Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite Page #6

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leaf on the wind, Alan Tudyk!

[Cheers and applause]

Captain Tight Pants,

or sometimes no pants, Nathan Fillion!

[Cheers and applause]

One word... River.

Summer Glau.

A good doctor, a better

brother, Sean Maher.

This is the audience-participation

portion of the show.

The hero of Canton, the man they call...

All:
Jayne!

Jensen:
Adam Baldwin!

Last, but not least,

the creator of "Buffy,"

"Angel," "Dollhouse," "Firefly,"

the director of the third-biggest movie

of all time, Joss Whedon!

[Cheers and applause]

Jensen:
Last but not least, Joss Whedon!

[Cheers and applause]

Jensen:
It's been 10 years

since the beginning of "Firefly."

What does it mean to you to be here today

on the 10th anniversary of "Firefly"?

What else could it possibly mean

except that we always knew

from the very beginning

that everything we were doing,

we were doing for the right reasons

in the right way with the right people,

that we were making something

that was more than the sum of its parts,

that we had the best

cast I'll ever work with,

the best writing team.

[Cheers and applause]

It goes beyond vindication.

Vindication came a long time ago.

I just wanted to make

something that felt real,

like a piece of history.

I wanted to buck the system of,

"all science fiction is

lit with purple lights."

I wanted to tell an

American immigrant story.

I wanted to tell a western story.

But I need spaceships, or I get cranky.

[Laughter]

Nathan, I'd just love to ask you this.

Mal Reynolds... what does he mean to you?

And what does it mean to be here today?

If I can get through this without crying,

it'll look a lot cooler.

[Laughter]

"Firefly" was a lot of firsts

[Fakes voice cracking] for me.

[Laughter]

No one would give me

a chance to be anything

other than the number-five

guy, the lead girl's ex,

the other dude who doesn't

come in until later,

and then he leaves pretty early.

[Laughter]

No one would give me a chance,

and Joss Whedon was the guy that gave me

the best character I've ever played,

the best words that have

ever come out of my mouth.

[Cheers and applause]

I know that no matter what I say,

he's gonna make a face,

and it's gonna change the context

of whatever I'm saying.

So I feel like I have to just stare at you.

Um...

[Light laughter]

[Laughter]

[Cheers and applause]

There was never a moment

from the time we met

where I did not think you were the captain.

Jensen:
Joss, I'd love to know

how important were these

actors, like summer?

Why was she perfect for River?

You can't change your mind now.

I already done got cast.

[Laughter]

Um, you sure?

Uh, George Lucas could.

He could digitally make you a bad thing.

All:
Ohh!

These are honestly the finest meat puppets

that I've ever controlled.

[Laughter]

And these were the

people before I wrote it.

And they didn't know it yet,

but they were those

people before they met me.

[Cheers and applause]

And Adam, fan phenomenon, the Browncoats,

have kept this thing alive for 10 years.

What has it meant to you?

So, one of the most

heartwarming and wonderful times

of my entire life

was watching that show be resurrected

as a major motion picture.

And couldn't have done it without you guys.

[Cheers and applause]

There was no way.

There was no reality

where I would not get

these people back together.

There was just none.

I've never been that before.

And, really, I don't give

a sh*t about anything since.

[Laughter]

So, that was the one time.

[Cheers and applause]

Jensen:
Let's go to the audience.

Where's our first question?

10 years after "Firefly's" over,

you guys are still getting a lot of love

from your fans, from the Internet.

I'm wondering if you just feel

really proud of what you did

or if a part of you is like,

"well, where were these

screaming people a decade ago?"

[Cheers and applause]

Fillion:
When "Firefly" died,

I thought it was the worst

thing that could possibly happen.

And what I realize now, 10 years later,

looking out over this room,

is that the worst thing

that could have happened

is if it had stayed dead.

That it died is okay.

That you guys are here... ?

[Cheers and applause]

Had you known that season one would

be the last season of "Firefly"?

How would have the finale

have differed from "Serenity"?

A couple of things would

have been different.

Even if they had canceled the show,

and I absolutely knew

that that was the end of the show,

I don't think I would have killed anybody.

[Cheers and applause]

And we would have learned about Book,

and we would have learned about Inara.

And, um, for some reason,

that's the question

that's gonna make me cry.

[Laughter]

[Cheers and applause]

Man:
We love you!

[Heroic music plays]

Only an idiot would actually try

to follow that with a sentence,

but I'm going to.

[Laughter]

When you come out of a great movie,

you feel like you're in that world.

When you're telling a story,

you are trying to connect to

people in a particular way.

It's not just about what you want to say.

It's about inviting them into a world.

And the way in which you guys

have inhabited this world,

this universe,

has made you part of it, part of the story.

You are living in "Firefly."

When I see you guys,

I don't think the show's off the air.

I don't think there's a show.

I think that's what the world is like.

I think there's spaceships.

I think there's horses.

I think it's going on in all of us.

The story is alive...

[Cheers and applause]

because of you.

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