Can the conjecture just stop now, please?

Wow, the internet has its evil days, that is for sure.

Awesome: Dollhouse got renewed for a second season.

Not Awesome: Dollhouse's renewal has somehow made someone think this means we're going to get more Firefly.

Look, I would love to see more Firefly, but at the same time, it's really not going to happen. The whole cast has moved on. Joss has moved on. Fox has definitely moved on. The only people who haven't moved on are the fans, and the rumor-mongers.

Apparently someone somewhere at Fox made a comment to someone in the media that Dollhouse's renewal was in part due to the success of Firefly on DVD. That media someone then ran with the idea that this meant Fox would totally be willing to make some more Firefly--at least some television movies that could then be released on DVD and make Fox more money.

Okay, yes, in theory this is a really cool idea, but it is just that, an idea. Someone floated up a test balloon and then it just started popping up everywhere online. I just wish that they would stop saying it like it is a probability and stick with presenting it as "Wouldn't it be cool if...." Trust me, the minute any sort of official deal does go down that will give us more Firefly on any kind of screen, the internet is going to catch on fire anyway. As it is, what's going on now is just cruel and annoying. People are getting their hopes up and the backlash is going to be bad.

Sigh. Maybe I am just not looking at this correctly. Maybe the die-hard insistence of the fans that we can and will get more Firefly one day is in the true Browncoat spirit. The war is definitely over but they're still out there fighting. Sigh. I guess Mal would be proud at least. Or not. He seems like a no-nonsense kind of guy. He'd probably be the first to call these people on their bullshit and point out that, as awesome as it is, it really is just a television show. There's no life or death on the line here, and there's not really a greater principle at the root of things.

Can we not just embrace the current and new projects coming from Joss and allow him to move forward, thus taking us with him? This insistent urge to pigeon-hole him to past projects and not let him close the book on them is starting to worry me.

I know in these hard times that old and familiar franchises and stories are a comfort to the masses, and they're usually easier/cheaper to make for the entertainers. But I'm really starting to get tired of "old old old" and I want some "new new new." Isn't hardship and challenge supposed to spur creativity, not destroy it?

Okay, end rant.

Laters y'all,

C