baldwin, as in that pack of awful brothers...? granted i only made it to the 2nd ep of firefly, but in that time i never saw any baldwins. isn't the cast from tv supposed to be involved if there's a movie...?

geez, i think i need translation for those posts, what with all the shouting and gibberish-talk.

t r a c y | June 07, 17:30 CET

Adam Baldwin is not related to the more famous Hollywood Baldwins. He played Jayne, the mercenary who loved his guns, and was motivated more by money than loyalty. You would have seen him in the first two episodes.

David Nabbit | June 07, 18:47 CET

tracy - Jayne (the big mercenary bloke) is played by Adam Baldwin.

Note for UK people, Sci-Fi will be repeating the 2 hour pilot and first four episodes next Sunday (15th) from 2.30pm.

Yorky | June 07, 18:50 CET

I think Adam Baldwin _is_ related to the other Baldwins.

delavagus | June 07, 20:16 CET

His imdb bio says he's not related to the Baldwins.

stavrogin | June 07, 20:28 CET

oh hiiiiim...! i know him, he was on x-files once. and a lot of other stuff, too. he's one of those actors you recognize easily because they're good and memorable, but you have no clue what their name is.

thanks all, for the clue in :-) he's cute in a big scary mercenary kind of way, heh.

*runs off to properly snoop his imdb page"

t r a c y | June 07, 21:16 CET

He'll always be "Animal Mother" to me.

Robo-Ritter | June 07, 23:30 CET

I'm sure an FiFly movie could be good, but the concept was just so RIGHT for episodic television. My dream scenario: the movie is a hit, and Fox BEGS Joss to bring back the show. With a three-season guarantee. And a higher budget. And nudity.

radosh | June 08, 02:26 CET

My dream scenario is the same as radosh's...except that instead of Fox, HBO picks up the series.

ringworm | June 08, 03:39 CET

When I read this news I grabbed my nearest friend and howled like a little girl. We (both the royal we and my collective group of Toronto- based Browncoats) are overjoyed! I can't believe it's actually happening. I mean, I did, in that I knew everything would be alright and... Well, faith in Joss, right? Yeah.

Wow yeah. First "Trash" now this. This has been a very, very good Firefly Weekend.

Hembie | June 08, 04:32 CET

My dream is that when Firefly hits DVD, it goes over so well that people begin to realize it's feasible to start making television quality programming that goes straight to DVD. Programming designed specifically to take advantage of the DVD technology. This could begin a whole new approach to DVD producing - programs that take advantage of the more interactive and intuitive nature of the technology. So you can have programming that's dynamic and even multi-perspective with different endings.

Imagine a second season of Firefly, with all the principal talent back, but at the start of each episode you can choose which of the characters on the ship is the lead character, and the same episode is told from the perspective of the character you choose. With dramatically different approaches to the same events, and slightly differing outcomes. And this can be done with every episode. Can't do that on tv.

Imagine being able to choose to watch this 'second season' as if it were episodic, or at the push of a button see the entire season without any breaks as if it were a real long movie. Can't do that on tv. Can't even do that on cable.

ZachsMind | June 08, 06:55 CET

Genius, ZachsMind! Bloody brilliant!! I LOVE me some TV on DVD... it's actually how I prefer to watch television programs now (I just wait for the entire season to come out on DVD rather than rushing home every Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday/whatever night). But your ideas for how to truly maximize the DVD format potential for episodic television series' is spot on.

I hereby officially nominate you Head of Special Projects Television/Home Media Marketing Division!

Haunt | June 08, 18:10 CET

I was really enjoying Firefly when it died. But, do you all think it will really work as a feature movie, or is it doomed to straight-to-video or just box office failure? Won't most people just say, "Isn't that the show that we didn't watch and was cancelled on Fox? Why'd they make a movie of that?"

brother_grady | June 09, 17:04 CET