Firefly Revival Confirmed

Ryujin · 2026-03-15T19:25:38+0000

Vael said:
Look, I enjoyed Firefly back in the day, but Serenity was a perfectly fine finale. I dunno, I'd rather have had the Buffy show and it didn't make it.

I'm the opposite. Buffy had a good run; 7 seasons and a spin-off. "Firefly" didn't get a chance and the universe is ripe for more stories.

Vael · 2026-03-15T19:44:40+0000

Ryujin said:
I'm the opposite. Buffy had a good run; 7 seasons and a spin-off. "Firefly" didn't get a chance and the universe is ripe for more stories.

So ... I'll agree on the first part of that sentence, but disagree with the second.

Sure, Firefly ... back in 2002, deserved to have a longer run than what it got. I wish it had gotten more than 13 episodes and a movie.

But I don't find "The Verse" all that compelling. The Serenity and her crew intrigued me, but I don't have any desire to spend time in the setting without them. I have one of the follow up comics ... and I can't remember if I've ever read it. It's the same with Farscape ... if you're not on Moya with Crichton and gang ... I'm not looking for a series centered on some Peacekeepers, for example.

soviet · 2026-03-15T19:52:21+0000

This only has any value if Joss Whedon is involved.

soviet · 2026-03-15T19:55:01+0000

The movie Serenity is so strong as well, I'm not convinced that a season 2 or even seasons 2 and 3 would have been as good.

Ryujin · 2026-03-15T19:56:55+0000

soviet said:
This only has any value if Joss Whedon is involved.

That's not going to happen. At this point Whedon is toxic.

soviet said:
The movie Serenity is so strong as well, I'm not convinced that a season 2 or even seasons 2 and 3 would have been as good.

They discussed what was going to happen, in upcoming episodes, during the 10th anniversary reunion.

overgeeked · 2026-03-15T20:05:18+0000

Shiny. I am really excited for this. I hope they do it justice.

GreyLord · 2026-03-15T20:10:37+0000

It may be worth it in streaming. If it were to go on TV I'd expect it to flop for the same reasons the movie didn't do so well. It was very well loved...by a small devoted following. Because it's run was so short (and during it's run, got shafted and so it's time spot was constantly moved or superseded) it didn't really gain much of the general audiences. Without that big of an audience, even though the small audience it had was fiercely loyal and loving it, the movie just didn't have the appeal to the general audiences other movies had.

It's been even longer since the movie and the show now. That devoted audience has shrunk. I think it may do okay on streaming (not netflix at least, on netflix it would be cancelled after the first block of shows dropped), but I'm not going to expect great numbers.

soviet · 2026-03-15T20:27:23+0000

Ryujin said:
That's not going to happen. At this point Whedon is toxic.

1) what? 2) this is irrelevant to my post.

Ryujin said:
They discussed what was going to happen, in upcoming episodes, during the 10th anniversary reunion.

I know.

Parmandur · 2026-03-15T21:04:41+0000

soviet said:
1) what?

Whedon's career in Hollywood is extremely over. He's never getting involved with a show or film again. Look up why if you wish.

grankless · 2026-03-15T21:05:09+0000

Very silly to try to bring back a show that was already just okay and the majority of its cultural clout expired with the release of Halo ODST. Also funny that Fillion has the good sense to not bring back Joss Whedon for being an insane freak, but is still bringing in Adam Baldwin, who is an insane freak in all the same ways and also a deeply violent misogynist who has encouraged the foxxing and sexual harassment of women online on top of a decades-long reputation for being belligerent at cons.

This is going to be terrible regardless of what happens, but hey, maybe they'll finally cast a Chinese person in this allegedly Chinese future. Given the original is already crazy Lost Cause nonsense I doubt it though.