions of dollars to part with the property (the DVDs/Blu-Rays are still selling nicely, along with repeat rights and sales) and Rothfuss isn't that rich.

But maybe some kind of pledge-drive alliance thing between regular fans and celebrity fans could eventually achieve the same? Then Whedon could make a new series for HBO or something. And maybe buy the film rights to THE NAME OF THE WIND and make that and Fillion could play the older Kvothe in gratitude to Rothfuss? WOULD THIS NOT BE AWESOME? I think it would.

No. It would not.

Joss Whedon if very talented, but he has some of the negative attributes of a Fan Fic writer (Mary Sue comes to mind).

When the work is limited, such as Doctor Horrible, his basic talent prevents this from becoming a serious problem. But in longer works, his "Fan Fic Writer" tendancies almost always do.


Werthead wrote:

Bestselling fantasy author Pat Rothfuss - author of THE NAME OF THE WIND and its imminently-released sequel THE WISE MAN'S FEAR - has offered to join forces with Nathan Fillion to buy the rights to FIREFLY and return them to Joss Whedon to do with as he will.

AWESOME idea. The only problem is that Fox would probably want tens of millions of dollars to part with the property (the DVDs/Blu-Rays are still selling nicely, along with repeat rights and sales) and Rothfuss isn't that rich.

But maybe some kind of pledge-drive alliance thing between regular fans and celebrity fans could eventually achieve the same? Then Whedon could make a new series for HBO or something. And maybe buy the film rights to THE NAME OF THE WIND and make that and Fillion could play the older Kvothe in gratitude to Rothfuss? WOULD THIS NOT BE AWESOME? I think it would.

Hey you never know...they raised enough money to build a statue of RoboCop in Detriot.

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But it should also serve as a warning to creative IP types who have an awesome idea. You are better off selling a one dollar share to every future fan and using that to pay for the film, than handing over the rights to WB, FOX, or PARAMOUNT and having to fight with the new owner for control, financing, or even the IP rights.

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The other day I saw a funny pic online of a side-by-side (separated at birth) comparison of Wash with Wembley from Fraggle Rock.

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Cuchulainn wrote:

The other day I saw a funny pic online of a side-by-side (separated at birth) comparison of Wash with Wembley from Fraggle Rock.

The Sci Fi channel actually tried to buy the rights to FireFly from Fox, but Fox deliberately diddled around and stalled them on a price until it was too late for them to buy the show and keep it on the air. Joss even tried to pay for the cost of keeping the sets in storage so he could shop it to other networks then everyone and thier mother bought the DvD set and Fox is unwilling to part with it for a reasonable amount.

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Don't think I have mentioned this lately.

Joss Whedon is God.

Bring back Firefly.

Make Ripper.

Make Spike.

Make Faith, the Vampire Slayer.

And for God's sake: let's get Nicholas Brendon a job; the dude rocks!


Gail Berman on why Firefly had to be cancelled


CourtFool wrote:
Gail Berman on why Firefly had to be cancelled

Of course the show had bad ratings. It was designed to get bad ratings from the get go. The powers that be at Fox screwed with Firefly from the very beginning. They refused to show the pilot first. They showed the episodes out of order and messed up continuity. AND what is not said by many, is that they moved the show around and preempted it several times so that even devoted fans of Whedon had a hard time even finding the show to watch it, unless they had TIVO (not even sure TIVO was out at that time).

I am not a devoted fan of Joss. I didn't much like Buffy or any of the other knockoffs. But I had been to ComiCon International the previous season and listened to Joss Whedon describe his new show and I knew it was going to be different. I had been looking for it that fall to watch. I couldn't find the darn thing. I think caught one episode then the shuffling around and preemptions caused me to miss I don't know how many shows. I saw the second half of the episode "Serenity" and was totally hooked. That was sadly the last episode Fox aired. They had already cancelled it by then.

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Cuchulainn wrote:

The other day I saw a funny pic online of a side-by-side (separated at birth) comparison of Wash with Wembley from Fraggle Rock.

Here you go


An interesting article, not so much for the content, but the comments on it. Some are crystal clear reasons why I will never love Joss Whedon or the bulk of his overzealous fans, but others are rather poignant.


Dark Sasha wrote:
CourtFool wrote:
Gail Berman on why Firefly had to be cancelled

Of course the show had bad ratings. It was designed to get bad ratings from the get go. The powers that be at Fox screwed with Firefly from the very beginning. They refused to show the pilot first. They showed the episodes out of order and messed up continuity. AND what is not said by many, is that they moved the show around and preempted it several times so that even devoted fans of Whedon had a hard time even finding the show to watch it, unless they had TIVO (not even sure TIVO was out at that time).

I am not a devoted fan of Joss. I didn't much like Buffy or any of the other knockoffs. But I had been to ComiCon International the previous season and listened to Joss Whedon describe his new show and I knew it was going to be different. I had been looking for it that fall to watch. I couldn't find the darn thing. I think caught one episode then the shuffling around and preemptions caused me to miss I don't know how many shows. I saw the second half of the episode "Serenity" and was totally hooked. That was sadly the last episode Fox aired. They had already cancelled it by then.

Everyone and their cousin knows I hate Joss Whedon and his work with a passion(in fact, in my Kingmaker game, one of the bandits that was captured and is now doing hard labor at Oleg's to make up for his life of crime is in fact named "Joss"), but running the episodes of the show out of order was a pure foul. Even I wouldn't do that if I was an excutive on the network. That's just setting someone up to fail, and I still wonder why that happened.


Americal Idol is on season what? If Americans want staged 'reality' television, I hope they choke on it.

Not bitter, no. >.>


CourtFool wrote:

Americal Idol is on season what? If Americans want staged 'reality' television, I hope they choke on it.

Not bitter, no. >.>

Yeah, that's pretty bitter man, and this is me talking. Killing American Idol won't exactly bring Firefly back.


I am not optimistic that anything can bring Firefly back. I can accept that. However, to add insult to injury I can look forward to season 15 of American Bachelor Survivor Idol Apprentice Dancing With the Stars and more bad remakes of 80's shows. Apparently the original 80's shows aren't even good enough these days and have to be replaced with Wrastlin'…you know…'cause it's reality.


CourtFool wrote:
I am not optimistic that anything can bring Firefly back. I can accept that. However, to add insult to injury I can look forward to season 15 of American Bachelor Survivor Idol Apprentice Dancing With the Stars and more bad remakes of 80's shows. Apparently the original 80's shows aren't even good enough these days and have to be replaced with Wrastlin'…you know…'cause it's reality.

I know what its like to see a TV show I like(Note: Not using the term "good show" because that would be used against me in the future a'la "FHDM said Firefly was a good show in this thread!"- just covering my tracks) get cancelled in favor of some unsavory LCD show. It hurts, especially when you see said shows supposed one good note get played over and over and over again throughout the seasons.


CourtFool wrote:

Americal Idol is on season what? If Americans want staged 'reality' television, I hope they choke on it.

Not bitter, no. >.>

I don't think Americans prefer reality shows over good quality entertainment. I think sheep prefer reality TV shows because they don't mind being force-fed garbage. It is easier for some to sit in front of whatever TV execs think they should see than it is to come up with something more intellectually simulating.

Personally I would rather reread every single book in my library several times over ever seeing any reality TV show. But then that is why I refuse to pay for TV.


What hurts is the knowledge I am not the target demographic.


CourtFool wrote:
What hurts is the knowledge I am not the target demographic.

There's always that too. I'm sure there are people out there(not including myself) who wonder what the hell everyone's blubbering over regarding Firefly. These are usually the same people who wonder who the gaggle of weirdos are that wait on line for days on end to see the next Star Wars/Trek movie and bemoan the traffic(foot and vehicle) jams it causes. FWIW, I found the first seasons of Survivor and American Idol interesting, but I stopped watching after that, save perhaps the auditions for American Idol(there are some people who are hilariously bad/shockingly good that don't make it.).

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