Thursday, May 19, 2005

Serenity and the BDHs to once again soar on the small screen

Who'da thunk? One of the commenters over at AICN actually wasn't full of shit. For once.

Okay. Maybe I better explain that one a bit. From earlier today over at the futon critic.
FIREFLY (FOX) - The Sci Fi Channel has landed the repeat rights to all 15 hours of the short-lived FOX series (and basis of the upcoming "Serenity" feature film). The network's July schedule lists the series as joining its Friday lineup on July 22 at 7:00/6:00c where it will precede original episodes of "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Atlantis" and "Battlestar Galactica."

Which is all manner of great news (especially if they air the episodes in the Joss-intended order) and should provide some outstanding press heading into the BDM release. And convert more people.

And it's a possibility that has been rolling around my head for the past 10 days. Back on May 9th, I was surfing through the comments on a Serenity related article over on AICN (Comment reading over there is not recommended, by the way. It's like listening to a rant on talk radio - especially from the people who like to hate on everything. But sometimes I find myself wading through the crap anyways. Hmmm. Maybe I should get that checked?) when the following title caught my eye, "FIREFLY to air in SCI-FI in July. My first thought was, "COOL!". Followed quickly by, "Hmmm. Too good to be true?" Followed even more quickly by, "Damn. I just got suckered by some poster over at AICN. Oh well."

So it's nice to see that the rumor was true. Sorry I doubted you, RenoNevada2000. Whoever you are.