Firefly Ambulance and Scripts
Hey fellow fandom freaks! It's Rich here, and I have a Big Firefly/Serenity Update:
Virtual Firefly is a crew of fans that have gotten together to show us what might have happened if Fox hadn't been so gorram near-sighted.
They present for us a collection of fan written scripts, lovingly put together, detailing the continued adventures of our favorite Big Damn Heros, as if the show had never ended. Each episode is presented in pdf form, so anyone can read it. Season 1 has 19 episodes, and are currently 9 episodes into season 2.
But the best description of their labor is presented on their website:
"Like most Browncoats, we know that Whedon will return to us with another movie, book, or some other way to continue the tale he started in "Firefly." Until that time, we'll be here. We will hold the line.
We can't show you exactly how Joss Whedon would've done it, but we can tell you...
"Here's how it might have been..."
stillflying.net
What would you do if you stumbled across a prop from your favorite TV show?
Try to buy it and restore it? Well that's what Akin did.
What is the Ariel Ambulance?
This is the flying ambulance that Wash found in the dump, fixed up in the belly of Serenity, flew to the hospital with "dead" Simon and River, etc. in the episode "Ariel."
How did it get there?
The ambulance began as a mockup of a Puma owned by Air Hollywood; it was modified to look like an Mi-24 Hind and used in Hunt for Red October. Air Hollywood sold it to Mark Thompson's Aviation Warehouse. Carey Meyer, production designer for Firefly, rented the ambulance; the Firefly crew modified and repainted it to be the Ariel Ambulance. After the episode Ariel was filmed, the ambulance was returned to the Aviation Warehouse, which later sold it to the El Dorado Aircraft Supply Co. ltd. which kept it in their scrapyard in Mojave, CA where Akin happened upon it. The Ariel Ambulance Rescue Group purchased it from the El Dorado Aircraft Supply Co. on Saturday May 6, 2006 (dubbed "Ariel ambulance Day").
What are they doing with it?
They're taking her on tour! Visit their site, www.arielambulance.org and see their pics and follow their progress.
In the next week or so, I'll be doing a rundown of all the available Firefly/Serenity Podcasts that are online.
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