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February 08 2010

QMX announces "Atlas of the Verse: Volume One". It's the official guide to the Firefly/Serenity solar system with an introduction by Tim Minear. Will it become the must-have item for Browncoats?

February 05 2010

Man They Call Jayne listed among Best of Badasses. Everyone's favourite character with a town named after him makes The AV Club's list of Favourite Badasses.
David Krumholtz's memories of Serenity. Mr Universe reveals what it was like turning up on the last two days of filming.

January 29 2010

See Serenity on the Big Screen Friday & Saturday in Houston. At Midnight, which means Houston Browncoats can discuss the Dollhouse Series Finale before, in line or afterwards. More...

January 26 2010

The hiring of Jayne in 'Out of Gas' as performed by Kinetic Typography. More classic sci-fi scenes done in this manner can be found in this SciFi Wire feature.
Bid for a Jayne Little Damn Hero signed by Adam Baldwin. All proceeds go to The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.

January 25 2010

Alan Tudyk talks Firefly's cancellation, Serenity and the Wash spin-off comic book. And his proposal to Joss about his idea for a Firefly prequel is probably the funniest thing you will hear all day.

January 24 2010

Jayne Cobb is My Boyfriend T-Shirt. Available in beige or green. I believe the Serenity Kanji Patch is new too.

January 22 2010

Firefly keychain available for pre-order. Fans were very enthused when they heard about the keychain at the start of the year. The price has now been unveiled and it's a steal at $9.95. And each one you pre-order gives you a chance to win a chrome-finished keychain (one of a kind).

January 19 2010

A review for the Big Damn Heroes Handbook. A fresh look at the newest piece of the Serenity RPG.

January 16 2010

Can't Stop the Serenity's 2010 Promotional Art contest. If you win then your "design will be featured on t-shirts, posters and promotional material".

January 15 2010

Serenity named as an underrated sci-fi movie masterpiece. Techland.com puts the film at number 3 on their list. More...

January 13 2010

Reboot these Scifi shows next, Wired.coms readers plead. Wired magazine compiled a list of sci-fi TV shows ready for a reboot and first on the list: Bring back Firefly!!!

January 11 2010

More Firefly stories on the way. Titan is working with a bunch of people - including old Firefly writers - to bring us a series of new Firefly stories. Jane spills the beans.

January 02 2010

The Firefly keychain. It's so tiny and shiny.

December 28 2009

A week of Serenity on the Big Screen in Seattle. Anybody already been or going? More...

December 19 2009

Metacritic lists Serenity as one of best-reviewed sci-fi/fantasy films of the decade. It comes in at #15.

December 15 2009

io9's Greatest SF Movies of the Past Decade. Serenity gets described as "one of the most audacious, most memorable, science-fiction films of all time".

December 13 2009

The Best Science Fiction Films of the Decade. SciFi Squad's end of decade assessment: "Serenity is the best space opera since The Empire Strikes Back..."

December 11 2009

Firefly tops brilliant-but-cancelled decade list. Alan Sepinwall names Firefly at the top of his "brilliant-but-cancelled" list in his decade roundup. More...

December 09 2009

Fox Axing "Firefly" One of the Top Ten Sci-Fi Disappointments of the Decade. io9 considers Fox's decision to end "Firefly" (among other short-lived quality shows on the network) one of the top ten most disappointing moments of the aughts.

December 08 2009

Serenity on the big screen Thursday Night in Raleigh, NC.

December 06 2009

Firefly on Amazon UK's '12 Days of Christmas Sale!'. Get 69% off! Get a nice Christmas present..for yourself! Region 2 may only be viewable inside Europe.

December 04 2009

Blue Sun Travel posters set (series 2) available for pre-order. Shiny! Especially the Bellerophon poster.

December 02 2009

The Ten Best Television Shows Of The Aughts. Firefly (of course) makes the list.

November 30 2009

Blue Gloves Assault - Another campaign to bring back Firefly. The Blue Glove Assault is planning to send blue gloves to Universal on 20 September 2010 in an effort to convince the execs to bring back Firefly. More...

November 29 2009

Firefly DVD set at BestBuy for just $10.99. Free shipping on orders over $25... makes a great stocking stuffer for your friends/family who don't have it yet!

November 27 2009

Buy One (Done the Impossible) Get One (Done the Impossible) Free. The guys are offering a nice bargain in time for the holidays. Best fan documentary ever.

November 26 2009

A new trailer for the Browncoats: Redemption fan film. This was shown at last weekend's Firefly/Serenity convention. It's a very impressive look at the 'Verse.
A Weekend at Southdown Abbey Shindig. Seems to involve more then just 'sittin' and 'meditating over the wonders of your rock garden'. More...

November 24 2009

The Top 10 Best Box Office Bombs of the Decade. Serenity makes it to number 8 of this Seattle Movie Examiner list.
New Firefly short stories in the works? Both Jane Espenson and Jose Molina have tweeted recently about a Firefly short story project of some kind. Also involves Ben Edlund. More...

November 22 2009

Official Serenity Leaf on the Wind T-Shirt. Finally, an official Wash t-shirt. Nice color too.

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. More...

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. More...
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

QMX announces the first place winner for What Serenity Means To You.

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". More...

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. More...

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). More...

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 More...

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. More...

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. More...

September 05 2009

Ann Arbor, Michigan Serenity + Dr. Horrible Charity Screenings this Saturday. Also a non-charity Serenity screening in Washington DC. More...

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. More...

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". More...

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. More...

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. More...

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. More...

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? More...

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. More...
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! More...

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. More...
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). More...

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. More...

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." More...

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