We got details on the new Firefly Blu-Ray set. 3 discs, widescreen 1080p, audio in 5.1 DTS Master Audio. With:

• Commentary Tracks:
  • “Serenity” (Part 1 & 2) by Executive Producer Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion
  • “The Train Job” by Executive Producers Joss Whedon and Tim Minear
  • “Shindig” by Writer Jane Espenson, Morena Baccarin and Costume Designer Shawna Trpcic
  • “Our Mrs. Reynolds” (NEW to Blu-ray)
  • “Out of Gas” by Executive Producer Tim Minear and Director David Solomon
  • “Ariel” (NEW to Blu-ray)
  • “War Stories” by Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk
  • “The Message” by Alan Tudyk and Jewel Staite
  • “Objects in Space” by Executive Producer Joss Whedon
• Deleted scenes:
  • “Serenity” scene 1 (1:34)
  • “Serenity” scene 74-75 (4:34)
  • “Our Mrs. Reynolds” scene 18 (3:39)
  • “Objects In Space” scene 6 (2:08)
• Featurettes:
  • “Heres How How it Was: The Making of Firefly“
  • Serenity: The Tenth Character
  • Joss’ Tour of the Set
  • Cast Reunion (NEW to Blu-ray)
• Alan Tudyk’s audition
• Gag Reel
• Joss Sings the Firefly theme
• Easter Egg: Adam Baldwin sings “Hero of Canton”

New commentaries, a cast reunion, and high def! Woo hoo! Current street date is November 11th, 2008. So far. Preorder it at Amazon!

As long as you’re shopping for Operative-wear (see sword, below), why not pick up this fine set of chest covering and leather-looking guantlets from the Prop Store of London?

The chest plate and gauntlets worn by The Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This excellent costume was worn by The Operative in scenes near the end of the film on Mr Universe’s planet where he tries to stop Mal (Nathan Fillion) broadcasting the message. The chest armour is made from rubber sprayed a dark bronze colour with an elasticated back section, there is a hole on the left shoulder for a squib, also a pair gauntlets made and finished in the same style.

LiveAuctioneers is auctioning off an Operative sword, complete wirh blood, on August 1.

1059. Chiwetel Ejiofor “The Operative” and Nathan Fillion “Mal” hero sword from Serenity. (Universal, 2005) This hero sword was used by Chiwetel Ejiofor as “The Operative” and Nathan Fillion as “Mal Reynolds” in the film, Serenity. It is custom made and features prominently in their final confrontation. This is the hero version featuring a metal blade, hard plastic handgrip with elaborate cord ties. It is studio distressed and features studio blood smears. $2000 - $3000

We’ve seen a few of these go by aty the Prop Store of London but this is specifically one of the “hero” metal swords that saw screen time.

Buy some cheap movies and get free advertisements for new movies! Not a bad deal, actually, especially if the new moves are ones you’re interested in. But the main thing to take away from this is that you can get copies of “Serenity” for six bucks, and that makes loaning copies to friends even easier.

Now the specially priced DVDs below include a free movie certificate to see one of four surefire blockbusters: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Wanted, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and The Incredible Hulk.

Plus, with your purchase of one of these $5.99 DVDs, such as Miami Vice: Unrated or Serenity, you can get a free bonus disc. Take a look at both The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Hellboy II: The Golden Army before you see them on the big screen.

If you’re going to the San Diego Comic-Con, you might save some time and just go to the California Browncoats table and give them all your money. If you’re in the market for a Firefly or Serenity item, they’ll have it there. UPDATE: Plus the four official Dr. Horrible T-shirts!

I’m not exaggerating, either. Check out the list at their SDCC page. All the books, all the DVDs, all the shirts and comics and licensed material from QMx and Dark Horse and all the great stuff from Out to the Black Outfitters and stuff to benefit charities like Equality Now (Joss’ favorite), Kids Need to Read (Nathan’s group) and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital (Mark Sheppard’s charity of choice). They’ll even provide you with a shopping list to take with you, to make things easier.

They’ll also have con exclusives, like the limited edition Serenity: Better Days #1 with special variant cover we discussed earlier and copies of The Guild DVD.

And they’ll have guests and signings from PJ Haarsma (author of The Softwire series and co-founder of Kids Need to Read), Felicia Day (of “Buffy,” “The Guild,” and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”), the cast of “The Guild,” Adam Levermore-Rich (fan-favorite browncoat artist and my partner in SaveHiatus.com), and Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (authors, Young Jedi Knights series and many more).

Plus contests, giveaways, a Jayne hat flash mob (shhh, it’s a secret!) and more! Check out their SDCC page for more info, and go find them at the same place they were last year, at tables A7/A8 in Hall A at the back of Aisle 300. Go say hi!

Apparently Dr. Horrible’s evil plan involves crashing the Internet. Fans storming the website at www.drhorrible.com overwhelmed it, and then went on to slam whedonesque.com to find out what happened to drhorrible.com. According to the admins, Whedonesque was pulling in 5 times their maximum allowed bandwidth when their host shut down their database.

They’re working feverishly to move everything to a new and presumably bigger server, and in the meantime you can still find the folks in the forums at whedonesque.org.

FOX has announced the release date for the Blu-Ray edition of “Firefly”: it’s coming September 23rd, with a suggested price of $89.98. You can preorder it from Amazon for $62.95 as of this posting.

No details on contents yet, but Jewel Staite has mentioned doing more commentaries, so let’s hope for lots.

Interestingly enough, right now it’s #2 in Amazon’s TV DVD ranking (guess what number one is…)

Things From Another World has been a big supporter of Browncoats in general and Can’t Stop the Serenity since the beginning, and this year is no exception.

Any purchase you make over $25 (utilizing the CSTS1 code) over the next few months will receive FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING. But that’s just the start. 5% of your purchase will be donated to Equality Now by TFAW, in support of CSTS 2008. That’s right - you’ll not only get some great stuff at a great price, but also free domestic shipping, and Equality Now will receive 5% of your purchase to further their great cause. It’s that simple. Just make sure you place your order on or before September 30, 2008 and use this code.

Details here.

As part of the Can’t Stop the Serenity events, QMx - a longtime CSTS supporter and donator - is donating part of their profits between June 19 and September 20 to Equality Now.

“QMx Proudly Supports Can’t Stop The Serenity

Quantum Mechanix will donate 10 percent of the price, before taxes, of all purchases made at www.qmxonline.com between June 19th and September 30th to Can’t Stop The Serenity. Simply enter “CSTS” in the notes field when you check out to give 10 percent of your purchase to benefit Equality Now. Offer applicable to all products, except Artisan products.

Remember, you must enter “CSTS” in the notes field of the order when you check out for the donation to apply.

QMx – Bringing The ‘Verse to Life”

SerenityStuff has moved to a new server. At least I hope it has - what with server speeds and DNS tables and whatnot, for the next few days it may look and react in a somewhat funky manner. But it should be good soon, and on a reliable and somewhat cheaper host :) Hey, gotta keep this boat in the sky.

After Monday or so, if you should notice any lingering problems like missing pictures or bad links, please let me know and I’ll send my mechanic right in.

Now to catch up on all the stuff I held off posting till now. Hang on…