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Nathan Fillion Says 'Firefly' Animated Series In Development New Series (deadline.com)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

While I agree on principle they just tried Buffy without him and are talking of cancelling it now after testing the pilot.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I was never a big fan of Buffy personally, but maybe the material was lacking or the pilot was good and the execs are idiots.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Buffy worked because of the particular writing style. The snappy little jokes and dialogue but paired with a genuinely horrific setting.

    Whedon has been involved in a lot of projects as a script doctor. Called in to give dialogue a once over.

    So that style of snappy little jokes made it's way into fucking everything, even when it actually clashes with the setting and detracts from the story.

    So now we're all sick of that "style".

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    James gunn has picked up this "grand setting, but with real people" style and done it better. Messy, sometimes stupid, clearly vulnerable people mixed with the power of gods. Sincerity as a writting style.

    Wheadon tapped into it that dynamic, but for firefly it was also the cast being themselves. Heres hoping that the script leans in the Gunn direction and also lets the cast breathe the way they used to.

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