I have my 14 episodes.
Such a shame. It really was a very good series. Far better than any Star Trek, IMHO.
This is, unless you have the box set. I'm in the process "converting" more of my friends this week. Serenity got them curious.
I'm not sure what you're saying. Are you reporting that there won't be a sequel to the movie "Serenity"? Are you saying you're sure no TV network will pick up the series in the future?
Too Bad! Firefly would be a great show for the SciFi channel
if they could bring it back with new episodes.
A Firefly-class ship is also visible in the BG miniseries.
And this is a shame. One wonders if Fox and the Sci-Fi channel have an allergy to money. Star Wars has done well as a franchise, making over $23 so far; I believe. Star Trek has made nearly $50. The Stargate series made a few dollars too, and even movies tend to do all right.
So, they get a creative series, with intriguing characters; they shoot a series than change the time the series is shown on Fox 3 times. Sci-Fi picks up the series and not only do they change the time for the first season 4 times; they play the season OUT OF ORDER.
Then we have a movie, that not only was barely advertized, it still made more than $25 Million. That's not too bad for a movie with a near zero advertizing budget, and a cast of unknowns. Amazon has Firefly as the #2 best selling Sci-Fi movie, with Serenity coming in at #1. Yes, both are beating Star Wars.
Ping
Too bad, but the DVDs will live on for eternity. Firefly just requires too much mental agility for the average American viewer (or network executive). Put Whedon's clever dialogue in a familiar high school setting, OK. Put in it outer space and have the characters swearing in Mandarin, and you've got a recipe for brain fog and turned-off viewers - or so the suits at Fox and Universal seem to think.
I saw the Serenity DVD last week. Great film! I thought it was better than the latest Star Wars incarnation.
Guess I'm the only one not totally entralled with Firefly. BSG does rock though.
Guess I'm the only one not totally entralled with Firefly. BSG does rock though.
Never saw the Serenity series (except half of one episode) but my wife dragged me to the movie, and I liked it. I know people tend to draw a lot of Civil War parallels to the backstory...between the planet locations and the Midwestern accents some of the principals use, I kept thinking to myself, "Great, it's the Kansas/Missouri border wars in space." :)
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I saw "Serenity" sitting on the shelf at the video store and decided to rent it based on the box. I was very surprised at just how good of a movie it was. Much better than most of the Star Wars flicks that were so overblown and so self important. It was a great flick with great effects, humor, and good plot.
See it.