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How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps
How many times a day do you think someone tries to convince Joss Whedon
to bring back Firefly? The users of social bookmarking site reddit
wasted no time asking Whedon to get the Serenity gang back together
during an "Ask Me Anything" chat, and Whedon explained the ruinous steps
he'd have to take.
One of reddit's most intriguing subsections is "Ask Me Anything," where
people with interesting jobs and experiences answer questions posed by
the reddit community. This week, Whedon did one of these AMA
collaborative interviews, and while it was most likely to tease the
release of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, he answered all manner
of questions about Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Toy Story, and his feelings
about politics and art in general.
redditor wjc06 was eager to offer his plan for resuscitating Whedon's
canceled-too-soon Firefly:
Just an idea.
Put Firefly season 2 up as a project on Kickstarter and see how much
money you can get to buy the rights and make it happen.
To which Whedon responded:
Step 2: Cancel Castle. Step 3: Cancel Homeland. Step 4: Generally
destroy everybody's careers. Step 5: Avoid Step 2.
Okay, so in order to bring Firefly back, I just have to become a
television programming supervillain. This doesn't sound like an enormous
obstacle, except for, you know, the moral issues.
There are a few other gems from the AMA. redditor dbertie asked Whedon
if he ever had a hard time killing off his characters, and who was the
hardest one to kill. Whedon's reply:
I actually find it refreshing... delightful.... vaguely arousing....
Actually, I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as "the guy who
kills people". Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more
than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a
mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing
community. Unfair.
Also, probably Buffy's Mom.
When one redditor complained that, during the San Diego Comic-Con Iron
Man 2 panel, the only audience comments directed at Scarlett Johansson
were "You're hot," Whedon responded:
All I can say is that Scarlett gets to do a lot more than be hot in
"Avengers". It's definitely dispiriting to have a woman play an heroic
role and then be reduced to body parts by fan commentary, but that can
only change slowly. And is.
And when another asked for his opinion on fanfiction:
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend.
Art isn't your pet â€" it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to
you.
Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
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How many times a day do you think someone tries to convince Joss Whedon
to bring back Firefly? The users of social bookmarking site reddit
wasted no time asking Whedon to get the Serenity gang back together
during an "Ask Me Anything" chat, and Whedon explained the ruinous steps
he'd have to take.
One of reddit's most intriguing subsections is "Ask Me Anything," where
people with interesting jobs and experiences answer questions posed by
the reddit community. This week, Whedon did one of these AMA
collaborative interviews, and while it was most likely to tease the
release of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, he answered all manner
of questions about Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Toy Story, and his feelings
about politics and art in general.
redditor wjc06 was eager to offer his plan for resuscitating Whedon's
canceled-too-soon Firefly:
Just an idea.
Put Firefly season 2 up as a project on Kickstarter and see how much
money you can get to buy the rights and make it happen.
To which Whedon responded:
Step 2: Cancel Castle. Step 3: Cancel Homeland. Step 4: Generally
destroy everybody's careers. Step 5: Avoid Step 2.
Okay, so in order to bring Firefly back, I just have to become a
television programming supervillain. This doesn't sound like an enormous
obstacle, except for, you know, the moral issues.
There are a few other gems from the AMA. redditor dbertie asked Whedon
if he ever had a hard time killing off his characters, and who was the
hardest one to kill. Whedon's reply:
I actually find it refreshing... delightful.... vaguely arousing....
Actually, I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as "the guy who
kills people". Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more
than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a
mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing
community. Unfair.
Also, probably Buffy's Mom.
When one redditor complained that, during the San Diego Comic-Con Iron
Man 2 panel, the only audience comments directed at Scarlett Johansson
were "You're hot," Whedon responded:
All I can say is that Scarlett gets to do a lot more than be hot in
"Avengers". It's definitely dispiriting to have a woman play an heroic
role and then be reduced to body parts by fan commentary, but that can
only change slowly. And is.
And when another asked for his opinion on fanfiction:
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend.
Art isn't your pet â€" it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to
you.
Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
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On Apr 12, 2:37=A0pm, BillV2...@webtv.net (The Saltex Brujo) wrote:
>
> How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps
<snip>
>
> How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps
How to bring back {insert show} in ONE horrendously terrible step:
- Make it a "reboot" / "reimagining"
or
- Give it to Brannon Braga to do
or
- Give it to Rick Berman to do
or
- Give it to Ron Moore to do
;-)
dx...@albury.nospam.net.au
Apr 16, 2012, 9:49:09 AM4/16/12
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Daniel
RT
Apr 20, 2012, 9:01:42 PM4/20/12
to
> you.
> Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
> create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
> record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
> I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
> Contact Lauren Davis:
> Email the author
> Comment
> Discussion Threads
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> Start a new thread
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P.S. - learn how to cut and paste.
> Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
> create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
> record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
> I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
> Contact Lauren Davis:
> Email the author
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Joseph S. Powell, III
May 7, 2012, 12:24:20 AM5/7/12
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Maybe Joss now has the juice (with the smash success of the Avengers) to
pull off at least a direct-to-video 2nd Firefly film; I doubt it would
interfere with Castle.
"The Saltex Brujo" <Bill...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:3382-4F87...@storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net...
you.
Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
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Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
I am Joss Whedon - AMA. [reddit]
Contact Lauren Davis:
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We Come from the Future
heads stuck in Futuramaâ?Ts jars
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
firefly 2:00 PM How I Drew Fireflyâ?Ts Mal Reynolds
Monday, December 12, 2011
kronk burger 12:27 PM Why Adding "In Space" to Any Concept Really
Does Make It Better
Monday, November 21, 2011
scifi holiday 2011 3:25 PM Gift Ideas For 10 Major Species Of Science
Fiction Fan
Monday, November 14, 2011
firefly 12:11 PM Beautiful Damn Heroes, Part 2: Art Nouveau Tributes
to the Men of Firefly
Monday, November 7, 2011
firefly 3:13 PM Ship Like This, Be With You Til The Day You Die:
Serenity is yours for only $100
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
triviagasm 3:05 PM Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters Who Lost
Their Mystery (but Stayed Cool)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
triviagasm 3:00 PM Greatest Random Out-of-Nowhere Deaths in Science
Fiction and Fantasy
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
firefly 2:39 PM Big Damn Beats: The Awesomest Firefly Celebration
Youâ?Tll Ever Hear
kronk burger 12:27 PM Why Adding "In Space" to Any Concept Really
Does Make It Better
Monday, November 21, 2011
scifi holiday 2011 3:25 PM Gift Ideas For 10 Major Species Of Science
Fiction Fan
Monday, November 14, 2011
firefly 12:11 PM Beautiful Damn Heroes, Part 2: Art Nouveau Tributes
to the Men of Firefly
Monday, November 7, 2011
firefly 3:13 PM Ship Like This, Be With You Til The Day You Die:
Serenity is yours for only $100
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
triviagasm 3:05 PM Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters Who Lost
Their Mystery (but Stayed Cool)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
triviagasm 3:00 PM Greatest Random Out-of-Nowhere Deaths in Science
Fiction and Fantasy
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
firefly 2:39 PM Big Damn Beats: The Awesomest Firefly Celebration
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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do for horror what Glee did for musicals?
Friday, July 29, 2011
nathan fillion 12:58 PM What science fiction movie made Nathan
Fillion cry?
Friday, July 22, 2011
friday gallery 12:00 PM The Coolest Firefly Art in the
â?~Verse
Friday, July 29, 2011
nathan fillion 12:58 PM What science fiction movie made Nathan
Fillion cry?
Friday, July 22, 2011
friday gallery 12:00 PM The Coolest Firefly Art in the
Thursday, July 14, 2011
exclusive 8:00 AM Art Nouveau Firefly Prints: Beautiful Damn
Heroes!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
this is awesome 12:30 PM What do the Chinese characters on the
computers in Serenity and Firefly actually say?
Saturday, June 4, 2011
concept art 9:00 AM Muppets and Fraggles climb aboard Serenity
Monday, May 16, 2011
what to watch 9:00 AM Season finales of Supernatural and Big Bang
Theory bring H.P. Lovecraft and Star Trek sex fantasies
More Storiesâ?¦
exclusive 8:00 AM Art Nouveau Firefly Prints: Beautiful Damn
Heroes!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
this is awesome 12:30 PM What do the Chinese characters on the
computers in Serenity and Firefly actually say?
Saturday, June 4, 2011
concept art 9:00 AM Muppets and Fraggles climb aboard Serenity
Monday, May 16, 2011
what to watch 9:00 AM Season finales of Supernatural and Big Bang
Theory bring H.P. Lovecraft and Star Trek sex fantasies
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