December 8, 2006
Online Browncoats
Wired News: Firefly Reborn as Online Universe
Now that's shiny.Multiverse, maker of a free MMO-creation platform, plans to announce Friday morning that it's struck a deal with Fox Licensing to turn the show into an MMORPG in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies or Eve Online.
The "Browncoats," as Firefly's most devoted fans are known, have been campaigning to bring the show back almost since the moment it was canceled in late 2002. Now they'll get their wish, albeit in a new form.
Hat-tip: Insty.
Not sure I'm the MMORPG type. (r-tard!) Without a large dose of Joss Whedon input, I can't see this being too interesting.
Television Posted by John Kranz at December 8, 2006 1:33 PM
Sorry,..if it isn't the original show (or new eps) I'm not interested. Fix shot itself in the foot on this one.
BTW - check you instapundit link.
Posted by: TrekMedic251 at December 9, 2006 12:11 PMNo question you're right; this is miles down the excitement scale from new eps or another movie.
Ever the optimist, I'll point to the precedent of Douglas Adams, who personally became very involved in the crafting of the infocom game version of "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy." That was a blast, to a level where reading the books after was a disappointment. (The book of his to read is "Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency."
Were Whedon to see it as a new palette and craft some of his genius into it, it might be something.
Posted by: jk at December 9, 2006 12:43 PM | What do you think? [2]