Firefly reboot confirmed for Disney+

[Soen Eber]

Just saw it in the title of a YouTube vid - didn't watch. I'm sure someone will follow up with details, but I'm kinda sick at the moment and not really thrilled at having to subscribe to a service to see it. But I do have a card of shows and movies to binge so it'll be worth it

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

I was so excited when I saw Firefly reboot, and then crashed to earth when I saw Disney.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I don't care who it is. Firefly was the right collection of people at the right moment to make something new and exciting. You can't force it to work again. Do something new.

I feel the same about Farscape.

On the other hand, I think JMS has made a good case for why a Babylon 5 reboot would be a good idea.

 

[Free]

Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about this.

The original show was lightning in a bottle of production and cast. And it still got kicked to the curb by Fox.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Disney has a decent track record of doing something worthwhile with various media.

 

[Noodles]

Disney has a decent track record of doing something worthwhile with various media.

Not sure if joking or not....

Especially with current Disney.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Not sure if joking or not....

Especially with current Disney.

I will never forgive them for what they did to Lloyd Alexander.

 

[Caete]

Given Disney's track record over the last couple of years, I'll pass on this. I love Firefly but my gut feeling is this won't be anything like the original except in name. I am getting Mainframe vibes and we all know how well their reboot of Reboot went...

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Given Disney's track record over the last couple of years, I'll pass on this. I love Firefly but my gut feeling is this won't be anything like the original except in name. I am getting Mainframe vibes and we all know how well their reboot of Reboot went...

I keep trying to imagine me watching a Disney version of Firefly and all I feel is sad.

EDIT: Full disclosure. My husband is a sports guy, especially college sports. Basketball season has now begun, so he decided to reactivate his streaming channels (he turns it off during baseball season ). Apparently Disney has co-opted everything. The price jumped $5 a month from last year plus now we're forced to add a bunch of new channels we will never watch. LIke Disney.)

I'm tempted to watch the Star Wars movies on Disney, but I feel so dirty even thinking it.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about this.

The original show was lightning in a bottle of production and cast. And it still got kicked to the curb by Fox.

Agreed. A lot of dominos lined up to make the first one great. It's frankly unlikely to happen again. I'm also worried Disney will butcher some of the themes to make them more family friendly... this is unlikely to go well, but I hope to be proven wrong.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Agreed. A lot of dominos lined up to make the first one great. It's frankly unlikely to happen again. I'm also worried Disney will butcher some of the themes to make them more family friendly... this is unlikely to go well, but I hope to be proven wrong.

I'm sure they'll come up with a FAMILY version of the elite hooker Inara, played by Morena Baccarin. She could be an attorney or something

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I'm sure they'll come up with a FAMILY version of the elite hooker Inara, played by Morena Baccarin. She could be an attorney or something

I'll be in my bunk. Reading legal blogs.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I'm sure they'll come up with a FAMILY version of the elite hooker Inara, played by Morena Baccarin. She could be an attorney or something

And I'm sure they will downplay Reavers a LOT, lol.

 

[Free]

And I'm sure they will downplay Reavers a LOT, lol.

Reavers? You mean those slightly angry space pirates who when they attack ships ask for extra candy?

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

I will never forgive them for what they did to Lloyd Alexander.

 

[Soen Eber]

Agreed. What was, was lightning in a bottle, irreproducable. I do have a marginal hope it'll bring back the space western as a concept which could definitely stand a few more iterative steps and become a useful thing. It would make speculative fiction shows more affordable and allow for better writing and philosophical s/f to grow the mindbase.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

There goes Firefly.

 

[Free]

Maybe they can avoid trouncing on our memories by refocusing it under Firefly: The Next Generation.