A.k.a raping your childhood memories. **** off with your reboots, retcons and reimaginings. Just. Stop. That is all
I hear you but and this video makes sense 99.9%, I was hoping for a live action mini series, some how bringing Alan back, maybe in flash backs, and sometimes I feel Firefly needs something more than what it got, but it did, the movie, so why do I feel it needs just that little bit more? We're probably getting this and I hope they do a great job knowing they have a loyal fan base, I try not to join in with the "Disney ruins everything" train but....choo choo At least this has pushed my decision to rewatch Firefly up the list
Oh I've never watched firefly, I'm just tired of this stuff, and like that now have a term for it that's a bit more family friendly. Stuff from your childhood memories should be really be left there. You ever go back and watch some of the cartoons from the toy war 80's - early 90's era? They're awful! but you remember them fondly because of the happy memories from playing with the toys, or playing games created around them on the playground with your friends. They deserve to rest in peace.
I keep telling a mate that the memory of things is not the same as to what they actually are, my memory of Transformers cartoon is not the same as what it is (animated Movie exempt, that thing still rocks), he too though hates every reboot and sequel, I mostly try to give some optimism but am rarely satisfied but I can enjoy with childish enjoyment, however I do appreciate the concept that a show can be remade for a new youthful audience, not sure kids these days can enjoy cartoons we enjoyed, but then again, look at Ghostbusters, that thing still has appeal, Captain Plant, Centurions maybe.....I'm going doing a nostalgia rabbit hole here. Our past enjoyment will always be milked because the fanbase keep it alive with online presence so the IP owners and even the cast will give us want we want, even if they shouldn't.
I once bought a box set of Bananaman episodes, having remembered loving it as a kid - sitting enraptured in front of the telly for what felt like hours at a time. Turns out each episode is eight minutes long. And five of that is the intro and credits.
It can work sometimes, I actually didn't mind the remake of total recall because they did something different with it and not just an identical copy with modern effects. But the times they get it right are sparse
Note the final part of Fillion's bit. They have the actors, the rights, the studio. What they don't have is a way to show it, hence his request for all the social media reposts etc. If all goes to plan, this will be the Browncoat version of Star Trek: The Animated Series from the early 1970's
And doing that kind of thing ain't new, and it can really work sometimes. John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) was a reboot of Howard Hawks' The Thing from Another World (1951). Frank Oz rebooted The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) to make Little Shop of Horrors (1986), which is a fantastic film. For the comedy fans, Airplane! (1980) was heavily inspired by (and in places is a shot-for-shot remake of) Zero Hour! (1950).
I heard on the radio this morning that they're working on a live action film of Mr Benn... Not sure how that will work, a dozen or so shortish episodes repeated thought the 1970s isn't that much to go on. Not sure how many people are going to remember it, 55 to 60 year olds like me. **EDIT** I could be wrong, Wikipedia says: "These episodes were repeated twice a year for 21 years" So broadcast up to 1992!
The mis-remembering thing doesn't really hold up for fans of Firefly. If they're anything like me, they probably re-watch it once a year, at least. I am usually pretty vocal about leaving things be and not trampling the memory of something beloved, but this doesn't feel like strip-mining an old show for one last squeeze of the money tit. It feels more like a labour of love for the cast members and, for that reason alone, I'm happy for them to try.
Quite looking forward to this TBH, being animated it means they can set it whenever they want (pilot guy can be alive). Been watching the reboot of Scrubs, seeing the cast makes me feel old . Buffy was going to have a reboot but got cancelled. On the flip side a new Mummy film is being produced with the cast from the first two films, which will be interesting.
42, 42? Is that it...6 million years and all that. I'm sure I have mis remembered after all these decades, but feel there is at least one episode I didn't get to watch. I think I was watching Gerry Anderson's UFO not long after that, and in retrospect it's not a kids' programme
The closest we ever needed to get to a live Mr Benn was the Dr Who special "Joy to the World", which had this Easter egg in the background:-
Amazing. We got new Stargate and new Firefly before GTA6. Next announcement: heat death of the universe to arrive before GTA6. /s That’s kinda the “vibe” I’m picking up, although I haven’t seen the announcement video. I’m kinda in two minds about it. Firefly was one of those things that I didn’t actually want to be re-visited. It seems like it’s the right people doing it for the right reasons, but how many times have we been here before. And of course, there is the Joss Whedon shaped elephant in the room. He doesn’t seem to have an active involvement in this new series, but he did have to give his blessing to it. His stench might never truly leave Firefly. As with nu-Stargate: cautious optimism.
I agree with the general sentiment that reboots tend to be ****, and our endless rebooting doesn't help. But. Firefly is a universe under-exploited, cancelled before its time. With the success of ST:Lower Decks and programs like Secret Level which tip into other IPs, there's no reason an animated series with the original cast can't be a fabulous thing.
If that's what comes of it, fine. If it's just a means of cashing in on and reliving past fame whilst milking fan nostalgia for a bit of beer money then it can **** off with the rest of it.
Firefly was pretty good, but it's put on a simply extraorbital pedestal by nerd culture in a way that makes no objective sense. I love the term "cultural fracking" and have now stolen it, thank you for your service.
