Firefly RPG in production!

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Finally,

An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:

The big announcement from Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is their
August release of Serenity Role Playing Game, based on Joss
Whedon's space show, Firefly. The game will be focused on the
movie with only some incidental inclusion of show features. Fans
can rejoice and experience the action, drama, and humor of the
show for only $39.99.

No update available from the website yet though.

Re,
Dirk

 

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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Dirk Collins said

> Finally,
>
> An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
> press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:

Currently showing on late night NZ TV. Slightly more interesting than
Buffy, but not more intersting than the shows about Sin and Depravity that
are on at the same time.

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Rob Singers
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>> An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
>> press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:
>
> Currently showing on late night NZ TV. Slightly more interesting than
> Buffy, but not more intersting than the shows about Sin and Depravity that
> are on at the same time.

Actually I enjoyed Mutant X a lot more than Firefly. IMHO Joss really
dropped the ball on this one.

 

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elfbard wrote:
>
> >> An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
> >> press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:
> >
> > Currently showing on late night NZ TV. Slightly more interesting than
> > Buffy, but not more intersting than the shows about Sin and Depravity that
> > are on at the same time.
>
> Actually I enjoyed Mutant X a lot more than Firefly. IMHO Joss really
> dropped the ball on this one.

I don't know a thing about Mutant X, but Firefly was a
very good show.

-Bluto

 

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:00:27 +1030, "elfbard" <elfbard@iprimus.com.au>
scribed into the ether:

>>> An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
>>> press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:
>>
>> Currently showing on late night NZ TV. Slightly more interesting than
>> Buffy, but not more intersting than the shows about Sin and Depravity that
>> are on at the same time.
>
>Actually I enjoyed Mutant X a lot more than Firefly. IMHO Joss really
>dropped the ball on this one.

Depends on how much of Firefly you watched. The first, oh, 4 shows or so
are mostly very "eh". It was only the later ones where it started to really
take off. The last 2-3 before Fox pulled it were incredibly good.

Hell, the scene where Mal was in the sword duel, and the constant lowering
of his personal standards was better stuff than most shows can come up with
in a whole season.

Fox also nuked "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and "John Doe" that
season, and I haven't quite forgiven them yet.

 

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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Senator Blutarsky said

> I don't know a thing about Mutant X, but Firefly was a
> very good show.

If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
yeah.

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Robert Singers wrote:

>Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Senator Blutarsky said
>
>
>
>>I don't know a thing about Mutant X, but Firefly was a
>>very good show.
>>
>>
>
>If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
>yeah.
>
>
>
I'll second this. Mutant X was bad. I could only stomach one
episode. I bought the entire Firefly series...

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:00:49 GMT, Matt Frisch
<matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com> carved upon a tablet of ether:

> Depends on how much of Firefly you watched. The first, oh, 4 shows or so
> are mostly very "eh". It was only the later ones where it started to really
> take off. The last 2-3 before Fox pulled it were incredibly good.

They also screened them out of order, which probably didn't help.


--
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should be free."

 

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:59:45 +1300, Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn@paradise.net.nz>
scribed into the ether:

>On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:00:49 GMT, Matt Frisch
><matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com> carved upon a tablet of ether:
>
>> Depends on how much of Firefly you watched. The first, oh, 4 shows or so
>> are mostly very "eh". It was only the later ones where it started to really
>> take off. The last 2-3 before Fox pulled it were incredibly good.
>
>They also screened them out of order, which probably didn't help.

This I did not know, but sounds typical.

 

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On 18 Mar 2005 21:06:23 +1300, Robert Singers
<rsingers@finger.hotmail.com> carved upon a tablet of ether:

> Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Senator Blutarsky said
>
> > I don't know a thing about Mutant X, but Firefly was a
> > very good show.
>
> If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
> yeah.

So, you're not a fan of Traveller, then?


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should be free."

 

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Matt Frisch wrote:
> Rupert Boleyn scribed into the ether:
> > Matt Frisch carved upon a tablet of ether:
> > >
> > > Depends on how much of Firefly you watched. The first,
> > > oh, 4 shows or so are mostly very "eh". It was only
> > > the later ones where it started to really take off.
> > > The last 2-3 before Fox pulled it were incredibly good.
> >
> > They also screened them out of order, which probably
> > didn't help.
>
> This I did not know, but sounds typical.

The filmed two-hour pilot ("Serenity"), which introduced the various
characters, and showed why everyone was on the Serenity, was aired
*last*... At the very last minute, Joss was told that the network had
declined to air a two-hour pilot, and that one in particular, so he
was told that, in order for the series to air at all, he had to write
a brand new, one-hour pilot in a single weekend, and also had to
change Mal Reynolds' character to be funnier, and less amoral. The
result, the aired premiere ("Train Job"), was IMO the show's weakest
episode, and is at least partially responsible for many people's bad
opinions of the show as a whole.

Beyond that, several later episodes were also aired out of order, and
three of what I consider the best episodes of the show weren't aired
at all.

--
Nik
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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Rupert Boleyn said

>> If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
>> yeah.
>
> So, you're not a fan of Traveller, then?

Not a fan of Traveller done as Dr Quin Medicine Woman in space.

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>>Actually I enjoyed Mutant X a lot more than Firefly. IMHO Joss really
>>dropped the ball on this one.
>
> Depends on how much of Firefly you watched. The first, oh, 4 shows or so
> are mostly very "eh". It was only the later ones where it started to
> really
> take off. The last 2-3 before Fox pulled it were incredibly good.

A couple of episodes. Absolutly *hated* the captain. What an arsehole.

 

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Robert Singers wrote:
> Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Senator Blutarsky said
>
>
>>I don't know a thing about Mutant X, but Firefly was a
>>very good show.
>
>
> If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
> yeah.

Hey Now! Bennie Hill was hilarious!

 

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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Dirk Collins said

>> If your idea of very good is being worse than bad british TV porn, then
>> yeah.
>
> Hey Now! Bennie Hill was hilarious!

That's a different thing entirely. When UKTV started up here it ran Benny
Hill from the first episode. The first series shows what a brilliant actor
and talented writer he was, but it does get progressively sadder over the
years.

I was actually thinking more of the Sin Cities style of program.

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In article <Xns961D9BC545AC9rsingers@IP-Hidden>, Robert Singers
<rsingers@finger.hotmail.com> wrote:

> Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Dirk Collins said
>
> > Finally,
> >
> > An RPG devoted to the short lived Sci-Fi show Firefly. Reposted
> > press release from yesterday at the GAMA trade show in Vegas:
>
> Currently showing on late night NZ TV. Slightly more interesting than
> Buffy, but not more intersting than the shows about Sin and Depravity that
> are on at the same time.

Opinions are ...

 

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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea C.O.Jones said

> Opinions are ...

Your opinion is worthless mine is worth a lot.

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