OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

Shmonk · #1 September 12th, 2005, 10:41 PM

7 years? Well, it's on the Sci Fi channel now, they've been replaying the original episodes for several weeks. Maybe it's the movie that can't go on TV for 7 years?

Still, I will have to watch it several times too, to ensure it makes 80+ mil. I think it will, there are lots of closet Firefly fans. Yes, Fox was crazy to cancel the series.

I wouldn't mind going to any *Con event, if I knew the cast would be there. Hmmm, to see the cast in person, that would be cool.

Slynky · #2 September 12th, 2005, 10:56 PM

Yeah, I've really had it with Fox. I mean, they almost canceled (the series) 24 about halfway through the first year...and now look.

It's such a rare event that fans can make so much noise that a company decides to buy the rights and make a movie that another (small) video company is making a documentary of how the fans help bring the movie back to life (and a lot of other stuff that happened between canceling of the show and the making of the movie). The site is here.

Wifey and I were interviewed as Firefly/Serenity fans, signed a release, and were told we may or may not be on the DVD they are releasing. The DVD will contain all the footage from several "cons" where the cast showed up. We've already ordered ours. The guy who owns the company (a really nice guy named Jeremy) was also in the movie (a bald-headed monk...LOL). He's done a lot to promote the movie gaining life as well.

And speaking of being in movies, the cast was so amazed by the fans that they approached Universal about letting the Firefly fans be extras in the Serenity movie. As a result, Universal said, "if you can get to the studio, we'll use you as extras in scenes". So, we met several people at the con who were in the movie, had photos to share, and stories to tell about the cast that were interesting...LOL...like the time some of them got caught peeping through the bushes onto the set at the Universal lot.