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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
#22I 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.
like which ones, let's get concrete here
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#23While I'm definitely going to give this a chance, I'm not going to get my hopes up. Firefly was a perfect storm--it was the combination of Wheadon, Tim Minear, and the entire cast. Personally, I think the writing is what made Firefly work, and without Wheadon or Minear, I don't know if it will rise to the same level. Moreover, I felt Serenity was a good conclusion to the original mythology (River, Alliance, etc.). If…
The benefit of it being animated is that if it sucks we can just ignore it, if it’s good we can embrace it.
If they went the full live-action route there’s a higher chance it tarnishes the legacy of the original.
I didn’t like Star Trek: Lower Decks but it didn’t make me feel like Trek has been ruined like Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy did.
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#24I am... cautiously optimistic without Whedon being involved. But also very curious how this will work since it doesn't seem like it's a reboot, unless I missed something.
Tara Butters from Dollhouse being involved makes me a feel a bit better, since I love Dollhouse (actually rewatching it right now). Now I can only hope this actually succeeds and maybe Dollhouse can get similar treatment.
I am sure some will be upset that it's animated, but if that is what it takes (and it turns out good) I'm fine with it.
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#25Interesting timing, considering that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot was canceled by Hulu yesterday.
It is a little weird that these two events were so close to each other.
My tinfoil hat tells me Someone Important didn't want two shows from the same creator resurrected simultaneously and potentially competing with each other, but I put the hat back in the cupboard because even if it were true, that person's opinion would be stupid. Coincidences happen, and people can be fans of more than one thing.
Personally, I have high hopes for this Firefly venture. And for those who were hoping for a live action continuation, that's still not off the table! This may be how we get there.
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#26Loved 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…
>They can pick right up from where they left off after they figure out how to dig Wash out of the ground. The animated show is set between the original series and the movie, presumably because of Wash's character.
It’s sad that Ron Glass is no longer with us and can’t reprise his role as Shepherd Book.
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#27A 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
> recast versions WITH ai video generation
Eww, absolutely not.
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#28While I'm definitely going to give this a chance, I'm not going to get my hopes up. Firefly was a perfect storm--it was the combination of Wheadon, Tim Minear, and the entire cast. Personally, I think the writing is what made Firefly work, and without Wheadon or Minear, I don't know if it will rise to the same level. Moreover, I felt Serenity was a good conclusion to the original mythology (River, Alliance, etc.). If…
The benefit of it being animated is that if it sucks we can just ignore it, if it’s good we can embrace it. If they went the full live-action route there’s a higher chance it tarnishes the legacy of the original. I didn’t like Star Trek: Lower Decks but it didn’t make me feel like Trek has been ruined like Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy did.
If you didn't like Lower Decks you probably really never liked Star Trek. Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy also happen to be better than... a significant portion of the classics (DS9 will never be surpassed and that's okay).
Lower Decks in traditional Trek fashion had a rough season 1 but was stronger later. SNW an Academy had probably the best two season 1 performances of any Star Trek shows ever produced. There's one gripe about Academy that you can grant: The theme song sucks. Other than that, perfect.
There's some legitimately challenging writing decisions in Discovery and Picard, but if the three shows you mentioned ruin Trek for you, you never got it in the first place.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
The benefit of it being animated is that if it sucks we can just ignore it, if it’s good we can embrace it. If they went the full live-action route there’s a higher chance it tarnishes the legacy of the original. I didn’t like Star Trek: Lower Decks but it didn’t make me feel like Trek has been ruined like Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy did.
If you didn't like Lower Decks you probably really never liked Star Trek. Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy also happen to be better than... a significant portion of the classics (DS9 will never be surpassed and that's okay). Lower Decks in traditional Trek fashion had a rough season 1 but was stronger later. SNW an Academy had probably the best two season 1 performances of any Star Trek shows ever produced. T…
I love Lower Decks but it’s not like TOS at all. It’s more like a love letter to TOS. Strange New Worlds is VERY much like TOS.
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#30I 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…
The Buffy revival was just canned this weekend, so I wouldn't get too optimistic here.