If they announced a new season of Firefly...

[Signa]

...would you be willing to ignore Serenity as canon for the series?

I was thinking about the recent Joss Whedon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/102351-Joss-Whedon-Is-Still-Bitter-About-Firefly] interview and it got me thinking about other Fox canceled shows like Family Guy and Futurama. Firefly got lucky enough to finish their story, but the time-frame that it supposedly took place in seemed rather close to the show, so I don't know how well they could just insert some adventures for the crew before Serenity's events. Also, if they handled it that way, you still would know what the big secret plot is after the new adventures are all said and done, thus ruining any further suspense and mystery in the show.

I'm also afraid that the show wouldn't be the same if it didn't have all of it's actors in place. If Joss were allowed to hit the reset button on that arc of the story, he would be allowed to keep everyone exactly where they left off when that bounty hunter struck in the final episode of the show. From that point on, I could see the show getting far more interesting than what was left of loose ends at the end of Serenity.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Wow, I completely missed the "If" part of your title.

I'm now a sad panda.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

I reckon they could pull a DMC2 and say that Serenity is set later on in the timeline.

However yes if it did come to that I would ignore Serenity... it was good but Firefly was better.

 

[theimpsarecoming]

I'd be willing to ignore Serenity as part of the canon, because if a hypothetical new season was to go on air, i would rather have all the characters alive and well.

 

[Harley Q]

I would be glued to the set

 

[zHellas]

I'm now a sad panda.

With impaired vision!

Kidding... *pats your back*

I'd shrug and go check out the first season.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Nope, I would not.

Serenity was a good end to the series, and I don't want it to continue beyond that. Firefly is over for me, and would a new season be announced, while I might watch it, I would not exclude Serenity because of it.

 

[HotFezz8]

WOOOOOOO!!!

what was the yahtzee phrase? "i'm ready to ride the fun train all the way to awesome street centeral!"

and... hmm no i wouldn't ignore serenity, although they did suck the point out of the series by making the evil empire fall apart. that said the writers are original enough to bring new and interesting characters in and although the ones that did die (no spoilers) were awesome they can probably bring in new awesoome ones.

 

[I Max95]

i dont like retcons
so no serenity was awesome
and even if they do reset they cant get most of them back

i just want them to green light SOMETHING new for firefly
i checked the only characters that can come back are Zoe, Kaylhee, Simon, and debatably river (she was on the terminator show which might come back though i honestly hope not)
and you can make a great show out of that

 

[Signa]

My personal take (if it wasn't obvious in the OP) is that while I enjoyed Serenity, I could be very happy with it being an "alternate universe" ending. I feel now that movie gets in the way of the show as much as Fox did. It's 8 years later and the possibility isn't even on the table anymore because it's "over." The way I see it is if it suddenly wasn't over, then we could have a good show on our hands again. We still never got to know the details about Book (Comic books be damned, I want it on a screen with footage!) and River got cured rather instantly instead of an interesting development of her character dealing with her inner demons. Without Wash or Book on the ship, I feel like the characters' chemistry is all messed up. Replacing lost characters would be nearly impossible because of how hard it would be to achieve the same affect on the audience.

I could see the possibility of adding a few enjoyable characters to the crew, but how much motivation would the Tams (sp?) have to stay on board? River's powers are fully developed, and unless she gets a reset button pushed on her, she's going to be overpowered and her brother won't need to be there to protect her anymore. He could stay on as the doctor, but it's not like he really wanted that position to begin with, so why would that change?

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Maybe as a reboot, sure, but Serenity was a fitting close to the story.

 

[Trogdor1138]

Look, I absolutely love Firefly/Serenity as much as the next fan, but it's been several years now guys... There's plenty of other good shows around. Also, the comic books sucked ass, so that won't work either.

I thought Serenity was great, maybe not quite up to the show but hey, it's still great stuff, I thought it was fine to leave it how it is, we're lucky we got Serenity made. I couldn't care less if it came back personally, everybody has moved on except the die hard fans so it seems. I'd watch it, sure, but I wouldn't go batshit crazy and jump around the room, I'd still be very skeptical about it.

tl:dr No

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I don't count Serenity as cannon anyway. The death of wash and lack of resolution of River ruined it for me.

 

[Stoplesteimer]

I would be very skeptical of a new season of Firefly. Honestly, it ended well enough and I have the feeling that a new season would be made to please the fans and not to create a story.

 

[crudus]

I am not sure I would be willing to outright ignore Serenity but I would be willing to say "oh, Serenity just happened much later than I thought". I think they should go that route if they reboot Firefly.

Wow, I completely missed the "If" part of your title.

I'm now a sad panda.

Spoiler

 

[itsjustme]

I don't care WHERE the series started from if they somehow convinced a network to do a second season, I'd just be happy it was back, and I'd watch it all the same!

You can't take the sky from me, and you can't stop the signal!

 

[Miumaru]

You do realize Futurama and Family Guy came back because of Adult Swim saving them? I doubt Adult Swim is going to pick up Firefly.