Firefly cancelled!

[Whodat]

The only reason to watch was to see Jessica Alba.

Mmm... Jessica Alba.

I wish she were playing Elektra in the new Daredevil movie – instead of Jennifer Garner.

 

[John Crichton]

Mmm... Jessica Alba.

I wish she were playing Elektra in the new Daredevil movie – instead of Jennifer Garner.

Both are beautiful women with one exception: Garner has proven she can act and pull of an action scene. Alba was decent as an actress but she didn't have much material to work with in Dark Angel. Garner has much better scripts to work with on Alias.

On a similar topic: Firefly had four beautiful women on that show that could act. Unbelievable. Fox should have marketed it on that alone and then kept the viewers watching with the outstanding stories it told.

And on another note: That DVD campaign would be fine with me. I have no problem buying quality programming. Problem is that it will probably never happen. *sigh*

:: edited for spelling and a sentence on Jennifer Garner ::

 

[Henry]

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).

Holy crap-on-a-stick! Hook me up with some of that!

Thanks for the link, Wisdomlikesilence!

 

[WisdomLikeSilence]

Thanks for the link, Wisdomlikesilence!

My pleasure.

The DVD campaign is highly unlikely to succeed, but it's also well worth a shot. Even if it fails, it increases the chances of a similar campaign succeeding in the future.

>crossing my fingers<

-WLS

 

[Umbran]

Hm. Looks bad.

From Sci Fi Wire:

"Christopher Buchanan—president of Joss Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy, which is behind Fox's defunct Firefly—told SCI FI Wire that ABC, CBS, NBC, UPN and the SCI FI Channel have all turned down deals to resurrect the SF series, at least so far."

Full story here

 

[Whodat]

There was hope for a while that one of the premium cable networks might pick up Firefly.

The potential benefits were huge: without network censors breathing down his neck, Joss could really cut loose on things like language (we might hear some real swear words), nudity and adult situations, and even more graphic violence.

But you might rule out HBO, because they prefer to broadcast their own (“HBO Productions”) programs. As a result, I have heard that probably wouldn’t want to go through Mutant Enemy or Fox to get this show.

When last I heard the final word wasn’t in from Showtime (birthplace of Stargate SG1).

There are still hopes for TNT. Although I think they prefer to broadcast repeats.



Yes. Looks bad.

 

[Ranger REG]

Both are beautiful women with one exception: Garner has proven she can act and pull of an action scene. Alba was decent as an actress but she didn't have much material to work with in Dark Angel. Garner has much better scripts to work with on Alias.

Well, the Max character makes her out as a super-soldier trainee turned escapee turned thief. Not exactly a spy in the making, compared to what the Sydney Bristow character has to do.

On a similar topic: Firefly had four beautiful women on that show that could act. Unbelievable. Fox should have marketed it on that alone and then kept the viewers watching with the outstanding stories it told.

Sorry, but if Birds of Prey with three lovely ladies can't maintain that show, I doubt Firefly could pull it off by marketing the ladies of this one. Besides, I didn't just watch the show because of the ladies, at least that is not my main reason.

I watch it because of one special lady: Serenity.

* Sighs * More bad news. It seem all of the major network have turned down on Firefly, including UPN and that crappy SCI-FI. While this is painful, it is not surprising.

As I have said all along, they should have gone syndicated. But I do know that by going syndicated, they have to work with a smaller budget (less than $2MIL an episode).

 

[John Crichton]

Well, the Max character makes her out as a super-soldier trainee turned escapee turned thief. Not exactly a spy in the making, compared to what the Sydney Bristow character has to do.

I was just saying that the writing on Alias is better than the writing on Dark Angel. But I agree that the characters weren't all that similar.

Sorry, but if Birds of Prey with three lovely ladies can't maintain that show, I doubt Firefly could pull it off by marketing the ladies of this one. Besides, I didn't just watch the show because of the ladies, at least that is not my main reason.

I watch it because of one special lady: Serenity.

Oh, I agree completely. I watched it for the stories it told, not for the women. I'm not saying they should have, but they could have marketed it using the women as "bait." We all know Fox isn't beyond that kind of thing. And I thought Birds of Prey was done badly. I had hope for that show and they didn't follow through on making the characters that interesting. To me anyway.

* Sighs * More bad news. It seem all of the major network have turned down on Firefly, including UPN and that crappy SCI-FI. While this is painful, it is not surprising.

As I have said all along, they should have gone syndicated. But I do know that by going syndicated, they have to work with a smaller budget (less than $2MIL an episode).

I'm not surprised it hasn't been picked up either. I was hoping it would, but this is just another show in the history of shows that was cut down either in its prime or before it could grow. This one just hurts a bit more because Joss has proven in the past that his shows get much better after their first seasons. I considered Firefly as close to a lock as one could get to being an excellent show. I guess Fox wasn't watching the same program.

 

[Umbran]

You know what this all teaches us, boys and girls? It teaches us what we could have if we had maximally funded public television. Imagine, if you will, a TV channel with money, but not addicted to profit. One with the same mindset that kept Dr. Who on the air for decades...

 

[Mistwell]

You know what this all teaches us, boys and girls? It teaches us what we could have if we had maximally funded public television. Imagine, if you will, a TV channel with money, but not addicted to profit. One with the same mindset that kept Dr. Who on the air for decades...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Boy are you a funny guy. Yeah, we should go to a max public TV system, where your number of channels is reduced from 300 to 6. That sounds like a great idea! I'm sure that, by cutting out 294 channels, we will certainly be able to get our favorite show on TV! Cause, you know, everyone in the public thinks just like us right!