The Browncoat thread for all things Firefly/Serenity

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Sun, 22. Jun 08, 05:04

just in case anyone doesn't already know about it/is interested:

http://signal.serenityfirefly.com

Dragoongfa · Post by **Dragoongfa** » Wed, 25. Jun 08, 11:18

Just for laughs:

Mosquito...

A short movie that advertises a "new" series with obvious similarities with a certain show

Link: http://www.mosquitoverse.com/

After you see the trailer don't forget to check their webcomic, it has its moments.

Speaking of webcomics, xkcd made a recent reference to Firefly

http://xkcd.com/439/

The mouse over is a little funny.

Also Serenity tales has some new fan made comics about the Verse

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/serenitytales/

For a finishing touch...

If someone wonders why i haven't reported about this years CSTS screenings, while they where very successful from what i have seen, this is the main reason:

http://www.furiousnads.com/2008/06/a-ta ... ts-cities/

If you want info about the various CSTS screenings:

http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

slaughter · Post by **slaughter** » Wed, 2. Jul 08, 08:09

[quote="muppetts"]Took the dive and got the series. Have to say the start is confusing as hell. No introduction, just dumped into an attack scene, which ends for one side and then Bump! A jump forward in time to a salvage. I kept chekcing the disc figuring I put the wrong one in. Have moved on into the series but they have yet to give any kind of intro as to the situation. Apart from that it is enjoyable, I like the characters and it is nice to see star wars/trek is not the only universe out there. Great mix of oriental/western, very BladeRunner.[/quote]

I personally watched Serenity first before I found and watched Fire Fly watching it in that order was confusing as hell but still I loved it.

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Sun, 6. Jul 08, 23:00

wow, what a bunch of scumbags. really poor of them to act like that.

Dragoongfa · Post by **Dragoongfa** » Fri, 18. Jul 08, 01:57

A minor Joss update:

Some of you might have Learned about Dr. Horrible's sing along blog, some of you might not.

Its an internet only mini show starring Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day and Neil Patrick Harris, directed and written by Joss Whedon.

It is so far considered an internet hit:

http://www.drhorrible.com/

Hope you like it.

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Fri, 18. Jul 08, 18:04

Dragoongfa wrote: Hope you like it.

good link!

question to Firefly fans.

I am planning on going to DragonCon in August,
and so far, Jewel Staite is listed as one of the guests. So is Adam Baldwin.
(I think Jewel is going to be with Stargate folks, and Adam with.... "Chuck" folks perhaps)

Any suggestions for something interested to say or ask them?

mattstint · Post by **mattstint** » Fri, 18. Jul 08, 19:54

I can haz autograph plox?

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Fri, 18. Jul 08, 20:16

mattstint wrote:I can haz autograph plox?

do what now?

Dragoongfa · Post by **Dragoongfa** » Sat, 19. Jul 08, 01:59

All the classic questions have been asked to the level of stupidity...

Do they still have hope for a sequel?

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Sat, 19. Jul 08, 06:50

gorram tragedy serenity didn't make a good box office haul- best scifi film in a long long time, since blade runner, imo. i wonder how well the collector's edition dvds are doing. the firefly 'verse lends itself to a great deal more exploration, but comics and homemade fan projects just don't do it for me.

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Sat, 19. Jul 08, 21:13

will think of something then

what I dont understand is why Joss didnt go with Sci-Fi. The Sci-fi channel re-ran Firefly a few times after Serenity, and I think showed Serenity too later on. If he really wanted they might have picked it up... it seems to me. But who knows.

Dragoongfa · Post by **Dragoongfa** » Sun, 20. Jul 08, 02:04

If at all Joss wanted the show to be picked up by a channel, its just that no one was interested at the time and when something caught their attention they made a movie.

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Sun, 20. Jul 08, 09:51

scifi is too cheap to make firefly. didn't they drop bsg b/c it cost too much? scifi seems to air crappy, low budget made-for movies and crappy reality-type supernatural shows. and of course better scifi shows from other networks. scifi would never cough up the coin needed to reignite firefly. i just wish universal and scifi could work together and fund a serenity sequel for scifi and dvd.

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Sun, 20. Jul 08, 18:15

pepperg wrote:scifi is too cheap to make firefly. didn't they drop bsg b/c it cost too much? scifi seems to air crappy, low budget made-for movies and crappy reality-type supernatural shows. and of course better scifi shows from other networks. scifi would never cough up the coin needed to reignite firefly. i just wish universal and scifi could work together and fund a serenity sequel for scifi and dvd.

Firefly wasnt exactly high budget show though

It's possible sci-fi may have considered not a great investment, given their current line ups though, I dont quite see why.

BSG wasnt dropped, its future was uncertain so writers/director(s) decided to finish the show themselves, before they are told to. The last season is not the end though, there's new (mini?) series curently being discussed.

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Sun, 20. Jul 08, 22:32

firefly was actually a high budget show. i think the 90min pilot cost 12mil. can't see scifi ponying up that amount of cash.

Dragoongfa · Post by **Dragoongfa** » Mon, 21. Jul 08, 01:01

The pilot did cost 12mil the majority of those went to research, sets and props.

The average cost of an episode was 1 million.

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Mon, 21. Jul 08, 02:02

pepperg wrote:firefly was actually a high budget show. i think the 90min pilot cost 12mil. can't see scifi ponying up that amount of cash.

hm, ok, so shows like Eureka and Stargate cost less? Or are those high budget too?

DrCBVI · Post by **DrCBVI** » Mon, 21. Jul 08, 02:13

fiksal wrote:
pepperg wrote:firefly was actually a high budget show. i think the 90min pilot cost 12mil. can't see scifi ponying up that amount of cash.
hm, ok, so shows like Eureka and Stargate cost less? Or are those high budget too?

Not sure about Stargate (I assume Atlantis, since SG-1 was cancelled), but Eureka would be cheaper purely because its seasons are only 13 or so episodes, as I recall.

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Mon, 21. Jul 08, 02:50

DrCBVI wrote: Not sure about Stargate (I assume Atlantis, since SG-1 was cancelled), but Eureka would be cheaper purely because its seasons are only 13 or so episodes, as I recall.

compared to 13 episodes of Firefly?

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Mon, 21. Jul 08, 07:13

noticing a pattern?

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