November 20 2009
SciFi Now's "ten of the best" science fiction television series.
Firefly appears on the list and gets described as "the darling of modern science fiction". Quite right too.
Firefly or Serenity on Blu-Ray on Sale at Amazon.com.
Today's Amazon.com Lightning Deal at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST is "Captain Tightpants in Blu". That could be the Series or it could mean the BDM, but one will be on sale. ETA: It's the Firefly Blu-ray set going for $34.99.
November 18 2009
The Worst TV Ideas Of The Decade.
Firefly gets a mention on film.com's list due to the boneheaded-ness of Fox, not because it isn't shiny.
Jewel Staite replaces Nathan Fillion at the Salute to Serenity/ Firefly event this weekend.
The schedule is posted for the event.
November 17 2009
V co-star has much love for Alan and Morena.
Elizabeth Mitchell, formerly of Lost, plays FBI Agent Erica Evans on V. She admits her Browncoat nature and talks about improving with Alan, and meeting Morena for the first time.
November 13 2009
Quick Sporcle Quiz for Firefly Fans.
It's a short online quiz matching the actors to the characters they played on the show.
November 08 2009
Top Cult Shows: Firefly.
Real TV Addict gives Firefly a look.
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November 06 2009
Serenity nabs place in top SciFi tear jerkers.
Twitterfied list includes the Big Damn Movie among notable others.
November 04 2009
Just in time for "V" premiere, a chance to win a free Serenity comic signed by Morena.
I found this on Facebook and thought I should share.
November 01 2009
Best Buy has Firefly: The Complete Series on DVD for only $12.99.
Still have folks that never seen or heard of our BDHs? Now there is no excuse. Sale price good until November 14th.
October 30 2009
What couples argue about when they watch Firefly and Serenity.
It's the "Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal" essay taken from "Serenity Found".
October 29 2009
Hand embroidered dinosaurs and Wash quote.
Brilliant needlework from TiLT creations on flickr.
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Serenity charity screening in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday.
Games, prizes, food, fun, friends, and Serenity.
October 28 2009
First look at the ship from the fan film "Browncoats: Redemption".
You can download it as wallpaper for your desktop.
October 23 2009
October 22 2009
Captain Reynolds vs Vampires.
In the preview for next Monday's Castle episode, Mal goes up against a few undead Americans. EDIT: holy crap, there is also a sneak peak in which he NAMECHECKS BUFFY. Nerd heaven, indeed.
October 21 2009
The top 5 hunk of junk spaceships.
Serenity lands at number 3.
HD Nation hearts Serenity on Blu-ray!
2 minutes and 46 seconds into this episode of the online tech series all about High Definition, the hosts briefly show their love for the BDM, calling it a "feel-good movie".
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October 11 2009
You Can Own Firefly's Serenity for Just $2,495.
For Browncoats with a bit of extra cash to spare: Here's a high end replica of Firefly's Serenity. It looks fabulous, but you'll need a pretty solid bank account, because it's going for $2,495.
October 07 2009
'Mal's Morals' - a free essay taken from The Psychology of Joss Whedon.
Smart Pop Books are posting free essays from their books and this particular one is about Captain Malcolm Reynolds and moral pornography.
Thirty four Firefly episodes based on Elton John Song titles.
Glorious. There's no other word for it.
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September 30 2009
(SPOILER)
7 years after Firefly: Where are they now?
Sci Fi Wire takes a look (minor spoilers for Summer's role on Dollhouse).
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September 27 2009
Firefly: The Big Damn Musical.
I happened upon this on YouTube and couldn't stop laughing. I don't think it's been posted here, so... what the heck, right? :D
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September 26 2009
5 Awesome Cases of the Internet Owning Mainstream Media.
Firefly/Serenity is mentioned as one of the 5.
September 23 2009
Bing! Your Firefly reference is ready...
Search engine Bing's daily background is of the planet Neptune and one of the 'hidden' links takes you to a Firefly video search.
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September 19 2009
Browncoat Ball 2009 in Portland.
Browncoat Ball 2009 - Registration Still Open! Sounds like the Portland Browncoats have a great shindig planned.
September 16 2009
Calling all Browncoats and Doers of Good Deeds.
Can't Stop the Serenity wants your help for their latest plan for raising money for Equality Now (it won't cost you anything).
September 15 2009
Hijinks Ensue comic on FOX's new space western.
This from yesterday. Also, a link to io9 under the cartoon regarding Fox and a "Firefly-like" story.
September 14 2009
TV Squad article "Gone Too Soon: Firefly".
Nice little article on TV Squad, but with some errors. As usual.
I am a Browncoat.
Watch the teaser trailer for the fan film Browncoats: Redemption.
September 12 2009
Firefly premieres tonight in Germany.
Super RTL is showing "Serenity" at 10:10pm (or 10:15pm, depending on the sources). Link in german.
Firefly Mention by The Nostalgia Chick.
Or more accurately, her friend.
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September 05 2009
Ann Arbor, Michigan Serenity + Dr. Horrible Charity Screenings this Saturday.
Also a non-charity Serenity screening in Washington DC.
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September 03 2009
Is sci-fi better when it's low budget?
Serenity is mentioned as an example of a low-ish budget sci-fi film which might be all the better for not costing big bucks.
September 02 2009
Browncoats: Redemption Dragon*Con 2009 panel & trailer announcement.
More information about the highly anticipated fan film can be found in this interview at Fantasy Magazine.
September 01 2009
Cap'n Tightpants ranks #8 on Top Sci-Fi Characters list.
The Sci-Fi Block has posted their list of the top 10 science fiction characters of all time and our own Malcolm Reynolds makes the list.
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August 31 2009
Amazon Gold Box deal on Firefly/Serenity discs.
Amazon's description for the Gold Box Lightning deal starting at 2PM PDT states "Join "Captain Tightpants" on extraordinary space adventures"
August 30 2009
Jason Palmer's jumbo Serenity banner prints.
Got wall? Also the Kaylee tee is now in a "breezy white, muscle tee raglan, with shimmery silver background motif".
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August 29 2009
Help a fellow Browncoat's family.
Dawnsister of the New England Browncoats and co-captain of the CSTS Boston lost her sister Kristen in a horrific car accident on Wednesday. She had no life insurance and because of this a memorial fund has been set up for Kristen's children. Details of how to contribute can be found on the linked news item and also here and here as well.
August 28 2009
Serenity on Universal HD, Uncut, August 30th.
Universal HD will be showing our beloved BDM twice this Sunday, at 7:00 & 9:30pm, Eastern time. No "slash and burn" editing, either. :)
SF TV's Biggest Badass: River vs. Kirk.
After besting both Caprica Six and Cameron in IO9's badass-off, River takes on James Tiberius Kirk. Add your vote to the contest.
August 27 2009
Wordballoon podcast talks with Patton Oswalt about his Firefly comic book.
He's writing a Wash One-shot for Dark Horse, the subject begins around the 14 minute mark of the interview.
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August 25 2009
Who's Television's Biggest Badass?
River Tam Vs. Caprica Six.
August 15 2009
Why we love Malcolm Reynolds.
A look into the moral fiber of our favorite heroes.
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August 13 2009
List of the 20 Greatest shows prematurely axed by FOX.
A fairly impressive collection of familiar faces appear, and guess, guess, guess what show takes top spot?
August 10 2009
Morena Baccarin on V- Political Observations.
Morena sounds off about the political implications of the new show V, where she plays an alien "ambassador."
"The Kiss": Our Captain shows his love for the Serenity Replica.
I haven't seen this posted here, so I thought y'all might like it. Nathan popped by the QMx booth during Comicon, and made a 'physical statement' about the new Serenity Replica.
August 09 2009
Win a QMX Inara's Shuttle Diorama.
Express what Serenity means to you or be one of the first 1500 to follow QMxInsider on Twitter.
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August 07 2009
Five Movies in Desperate Need of a Sequel.
Coutesy of dmc from the UniversalHD Boards. This is a nice little article from the Seattle Times that lists five good choices. Can you guess which film made #1 on the list?
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August 06 2009
Firefly finally coming to German TV screens (link is in German).
The RTL Group, which has held the German broadcasting rights for Firefly for years, has finally decided to air the series on German TV. It is scheduled to air on Saturdays around 10 p.m. on SuperRTL, starting September 12th.
August 04 2009
Total Sci-Fi's 100 greatest science fiction movies.
Serenity comes in at no. 88 and gets praised for its witty, snappy dialogue.
July 31 2009
'Not Very Christian Of Me': The Escapist Faith of a Lost Shepherd in Firefly.
If you want to refresh your memory about Shepherd Book, it'd do no harm to read this academic paper (PDF reader required). For my money, it's the definitive look at Ron Glass' character.
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Firefly shines brightly for writers.
Geekdad recaps the 'Lessons of Firefly: Learning from the Works of Joss Whedon' workshop held at the recent Romance Writers of America conference. Is Firefly's brief life span part of its appeal?
July 30 2009
Crew of Serenity Makes EW's List of Sci-Fi Characters You'd Love to Pal Around With.
Our ragtag "Firefly/Serenity" crew make the cut in Entertainment Weekly's rundown of characters from sci-fi that you'd love to be friends with.
July 28 2009
Melbourne, Australia CSTS Screening - Sunday 30th of August.
Venue, Time and Cost are still TBA though.
July 27 2009
"I love Firefly, I love Serenity. They're excellent".
David Tennant shares his love for the 'Verse at Comic Con.
July 25 2009
Titan's still flying with Firefly.
Remember last month when it was discovered that there was going to be a third Firefly Official Companion book and we all wondered what it would contain? Well Titan Books has now officially announced 'Firefly Still Flying' and more details are revealed.
July 22 2009
At last - The Final Reveal.
At long last, the Firefly Ship Works are officially releasing the details on their years in the making, screen-accurate replica of Malcolm Reynolds' own Firefly class transport ship Serenity - aka "The Big Damn Replica."
July 21 2009
QMx shows pictures of the new Little Damn Hero.
Jayne Cobb gets a limited run of 1,000 pieces – get in early!
July 20 2009
Serenity Makes Sympatico MSN's "Greatest Space Movies of All Time" List.
In honour of the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, Sympatico MSN's Entertainment department have chosen 15 of the greatest space-related films. Our beloved BDM comes in at No. 6!
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July 17 2009
An Evening on the Set of "Browncoats:Redemption" Production Fundraiser and Wrap Party.
The cast and crew of "Browncoat Redemption," the Firefly universe fan movie for charity, is inviting everyone to come out and help them celebrate on Friday, July 24th 2009.
July 16 2009
"Welcome to Shadow" - a new Blue Sun Travel Agency poster.
Adam Levermore's latest artwork depicts Captain Malcolm Reynold's home planet. 100 special prints of these will be made available for purchase at QMX's booth at Comic Con.
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Amazon's Blu-ray Blowout includes Serenity.
It's only $16.99 + shipping. Any who haven't got it yet should take the jump (not to mention the boatload of other cheap Blu-rays in this sale, such as the crazy-cheap 2001 for 10.99).
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July 14 2009
Season 7 of "Ace of Cakes" features Serenity.
One of the cakes featured in the season opener for "Ace of Cakes" is an amazing flying replica of Serenity. Including the two side engines made of Rice Krispies. The lucky recipient tells her story here, along with some awesome pics over there.
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July 11 2009
Jason Palmer's SereniTees.
There is even a pink one! And a tank top and olive green raglan top.
Underground Artist 11th Hour Teams Up with QMx.
There's a shiny new tshirt design featuring our favourite ship.
July 09 2009
"SyFy" actively looking to develop the next space opera.
"I’d love to find our version of, not specifically Firefly, but similar to what Joss tried to do with that in terms of, "lets recast the Western in space." Love that idea, and I love that show."
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July 04 2009
$50,000 raised so far from 2009 Can't Stop The Serenity screenings.
The global organisers say "we're well on our way towards our goal of $150k!".
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Naming Serenity.
The folks over at the Firefly Ship Works are seeking naming suggestions for their years-in-the-making, screen-accurate, model replica of Serenity which is currently in the final stages of development.
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July 02 2009
GeekSix posts their top five Firefly inspired songs.
Sitting at the top? Our very own Jayne Cobb.
June 28 2009
Can't Stop the Serenity in Raleigh NC, Sunday, Monday.
Can't Stop the Serenity Screenings in Raleigh, NC Sunday night June 28, and Monday night June 29 - hosted by the NC Browncoats!!!
New Firefly/Serenity fan song: "An Open Letter to My Captain".
It's by River and the Reavers.
FireflyFans.net loses main source of income to support site.
Stupid Alliance-like law.
June 27 2009
Serenity screening in Santa Barbara, CA.
Friday July 31st, Saturday August 1st and Monday August 3rd.
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June 23 2009
Firefly Females Make Top 10 Sci-Fi Movie Babes.
Asylum.com talks about their top 10 Sci-Fi Babes of all time - and the crew of Serenity ranks quite high.
June 22 2009
Firefly: Still Flying: The Official Companion Volume 3 - out next year.
Now the first two Volumes covered the tv show and the Serenity Companion obviously covered the movie. So it will be interesting to see what Titan Books come up with for Volume Three.
Firefly expands one's vocabulary.
Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--sanguine
Def: 1. Cheerfully optimistic or confident. 2. Having a healthy reddish color. 3. Blood-red. More...
Def: 1. Cheerfully optimistic or confident. 2. Having a healthy reddish color. 3. Blood-red. More...
June 20 2009
Get some Global Merchandise.
If you can't make the Can't Stop The Serenity screenings this month, then you can buy some shiny t-shirts, hoodies and patches at the official site. All proceeds go to Equality Now.
Space ships then and now.
The feature has a couple pictures of Serenity.
June 16 2009
The Serenity Blu-ray is 50% off at Amazon.
You can now get it for $14.99.
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June 14 2009
What TV Shows Should Be Animated To Stay Alive?
io9 gets to thinking about which SF shows could use a little animated spell to get healthy again. Firefly gets discussed as well as The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
June 13 2009
Inara's Shuttle architectural cutaways of Serenity up for auction.
Part of the previously unannounced set by QMx, 15 numbered test prints will go under the hammer at the LA CSTS screening.
Creation Salute to Firefly/Serenity adds more BDH's and a few villains to the Nov. event.
Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Mark Sheppard, and the Feldman brothers will be joining Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin at the event in LA. Find out how to win 2 Gold Tickets.
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June 11 2009
Three Months of Serenity.
The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing Serenity in June, July, and August. The June Airdate is this Saturday. If you can't attend a CSTS screening, permaybehaps this would make a good substitute. Throw a Shindig, and send an envelope with Cashy-money to Equality Now or CSTS-central. (Sorry, I don't have the addresses at hand.)
50 Can't Stop The Serenity Charity Events by date.
Look at all the Serenity and Dr. Horrible screenings.
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June 10 2009
6 Sci-Fi Conventions That Need to Die.
Firefly gets a nod for going against the norm. (Note that this is from Cracked, which tends to play a little loose with the naughty language)
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June 09 2009
The Jayne "Thrillin' Heroics" maquette prototype CSTS Auction.
QMX have outdone themselves again by donating this to the LA CSTS screening for auction which is open to all including international bidders.
Firefly on Blu-ray on sale for today only!
Amazon's deal of the day is Firefly: The Complete series on Blu-ray for $39.99. That's 56% off!
June 02 2009
May 30 2009
Hamburg, Germany is registered for CSTS Charity Screening.
CSTS first time in Germany! CSTS has 47 registered cities.
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Firefly: Would FOX or NBC Be Willing To Bring It Back?
TV by the Numbers looks at the possibility of more Firefly.
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May 29 2009
Google's new "Wave"; was the name actually inspired by Firefly?
Curious if the name of Google's new application called "Wave" might be Whedon-inspired, I watched the developer preview...
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May 26 2009
Opening shot of Serenity as film trivia.
This week's "Weekly Twelve" trivia quiz from Trivia Hall of Fame is about long takes, and includes reference to the BDM.
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May 23 2009
Blue Sun 100% Grain Alcohol t-shirts.
Hmmm, not wood alcohol. stylinonline also has two new Serenity Official t-shirts.
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Great Deal on autographed Serenity Comics.
I found a website that is blowing out it's supply of autographed Serenity Comic books.
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May 21 2009
Inara makes ScienceChannel.com's Top 10 Hot Alien Chicks.
They seem to have a very broad definition of "alien." And "hot" (the Alien Queen also makes the list).
May 20 2009
Firefly makes a Guardian blogger's top 6 sci fi shows.
"The list.. is by no means definitive – what list could claim to be? – but highlights some of the picks of the genre."
May 15 2009
First guests announced for Creation's Salute to Firefly and Serenity event.
Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin will be attending the event in Los Angeles, CA on Nov 21-22, 2009.
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May 14 2009
SCI FI airing Serenity tonight at 9PM Eastern.
The Big Damn Movie also airs tomorrow night at 6:30PM Eastern.
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