So a Firefly revival is in the works at Disney+... and no one really cares?

[OneTrueJack]

So this article was dropped today and it really confused me, as it seemed to be written from the perspective of giving updates on an already announced project. Low and behold, some Googling later and it turns out that yeah, this had been a thing announced/leaked earlier in the year. Yet here we are months later and this is the first I've heard of it.

There was a time where this announcement would have rocked the entirety of nerd culture. Firefly. Revived. The impossible dream come true at last. But I guess between Whedon, Baldwin, the passage of time and the fact it seems to be a fresh start with a new crew rather than a continuation, it must be hard to muster more than a shrug.

The king returned to claim his throne... and the kingdom has mostly moved on.

Or have I been living under a rock and people have actually been losing their minds about this for the last year?

 

[Deleted member 13798]

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

 

[BWoog]

There are zero reputable sources on this is why.

 

[Weiss]

Just watch Cowboy Bebop like a normal person.

 

[ultracal31]

It's not happening

literally that movie web link is a whole lot of nothing

at best you'll get a mobile game

 

[excelsiorlef]

Lol that article is so bad

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Not much credibility here but it wouldn't surprise me if it does eventually happen.

People are surprised when creatively deficient Disney doesn't bring back terrible properties for remakes and imaginings so the fact that they are or would isn't really news.

The quality of the garbage they pump out is laughably terrible and they'll never stop until the well runs dry.

 

[Burli]

If it's a reboot then it may as well be any other new show. They won't match the chemistry of the original cast and we don't need to see the story again from different people.

 

[Choppasmith]

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

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Beat me to it (though I wouldn't go so far to say it wasn't good so much as overrated as it never really hooked me).

 

[Morrigan]

Firefly was awesome (fuck the "it was never good" haters) and it sucks that it died. But with Whedon and Baldwin being such shitheels, I wouldn't want it revived with them around anyway.

 

[Commodore64]

Firefly is a mediocre show written by a huge asshole.

 

[Aesthet1c]

Yeah I really don't see this happening. Not to mention the creator (and Adam Baldwin for that matter) are giant pieces of shit. Firefly is one of my favorite series ever, but I just don't think there is any way you capture that magic again.

 

[Slayven]

I was watching something random this week and they mentioned how Firefly had random chinese spoken, but you never saw any asian characters.

Shit kinda of blew my mind

 

[Keyser S]

I am all for more Firefly (especially without Whedon). but the linked article is pure google SEO baiting

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

I assume people would get excited when it's actually announced officially and not through "leaks" from Giant Freakin Robot.

 

[El Bombastico]

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

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[BWoog]

Lol that article is so bad

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Sites like We Got This Covered and Giant Robot throw one million shit theories at the wall and once per month, something hits, because of course, SOMETHING has to, but oh my God the sheer level of bullshit they create on the regular is stunning.

 

[El Bombastico]

I was watching something random this week and they mentioned how Firefly had random chinese spoken, but you never saw any asian characters.

Shit kinda of blew my mind

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Always loved how it was the Anglo-SINO Alliance and yet if memory serves there was not a single prominent Asian character.

Seriously, Fuck Whedon.

 

[Digital Dinosaur]

Firefly feels like one of those properties that will forever be kicked down the road.

It'll always be sacred to enough geeks to be worth bringing up in the pitch room.

But it will never be popular enough to have the pitch taken seriously for very long.

We'll be seeing rumors of Firefly reboots for the next century.

 

[ZeroX]

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

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Yep

I like Buffy and Angel a lot, but Firefly? Meh

 

[El Bombastico]

Firefly feels like one of those properties that will forever be kicked down the road.

It'll always be sacred to enough geeks to be worth bringing up in the pitch room.

But it will never be popular enough to have the pitch taken seriously for very long.

We'll be seeing rumors of Firefly reboots for the next century.

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So it will basically be the Buck Rogers of our generation?

 

[scotchka]

I'm sure Disney will reboot everything at some point. I welcome Whedonless Buffy and Firefly.

 

[Mesoian]

The Expanse has taken the role for gritty Scifi western. We don't need Firefly anymore.

 

[OneTrueJack]

I was watching something random this week and they mentioned how Firefly had random chinese spoken, but you never saw any asian characters.

Shit kinda of blew my mind

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Or like how Buffy seemed to take place in this weird, alternate version of California that only had white people. Absolutely insane.

 

[atdawnwestrike]

It if was real everybody would know.

 

[Jason Frost]

How would that even work? Everyone is now dead.

 

[Joshua]

Was this article written by some SEO AI?

And the original source was WGTC?

Ok so there is no Firefly revival yet.

 

[Seesaw15]

 

[orlock]

in my experience, no, it hasnt really been particularly meteoric.

a lot of time has gone by since Firefly first aired. i think now, so far removed from it, folk're tending to look back at it without rose-tints and realizing that, for whatever highs it hits, there are plenty of lows and it even tends towards being a little problematic here and there. i think even discussing the basic concept of the entire show - "space confederates trying to eke out a living in the space union as space gunhands" - isnt going to win over a lot of new fans right off the bat these days.

thats not even taking into consideration the fact that 1) it would likely be with an entirely new cast, 2) no one would want to support a property featuring the more well-known piece of shit Whedon or the lesser-known piece of shit Baldwin, 3) older fans have probably moved on (i loved Firefly when it aired and honestly i couldnt give a shit about a revival), and 4) any potential new fans wouldnt give a shit about it as a previously existing IP so its pretty much just a... regular space show. there are plenty of other properties out there that have filled the space that wasnt even really there when Firefly came out.

and yeah, i also think it could be said for all of those old Whedon shows - Buffy, Angel, Firefly - that... maybe they weren't actually all that amazing to begin with. my partner loves Buffy and i can barely sit through some episodes when they pop it on now and again. apart from clips i particularly like, im rarely engaged when ive tried to rewatch Firefly from time to time.

having said that, id be all in on a Whedonless version of Firefly that actually takes inclusion and diversity seriously in a universe that's become wildly diverse and inclusive. fuck, the only person coming back id really give a shit about would be Nathan Fillion (and Gina Torres, maybe Jewel Staite) anyway - give Captain Reynolds a little role in the pilot and let him show up a time or two again, and move on.

 

[sfedai0]

They got a movie. Thats enough.

 

[oakenhild]

The Expanse has taken the role for gritty Scifi western. We don't need Firefly anymore.

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The Expanse is a better Firefly in nearly every way. It's fantastic.

That being said, I liked Firefly when it came out, and was bummed when it was canceled.

 

[Slayven]

if you going to bring back a canceled fox show

 

[Darknight]

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

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I agree. It seems like people hyped it based on what it could have been and not what it actually was. There is some good stuff there, but it takes awhile before it even starts to show signs of potential.

 

[lunarworks]

Firefly feels like one of those properties that will forever be kicked down the road.

It'll always be sacred to enough geeks to be worth bringing up in the pitch room.

But it will never be popular enough to have the pitch taken seriously for very long.

We'll be seeing rumors of Firefly reboots for the next century.

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They gave it a second chance with a movie, and lost a ton of money on that gamble. It's dead and buried.

 

[OneTrueJack]

I'm sure Disney will reboot everything at some point. I welcome Whedonless Buffy and Firefly.

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A Buffy revival was announced a few years ago (and I mean actually announced, not just the vague clickbait I shared in OP), but that project has since gone quiet.

 

[Eegah]

That show was entirely carried by the chemistry of the cast. I doubt anyone can recapture that magic. At least we got Serenity to bring the story to a close.

 

[Calvinien]

Firefly was awesome (fuck the "it was never good" haters) and it sucks that it died. But with Whedon and Baldwin being such shitheels, I wouldn't want it revived with them around anyway.

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I feel ike putting those two in the same sentence is really unfair. Whedon is a bully who bought into his own hype.

Baldwin is a neo nazi.

 

[Zenkuso]

Nah reviving something that's beyond it's time never works.

Leave it dead Disney, leave it dead...

Or you know fund another generational Sci-Fi show, maybe?

 

[AoM]

I couldn't care about something that I didn't know existed. Now that I do, I care.

Edit: nothing there for a reason.

 

[King Alamat]

I mean, we already have live-action Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Too little too late. Whedon sucks, Baldwin is a fucking lunatic, Ron Glass is no longer with us (RIP) and most of the cast is onto better things (except for Summer Glau because of The Curse of Summer Glau).

 

[El Bombastico]

in my experience, no, it hasnt really been particularly meteoric.

a lot of time has gone by since Firefly first aired. i think now, so far removed from it, folk're tending to look back at it without rose-tints and realizing that, for whatever highs it hits, there are plenty of lows and it even tends towards being a little problematic here and there. i think even discussing the basic concept of the entire show - "space confederates trying to eke out a living in the space union as space gunhands" - isnt going to win over a lot of new fans right off the bat these days.

thats not even taking into consideration the fact that 1) it would likely be with an entirely new cast, 2) no one would want to support a property featuring the more well-known piece of shit Whedon or the lesser-known piece of shit Baldwin, 3) older fans have probably moved on (i loved Firefly when it aired and honestly i couldnt give a shit about a revival), and 4) any potential new fans wouldnt give a shit about it as a previously existing IP so its pretty much just a... regular space show. there are plenty of other properties out there that have filled the space that wasnt even really there when Firefly came out.

and yeah, i also think it could be said for all of those old Whedon shows - Buffy, Angel, Firefly - that... maybe they weren't actually all that amazing to begin with. my partner loves Buffy and i can barely sit through some episodes when they pop it on now and again. apart from clips i particularly like, im rarely engaged when ive tried to rewatch Firefly from time to time.

having said that, id be all in on a Whedonless version of Firefly that actually takes inclusion and diversity seriously in a universe that's become wildly diverse and inclusive. fuck, the only person coming back id really give a shit about would be Nathan Fillion (and Gina Torres, maybe Jewel Staite) anyway - give Captain Reynolds a little role in the pilot and let him show up a time or two again, and move on.

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Man you're first paragraph about how Mal and Co. are essentially Space Libertarians really his the mark. Given recent political events, I just can't get invested in this universe anymore unless there is a reboot where Mal was fighting AGAINST the "Muh Freedoms!" right-wing assholes.

That show was entirely carried by the chemistry of the cast. I doubt anyone can recapture that magic. At least we got Serenity to bring the story to a close.

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That's the other thing. Serenity was a perfectly satisfying conclusion. River is finally Sane(ish), the Reavers are implied to have been wiped out, Mal and Zoe get revenge on the Alliance. Mal and Inara get back together. There were some good and dramatic deaths. What else was really needed?

 

[gdt]

Those sources are junk

 

[ZeoVGM]

So this article was dropped today and it really confused me, as it seemed to be written from the perspective of giving updates on an already announced project. Low and behold, some Googling later and it turns out that yeah, this had been a thing announced/leaked earlier in the year. Yet here we are months later and this is the first I've heard of it.

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Because both of those sites are fake news websites.

There is no reboot of Firefly.

 

[Cipherr]

Firefly was awesome (fuck the "it was never good" haters) and it sucks that it died. But with Whedon and Baldwin being such shitheels, I wouldn't want it revived with them around anyway.

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And there it is.

I agree, the show deserves its praise. People saying its overrated are legit crazy. It deserves all the attention it gets. But IDFW Whedon after the shit about him has come out and I have seen zero actions from him to apologize or anything.

And Baldwin is a legit right wing douchecanoe, so let it goooo.

 

[Cipher Peon]

Literally had no idea until this thread.

Firefly wasn't that good to begin with. There, I said it.

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Agreed. It's literally my least favorite show of all time.

 

[amphteamints]

Just watch farscape dude

This shit ain't happening ever

 

[ZeoVGM]

They gave it a second chance with a movie, and lost a ton of money on that gamble. It's dead and buried.

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This isn't true. It wasn't a success but it only had a budget of $40m. They didn't lose a ton of money on Serenity.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

If it's a reboot then it may as well be any other new show. They won't match the chemistry of the original cast and we don't need to see the story again from different people.

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This, it's long since past time for this to happen.

That being said, I do kinda like the heavy Asian-influenced cultural take on a space opera adventure, so I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to a sort of spiritual successor or even a new story/characters in the same universe.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Feel free to make a new thread if a reputable source reports on it.