This
Hollywood Reporter article has all the relevant details about
the upcoming Firefly movie, distributed by Universal
(which bought the rights from Fox), written and directed by Joss
Whedon. The only question I still want answered is “how soon
can I buy my ticket?”
Excsue me…
I’m going to be in my bunk
Re: Excsue me…
You meant to say “I’ll be in my bunk…”, and NO! Don’t! You have to go
OUT to see movies! : )
CNN Has an article as well
CNN Article
Kepp That Logo Warmed Up
Hopefully we’re gonna get to post some stuff about Firefly here on B452 for a LONG time!
Re: Keep That Logo Warmed Up
Er, B42. I’m all atwitter with excitement at this news!
Let The Debate Begin
The press release has a sentence that reads: Universal recently acquired the rights to “Firefly” from 20th Century Fox Television, where Whedon’s Mutant Enemy Inc. production company has a television deal.
So…is the TV deal the old one with Fox, or a new one at Universal?
Re: Let The Debate Begin
Mutant Enemy production has a television deal with 20th Century Fox
Television.
20th Century Fox Television sold the rights to a movie version of Firefly
to Universal.
As I understand it, Fox keeps the rights of the TV series (ie: They will
take my money for the DVDs), but they sold the rights for the movie to
Universal.
The bad news: Fox will get my money.
The good news: They won’t be involved in the production or promotion
of
the movie.
ALLRIGHT
Now THAT is good news!
Hell, I’ll even buy myself a brown coat to
wear at the premiere! ; )
On a related note, I rather enjoyed this
comment from the /. discussion on the subject…
Re: ALLRIGHT
Yeah, I got a laugh out of it too. I found it surprising how many people in that discussion stated that they “didn’t like Firefly” and they “couldn’t get into it”. Just goes to show you that Fox really did pooch it to begin with. I wonder what part of ‘in order’ Fox doesn’t understand?
Re: ALLRIGHT
Of course, it couldn’t be because it wasn’t a good show, could it?
Re: ALLRIGHT
Well, let’s see…. I enjoyed it, it had Whedon’s typically good writing, the actors seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Damn, you’re right – it was a horrible show! There was a plot line that continued from episode to episode! Thank god for FOX showing it out of order or we might have had another of those horrible Babylon 5 type shows on our hands.
Thank you, UncleJam, for pointing out what so many of us didn’t notice. If it hadn’t been for you, I don’t know what would have become of us!
Re: ALLRIGHT
All I’m saying is, as much as we all love to bust on Fox for “screwing up” and cancelling shows we like, that doesn’t automatically mean those shows were good to begin with.
There were things I liked about Firefly and things I didn’t, but overall I just didn’t buy the universe and didn’t think it worked, didn’t think the scripts were that great, and didn’t think the actors were all that good either.
And for the record, I would love another B5-type show rather than yet another episodic-only, no continuing plot line piece of garbage. But I didn’t think Firefly had what it took to be that show.
Re: ALLRIGHT
Watch (or better yet, show to someone unfamiliar with it) the first season of B5, out of order, and tell me if you (or the person who was shown it) think it would have been renewed for another season.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the answer of the newb would be “No”.
Re: ALLRIGHT
Well, slashdot is infested with trolls and reavers. :(
Since this is a much smaller site, we only have one.
Reviews of Unaired Eps
Let me go on record here as saying I hope B42 does reviews of the 3 unaired eps in December once the DVD comes out so we can post for just a little while as if it were the good old days. Guys? Thoughts?
Re: Reviews of Unaired Eps
I’ll probably have to hold off spending my own money on the DVDs, but
the full season review can come out after Christmas. Since Space: The Imagination Station
will air the entire series, in order, for Canadian markets (starting
Monday, September 8) I may be able to give those episodes normal
reviews. I asked for opinions over the summer as part of the “what do
you want to see reviewed” article, and all three replies asked for a
full-series review.
Re: Reviews of Unaired Eps
I imagine someone here will. Meanwhile, those in Canada or able to receive Space will get to see Firefly in order Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 8.
Re: Reviews of Unaired Eps
So what are the odds fiziko and I would post the same news about Firefly at 4:15 am (site time) on September 5th?
Re: Reviews of Unaired Eps
Any idea on which cable/sattelite service I might be able to get Space? I have DirecTV (and I’m in Jersey), but would be willing to switch.
Re: Reviews of Unaired Eps
I Did Switch, Recently. I Went From Paying ComCast About $40 A Month To watch Four Episodes Of Angel (No Buffy Left, And Everything Else I’m Willing To Miss), To Downloading Episodes As I Find Them Online. I’ve Been Successful Enough That I Can Watch Angel Just As Regularly Via My DSL Line As I Can Via Cable.