Firefly (The Series)...POLL

Slynky · #1 May 8th, 2003, 02:04 PM

Joss failed to show up at the Angel "end of the season party". Instead he sent a video of himself (yada-yada-yada). In the video, he stated the reason he couldn't make it to the party was because he had just gotten word that a project of his had been relit (re-lit?)

Now...you know how Firefly-aholics can be (you should check thier forum sometime...but I leave that up to my wife). Anyway, people are buzzing (pardon the pun) around wanting to know if "relit" is a clue that means Firefly has been given new life. Get it? Firefly...relit...

[ May 08, 2003, 13:05: Message edited by: Slynky ]

Radhil · #2 May 8th, 2003, 07:33 PM

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[QB]Joss failed to show up at the Angel "end of the season party". Instead he sent a video of himself (yada-yada-yada). In the video, he stated the reason he couldn't make it to the party was because he had just gotten word that a project of his had been relit (re-lit?)
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Very veeerry interesting. I'm amazed I haven't heard this anywhere else.

But then, I might add that Joss has more than a few attempted projects that never panned, and he could be referring to any one of them (Buffy animated, the UK Ripper series, and I believe there was one other). But if it is.... HELL yes. Was afraid, with Buffy going and Angel bubbled, my sci-fi fixes would be gone. Now Angel's all but confirmed, and possibly, just possibly...

Oh, Book, and Jayne. They're all great characters, but those two were by far the most interesting.

[ May 08, 2003, 18:38: Message edited by: Radhil ]

Slynky · #3 May 8th, 2003, 09:28 PM

Rad, yeah, I think Book is interesting. Always wondered if he used to be some sort of agent. I used to watch him loooonnnngg ago on Barney Miller.

The think FireFly peeps have been keying on is the use of the word, "re-lit". Like a Firefly would light up and so forth. "Re-lit" sounds like something that had been extinguished and now is being re-lit. So, the Ripper series in England was never canceled or disapproved...Joss just hasn't taken the time to do it. Doesn't seem like it would be Angel as it never was canceled. Sooo....speculation abounds.

Jack Simth · #4 May 8th, 2003, 10:32 PM

I gave up on the series when they kept insisting the ship was unarmed.

Sure, it didn't have any systems that were specifically weapons, but the effectivness of any reaction mass drive (as their engine was) as a weapon is directly proportional to its effectiveness as a drive. This is why NASA places a small lake under the launchpad for the space shuttle; it is there to absorb all the energy. They had demonstrated that the ship has the ability to hover in place in a gravity well; flying over something at even medium range would be quite devastating, especially as the vessle was, what, 40 kilotons?

Slynky · #5 May 8th, 2003, 11:15 PM

Well, if I understand what you are getting at, then you can pretty much "cancel" every "space show" there is due to technical flaws. Foremost among these is the Star Trek family (where one hears them fly by in space and hears weapons shooting, etc.) And too many other technical flaws to start listing.

So, given that, I suspect you "lose" a lot of sci-fi shows/movies...

Phoenix-D · #6 May 9th, 2003, 12:45 AM

"Sure, it didn't have any systems that were specifically weapons, but the effectivness of any reaction mass drive (as their engine was) as a weapon is directly proportional to its"

Effectiveness -as a weapon-..that doesn't mean the ship would be considered armed. It is entirely possible to kill with a pencil; most people wouldn't consider a man holding one armed.

And reaction drives as weapons only works when the target can't get out of the way.