Why was Firefly Cancelled? Finally an Answer

Many Firefly fans like myself always wondered why was the show cancelled all of a sudden?  I have finally solved the mystery.

In December 2002, Firefly was cancelled on its 11 out 14 episode season.  The show had a large fan base known as Browncoats, and the show seem to be gaining momentum.  Suddenly the show was pulled from Fox and the only way to watch it is re-runs on Syfy.

According to the Pittsburgh Gazette, Fox producer Gail Berman was the reason behind the show being cancelled.  She stated that having a business relationship with the show director and producer Joss Whedon was a main reason behind the show being pulled.  In the interview, Berman admitted pulling the plug quicker than she should have.  Berman stated:

"Canceling 'Firefly' was as difficult as anything I'd ever been involved in because Joss and I had been creative partners at one time ... I worked with him very closely on this particular show and when it didn't perform [in the ratings], having to cancel it was very difficult.

"If I had to do it over again, I might have reconsidered it but I'm not sure it would have changed anything," she said. "It was a numbers things. It was a wonderful show and I loved it and I loved working with him on it but that was a big show, a very expensive show and it wasn't delivering the numbers."

I don't know about you guys, but that seems like that Hollywood talk for I cancelled b/c I wanted to.  Seems like Gail and Joss had some history, and she cancelled the show b/c she could.  Ending a show over personal bullshit is a real disappointment.  

Unlike most shows, Firefly received a wrap up movie in 2005 called Serenity that concluded the series.  Seemed more like an apology for doing someone wrong.  Most of the cast has went on to have bigger roles like Gina Torres on Suits or Nathan Fillion on Castle.  Gina Torres did a voice over to Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 which is a video game that is "very similar" to the FireFly.  That being said, Firefly will live on the world of science fiction forever. 

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Stardew Valley Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Console

If you're a couch potato like me during the holidays, then you have found a good game to invest 10 or 24 hours of your vacation time.  For me, I have found this highly addicted game called Stardew Valley.

I paid like $20 for the game, and it was well worth the invest.  This game has everything: dating/marriage simulator, exploration, farming, city build, tower defense, level up, fighting, shooting, and trading.  The sole purpose of this game is to grow crops on your grandfather's farm and get along with the citizens in the nearby town.

I have played through the game a few times, so I will give you 10 tricks and tips to get be successful on the game.

1.  Unlock the Community Center and take note of all the crops or resources townsfolk requested.  Basically this is your cheat sheet for which crops are worth growing each season and which resources are valuable in the game.

2. Hold off on Getting Married/ Be good friends first.  I'm not saying be a player, but I will say keep your options open.  Most character have recipes or give good gifts one you reach level 7 friendship.  The only character that I befriended that was a waste of time was Maru.  I gave her a lot of gifts but she never gave anything back even up to level 10 friendship.  I married Emily, but she did not do much as a wife.

3. Use staircases to go deeper into the mines.  I was fighting and mining level by level, and I completely forgot that a staircase can take me to the next level.

4. Click on the journal when it's past 2 AM.  No joke.  You can click on the journal and it will give you an extra 15 minutes in game time to get to your home without the penalty.  If you stay out past 2 AM, then you will pass out and will be found by a citizen or JoJo Mart Representative without most of your money and items.

5. Upgrade your equipment in the off seasons when it's not useful. In the fall or summer upgrade your Ax.  In the winter upgrade your water can and hoe.

6. Check the bulletin board to gain extra cash and friendship points.  Citizens will for extra items that you have or seasonal items you can obtain.

7. Fishing and foraging are your best sources of income - Basically you can fish and get a quick $1000 in a day.  Foraging for will berry or items can net good money in pinch.  Also, you don't have to wait until the end of the day to put items in the chest for sell.  Pierre buy most goods, and Willy will buy most fishing goods.

8. Make Scarecrow ASAP - The crows will eat your seeds without a scarecrow.  Note that the scarecrow range is 8 x 8 so make sure you are covered.

9. Make a Silo ASAP and don't cut down grass until the Fall - If you have chickens, ducks or cows, then the animals will eat the grass and you won't have to feed them $50 hay bells every day.  Those hay bells will become costly in the winter.  I don't know if you're animals die if you don't feed them for a while, but I do know they will not produce product when they're hungry or irritated. Don't forget to feed your animals on rainy or snow days.  Also no grass in the winter, so get a Silo asap and start stocking up on hay.

10.  Pace yourself - Don't grow too much too soon or raise too many animals.  Too many crops to tend to means you have water them everyday and tend to them.  Too many animal mean you have to feed all them, and in the winter that will be costly when you run out of hay.

Bonus - Marnie and the Mayor are having an affair.  You can collect evidence such as the Mayor's underwear in Marnie's room.  It's a little joke developers put in there for gamers who don't pay attention to the items they collect and why its collected

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Dragon Ball Super Episode 122

Well if you are like me, then you were anticipating seeing Vegeta become stronger than Goku this week.  Sorry to disappoint you, but there will not be an episode of Dragon Ball Super this week.

The show is off for the New Year, and Dragon Ball Super 122 will air on January 6, 2018.  I hope this episode will be worth the wait b/c it's really been two months of fillers episodes.  Goku needs to use his ultra instinct and Vegeta too inorder to be Jiren.

Have a Happy New Year peeps.

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End of the Walking Dead bc Producers are Ego Tripping!

I'm a bit late, but Carl's death was the shocker that producers of The Walking Dead promised for the mid-season finale.  This plot twist really messed up the show and ends the series.Now some of you are saying that The Walking Dead will not end anytime soon since the comic book is still going.  I say to you that you're wrong. 

I'm more than certain that Walking Dead fans noticed the show has really dipped in ratings due to the episodes being weak and main characters roles changing for the worse.  Characters like Michonne, Maggie Greene and Daryl Dixon have really seen a lack of air time and development.  But their lack of air time was for good reasons.

Danai Gurira, best known for playing Michonne on the popular AMC series, lends her talents to Black Panther as Okoye, a member of Wakanda's bodyguard force the Dora Milaie. 

Lauren Cohan, best known for playing Maggie Greene, spent majority of the year filming a movie called the Boy.  Lets just say that the movie flopped. 

Norman Reedus, best known for playing Daryl Dixon, will be featured in Death Stranding.  Death Stranding directed by Hideo Kojima is already winning awards for the art direction. The story of Death Stranding is the character Sam dies and the player is sent to another world, referred to as an upside-down world submerged in water. Kojima suggests that when the player returns to the world of the living, anything they did or any damage that an explosion or the likes causes when the player dies remains persistent in the world and does not go away. Another element talked about is the existence of "Timefall" a type of rain with the ability to age or deteriorate whatever it hits. Another gameplay element talked about is the players ability to interact with the environment and wander outside of the character's body, as well as recovering items when they die.

Back to The Walking Dead.  The show is really all over the map with filler storylines b/c the main characters were doing other projects.  Now that everyone is back the producers decided to make a cut to prove a point.  They decided to let Carl get bit which basically ends the show.

If you who read The Walking Dead comicbook, then you know is the main star of the franchise.  There is a theory that the series is told from the perspective of Carl. That is why Rick Grimes can do everything that's impossible.  Well now that Carl is dead, what is the show future?

Many are saying that Carl Grimes, Chandler Riggs, wanted to do projects outside of the series.  For that reason he is leaving the show.  To be honest the kid has been on the show since he was 10. so it's the only show on his resume that will stand out. so I feel that's complete bullshit. 

I feel that Carl character was killed b/c Producers want to make it known that the TV show does not have to stick to the comic book storyline.  Carl being killed was the final statement on that.  Many characters like the priest, Carol, Rosita Eugene, Daryl, and should be dead already. 

Killing Carl off basically means the show has no young stars to develop and really putting everything on the regular 5 stars - Rick, Michonne, Maggie, Carol and Daryl to continue the series.  They're putting everything they have on them, and I have to say good luck.  When you stray from the origins of the comicbook series then you are setting yourself up for failure.