I just adore him!! He seems like such a nice guy and I hope Firefly is a huge hit on the big screen. Not just for him but because I'm selfish and loved it so much I want a Firefly franchise bigger than Star Trek and Star Wars. I want to hear Joss Whedon's name called over and over again when he wins oscars for his original screen play and best sci fi movie ever!

I am not someone who goes out and sees movies. I usually wait for them to come out on DVD but for this movie, I'll be the first in a hopefully long line.

Firefly Flanatic | March 23, 23:43 CET

He is just the awesomest :) Me heart him, too. Me talk like silly bad grammar gal in the wake of comments like, "Joss is a dirty fighting bastage."

My Firefly-lovin' friends in the area want to have a movie viewing event when this puppy comes out. I gotta start making my browncoat now.

chasa | March 23, 23:49 CET

Awww.....thanks for posting this Simon. Me heart Nathan Fillion too!!!

wren | March 24, 00:03 CET

I heart how Fillion and Baldwin post to the fans pretty darn regularly on the Official Board and on ff net. I heart that.

phlebotinin | March 24, 00:09 CET

Yeah he seems a really nice, cool guy. I still can't believe my wife and I just missed him and Joss signing at the Comic Con last year. (We could only watch them from 5 feet distance behind the rope)With our luck he won't be there this year.

He also did an amainzg job as the lead of Firefly. Mal was a great character and Nathan really brought him to life, from his goofy side to his tough-as-nails side. And he always says how much he loved doing that show.'Best job I ever had or ever will have!' They must've been so happy with the news.

And Blwessels, you said it, I want this movie to do well sooooo badly. I'm considering bringing complete strangers to the theater at gunpoint.

- "But I wanted to see Legally Blonde III!"

- "Yeah me too!"

- "I came to see 'Dude, where's my pick up truck!"

- (me with gun)"Just keep walking, philistines! And you all better learn those lyrics. Here now, sing it with me: 'Take my love, take my land....'. " ;-)

EdDantes | March 24, 00:09 CET

Agree with all of you...the guy is just too cool and sweet and neat to be true!

I haven't been to a movie theater in 5 years, but I will more than make up for it with the Firefly movie!

Chris in Virginia | March 24, 00:18 CET

Love the Nathan.

It just hit me that his chances of being the final Whedon hat-tricker are really running out now!! I'm trying to remain at least semi-unspoiled, but I've heard various rumors about various people from various places appearing in the remaining Angel episodes -- and none of them have been him. Here's hoping it's happening without my knowledge! I mean come on -- at least give the man a walk-on. Let him say one teensy-weensy little word.
The hat-trick book is about to close forever!!

melsta | March 24, 00:47 CET

Awww. I love me some Nathan! Yummy, smart and talented. We are some lucky bastages (is the feminine variant bastitches?) to have guys like NT and JM validating our obsessions. As talented as other Whedonverse actors are, I sincerely doubt that many of them understand and/or appreciate the level of writing that Joss/ME have provided over the years to make them look so good.

punkinpuss | March 24, 00:58 CET

Yes, there should be advance strategizing for an awe-inspiring 'Firefly' turnout (and arcane mental magicks woven to call forth the eldritch spirits of Hollywood lucre).

Here's my dream-script:
I'm envisioning that FF's opening weekend will be so strong, everyone who passed on the project, or was responsible for its untimely demise on TV, will be sitting at their desks come Monday morning, their jaws resting on Variety's weekend box office report (which event will precede the rolling of multiple studio heads and a flurry of "how do we get this Whedon guy back in the fold" meetings). By Tuesday, Joss and ME -- fielding endless phone calls from frantic executive postulants -- will be laughing diabolically as they cavort nakedly in their fresh, green millions. And then they commence plotting the beginnings of their own independent production arm. Or should that be, empire?

Once the critical acclaim and interet film buzz has seeped into mass media and the public consciousness, the entire sci-fi community, starved for smart big-budget entertainment that gives them credit for having at least two brain cells to rub together, turns out en masse to support FF, and the box office leaps again to as yet unforeseen stratospheric heights. Following this, casual film fans are sucked in by the FF mythos, and the DVD sales rocket to the top of Amazon.com.

The film's cost and promotion are recouped in a matter of weeks; a second film deal is inked; Universal congratulates itself on its wisdom, and ME fans everywhere look prescient for predicting the successful launch of an original franchise at a time when most similar efforts have failed. And on the heels of this singular victory, ME announces that a future franchise project, picking up on the Slayer legacy of Fray, is in the works....

Wicked enticing, isn't it? Now, let's all plan to play our little parts in making it happen. :)

Edited because in my excitement, I forgot to mention how cool and hot Nathan Fillion is -- a marvel of physics and a truly nice human being to boot!

[ edited by Wiseblood on 2004-03-23 23:25 ]

Wiseblood | March 24, 01:07 CET

Now THIS is a man who appreciates his job AND his fandom. He knows how lucky he is, and he's only ever said glowing things about his time on Firefly. He reminds me a lot of James that way. I love 'em both.

Mmmm.....Spal....Mike...um....Mallium...Spalcolm

Rogue Slayer | March 24, 01:20 CET

Rogue Slayer, your slash tastes are odd. But you are attractive and have many good qualities.

Wiseblood, your vision is one of beauty. May it all come true. (With Natalie Portman as Melakka Fray.)

Btw if it DOES come true EXACTLY as you say, I suppose I'll have to wear a robe and follow you into the desert and spread the word of the Joss....

EdDantes | March 24, 01:24 CET

Wiseblood, I'm totaly loving your fantasy!

electricspacegirl | March 24, 01:26 CET

Sigh. I just love him. So cool, so down-to-earth, so gorgeous. Here's hoping that Serenity rakes in 100 million + and that Serenity flies again and again.

Mal'sGal | March 24, 01:43 CET

1:1 Behold, the Joss is good. Follow the Joss and he shall not lead you astray.

1:2 Except in those cases when he does.

1:3 And yea, verily, when such proves to be the case, you will cry out with a loud voice and say, "Lo, I am lost in your ways, Joss, but even in your darkness there are wondrous imaginings, and strangeness unto delight that enchant mine inner eye, even so my heart."

1:4 And the Joss will come, eventually and at a time when you least expect it, clothed in clouds of pixelated starlight, or maybe baggy clothes that don't match, and take you by the hand, and say, "Hey, you! What were you thinking, following me henceforth and so on without a flashlight? Here."

1:5 And then there will be light, and you and the Joss will go forward together in his ways, and all shall be well.

1:6 So say the texts, and so say the people of Joss, from now until the end of things that are cool.

-- from "The Jossian Ways", Chapter 3, Verses 1-6

Ed, I am prepared. See, we already have text and everything. ;)

Edit: What about Fairuza Balk for Melaka Fray? Dunno why, but every time I read the comic her face pops up. Or even Caroline Dhaveras?

[ edited by Wiseblood on 2004-03-24 00:00 ]

Wiseblood | March 24, 01:53 CET

I would love a Fray franchise. A Fray movie would be so awesome!

electricspacegirl | March 24, 02:12 CET

"Ed, I am prepared. See, we already have text and everything. ;"

LOL! Printing that one out on paper that looks like parchment, hehe. Hmmmm any chance of getting government recognition for our religion? We could have some new hollidays that bosses will have to acknowledge, not to infringe upon our beliefs. The day the first Buffy ep was aired.....or Angel's.....or a day of grief when Firefly was canceled....or Angel.....hmmm....of course all our temples will have large plasma screen TVs.

"What about Fairuza Balk for Melaka Fray?"

Ooohhhh now yer talking!! Arf! Arf! Awwooo!

EdDantes | March 24, 02:47 CET

Oy....ya had to bring up the Fairuza....

I think Crazy Slayer Dana would make a good Fray, though maybe a little to 'ethnic' looking to fit the character completely.

Rogue Slayer | March 24, 02:52 CET

Oh yeah I could go with Dana. Whatsername Navi Arwat. Ahhh good thoughts, all these....hmmm....

EdDantes | March 24, 02:55 CET

Of all the ideas so far for Fray, I like Navi Rawat best. I've never actually read the Fray comics, just the one story in 'Tales of the Slayers,' but I actually thought she was ethnic...

forcorreo | March 24, 18:13 CET

She's not meant to be, I don't think. Mel Fray has a sorta fair-haired twin brother, and a blonde older sister.

lalaa | March 24, 18:27 CET

from "The Jossian Ways", Chapter 3, Verses 1-6

Finally! A religion for me!

If I can sleep in late on Sundays, you can put my name down for jihads and the like, too.

bookrats | March 24, 20:18 CET