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Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

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Re: Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

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Post by cwillu »

whartung wrote: post #4

Loved the show, I have no expectations for this. It's just too easy to not be "right" for all sorts of incompatible different definitions of "right". But, the animated series a good idea and smart. First, it lets Nathan and Morena participate considering they're pretty busy with their prime time series. Second, there's no reason to "jump ahead 20 years". They can pick right up from where they left off after they figu…

> figure out how to dig Wash out of the ground

My understanding is that it fits between the series and the movie, so there will be no need to rename the land known as His Grave.

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Post by twoodfin »

headcanon wrote: post #10

I agree with most of the other comments so far, the "magic" of the show is going to be hard to replicate. My bull case for this is that Nathan Fillion and crew have had 20 years of exposure to this fact and likely know what they're getting into and how to do it right. The only question is if they'll be able to execute. I'm excited!

Say what you will about Joss Whedon, but his use of a colorful character palette & quirky, punchy style of dialog have gone from niche to mainstream in the 30+ years since Buffy. Mostly thanks to Whedon’s and his imitators’ escalating success with that formula: The Avengers, for example, took Marvel from a series of above-average superhero hits to total cultural dominance.

There’s plenty of writing talent out there that grew up wanting to emulate Buffy and Firefly, so if hearts and budgets are in the right place, recapturing that part of the show should be eminently feasible.

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Post by Ntrails »

twoodfin wrote: post #12
headcanon wrote: post #10

I agree with most of the other comments so far, the "magic" of the show is going to be hard to replicate. My bull case for this is that Nathan Fillion and crew have had 20 years of exposure to this fact and likely know what they're getting into and how to do it right. The only question is if they'll be able to execute. I'm excited!

Say what you will about Joss Whedon, but his use of a colorful character palette & quirky, punchy style of dialog have gone from niche to mainstream in the 30+ years since Buffy . Mostly thanks to Whedon’s and his imitators’ escalating success with that formula: The Avengers , for example, took Marvel from a series of above-average superhero hits to total cultural dominance. There’s plenty of writing talent out there…

Some of the skill (imo) was creating characters who naturally set up opportunities for those dialog trees. That at least is already done for firefly

Re: Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

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Post by readthenotes1 »

whartung wrote: post #4

Loved the show, I have no expectations for this. It's just too easy to not be "right" for all sorts of incompatible different definitions of "right". But, the animated series a good idea and smart. First, it lets Nathan and Morena participate considering they're pretty busy with their prime time series. Second, there's no reason to "jump ahead 20 years". They can pick right up from where they left off after they figu…

Star Trek animated is pretty good and so is Lower Decks.

I usually don't like cartoons but I'm hopeful.

Re: Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

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Post by whartung »

warpspin wrote: post #5

My wife used to fall for every Firefly season 2 hoax on social media in the past because she wished it to be true. It was very funny when I could come to her to announce there will be a season 2. Mixed feelings about it being animated. The older I become, the more I have trouble relating to painted characters, no real clue why, so I couldn't even enjoy things I should have enjoyed like Arcane. Also, of course, no She…

They can probably get a Shepherd Book voice actor much easier than a Ron Glass doppelgänger for a live show.

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Post by someperson »

A cartoon is cool but a continuation using original actors where possible and recast versions WITH ai video generation is something that can also happen in the future too.

In theory it can be close to the real actors continuing it in early 2000s

Re: Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

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Post by idiotsecant »

I am honestly baffled by how much people love firefly. I don't get it. It's a slightly campy western-style scifi. It's not bad but it's not 'still talking about it for the next few decades' material IMO. Theres a zillion littl scifi channel series with essentially the same quality as far as I can figure.
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