CMDRSUE'S BLOG
May have been the losing side...
Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:29 AM
There's a discussion over on the main page about how we've lost the war for the box office with this movie. http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=14173Isn't that ironic? A sort of poetic irony to keep "losing" with this story.
There has been some debate over whether the dvd sales will do anything for keeping the story going. The logic being that if we couldn't get people out to see it in the theater they won't know to buy it. And become obsessive little browncoats like the rest of us. And without dollar signs, no Hollywood executives will back another movie, tv show, etc.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking back a few years to what I still remember as "The Gladiator Christmas." I remember it that way because it seemed like Gladiator was the obligatory gift that year. Of the ones that were flying around the gift giving circles I'm pretty sure we got at least two at our house.
Well, this year the obligatory gift is Serenity. I had announced to my husband two days ago, when I confirmed that the dvd was coming out before Christmas, that I "knew what everyone was getting this year." At least every sci-fi or almost sci-fi fan (thank God my family is rife with them). And all those occassions when you have to bring a "wrapped mystery gift." This will be "The Serenity Christmas" in my book. (Apply Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, etc. as suits your needs.)
Niska said to Mal, "...you are quite a man. An extraordinary man. Yes. But these are not times for extraordinary men." Now, ya'll know that ain't true. You know in your heart, don't you, that the ultimate end of our story arc is that the Alliance is brought to it's knees and our Browncoats are proven to be the righteous ones. The same will be true with getting the story told. We just have to hold out a little bit longer.
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