Earworms!

[Ubi Dubium]

Ubi Dubius has been watching Firefly, and now I've got the theme song stuck in my head. And I cant sing it properly, what with the guitar and fiddle solos and all.

[Julius Aurora]

Possibly the greatest show ever made. Damn you Fox.

[Ubi Dubium]

Possibly the greatest show ever made. Damn you Fox.

Agreed.

[FaithfulPirate42]

I'm really hoping the rumor about Nathan Fillion resurrecting the series is more than mere speculation. I can only imagine the fanbase has grown over the years, but I don't know what that would mean for resurrecting the show.

[Julius Aurora]

I'm really hoping the rumor about Nathan Fillion resurrecting the series is more than mere speculation. I can only imagine the fanbase has grown over the years, but I don't know what that would mean for resurrecting the show.

Were pray tell, did you hear such a delicious rumour? Not that I think it would ever happen, and even if it did, the cast would probably be different, and Serenity spoiled the ending anyway.

[Arkaeon]

This show has been "bugging" me for several years, so I'm going to throw in my two bits. Can't resist.
Firefly has become a recurring earworm concept in the sci-fi community, fans and directors/producers alike. I've heard many commentaries on other shows where they extolled the greatness and influence of the Firefly live-action style of shooting and performing, plus the daring themes it took on. I think it would be possible to resurrect Firefly, perhaps in a slightly upscale version of events, making it "Dragonfly" or something like that. Keep the old canon, consider the movie "season 2" and move on in good order:
--Keep the original theme song. It really helps hold the foundation of the show/environment.
--River Tam can take over as pilot. She can adopt some of Wash's cool, dry witticisms (although I'd miss Alan too). It would help keep her psychic powers from becoming overpowering on planetside operations. At the same time, it would be an excuse for the ship to show up at convenient moments during an operation or rescue.
--You could bow to the inevitable space-action a bit by having more ship-to-ship actions or skirmishes, or natural hazards like navigating meteor paths, etc. With the Star Treks, Stargate, and Andromeda off the air, we need a new space adventure with some teeth to it!
--Their notoriety could lead them to bigger contracts in a more dynamic, un-soviet era of the system, perhaps with the Alliance semi-splintered to a looser Confederacy. I think they've earned the right to stop being bugs hiding under a rock all the time. Nathan's Captain Reynolds is evolving perfectly as we've seen him, ready to move up a notch.
--We could lose the obfuscation of the chinese cussing. It was a cute idea and culturally valid to an extent, but it tended to muddle up the dialogue with inside jokes that the vast majority of the audience were left out out of and therefor alienated/evicted. It totally killed some scenes and created missed opportunities for drama/comedy. Dialogue is snappier and more entertaining if you make it in one language/idiom that the whole audience can actually understand.
--Maybe you could get Gina to come back as Zoe. She's just perfect as evolved as well. (Can you get some guest spots out of husband Lawrence, perhaps as a suave trading expert or underground movement leader?)
--The doctor could get them involved in various humanitarian/relief efforts to offset their felonious tendencies. There's a whole Robin Hood angle that could be explored that way, and it would win them allies.
--Jayne Cobb could gain some dimensions of having been part of a 3rd party or underground spy movement. He was clearly pretending to be dumber than he really was at times, getting weird cryptic messages (and hats) from "Mother," so this could be worked up in steps. His wry, self-effacing humor and Adam Baldwin's action/comedy presence would be indispensable.
--The bolder Kaylee as revealed in the movie would be great. She's a force of nature, and Jewel Staite brings a lot of pre-existing goodwill wherever she goes.
--I suspect that Morena Baccarin's exotic Inara could be anything she wanted to be in the future: businesswoman, social leader, romantic interest, contact/face-person, action support, or any combo. You could even have Morena do voiceovers/narration at times to help keep viewers enthralled. I'd be happy to teach her jujitsu to strengthen her close-combat role.
--The ship itself needs to remain a valid, gritty, dynamic character, but it could be upscaled a bit or armed/armored without having to get all glitzy and shallow. I guess I think that's true of the show in general.

Obviously, by getting this far into talking about Firefly, I'm wondering if these posts on it should be moved into their own thread? That show was very much similar in ethic to CotFSM itself. Parallels between Firefly and our other discussions are legion. Anyway, that's my vote.

[FaithfulPirate42]

I'm really hoping the rumor about Nathan Fillion resurrecting the series is more than mere speculation. I can only imagine the fanbase has grown over the years, but I don't know what that would mean for resurrecting the show.

Were pray tell, did you hear such a delicious rumour? Not that I think it would ever happen, and even if it did, the cast would probably be different, and Serenity spoiled the ending anyway.

I heard about it here. Apparently, during the filming of an episode of Castle, Nathan Fillion mentioned that if he ever won a $300 million lottery, he would like to buy the rights to Firefly and start it back up. He never said it would actually happen, but it immediately started a huge rumor. As for Serenity's ending, there are always ways around that type of thing. For instance, we don't actually know how much time passed between the end of Firefly and the beginning of Serenity. You can be sure that if I thought of that idea, many others have as well, and they've probably thought up some even better ideas too.

[Julius Aurora]

I'm really hoping the rumor about Nathan Fillion resurrecting the series is more than mere speculation. I can only imagine the fanbase has grown over the years, but I don't know what that would mean for resurrecting the show.

Were pray tell, did you hear such a delicious rumour? Not that I think it would ever happen, and even if it did, the cast would probably be different, and Serenity spoiled the ending anyway.

I heard about it here. Apparently, during the filming of an episode of Castle, Nathan Fillion mentioned that if he ever won a $300 million lottery, he would like to buy the rights to Firefly and start it back up. He never said it would actually happen, but it immediately started a huge rumor. As for Serenity's ending, there are always ways around that type of thing. For instance, we don't actually know how much time passed between the end of Firefly and the beginning of Serenity. You can be sure that if I thought of that idea, many others have as well, and they've probably thought up some even better ideas too.

Aha, facebook. The great bringer of gossip. Well as nice as it would be, not really holding my breath for it. There are plenty of other shows to watch after all.

EDIT: Thread derail much. Not that it is unexpected.

[FaithfulPirate42]

As it turns out, the Whedon family announced that they were not involved in the effort, and that was apparently enough to kill it. Oh well, maybe some other time. After all, Fox has cancelled Family Guy at least twice, and Star Trek returns to tv incredibly frequently, so perhaps there's still hope.

[gronank]

The sailor's alphabet. It is rolling around in my head with no beginning and no end.

[pieces o'nine]

I recently got rid of a mysterious re-infestation of Gimme That Christian Side Hug by foisting it onto two co-workers who have never done anything to deserve it.

[black bart]

I hate this thread...can't we delete it?

[daftbeaker]

I hate this thread...can't we delete it?

No

What you can have is a mashup of The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up with Enya's Orinoco Flow. It's actually quite good (potentially offensive language though if you couldn't guess by the title).

[fueledbycoffee]

I recently got rid of a mysterious re-infestation of Gimme That Christian Side Hug by foisting it onto two co-workers who have never done anything to deserve it.

That was AWFUL. Seriously, it's like Souljah Boy, but dumber. I didn't think that was possible...

[PKMKII]

Girlfriend is playing Internet Backgammon. The theme for a successful move is the same three notes and rhythm for the opening to Bizet's "L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 -- Farandole," and so every few seconds it starts playing in my head.