Firefly

[Kenny_Stang]

Great show, loved the series, loved the movie.

[stevo]

Another fan here. Cannot really add anything else that hasn't been said.

Stevo

[ALLAN]

CNN) –– True Browncoats, like the fictional freedom fighters they named themselves after, don't give up easily.

Those diehard fans of "Firefly," the 2002 cult TV hit, have a history of turning to the internet to buck improbable odds in defense of their favorite show.

Now, they're at it again.

Just days after an apparently offhand comment from Nathan Fillion, who played Capt. Malcolm Reynolds on the short-lived Fox series, the Web has once again lit up with efforts to revive the sci-fi franchise.

Last week, Fillion, who now stars in ABC's "Castle," told Entertainment Weekly he'd love to play Mal again. Then, he ratcheted things up a notch.

"If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to "Firefly," make it on my own, and distribute it on the internet," Fillion told EW, a CNN.com partner.

Then, some possibly surprising online reactions started rolling in.

The next day, former "Firefly" writer Jose Molina wrote on Twitter: "For what it's worth, I've told him I'd drop what I was doing and follow."

Then, Jane Espenson, who wrote an episode, chimed in: "I'm there, if needed," she tweeted.

Jewel Staite, who played ace mechanic Kaylee on the show, had a simple answer when a Twitter follower asked if she'd be on board: "Is the Pope Catholic?"

That was more than enough for fans (whose "Browncoat" nickname, by the way, comes from the Western-style dusters worn by Fillion and others on the show).

A website, "Help Nathan Buy Firefly," popped up, under the title "Let's get the Captain his money."

The goal? To set up a means of collecting pledges that would turn into donations if a revived "Firefly" looks like it could become a reality.

The pledge system hadn't been officially created as of Tuesday, but fans were already writing in the site's comment section that they're willing to pony up.

In five days, the site's Facebook group had picked up more than 33,000 members –– about 10,000 of them in the past 24 hours.

[GhostTX]

Website:

http://helpnathanbuyfirefly.com/

Too bad Wash and the Preacher are dead, though.

[jdgregory84]

Just saw a commercial last night that shows that Syfy is re-airing the first season starting in March.

[Jose]

Just saw a commercial last night that shows that Syfy is re-airing the first season starting in March.

You mean the only season right?

[jdgregory84]

You mean the only season right?

No, the other one.

[YALE]

I'd be way down to invest in firefly, but I'll be fucked if I pay out of pocket for something that will likely end up on a cable channel anyway. I wish FX would just pick it up, already. It would make a badass lead-in show to Justified.

[jdgregory84]

I'd be way down to invest in firefly, but I'll be fucked if I pay out of pocket for something that will likely end up on a cable channel anyway. I wish FX would just pick it up, already. It would make a badass lead-in show to Justified.

I don't think Sci-fi is FX's thing. I would be nice though since FX is pretty loose with the profanity.

[YALE]

I don't think Sci-fi is FX's thing. I would be nice though since FX is pretty loose with the profanity.

You're probably right. Come to think of it, though, I'm not sure if it even counts as Sci-fi, since it makes fun of some of the Sci-fi elements. The fact that the technology that they use doesn't exist yet is kind of beside the point. If I had to pigeon-hole it, I'd almost call it a ronin-esque genre, like the old Japanese Blind Samurai series, or Shogun Assasin. I know people have called it a Sci-fi/Western hybrid, but I don't think they're seeing the forest for the trees.

[GhostTX]

I'd be way down to invest in firefly, but I'll be fucked if I pay out of pocket for something that will likely end up on a cable channel anyway. I wish FX would just pick it up, already. It would make a badass lead-in show to Justified.

FX is a cable channel, not over-the-air. FOX is over-the-air.

I'm still waiting for online episodes of Justified. FX said they won't post 'em until 30 days after the initial airing.

[YALE]

FX is a cable channel, not over-the-air. FOX is over-the-air.

I'm still waiting for online episodes of Justified. FX said they won't post 'em until 30 days after the initial airing.

I know that, and that's a damn shame. I have FX in 1080.

[silverhatch]

On now on science hd

[SMEGMA STENCH]

Yeah Joss Whedon has a habit of getting his shit canceled early. Can't remember, but I seem to remember hearing something about how he fucked up and got Angel canceled before it was finished too. Said he had like 3 more seasons of storyline already lined out for it or something. Wasn't really a big angel fan but I liked firefly and I was reading up on why it was only one season.

[jdgregory84]

Yeah Joss Whedon has a habit of getting his shit canceled early. Can't remember, but I seem to remember hearing something about how he fucked up and got Angel canceled before it was finished too. Said he had like 3 more seasons of storyline already lined out for it or something. Wasn't really a big angel fan but I liked firefly and I was reading up on why it was only one season.

That sucks. I actually liked the shit out of Angel. There was one season that was exceptionally good that dealt with his son, the apocolypse, and a false savior. Would've been nice to have had another three seasons.