Comments on: A Pitch to Netflix: Revive Firefly Next

By: eAbyss

eAbyss — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:27:44 +0000

It’s been said before and it’s completely true; if they were to revive Firefly, fans would rebuild the set for free.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:38:42 +0000

I wonder if they ever considered making really cheap, un- detailed sets? Sure, sets on caliber with the old ones would be great, but fans wouldn’t care if the sets were kind of crappy if it meant we got the old cast back together and we got to watch wonderful new stories.

New firefly episodes shouldn’t aim to attract new watchers in their own right. They should aim to generate buzz to get new people to watch the old episodes already on Netflix; and then the newly born firefly fans will watch the new episodes and love every minute of them despite the low budget, and the unbelievable reason why Wash was brought back to life/why the actors have aged so much when we’re picking up where season 1 ended. As fans (the rabid ones in existence and the new ones that don’t even know they exist) we’ll love new firefly episode with all of their flaws so long as they are given a chance to exist.

I read somewhere that firefly grew in popularity after the DVDs were released, and fans have continued to buy firefly and serenity DVDs even though the show ended so long ago. I think Netflix can bank on the fact that fans are still going to spend money on DVDs of the new fitrefly episodes if Netflix puts then out there (you know, with behind the scenes extra and stuff) so that’s another opportunity to make money in addition to the increase in Netflix subscribers.

Perhaps I’m being overly optimistic (no wait, I definitely am), but firefly deserves another opportunity to shine. Please do it, Netflix. Thousands of fans still attend each firefly panel at various conventions across the US every year, so you can tell our love of firefly still burns hard. DVD sales will tell you our loyalty is true. The cast and crew is still very much in love with the idea of bringing back this show as well, and isn’t this the kind of people you’d want to entrust your business to; devoted people who love what they do and haven’t given up hope after a decade of waiting? Fans want it, the people behind the show want it, and I’m going Netflix wants it to.

See you in the ‘verse, Serenity. Let’s moon ‘em.

By: kyle

kyle — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:51:20 +0000

I read someplace that the main thing keeping this show dead isn’t actually just that the shows creator’s and actors have moved on. That is a problem that can be overcome, but is just difficult to overcome. The main thing that is keeping the show dead is how expensive it is to create the sets for the ship. The ship is so detailed that it is incredibly expensive to create and that is something that intimidates a lot of people, even Netflix. Maybe they might consider it in the future, and that is a big maybe, but I am not counting on it. They revived Arrested Development, yes, but that is the first show they ever acquired the rights to. They probably won’t be acquiring any other shows until they see how acquiring Arrested Development pans out. After they have a few shows under their belt and are bringing in more revenue, this might be something they would take on, but that is a very remote possibility.

By: Trespasser

Trespasser — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:58:42 +0000

Ow maaaaaaaaan … a new season of Firefly on Netflix .., I am living in Europe but I swear I will pay for a US proxy and Netflix subscription in an instant …

By: JD

JD — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:16:16 +0000

It’s not time to move on. if they bought Firefly back, i’d take out a lifetime subscription for me, my future kids and their kids kids.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:47:56 +0000

I liked Firefly a whole lot, but the biggest thing Firefly has going for it is that it wasn’t on the air long enough to get bad. At 13(?) episodes, we look back and wonder what might have been in a very positive way. If there were 13 new episodes of pure crap, it would stain the whole thing

Plus, the show was cancelled a decade ago. Time to move on, kids.

By: Cobra

Cobra — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:00:11 +0000

In a single, short sentence: if Netflix revived Firefly, I’d start subscribing immediately.

Currently, I have no reason for subscribing to Netflix — here in Canada, the selection of shows is not that great, and the bandwidth limits that most of our ISPs impose makes streaming video a no-no. But for Firefly, I’d subscribe — 8 bucks a month would be more than worth it.

By: Banneff

Banneff — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:52:07 +0000

I want to see the live action version of The Tick again. Patrick Warburton was too perfect for that role.

By: Jadis

Jadis — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:14:22 +0000

While I’d like to see the actors continue to move forward in their careers, as a fan I’d love to see more Firefly. I’m happy about Arrested Development as well. As far as anything else so far mentioned being “much better 1 season shows than Firefly” that is most defiantly an opinion and one I absolutely do not agree with in the least. Firefly was one of the best shows ever on T.V. Period.

By: Lobotaku

Lobotaku — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:52:07 +0000

Well, if Netflix can bring so many great shows from its grave… I demand Buffy and Angel back!
Specially Angel, another Whedon show without a proper ending, and no, Angel comics are not remotely the same….
And if we could demand more, Netflix could save beloved show that soon will be out of air, like Young Justice.
It’s never to late as we, the fans, are still here (if they bring shows back when 20 years has passed, with a new cast and so, we are going to be more concerned about our grandchildren than Netflix shows,hehehe)