Mkay - are we retconning Wash's demise, or will this be set well enough before that? Because I'm not sure I can commit without him.
EDIT: According to Deadline, it's set between the series and the movie in timeline. As I recall, that only gives about six months of in-universe time - I hope they can make the most of it.
Since Joss is said not to be involved, maybe they will retcon it. I kinda hope so - even though the movie was mostly good, I think that was a bad mistake made purely for shock value.
If I were in charge I would pretend Wash never dies. Go right past the movie time period and cover Reaver reveal from a different angle. The movie becomes beta canon and everyone winks at each other when they talk about the death of Wash.
Since this universe has no magic of time travel to magic the problem away I think it's best to just wink and nod.
Also the concept art looks great! It'll be animated by the studio that did Bojack Horseman (though they're probably more known for their stop-motion animation on Adult Swim like Robot Chicken)
Yeah, it's really the only way they could have done it at this point. I'm hoping the creators/writers do it justice; I heard that Joss Whedon won't be involved. Say what you will about the man, but he wrote damn compelling characters.
They said they knew one, not that they could get them to do it - let alone afford it. Too bad we couldn't get him to Miracle Max while he was only mostly dead.
Wash will still be there, Alan Tudyk hasn't passed yet. It says the series will take place in the couple year gap between the end of the series and Serenity!
It's set in the time before Serenity, so both Wash and Book are still alive. No need to come up with story contortions. Just re-cast for Ron Glass.
Also, animated means they can keep doing more for a long time without having to explain the actors aging and why they can't do crazy stunts or ride horses.
Homophobic, transphobic, racist, anti-abortion, all-around asshole human. He used to say wild hateful stuff on Twitter back in the day, I'm fairly certain he got banned for it
Ugh! Didn't know. Yeah, that's a move I could get behind in light of that. Unfortunately, according to the Deadline article he's already committed to "lending his voice" even though he wasn't physically there for the announcement.
Maybe we'll get lucky and his fellow cast members will help him get back to reality a bit - especially considering it's slowly becoming harder to be anything but the most diehard of a Trump supporter.
I got into it because of her. She hasn't revealed how she feels. Think she's still processing it. I made sure not to say anything until somebody was official because I didn't want to give her an emotional roller coaster
I think that's probably how many feel. Happy that there is something that is new firefly, but sad that it's not live action. Hopefully the one thing will lead to more of the other though, if successful
I think it makes sense, everyone looks visibly older so retroactively putting it before Serenity would be tricky from a marketing perspective, that's why I always wanted them to full cast the audio books, they all still sound great.
That is fair, I'm curious how they'll handle that, if they just recast, or have him be off at an abbey or something, if I remember right, don't they pick Book up from where at the start of Serenity anyway?
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CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 191d
I’ll be in my bunk
Tinidril@midwest.social · 5 pts · 190d
My days of not taking you seriously are definitely coming to a middle.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 26 pts · 191d
Mkay - are we retconning Wash's demise, or will this be set well enough before that? Because I'm not sure I can commit without him.
EDIT: According to Deadline, it's set between the series and the movie in timeline. As I recall, that only gives about six months of in-universe time - I hope they can make the most of it.
Since Joss is said not to be involved, maybe they will retcon it. I kinda hope so - even though the movie was mostly good, I think that was a bad mistake made purely for shock value.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 191d
If I were in charge I would pretend Wash never dies. Go right past the movie time period and cover Reaver reveal from a different angle. The movie becomes beta canon and everyone winks at each other when they talk about the death of Wash.
Since this universe has no magic of time travel to magic the problem away I think it's best to just wink and nod.
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 2 pts · 189d
I mean, not purely shock value; it ties directly to the philosophical ideas present both throughout the movie and in the last (unaired) episode.
That said…I wouldn't cry any tears if it were retconnned.
kieron115@startrek.website · 25 pts · 191d
Also the concept art looks great! It'll be animated by the studio that did Bojack Horseman (though they're probably more known for their stop-motion animation on Adult Swim like Robot Chicken)
medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 191d
Kaylee?
Edit: And Simon, of course.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 8 pts · 191d
Convenient that they're the two not there, doncha think?
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 191d
Maybe they are in their bunk.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 191d
Hey, now - "their bunk"?!? Let's not get ahead of where the new show is starting off from, eh?
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 18 pts · 191d
Shiny.
I've always thought an animated series would be the perfect way to continue it, amazing to see it finally happening.
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 191d
Yeah, it's really the only way they could have done it at this point. I'm hoping the creators/writers do it justice; I heard that Joss Whedon won't be involved. Say what you will about the man, but he wrote damn compelling characters.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
And the dialogue. If there's a line you really love from a Whedon show, chances are high he wrote it himself.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 191d
Will full cast? Y'all forget about Ron Glass?
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 191d
Umm, you know a necromancer?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 191d
Yes
kieron115@startrek.website · 13 pts · 191d
Well... we're waiting!
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 191d
They said they knew one, not that they could get them to do it - let alone afford it. Too bad we couldn't get him to Miracle Max while he was only mostly dead.
kieron115@startrek.website · 8 pts · 191d
Gotcha, gotcha... do you wanna start the GoFundMe or should I?
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 191d
Don't you need to have a goal to set first?
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d
Yea the goal is “help us raise funds to resurrect Shepard Book”.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Arise, cicken
kieron115@startrek.website · 5 pts · 191d
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 191d
Oh good. We'll need one for Wash too.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 191d
We can just cast his brother, Rinse
kieron115@startrek.website · 5 pts · 191d
nobody ever casts the black sheep of the family, Repeat!
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
He's an okay guy, just don't feed him beans.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Don’t forget his other brother dry
kieron115@startrek.website · 4 pts · 191d
Wash will still be there, Alan Tudyk hasn't passed yet. It says the series will take place in the couple year gap between the end of the series and Serenity!
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 191d
That couple years was real time. As I recall (it's admittedly been quite a while), in-universe time between the two was something like 6-9 months.
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 190d
Gotcha. Yeah I saw the movie once and all I remember is something about River becoming Space Jesus?
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 191d
welcome to the weekly adventures of the legitimate business ship serenity! (would give us like 25-40 episodes)
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 11 pts · 191d
Book is dead?? What?
Edit. Holy crap, it's been 10 years, and I just found out. Well..... that sucks.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
Sheppard Book lives. Alan Tudyck's star hasn't dimmed. Ron Glass is dead. Hoban Washburne is a leaf on the wind.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 191d
Didn't they mount his corpse on the front of their ship to sneak past the Reavers? Pretty sure he was dead at that point.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
This takes place before serenity.
kieron115@startrek.website · 15 pts · 191d
fubarx@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 191d
It's set in the time before Serenity, so both Wash and Book are still alive. No need to come up with story contortions. Just re-cast for Ron Glass.
Also, animated means they can keep doing more for a long time without having to explain the actors aging and why they can't do crazy stunts or ride horses.
Win, win.
... As long as it includes YoSafBridge.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 191d
Please give it to the same studio that did Lower Decks! They nailed the lore and the humor.
Also they'd better get a different actor to voice Jayne
Bhaelfur@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 191d
It's looking like it'd be ShadowMachine; they did Robot Chicken, Bojack Horseman, and a bunch of other stuff.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 191d
Why, what's wrong with Adam Baldwin? Or did you mean Shepard Book?
FoxyFerengi@startrek.website · 15 pts · 191d
Homophobic, transphobic, racist, anti-abortion, all-around asshole human. He used to say wild hateful stuff on Twitter back in the day, I'm fairly certain he got banned for it
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 191d
Ugh! Didn't know. Yeah, that's a move I could get behind in light of that. Unfortunately, according to the Deadline article he's already committed to "lending his voice" even though he wasn't physically there for the announcement.
Maybe we'll get lucky and his fellow cast members will help him get back to reality a bit - especially considering it's slowly becoming harder to be anything but the most diehard of a Trump supporter.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 191d
He became an alt-right chud.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 191d
Did not know. Read my reply to someone else who replied basically the same time as you for details on my thoughts.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 191d
Fuck yes! Excited!
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 190d
My wife, who is super into and out of Firefly fandom is both happy and sad. I don't know how to feel.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
I got into it because of her. She hasn't revealed how she feels. Think she's still processing it. I made sure not to say anything until somebody was official because I didn't want to give her an emotional roller coaster
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 9 pts · 190d
I'm also into Firefly because of Crackhappy's wife and she seemed excited when I told her last night
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
You win an internet.
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 190d
Another internet? Sweet! Can we not have NFTs on this one?
Echrichor@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 190d
I think that's probably how many feel. Happy that there is something that is new firefly, but sad that it's not live action. Hopefully the one thing will lead to more of the other though, if successful
Manalith@midwest.social · 3 pts · 190d
I think it makes sense, everyone looks visibly older so retroactively putting it before Serenity would be tricky from a marketing perspective, that's why I always wanted them to full cast the audio books, they all still sound great.
Tinidril@midwest.social · 2 pts · 190d
Ron Glass isn't quite his old self.
Manalith@midwest.social · 1 pts · 186d
That is fair, I'm curious how they'll handle that, if they just recast, or have him be off at an abbey or something, if I remember right, don't they pick Book up from where at the start of Serenity anyway?
Tinidril@midwest.social · 1 pts · 186d
The cartoon is supposed to be set in the time between the show and the movie. I'm pretty sure that the plan is to recast.
BryyM@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d
This was a good choice I think, both because the actors are much older and it allows for some more wacky funny visuals.
AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Please tell me Nathan pushed The Button during the announcement.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 191d
"That was easy."
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
Never seen Firefly but you guys are very passionate about it and so I hope this goes well! Might check it out, I am a fan of animated sci-fi.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 191d
Picture Star Trek but the Federation is the bad guys trying to interrupt your snuggling job.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 190d
If someone interrupts my snuggling they are going to catch hell
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
Hehe, snuggling job.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 189d
I'll be in my bunk.
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 2 pts · 189d
I dunno how you'd go about it but putting further distance from the Confederacy metaphor would also be good.
But I'm just glad there'll be more, honestly.