Do you think we will ever get more "Firefly?"

I always find that arguement of having 2 sci-fi shows on one network to be complete bull, how many police proceedurals or medical dramas do they have going at one time?

We don't need a revival. What we need is a time machine to fix a mistake and continue the original series for at least four more seasons.

"I aim to misbehave." No one is cooler than Mal.

Fox really missed a huge opportunity with this show. It absolutely had the potential to go 10-15 seasons and become a franchise that would make Star Trek look like Gilligan's Island. It is easily one of the top 5 best Sci-Fi television shows ever produced. The stories were superb, the production top notch, and the actors were amazing. I was so pissed when it got canceled.

I genuinely loved this series… Serenity was a sweet send off.

My favorite fun fact tangential to the series: while DVD encryption had been broken for many years, when HD-DVD and Blu-Ray came out, they had newer, better encryption, and folks were concerned that the studios had beaten the pirates for once. Well, that proved to be short-lived, as both were broken, with the first movie ever decrypted from HD-DVD being Serenity. You can't stop the signal.

My favorite sci-fi series ever. Absolutely amazing cast and great stories.

How do we have 193,576,345 cop, lawyer, judge, and doctor crap shows but we can never get a 2nd season of firefly

I think a reboot would fail spectacularly, at this point. Serenity happened soon enough after the show's cancellation that you could still get the same actors, writers, etc together. Now, everyone has gone their multiple ways...Ron Glass has gone to The Great Beyond...it would be almost impossible to recapture the alchemy of the original series. Additionally, it's now been almost two decades since Serenity. That's two decades of people building up in their minds what a continuation or reboot could be...and the likelihood of writing something that would live up to those expectations for a large enough percentage of fans to be satisfied is so incredibly tenuous as to be non-existent. Any attempted spin-off/reboot/continuation would likely be as divisive as the sequel trilogy has been to Star Wars. A big part of the original success of Firefly was the uniqueness of the show. Nobody had seen anything like it before. Much as I love the show, I think attempting anything more than a one-off feature-length or miniseries production would fall short of expectations, because it's not going to capture that novel factor of being something all-new. On top of that, two fan-favorite characters would be missing...Wash could only appear in flashbacks, and Shepherd Book would have to be recast completely if he was going to be used at all--and could likewise only be used in flashbacks. Those two characters were significant factors in the show's appeal. A continuation series without them would lack a lot of the magic. It would be like trying to continue Star Trek:TOS without Scotty or Bones. At this point, Firefly will live longer in the minds of its fans by being a series cancelled too soon and the imagined possibilities that they create from that inspiration. Anything else is going to fall short of expectations, and while it might provide short-term satisfaction, in the long term, it would only water down fan enthusiasm.

It truly is a tragedy that Firefly did not last very long. I’ve done my best to collect all the comics as well as the movie and TV show on DVD. I’ve always appreciated Nathan Fillion‘s desire to revive it, having referenced it a few times in his other big show Castle, as well as voicing the “space” cowboy super hero Vigilante on Justice League Unlimited.

Oh, maaann. What a great show! I'm still in love with Morena B, and it's safe to say a lot of us are. We miss you, Morena!

Kinda weird to not even mention the death of Ron Glass, or the graphic novel that filled in the backstory for his character.

I'd love to see Serenity/Firefly to come back ... but only with original atmosphere. Nowadays shows often change for the worse because studio exec believe they know what a modern audience would want and then we receive just some unobstructable crap.

I have a concept for the next iteration. Kaylee and Simon are living on Persephone, running a starship repair business and a medical clinic respectively. They have a couple of kids and auntie River takes care of them. River is still far from normal, but much more balanced and in control. Of course it took money to start these businesses, and Badger generously provided this. Besides exorbitant payments, they often have to supply services to Badger's less-than-honorable clients. Jayne owns a bar. Malcolm and Zoe would be guest stars (worked around their network show schedules) We would add some new characters, some people that work at these three businesses. Since Baccarin doesn't want to be involved, there would be the story of loss here. Since she was supposed to have a deadly disease this make sense. If she's willing to come back for an episode or two they could do this in flashback.

We could always get a spin off. The universe of Firefly is pretty interesting.

I heard one of the reasons it didn't do well is that some network executives were angry with Joss Whedon. They deliberity messed it up to spite him.

I'm so glad they filmed Firefly in widescreen, because that helps to keep it from looking so dated. Though this was filmed in the era where shows like that still looked like they were filmed on a stage instead of feeling like it's in a real ship. So that kind of dates it in a way. Though this is still my all time favorite tv show.

It would be great to see more Firefly but how long has it been? After a time it just seems unrealistic to try and resurrect what once was a great show. Possible but very rare!

I was actually hoping for a series called "Booke" taking on the story of Shepard Booke as an operative. There are many points in Firefly and Serenity where he lets things slip about his on time life, like his ident card when he was wounded.

Still love this show and movie. If they brought it back today, it would be a massive hit. Assuming the writers did a good job.

The selection of the cast was ... inspired. It's hard to imagine anyone else playing those roles. The imagination of Joss Whedon provided fertile ground for the story to take flight. Without their collective passion, dedication and creative abilities any subsequent reboot of the series is likely to have a quite different flavour. From the first episode of Firefly that I watched I was enraptured. I would love for a re-visit, but... time has moved on and left the show, as it stood, in the past. All that said, however, I am reminded of how I felt about Star Trek [The Original Series] and the role of Captain James Tiberius Kirk. How could anyone reprise the role without it being William Shatner? He didn't. Chris Pine under the directorship of J.J. Abrams breathed new life into the genre. It wasn't ST[ToS] writ large on the big screen. In a lot of ways, it was better. So, Firefly. I won't be rooting for a continuation primarily because I don't think it can happen. But a re-boot with the right guidance and a decent budget and time slot? Oh, YES PLEASE!!

Although having a "reboot" of FIREFLY would be nice for the fans, it should be left to sleep.

I’d be good with a reunion. There’s no way they could continue the show without the original cast.

one of the best sci-fi stories ever told with the added boost of defiance against tyrany. still watch it when i can. would love to see the streaming services pick it up

Firefly is one of 2 sci-fi westerns that were cancelled way too early, it had so many great characters both hero and villain! Alan Tudyk had written a great script for the 2nd season, and hearing about the script, created a great movie in my mind!

I'd love to see an animated series! Honestly it would make the most sense: - It's far lower budget, much more forgiving with scheduling, you can get sound-alike actors for the ones who don't want to sign on again (most likely Morena Baccarin, possibly others). - The fact that the actors have aged won't matter because they will be animated. - When it fits the story you can have those big over-the-top explosive scenes that, being animated, will not require fire crews and several takes with propane gas and air pressure pumps and actors in harnesses and wrecked vehicles. ALL of that ties up the works. An animated medium allows for action sequences with little fuss. - A studio could write and produce a 12 episode season in as little as six months, without voice actors being needed for the entire stretch of time. I personally would love to see a series brought back like this!

I recently introduced one of my granddaughters to the Firefly series and she instantly fell in love with it. At least enough to name her newly acquired kitten Kaylee. 🙂 Now she's hounding us for a 'Jane hat" LOL

I remember back in the day the real hardcore fans 'the Brown coats' getting mad about the cancellation. Seems like a lifetime ago now.

Firefly; Perfect casting, great stories, better-than-adequate production values. I hate that it was dumped after being treated so poorly by the network. The movie was a terrific bonus ... but ... They killed off Wash, i.e., they stabbed us in the back. Do I wish for an alternate universe where the series was treated with respect and continued? Sure thing (though the movie wouldn't have happened). Do I wish for a continuation without the ENTIRE original cast? Nope, it could never be the same.

It was a tragedy what happened to this series. To this day, still one of my favorites. Serenity was a blessing in way of closure, as we will likely not see any continuance of this story. I know we fans that have a vested interest would love to see a revival, but in today's eye..I believe it would be lost on most newcomers.

This is one of my favorite sci-fi shows ever

I'm a leaf on the wind... 🌬🍃 ... you can't take the sky from me.

All what's needed is for a studio to purchase the rights to produce more episodes and I reckon the cast would jump at the chance to reprise their roles. Some sort of Event series with six episodes would be amazing. Twin Peaks did it. The X-Files did it. Why not Firefly too?

I tried watching the original airings with great expectations. I was disappointed and quit after the first 3 episodes. I found a series collection at a thrift store and watched them in the order that was intended. Now I'm a fan. Always loved the movie, Serenity.

I suggest that a computer-animated (FIREFLY) show series should get made, if a reboot of the live-action show isn’t possible to do.

Fire Fly was ahead of its time. Best space series I have ever seen.

Animated would probably be the only way for a revival…

I think it would be great if (FIREFLY) show series could get rebooted, and shown either on the SYFY channel, or on the HULU network.

I can't even imagine what 6 seasons of this show would have looked like

I'd love to see a continuous of the show and Alan stepping into the role of show runner. Alan is an amazing actor (see Doll House) but after seeing con man I think he'd be great behind the camera because we all know why 😢😢

I would totally watch a Firefly revival themed after Unforgiven. This is the first time I've heard this idea and it is brilliant.

Firefly, as short as it may have been, is one of the best sci-fi shows ever aired.

does anyone really think Rupert Murdoch's network would not sabotage a show about independent people standing up to an authoritarian regime?

My understanding is; Fox basically, Low-Key "cut" Firefly "off at the knees". With terrible, almost non-existent marketing & all the other reasons listed in the video. They (supposedly) did this because they wanted Joss focused ENTIRELY on his money-making, Buffy series & Angel series. They (reluctantly) approved Firefly because it was a "passion project" of his and they didn't want to risk pissing Joss off! But then they subtly sabotaged it to get him back to working on what THEY wanted him to work on! As much as I LOVE Firefly, I don't really WANT anything NEW to come out! No remakes, revivals, or whatever and it is TOO LATE for any new seasons! The time for that to happen would have been 10 or 15 years ago! (the cast are no longer "spring chickens" anymore after all) Oh, and what we have is HALF a Season! NOT a full Season! (this was network TV, and seasons were about 23-24 episodes long!)

Probably gonna have to be a full-blown reboot if the show ever returns. Also, Joss Whedon has a bad reputation as a bully now, so someone else would have to take up the mantle. Maybe there could be a joint Battlestar Galactica/Firefly reboot. I mean, they _could_ take place in the same universe, couldn't they? 🤔

I am a huge fan of Firefly. I think the whole cast and the dialogue was top notch. And although I was never really an X Files fan, in the clip you showed, that must surely have been a homage to another show I love dearly, Kolchak. Now I need to find and watch that X Files episode. I had heard that X Files was influenced by Kolchak but to see a character in his iconic suit and hat gave me a huge smile! But Firefly without Joss and the original cast would be worse than not having more Firefly at all. It just could never have the same magic!

I always felt that someone could see how big this show could get and worked against it. The whole style about it was so fitting. I'm afraid too much time has passed. Maybe they could make two more movies.

There was a show called Dark Matter. It went on for 3 seasons and ended on a huge cliff hanger. One of the leads, Melissa O'Neil, now plays a police officer in a series called The Rookie. Guess who else is in The Rookie. Nathan Fillion. I loved Firefly, I loved Serenity, and I loved Dark Matter. Of course when I saw Nathan Fillion was in The Rookie I had to check it out, and when I saw Melissa O'Neil was in it too I just had to start watching. But it really makes me crave some good sci-fi in a bad way. Their shows ending shows before they reached their conclusions was tragic. 😭 Edit: Watch Dark Matter.

Impossible to make anything good in the current "climate". So better off re-watching the original material from time to time. I bought the series on DVD, after procrastinating for a long time, and was positively surprised. The cancellation of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" will however be the number one item in "The Great Book of Grudges". But have no fear, this also deserve a spot on the first page! Also just remembered that Summer Glau was present in both of these TV-series. What a strange coincidence... !

Did not mention that when Fox moved the time slot to Friday night, they did not publicize that.

5:50 Could be bumpy. Always is. *_sob_* It has been 20 years and every time I see a clip from the show I can't help but get choked up.

Damn shame. Really great show

X-Files destroyed so many great sci-fi shows by insanely outperforming the Friday Night Death Slot. Fox suddenly.thought, "Oh... we just need to put a sci-fi show in that slot and we'll make money. We can tell, because it happened once, and as TV studio execs, that's the maximum number of data points that we can consider at one time."

Baccarin was incredibly beauty as well as Gina Torres, one of my long lasting favorites in everything she does. All the cast was greater than most shows.

Hope the bring it back never seen it but the fans love for it is definitely interesting hope they bring og writers and cast

Loved the shows and movie-great cast,but I believe it's too late now for revival.Maybe a similar new series.

I've enjoyed the graphic novels and current book series. I'd love to see a reboot of sorts, but capturing the chemistry of the original cast is the greatest risk. I think there are plenty of stories to tell to give us a 4 or 5 season run using the streaming model of 8 to 12 episodes each. If not the Firefly series then maybe doing something with the Galaxy Outlaws series by Morin might work.

Browncoat forever ♾️

I remember watching this every Friday night when it was first on TV. Funny how a great show like this was canceled yet current year production get multiple seasons green lit while having lower ratings than Firefly received

I loved firefly so much I bought 2 sets of the collector set. it looks to me like whoever was in charge tried their best to kill the great show the fox did everything wrong

I feel that they should make more firefly shows

One of the best Sci-fi ever created.

There is no substitute for great writing. That is what made Firefly, fly. If you can't have Joss Whedon, you can't have Firefly.

0:55 "The Science Channel?" Anyway, now that the Firefly TV rights reside with Disney, do we really want to see a Firefly series from Das Maus Reich? After what they did to Luke and Han, I'd sooner not see what they'd do to Mal. ='[.]'=

Somehow I missed this… and the hype….then one day I picked up a dvd and was completely blown away. It’s one of the best written shows with a great cast I’ve ever seen.

"I'm a leaf in the wi-" 😢

There was already a reunion special where they sat around and reminisced.

Firefly was an INCREDIBLE show. I would love a revival...if they brought back the original characters. When Disney said they were looking at doing a Firefly reboot I was hesitant and apprehensive. I don't feel they would do the show justice. None the less, a proper reboot would be warmly welcomed!

A great show that should have been picked up.

it's a bit late to take up where serenity left off, but I would love to see more out of the whedonverse.

If Joss Whedon gives the ok I'm sure fans would make episodes to continue the series, hopefully some of the actors would come back, at least Nathan Fillion

I actually watched Serenity first, then learned from others that it was based on the show and I bought the DVD set. I was quite disappointed that so few episodes were available, but quickly became a fan. With the death in Serenity of a main character (no spoilers), I didn't see a revival happening unless the timeline put it before that. At this point, the actors are far older and I don't see it ever coming back. Nathan Fillion is still my favorite actor though and love him in Castle and The Rookie!

I never even knew of the series until I saw the movie. I thought it was great!

I saw the movie Serenity first, and it was totally random. I wanted to watch a movie, and walked the poster line at the theater, though that looks interesting, why not. Cue the flood of goosebumps from the first scene and walking out of the theater at the end looking at the world through the eyes of a different verse. I couldn't get the DVD set fast enough.

I would love to travel to an alternate universe where Firefly has 5 top notch seasons and bring back the DVDs. Or stay there, whatever works.

This show is such a case study. The response to it is so interesting. I'm just glad I got the DVDs for the season and the movie years ago. Still love on it.

At this point, after this long, the BEST thing to do would be a "reboot sequel" set after the movie Serenity like 15-20 years... and dealing with the fallout about the revelation the Reavers were made by the Alliance... And seeing how the verse moved on in light of that. THAT would allow a new crew, a new ship, AND still have the chance for the OG crew to cameo here or there for fan service.

The IP is actually amazing.. it would be a good revival

The episodes and movie make a nice little package. If they bring it back, they'll just ruin it like they have everything else.

But Wash and The Shepherd died in Serenity... reviving dead characters is very tricky to pull off, and if it's all happening in the past, the actors have aged considerably. Don't get me wrong, I would love more Firefly, but I don't see it being done without creating a mess with the story arc of the series.

A revival now just wouldn’t be the same.

I saw this show kind of backwards. Later on, I remember seeing tv spots for the show at the time. But never watched it as I wasn't watching a lot of tv at the time. But I saw Serenity movie at the theater and really liked it. And rented the DVD and watched the special features and saw they kept talking about a tv show and I didn't understand what they were talking about. It wasn't until a couple of years later that I figured out Serenity was based on a tv show called Firefly. So I rented the DVD's and loved the show. I eventually bought the DVD's and the show became my all time favorite tv show. Then bought the Blu-ray's. It's a show that I wished had run for 5 seasons so I could periodically rewatch and episode here and there like with say X-Files or something. But with just 14 episodes, I've watched them so many times that it's become like a joke you've heard over and over again. Where I still really like it, but it's kind of worn down.

The Simpsons had similar problems with their first season. The episodes were also played out of order and the colors done by the overseas animation company they used were wrong. It is amazing that they gave the Simpsons more of chance. I have long thought that Firefly really wasn't given a realistic chance. It actually was a pretty good show.

The best we'll ever seen is a reboot. but how do you reboot a masterpiece?

Just makes me want to cry. Best TV series ever. If we can't get the car back together, then maybe follow some other brown coat outlaw(s) in the same universe with a different crew. Mal can't be the only brown coat on the run.

Bring this show back! Also, add a DLC in Starfield where we get to meet the Firefly crew for a few awesome side quests!

It was a show about veterans overthrowing a corrupt government. Lucky we got the few episodes we did honestly

I personally think that a continuation with a complete recast is totally possible. As much as I ADORE the original cast and wish it was never cancelled... there are PLENTY of talented actors around. Have the movie be a premonition that the new cast avoid, slow introduce the concepts from the movie until mirroring its finale with the "S1 finale" then boom, open things up. But with Wash still piloting, dammit. No leaf on the wind! Tudyk's idea for a later continuation is extremely intriguing though. Makes sense to me too.

Firefly fans are actually called 'flans' due to Nathan Fillien's tongue twisting when he welcomed all the 'Firefly fans' but kept accidentally saving 'flans'.

I'm from Australia so first saw the show on DVD (presumably in the correct order). Loved it and tried to find subsequent series. This explains why I couldn't. Pity studio meddling fucked it up as was a great show.

I don't watch TV shows at all, but I love Firefly. The actors did a fantastic job with their characters. They were complex people that had good and bad to them. The only other shows I'll watch are House MD and Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch's version). Those both have the same feel because the "heroes" are all greatly flawed in some way.

Firefly's schedule was off too due to it being bumped constantly for a series of baseball games. I think it was playoffs for the World Series or something like that. Due to that inconsistent schedule it had a hard time getting traction in ratings.

Fox have a history of airing shows out of order. They did the same thing with American Gothic - another single-season show

Fox fumbled this ball spectacularly, sadly. Firefly was lightning in a bottle. I still rewatch the one (and only) season and spin-off movie quite regularly, but it was a missed opportunity. Trying to recapture the original magic again would be a huge mistake.

The original cast and writing is what made Firefly special. It think rebooting it or doing a continuation with a new cast and new writers would probably be a disaster. Star Wars has been a disaster since the original trilogy.

I was usually up on space movies growing up. Never ever did I see an advertisement of FireFly tv series. Nor did I ever see a movie trailer of Serenity. Only years much later did I hear about these shows. I then bought the DVD's and enjoy them from time to time. So, wish that there were more of them. Would have been nice to support them when they were up and running. I guess many people didn't know about it either. When talking to others about space movies and their scenes. Many times, when mentioning FireFly. Some have never heard of it. Boy-O-boy did they ever lack in advertising.

I knew Firefly was really over when I went to see Serenity opening weekend to a nearly empty theater. I didn't count, but there weren't more than a half dozen other people watching it with me.

In ten years, Fillion should do an "Unforgiven" or "Logan" homage style movie for Firefly... Fans would love it

Morena's character should be the new captain. Everybody would lose their minds. Mal dead, everyone else settled, she finds the ship on accident and puts on the spurs.