Firefly reunion documentary

T'Cal · July 11 2012, 06:27 PM

Entertainment Weekly announced that a documentary of Firefly is being filmed for its 10th anniversary to be aired on the Science Channel on Nov. 11th. I would've preferred a MFTV movie but perhaps this will generate interest for such a venture.

ManOnTheWave · July 11 2012, 06:52 PM

I suppose it's better than nothing, and I'll certainly enjoy hearing what the actors, writers, directors, and Just Joss have to say about their experiences.

Mr. Adventure · July 11 2012, 07:59 PM

I thought for sure this was going to be a Kickstarter announcement.

clint g · July 11 2012, 08:53 PM

It's been 10 years already????

USS Kongo · July 11 2012, 11:06 PM

I'd prefer a new movie, too. But, yeah, maybe this project will create enough buzz to bring them back in a new adventure.

Sean

Ar-Pharazon · July 12 2012, 12:33 AM

If they're not careful, the documentary will be longer than the series.

If there were new adventures, would you want them set after Serenity, or before so certain characters could be used?

T'Bonz · July 12 2012, 01:00 AM

CRAP...why the Science Channel? I would have to pay an extra $50 a month for that band of channels on my cablesystem.

Stuff like this used to be on the now rather lame SyFy. This is almost as annoying as the History Channel moving its good shows (and leaving us with shit like pickers and ice road truckers and other reality crap) to the Military Channel, of course on the same band as Science Channel.

I hope when I move that we have a better cable system.

RandyS · July 12 2012, 05:05 AM

T'Bonz wrote:

CRAP...why the Science Channel? I would have to pay an extra $50 a month for that band of channels on my cablesystem.

Stuff like this used to be on the now rather lame SyFy. This is almost as annoying as the History Channel moving its good shows (and leaving us with shit like pickers and ice road truckers and other reality crap) to the Military Channel, of course on the same band as Science Channel.

I hope when I move that we have a better cable system.

Everything you said is EXACTLY why I no longer watch cable (or broadcast TV of ANY kind). I wait for everything I want to see on DVD.

I hope this comes out that way. The Captains did, after all.

Skywalker · July 12 2012, 05:17 AM

I'm not surprised it's going to be on Science. Seems like every time I turn that channel on they're airing an episode of Firefly.

1001001 · July 12 2012, 05:45 AM

I look forward to it.

Browncoats Forever!

FordSVT · July 12 2012, 03:21 PM

Mr. Adventure wrote:

I thought for sure this was going to be a Kickstarter announcement.

Why in the hell would Joss Whedon need Kickstarter if he really wanted to do a Firefly project?

If he wants to do something, and it would be economically viable to do so (which is highly debatable), he'll do it. He doesn't need Internet Kidz' weed money to get it going.

We probably won't see another Firefly project. The cast is ten years older, Joss has moved on to bigger and better things, and the property never really did make anyone a ton of money. The Serenity movie actually _lost_ money. How does that movie pitch go? "Well, we did this really kookie space western show ten years ago that got cancelled after a dozen episodes, and then we made a movie based on the TV show because a lot of people on the Internet bought the DVDs and we thought there was a market for it, but it didn't make back what we put into it financially so now we want to make another go at it."

Browncoats don't want to look at the situation that way, but it is what it is. Firefly isn't Star Trek. Pray for more comics or a novel or something, it's more realistic.

Mr. Adventure · July 12 2012, 06:13 PM

I didn't assume Joss had anything to do with this. The title Firefly reunion documentary just sounded like a fan project to me.

Kegg · July 12 2012, 06:35 PM

FordSVT wrote:

Mr. Adventure wrote:

I thought for sure this was going to be a Kickstarter announcement.

Why in the hell would Joss Whedon need Kickstarter if he really wanted to do a Firefly project?

Just so. After Avengers made lots of monies, Whedon probably could bring Firefly back as another movie or TV show if that's what he wants, but I figured he's done with it and this is basically a tenth year anniversary special.

ManOnTheWave · July 12 2012, 09:44 PM

According to this, Whedon, and some cast and crew are doing a panel at SDCC which will be filmed for the hour long doc and called Browncoats Unite!

PsychoPere · July 14 2012, 03:15 PM

T'Cal wrote:

I would've preferred a MFTV movie but perhaps this will generate interest for such a venture.

20th Century Fox Television still owns the television rights. Good luck ever getting them to let go.

July 11 2012, 06:27 PM	#1
T'Cal Commodore Location: Chicago	Firefly reunion documentary Entertainment Weekly announced that a documentary of Firefly is being filmed for its 10th anniversary to be aired on the Science Channel on Nov. 11th. I would've preferred a MFTV movie but perhaps this will generate interest for such a venture. __________________ "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." -- Judge Aaron Satie

July 11 2012, 06:52 PM	#2
ManOnTheWave Rear Admiral Location: ManOnTheWave	Re: Firefly reunion documentary I suppose it's better than nothing, and I'll certainly enjoy hearing what the actors, writers, directors, and Just Joss have to say about their experiences. __________________ The falling leaf hates the wind.

July 11 2012, 07:59 PM	#3
Mr. Adventure Admiral Location: Mr. Adventure	Re: Firefly reunion documentary I thought for sure this was going to be a Kickstarter announcement.

July 11 2012, 08:53 PM	#4
clint g Admiral Location: Afghanistan	Re: Firefly reunion documentary It's been 10 years already???? __________________ It's nothing personal, just business

July 11 2012, 11:06 PM	#5
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July 12 2012, 12:33 AM	#6
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: Firefly reunion documentary If they're not careful, the documentary will be longer than the series. If there were new adventures, would you want them set after Serenity, or before so certain characters could be used? __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

July 12 2012, 01:00 AM	#7
T'Bonz Romulan Curmudgeon Location: Across the Neutral Zone	Re: Firefly reunion documentary CRAP...why the Science Channel? I would have to pay an extra $50 a month for that band of channels on my cablesystem. Stuff like this used to be on the now rather lame SyFy. This is almost as annoying as the History Channel moving its good shows (and leaving us with shit like pickers and ice road truckers and other reality crap) to the Military Channel, of course on the same band as Science Channel. I hope when I move that we have a better cable system. __________________ Live long and suffer! - Ancient Romulan greeting. Romulans aren't paranoid. We're merely proactively cautious.

July 12 2012, 05:17 AM	#9
Skywalker Admiral	Re: Firefly reunion documentary I'm not surprised it's going to be on Science. Seems like every time I turn that channel on they're airing an episode of Firefly.

July 12 2012, 05:45 AM	#10
1001001 Putting the F-U Back in FUN! Location: People's Gaypublic of Drugafornia	Re: Firefly reunion documentary I look forward to it. Browncoats Forever! __________________ “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” - Isaac Asimov

July 12 2012, 06:13 PM	#12
Mr. Adventure Admiral Location: Mr. Adventure	Re: Firefly reunion documentary I didn't assume Joss had anything to do with this. The title Firefly reunion documentary just sounded like a fan project to me.

July 12 2012, 09:44 PM	#14
ManOnTheWave Rear Admiral Location: ManOnTheWave	Re: Firefly reunion documentary According to this, Whedon, and some cast and crew are doing a panel at SDCC which will be filmed for the hour long doc and called Browncoats Unite! __________________ The falling leaf hates the wind.