Seriously?

[lurkerwithout]

So here is the thing. Firefly is being reaired on Canada's equivalent to SyFy or something. And in an interview Nate Fillon said if he won the lottery he'd love to buy the rights himself and start the show again. And so now the diehard Firefly fans are trying to make that happen. Raise something like 300 million so that Fillon can buy the right to it. People are raising funds in various ways...

And that just hurts. I loved Firefly and Serenity. I one piles of tie-in licensed materials. But you know what? ITS A FUCKING TELEVISION SHOW. 300 million that will make a bunch of rich people get richer? Thats not fucking right. If there were a mass petition of letter campaign or whatever to try and rekindle interest in restarting the show that could be one thing. But this is just sad fan self-indulgence. And its even worse if it actually succeeds. The world is full of needy causes to actually help make things less shitty. And people want to raise this kind of money to bring back a TV show...

Comments

[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

wow... i normally dun like using the "first world problems" tag cuz sometimes it just seems like it's used to dismiss ppl's issues or problems, but this is one where it's rly apt...

[ninglorithiel.livejournal.com]

Amen, Brother.

[workerant156b.livejournal.com]

100% Ditto.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Actually, Nathan is kind of boggled the Browncoats are taking him that seriously.

But the deal is that if they don't raise enough to bring back the show (which they prolly won't) the money goes to charity.

So I don't mind so much. Nathan will likely not screw over the fans as Joss seems to love doing it if it comes to pass. And if not, good causes will get money. Win win.

[andrewfarago.livejournal.com]

Pay me one million dollars and I'll do everything in my power to keep any Sid and Marty Krofft relaunches off the air.