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[Green Mamba]

Not the Mech but the Sci Fi Tv show is having their 10th anniversary reunion tonight on the Science channel at 10 PM EST.One of the best made Science Fiction Space Tv shows evermade,very underrated.

Who's gonna watch?

[Matinee]

Its so stupid that they stopped at season one, they had a huge following and the show was super popular, popular enough to make a movie but not enough to continue filming the tv series.. wtf ?

Love the show and the movie.

[197mmCannon]

Any way to watch this on the internet?

I don't have cable.

[Green Mamba]

Not sure ,here is the Science channel link,maybe because I think it was prerecorded

http://science.discovery.com/


Yes it was a shame it got cancelled great writing,space ships,And even better comedy

Edited by Green Mamba, 11 November 2012 - 04:40 PM.

[White Bear 84]

Yeah stupid CEO's pulling the plug. This show was boss.

[Matinee]

their loss they coulda milked that **** for at least 5 season

[Wookiee]

I've been watching off and on all day, and I'm gonna record the Browncoats special.

And the show died, primarily, because Fox ran it out of order at changing times and constantly pre-empted it with baseball, then wondered why it didn't get the numbers to justify the cost.

I have a number of VHS tapes, still, that say "Firefly" on them, and have baseball games, or entirely different shows.

In today's world, with DVRs, it might have a better chance. As it stands, it's a shining, brilliant season that we can all love (because it's far too late to try to revive it) and miss.

I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.

[Murphy7]

Just finished watching the special. But then again, with a centurion wearing a Jayne hat, how could I not?

[Johnathan McKenna]

Made me sad all over again. I miss Firefly.

[Vermaxx]

Green Mamba, on 11 November 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

Yes it was a shame it got cancelled great writing,space ships,And even better comedy

White Bear 84, on 11 November 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

Yeah stupid CEO's pulling the plug. This show was boss.

Matinee, on 11 November 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

their loss they coulda milked that **** for at least 5 season

FOX doesn't care about what shows might make money. FOX cares about what shows ARE MAKING MONEY.

I love the show, and FOX did a lot (probably unintentionally) that ended up killing it, but there is no guarantee that it would have succeeded either way. The people who would have liked it mostly knew about it when it was on. Its DVD sales were relatively low, but convinced Whedon to make a movie; which also didn't sell terribly over costs.

I think FOX expected Firefly to be the instant success of Buffy and Angel, and it really wasn't because the audience didn't transfer. DIE HARD Whedon fans probably did, but the show was incredibly quirky. There were plenty of teenagers watching Buffy/Angel for the 'dreamy vampires' and not Whedon's writing.

Once the show failed to turn a profit, FOX did it's other signature move: refuse to sell the rights so no one else could do anything with it. Given the length of time between the show and movie, and the relatively low sales of the movie; the age of the project effectively killed the potential for sequels.

I would have loved to have seen more than one season, but sometimes things don't work out. Damned shame, but at least Nathan Fillion is on Castle and has Firefly cast on from time to time.

[LionOne]

I am now, thanks for the head's up!!!!!

[Brien]

Dark Cryo is making Firefly Universe Online MMO, I donated to them before Founders was announced. Go to darkcryo.com if you really love Firefly. They are rebuilding their site so do not let that put you off, I am a DC Martyr and damn proud...stay shiny.

[Psydotek]

I sure hope they add the 'Mech to the game. Buy one of every variant and name them after the characters from the show.

Fox is dumb for cancelling Firefly AND Space: Above and Beyond.

[CycKath]

*small voice* was I the only one he came into thinking it'd be about the 'Mech...

[MechZ1lla]

Vermaxx, on 11 November 2012 - 08:01 PM, said:

FOX doesn't care about what shows might make money. FOX cares about what shows ARE MAKING MONEY.

I love the show, and FOX did a lot (probably unintentionally) that ended up killing it, but there is no guarantee that it would have succeeded either way. The people who would have liked it mostly knew about it when it was on. Its DVD sales were relatively low, but convinced Whedon to make a movie; which also didn't sell terribly over costs.

I think FOX expected Firefly to be the instant success of Buffy and Angel, and it really wasn't because the audience didn't transfer. DIE HARD Whedon fans probably did, but the show was incredibly quirky. There were plenty of teenagers watching Buffy/Angel for the 'dreamy vampires' and not Whedon's writing.

Once the show failed to turn a profit, FOX did it's other signature move: refuse to sell the rights so no one else could do anything with it. Given the length of time between the show and movie, and the relatively low sales of the movie; the age of the project effectively killed the potential for sequels.

I would have loved to have seen more than one season, but sometimes things don't work out. Damned shame, but at least Nathan Fillion is on Castle and has Firefly cast on from time to time.

Fox cancelled quite a few shows that year. Futurama (more 2003 but cancellation was announced 2002) , Family Guy, and of course, Firefly. Most of the shows killed off that season were not of note, however, these three alone represented millions in potential revenue that would only be realized several years later. Of course, Family Guy has brought in more money than Fox knows what to do with, Futurama managed to eke out another season...but Fox remains mysteriously silent on the rights to Firefly. Nathon Fillion actually approached Fox with the idea of buying the rights, and was rudely rebuffed, even after so much time. Will we ever see Serenity fly again?

Possibly. The Science channel isn't talking, since they presently have the broadcast rights. So it's hard to know.
I'd like to think it'll happen.


But the one thing that struck me as odd with the "reunion." Ron Glass (Shepherd Book) was strangely absent. And he was the one that said that all it would take is a phone call from Joss and he'd come running.

[Dagnome]

This is clearly an "Off topic" thread and belongs in the "Off topic" forums.
Dont litter my MWO general discussion with your talk of failed TV series.

[MechZ1lla]

Oh it'll get moved soon enough, Mr. Scrooge.

[Tempered]

I am a leaf on the wind.

[Kaijin]

CycKath, on 11 November 2012 - 08:16 PM, said:

*small voice* was I the only one he came into thinking it'd be about the 'Mech...

Nope. I thought it would be too, seeing as this is the General Discussion about MWO board.

Off-Topic is this way:
http://mwomercs.com/...ic-discussions/

[RAM]

Moved to Off Topic...


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