# Firefly has the green-light **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364 "2004-03-03T19:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/1 "2004-03-03T19:02:44Z")
[It shall be called “Serenity”](http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117901089&categoryID=13&cs=1) > [@](#): > > Universal Pictures has greenlit "Serenity,’’ the feature film based on Joss Whedon’s Fox TV series "Firefly,’’ which was canceled in late 2002 after just 11 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/2 "2004-03-03T19:26:22Z")
Yay! \ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/3 "2004-03-03T19:30:08Z")
Then, maybe, it will be such a blockbuster that some major network wants it to be spun off into a TV series! 😃 I dance the Dance of Joy! Hopa! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/4 "2004-03-03T20:08:10Z")
Best news I’ve heard all day! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/5 "2004-03-03T20:24:29Z")
Hallelujah! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/6 "2004-03-03T20:34:30Z")
Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/7 "2004-03-03T20:40:06Z")
You know I saw precious little of the precious few episodes and I can’t understand why it got canned why pap like Andromeda and Enterprise keeps coming. Why? Really, why? 😕 I thought it was brilliant, especially the episode where the bungled theft of a lot of money is mistaken for unbridled generosity, The Man they called Jane was it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/8 "2004-03-03T20:43:34Z")
Hooray! I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/9 "2004-03-03T20:50:42Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > You know I saw precious little of the precious few episodes and I can’t understand why it got canned why pap like Andromeda and Enterprise keeps coming. Why? Really, why? 😕 I thought it was brilliant, especially the episode where the bungled theft of a lot of money is mistaken for unbridled generosity, The Man they called Jane was it? 🙂 [_Jaynestown_](http://www.fireflyfans.net/episode.asp?episode=1AGE06) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/10 "2004-03-03T20:58:26Z")
Is this the shortest time frame for an underappreciated TV show to be turned into a major motion picture? ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/11 "2004-03-03T21:07:04Z")
I wonder what other actors will be in it. Some near-famous actors portraying Alliance officers, former Independents or even Reavers… Alliance - Clancy Brown would make a great Alliance commander. I would pick him due to his spot as the drill sergeant in **Starship Troopers**. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/12 "2004-03-03T21:11:29Z")
Yes, and I’m still waiting for “My Mother the Car, the Motion Picture.” 😉 The full original cast! Gina had been iffy, what with having a career and all, but they got her. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6442](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6442) Now I can finally watch my DVDs without getting depressed. I saw they were still on the eye-level top shelf at Wally Mart. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/13 "2004-03-04T00:07:38Z")
Woohoo! Yipee!! {some joyous Mandarin}!! I’ve got to wonder whether Joss pushed the button from “Out of Gas” after getting this response… For those of us not wanting a Variety subscription, is there any info on the story? Probably not a synopsis at this point, but maybe a Joss-esque toss off comment? “Oh, it’ll be about growth, being a family, and the mystery of Wash’s three switches shall be revealed.” And the news that Whedon is covering the writing and directing is an added bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/14 "2004-03-04T03:14:14Z")
I… … I think i’m going to cry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/15 "2004-03-04T03:23:10Z")
Take that, FOX! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/16 "2004-03-04T13:16:48Z")
I literally just gasped/ THis is wonderful, wonderful news. You know it had to be the reaction to the mass-buy-out of the DVDs. The exec’s obviously didn’t recognize this gem when they had it, but now that they can see another venue for some $$, they’re all over it. I mean, I’m fine with that, just cynical. Wooo! Firefly is still free! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/17 "2004-03-04T14:34:30Z")
It’s great to see Firefly coming back…though I worry about the motion picture format and how the show dynamics will fit into it. What I would like to see is something new: a direct-to-DVD series, where a new 2-hour telemovie is released every six months. Maybe offer subscriptions so it can be directly mailed to those interested. Charge $25 or $30 a shot and I KNOW they would make money on it. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/18 "2004-03-04T14:37:09Z")
Yeah! Now we need to just get that puppy into Theaters without some idiot suit ruining it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/19 "2004-03-04T15:26:54Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > Clancy Brown would make a great Alliance commander. I would pick him due to his spot as the drill sergeant in **Starship Troopers**. Heh, waddaya talkin’ about? Clancy Brown would make a good REAVER! You remember him as the Kurgan in _Highlander_? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/20 "2004-03-04T18:42:12Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The full original cast! Gina had been iffy, what with having a career and all, but they got her. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6442](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6442) Oh _hell_ yeah. I have no idea what if anything the movie will do with the brilliant opening-credits song (“Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand”), but if there’s even a _nod_ to it in the cinema, I think I’ll probably cry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364.md?page=2)