Firefly cancelled!

[LrdApoc]

Cradle-robbing? Cordy's supposed to be 22 or so, and Connor's supposed to be what, 17-18? That hardly qualifies as cradle-robbing in my book.

Sure, Charisma Carpenter is 30 or so, but Cordy isn't.

Okay, where I find this whole relationship sick is in the kissing your sister type way. 6 months is all that has passed for Cordy since she held connor as a baby. Regardless of his physical age, I find it hard to accept.

Granted with a Joss show not all is as it seems, but I don;t want to derail the discussion so I'll let it rest.

 

[Ulrick]

Man, this thread is a little depressing.

I like Firefly. It isn't the best show in the world, but its a good show with a great storyline.

I noticed that a lot of it was setting up for something spectacular, something jaw-dropping, but now I'll never know. It seems like everybody on that ship has their secrets, and it sucks we won't ever find out the truth.

But, its Fox. And Fox seems to like to cancel decent shows after they've put them in lousy timeslots.

Here in Central Iowa, Firefly was on Friday Nights at 7pm. Not the best timeslot, and I knew from the beginning it would be a struggle because some other shows that I like were put there and died.

I just don't understand it. Good 1st season shows get put in crappy timeslots on Fox. Then its sink or swim with little promotion from the network.

Some other examples include:

Space: Above and Beyond -- here it was on Sundays at 6pm...so that way basketball could run overtime into it...constantly.

Brimstone -- Some might disagree, but I did like this show. Especially because it came before....

Millenium -- This show was scary but cool. But at least it made it to season 2 before Fox dumped it...which kinda screwed up season 2 a little bit because Chris Carter thought the show would be cancelled after the first season so he had to hastily get a plot going.

Then there was American Gothic, but I can't remember if it was on Fox or not.

To sum it all up: "Grrrrrrr"

Ulrick

 

[Wolf72]

Woo HOO! ... [thank mom], I finally got to see the 2 hour episode. ... which I thought was excellent.

here's hoping for some sort of intervention to bring it back

 

[Ranger REG]

Then there was American Gothic, but I can't remember if it was on Fox or not.

It was on CBS. It occupied the Wednesday night timeslot. That show was cancelled to make room for Wolf Lake, which is also cancelled in the midseason (UPN later aired the remaining episodes but still did poorly to warrant a renewal).

CBS once did The Flash. The actor later played Dawson Leery's father in the WB "teen angst" show with Katie Holmes.

FOX once did M.A.N.T.I.S., following the Batman trend, with a paraplegic African-American donning a powered suit. The actor is currently starring with Jennifer Garner in Alias.

 

[WisdomLikeSilence]

FYI
Some fans are collecting information on demand for a possible Firefly DVD, if you'd like to participate.

http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/messages/?msg=4091.244

It certainly can't hurt.

-WLS

 

[Negative Zero]

i'm certain i read that Joss is committed to a dvd release. i'll certainly pick it up.

~NegZ

 

[Chun-tzu]

>sigh<

According to the Save Firefly page, Sci-Fi Channel announced yesterday that they're not picking up the series. I hate to be a doomsayer, but it's pretty much over at this point.

 

[Welverin]

Space: Above and Beyond -- here it was on Sundays at 6pm...so that way basketball could run overtime into it...constantly.

Actually it was the NFL that did it in, which also claimed Futurama.

Brimstone -- Some might disagree, but I did like this show. Especially because it came before....

I liked it as well as did my father and I believe my brother.

Millenium -- This show was scary but cool. But at least it made it to season 2 before Fox dumped it...which kinda screwed up season 2 a little bit because Chris Carter thought the show would be cancelled after the first season so he had to hastily get a plot going.

It made it to season three as well didn't it?

You didn't mention The Adventures Brisco County, Jr., Harsh Realm, and Dark Angel as shows Fox failed to propely support. I won't be surprised to see John Doe soon join them.

 

[John Crichton]

You didn't mention The Adventures Brisco County, Jr., Harsh Realm, and Dark Angel as shows Fox failed to propely support. I won't be surprised to see John Doe soon join them.

Harsh Realm and Brisco were cool but I could never get into Dark Angel. I tried, but the action scenes were bad, the plot wasn't that involving and the villains weren't entertaining. The only reason to watch was to see Jessica Alba. And that's not enough to keep an hour long show on the air. I kinda liked the romance story but beyond that I wasn't really interested.

On a different note, I'm wondering if the WB or UPN would have cancelled the show had it premeired on one of their networks in a different time slot...

 

[Mistwell]

i'm certain i read that Joss is committed to a dvd release. i'll certainly pick it up.

~NegZ

He means they are organizing a direct-to-DVD subscription model. Not a DVD of old episodes, but DVDs of new ones, to be released on on DVD (not shown on TV).