does anyone think it's feasible that Netflix could do a reboot?
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hotrats2112 — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 06:17 AM)
And when would it take place? In the past he said he would do it before Serenity but that was years ago. I'm not sure I could take no Wash or Book.
I'd like to see a Shepherd Book origin story movie. As a stand alone movie it could work. Ron Glass is still alive and you could get a younger actor to play him in the early years. -
duffasaurus — 9 years ago(July 19, 2016 08:01 PM)
Okay so I was slightly drunk when I made that comment and it was a little more harsh and racist than I had intended I'm not a troll account, I just think Joss Whedon wanted a black character and Book is the result. Unfortunately Book doesn't really add anything to the show and has no back story besides ~mysterious murmurs~ that he may have been a badss in the past. I thought he was self righteous and obnoxious; didn't enjoy his presence in the slightest. Sry2say.
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Pumpyjones — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 01:36 AM)
But his character had the potential to develop into something interesting. He and Simon were the moral centers of the show. I liked him and I really enjoy the actor in general. Though the character is dead now, so the point is moot.
I actually don't feel like he was shoehorned in to have a black character. He's a preacher, and seeing as a lot of preachers are black (and a lot of black people are in the paramilitary, or whatever Book was in), it doesn't seem like a stretch to me for them to choose a black man to play the character. Also, I don't really think there needs to be a justification for a black person to be there, any more than we need a reason for Mal to be white, etc. This takes place in the future, and steer eotypes are probably way different.
The characters are written pretty colorblind and could've been cast any way, except for Inara, who was clearly intended to be an Indian woman. In fact, that's the one thing that bothered me the most, race-wise. Couldn't they have made her Latin like Morena instead of dressing her in saris and putting bindi dots on her? I found it really distracting. -
Technomage001 — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 06:37 PM)
I thought of Book as being X Alliance. Someone who probably couldn't stand what they were doing and probably what he had done in the past, so he left and became a Shepherd to make some amends. It's been awhile but I think in one episode he knew an Alliance security code. In another episode a bounty hunter said he was no Shepherd, like he knew something.
I'm watching S1 E5 'Safe' Book gets shot and the Docs not around, so they take him to an Alliance ship for help. The Alliance not going to do anything until they take a look at Books ID card, they change their tune and rushes him into surgery. -
theboxingcannabyte — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 10:37 PM)
Wronggoogle "Firefly official comics A Shepard's Tale".these comics fill in the gaps, complete the "Hands of Blue" storyline and other things that we were meant to see before Fox's gargantuan bungle.
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ngrignon — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 01:39 PM)
What I said for years if Gilmore Girls can resurect from the ashes I think Firefly can too Nathan is out of business, if only beep!ng Fox could be nice to give up the rights to Netflix (after all they screwed this show)? I would dream to see my ol' crew back, years and all. (and with Serenity as just a dream - to get back our favorite pilot and pastor).
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jimmybigtime — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 07:02 PM)
Adam Baldwin might be tough to get what with The Last Ship, but everyone else is pretty much free as far as shows go. I don't think they'd need to get Whedon because he already wrote out seven seasons, plus he's kinda let the money and fame go to his head as of late, his productions become more and more watered down.