GreyLord
Legend
I don't know...there are some things for it and some things against it I think...
No -
1. The story as told is basically complete. Abridge, shortened, and skips some parts, but overall complete. Unless you want to start retconning the series or rewriting things or rebooting, there's no real reason to revisit it. Most who like the show really would not appreciate retcons, rewrites, or rebooting the entire things, so that's a Big no on those points.
2. If you go for a continuation, several of people's favorite characters are dead and it may be hard to some of the old cast to sign back up again. One big driving factor for the show was the cast. If you just try to do a continuation with the surviving members of the crew after the movie you'll get some who watch it, but without the charm of some of the old crew, others may be turned off.
3. Disney almost never follows the storyline, so expect it to be completely changed if they take over it as a continuation. From the beginning Disney has done it's own thing. They do not like following what the storylines say they should do. Sometimes this works out (Snow White, the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Marvel), sometimes it does not (the Black Cauldron, Star Wars Sequels, Treasure Planet) for a majority of the general audiences. Expect that if they take over Firefly they will do the same and the new stories will not mesh with the old series. The tone will be different, the story will be changed, and characterizations will be extremely different.
{PS - In the above, when it does not work out it does not mean it's hated. There are many who may still love them, for example there are probably tons of people that love Treasure Planet, the Black Cauldron, and the Star Wars Sequels for example, but these movies that don't work for everyone have a divisive character about them that gives a wide range/swath of opinions regarding their faithfulness to what they are based upon with some feeling they are, others they are not and being dissatisfied, and a whole gamut of other feelings towards these types of movies).
Pros
1. If they put Joss Whedon in charge, though he will still be subject to the whims of Disney, he could use it to enrich and expand the Firefly universe.
2. If he wipes the slate clean (in otherwords, gets rid of almost all the crew) but retains the ship and maybe one or two of the old cast members (perhaps the captain, or another member) and then has an entirely new crew to the ship, he could use that to create a new show with whatever flavor he wants which allows free agency and freedom to go as he and Disney wants. This could result in a new approach which could make old fans and new fans happy.
3. For those who really want more Firefly, it gives the opportunity for the really hardcore fans to get more Firefly.
4. It gives Whedon (if he get's put in charge) the opportunity to tell new stories within the universe of Firefly which may or may not be connected to the original series.
So, I can see absolute positives and negatives...it would just depend on how it turns out.
No -
1. The story as told is basically complete. Abridge, shortened, and skips some parts, but overall complete. Unless you want to start retconning the series or rewriting things or rebooting, there's no real reason to revisit it. Most who like the show really would not appreciate retcons, rewrites, or rebooting the entire things, so that's a Big no on those points.
2. If you go for a continuation, several of people's favorite characters are dead and it may be hard to some of the old cast to sign back up again. One big driving factor for the show was the cast. If you just try to do a continuation with the surviving members of the crew after the movie you'll get some who watch it, but without the charm of some of the old crew, others may be turned off.
3. Disney almost never follows the storyline, so expect it to be completely changed if they take over it as a continuation. From the beginning Disney has done it's own thing. They do not like following what the storylines say they should do. Sometimes this works out (Snow White, the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Marvel), sometimes it does not (the Black Cauldron, Star Wars Sequels, Treasure Planet) for a majority of the general audiences. Expect that if they take over Firefly they will do the same and the new stories will not mesh with the old series. The tone will be different, the story will be changed, and characterizations will be extremely different.
{PS - In the above, when it does not work out it does not mean it's hated. There are many who may still love them, for example there are probably tons of people that love Treasure Planet, the Black Cauldron, and the Star Wars Sequels for example, but these movies that don't work for everyone have a divisive character about them that gives a wide range/swath of opinions regarding their faithfulness to what they are based upon with some feeling they are, others they are not and being dissatisfied, and a whole gamut of other feelings towards these types of movies).
Pros
1. If they put Joss Whedon in charge, though he will still be subject to the whims of Disney, he could use it to enrich and expand the Firefly universe.
2. If he wipes the slate clean (in otherwords, gets rid of almost all the crew) but retains the ship and maybe one or two of the old cast members (perhaps the captain, or another member) and then has an entirely new crew to the ship, he could use that to create a new show with whatever flavor he wants which allows free agency and freedom to go as he and Disney wants. This could result in a new approach which could make old fans and new fans happy.
3. For those who really want more Firefly, it gives the opportunity for the really hardcore fans to get more Firefly.
4. It gives Whedon (if he get's put in charge) the opportunity to tell new stories within the universe of Firefly which may or may not be connected to the original series.
So, I can see absolute positives and negatives...it would just depend on how it turns out.
