# Firefly fans - How would you feel about a reboot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749 "2017-01-09T19:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749/61 "2017-01-11T18:37:04Z")
I’ll join the chorus of heck no. It would have been great if the show had run five seasons…but it didn’t. I can think of no reason why a reboot would fare any better in the ratings now than the original. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749/62 "2017-01-11T22:44:01Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > How about same universe, 10 years forward in time. Malcolm Reynolds is still the captain. Maybe 1 or 2 other people from the original crew. Otherwise it’s a new crew and new stories. This is how I would do it. You can’t _stop_ Nathan Fillion from getting involved. Some of the others might come back. Add in, say, Dichen Lachman and some young guy to play action hero types. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749/63 "2017-01-12T06:02:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Oh, I watched episode 1 of _Killjoys_ - I think I’m going to like it. I do get the slight impression that they were explicitly aiming for similarity of world-texture to Firefly (the garden party scene seemed like it could easily have been cutting-room-floor footage from the Firefly episode _Trash_). > > I mean, I can’t be complaining. This is, after, all, what I said I wanted more of. As others have said, the nice thing about Killjoys is that, generally, the characters are \*not \*stupid (other than sometimes using the idiot plot - specifically the “keeping secrets” variant - for dumb reasons. But smart people can be dumb, too.) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749/64 "2017-01-12T12:09:37Z")
Oh, and also, regulars (and I don’t just mean backgrounders) can and do die , which is again realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749/65 "2026-03-19T18:29:05Z")
Resurrecting this thread with news that this might actually be happening - it looks like Fillion is leading a plan to create an animated series with the original cast on voices. > **[Animated ‘Firefly’ Reboot in Development From Nathan Fillion, 20th TV...](https://m.imdb.com/es-es/news/ni65751448/?ref_=nwc_art_perm)** > > IMDb es la fuente más popular y autorizada del mundo para informarte de películas, series y programas de televisión y celebridades. Alan Tudyk is included so presumably this would fit between the original series and Serenity. Obviously Ron Glass is gone (RIP Shepherd) so not sure what they’ll do about that - recast, or maybe it will take place after Shepherd has taken up residence at Haven. I hope they don’t digitally clone his voice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-fans-how-would-you-feel-about-a-reboot/776749.md?page=3)