No sequel for Serenity

[Firebeetle]

Just watched the whole thing

Over the last month, god knows when I found the time, I watched the whole season and finally Serenity. It was awesome. Not only is it good science-fiction, it's science fiction married with my other favorite genre, the Western. Not only that, but it has an excellent ensemble cast, cleverly written stories with unexpected twists, excellent dialogue, an incredible set, believeable characters, sex, chinese cursing, a complete universe, unusual camera work, special effects that are believeable and done from new angles, excellent villains, and a great mystery too.

The whole thing was a terrific ride from beginning to end (except for the "Heart of Gold" episode.) And now it's over. I never got to be a part of the fan movement to keep it alive. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. I don't feel the crushing disappointment some of you must feel, but I never had those moments of amazing hope or connection either.

I'm really surprised that SciFi didn't pick this one up, given their success with the similar treatment on Battlestar Galactica. Anyone know why they didn't?

What a great show. I will miss it. For the first time since reading Doctor Who books when I was 14, I might actually pick up any novels they make.

 

[Umbran]

I'm really surprised that SciFi didn't pick this one up, given their success with the similar treatment on Battlestar Galactica. Anyone know why they didn't?

Well, two things...

BSG started with the concept that it'd be on Sci Fi. So there was no issues with getting some people to let go of it and hand it over to someone else. No switching there.

At the time it endedits run, Firefly had really lousy ratings, to be honest. No matter how good it was, few people were watching it, and you can't fault SciFi for not picking up a show with really bad ratings.

Many of the current fans didn't watch the show while it was on the air. They got tolove it based on teh DVDs. I know darned tootin' my wife and I were trying to get our friends to watch it, and they all went, "Well, I dunno. Western in space? Sounds corny..." Now, of course, they act like they knew all along how great it was...

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Many of the current fans didn't watch the show while it was on the air. They got tolove it based on teh DVDs. I know darned tootin' my wife and I were trying to get our friends to watch it, and they all went, "Well, I dunno. Western in space? Sounds corny..." Now, of course, they act like they knew all along how great it was...

Frankly, I was utterly unaware that the show EXISTED until near the end of its run - and that was only because I saw posts about it here. I did not happen to learn what it was ABOUT until it was over and the concerted movement to keep it on/return it to the air had been in place. I then never managed to SEE a moment of the show until the DVD's were released. I then only knew of the EXISTENCE of a movie because I had finally, after all that time, FOUND the show.

Even though I went to see the movie with friends, and they enjoyed it, I'm STILL trying to get them to WATCH THE SHOW. My brother has almost exactly the same tastes in SF as me. I KNOW he would love this show to death. I've told him more than once that he should be able to find it being shown in HD (I tivo it and watch it every week even though I have the DVD's), and have also told him to just go ahead and buy the DVD's. He remains largely unaware of what he's missing. I have another friend that I played D&D with for about 15 years (in addition to Traveller, Space Opera, etc.). I recently discovered that he, too, was UTTERLY UNAWARE of the series or the movie. These are only a few examples that I am convinced are repeated endlessly with only minor variations.

I can only conclude that Firefly and Serenity too were never properly promoted. I, and others like me, LIVE for this kind of stuff and if you can't find US with your advertising before your show ever begins then you're just not doing something right.

 

[Ranger REG]

Well I thought it was a pretty cool movie and I never saw the TV series. For all of you that are making fun of it or saying it sucks well all I have to say is
Dungeons and Dragons Movie,,,,nuff said.

I swear ... there is one guy here -- whose name escapes me -- that hate Serenty/Firefly but loves D&D: The Movie.

 

[Donovan Morningfire]

I swear ... there is one guy here -- whose name escapes me -- that hate Serenty/Firefly but loves D&D: The Movie.

Well, there's always one nut-job in every batch.

I never watched the show while it was on the air, due to my playing in a Star Wars campaign on those nights. Been debating on picking up the box set, but it's also a manner of money allocation. I did like the movie, and if nothing else thought it was a good note to go out on, even if it didn't perform as well as hoped at the box office.