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Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:50:39
Okay, a five month delay. This would have to be done on the day I book my tickets to the convention but that's synchronicity for you. Actually, I'd prefer it if the cast/audience didn't know the result of the movie when we see them. Nowadays you know if a movie is a success about five hours after it opens so even if it had just been a week we'd know if it was a flop or sequeltastic. Just thinking about these things in general terms, how often do sci-fi series make a successful comeback? Star Trek: The Animated Series - flop Star Trek: The Motion Picture - hit Star Trek: The Next Generation - hit Farscape Miniseries - flop (ish) Doctor Who TVM - flop Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - hit (financially) Stargate SG1 - hit So that's really about a 50/50 success rate. Let's hope it's Firefly's turn to hit and hit well (although do note that while the Doctor Who TVM failed, a mere 9 years later a fresh series is about to hit our screens so don't give up on Firefly until at least 2014).
Wednesday, 24 November 2004 01:41:52
Just found out the big damn sucky news. September? Who the hell are they trying to kid ? They trying to squeeze another DragonCon ticket out of me ? GARN! I'm so pissed, I can't type anymore. Grrrrr! :pissed: :censored: :pissed:
Wednesday, 24 November 2004 03:19:03
From: [i]"311 days for 2 hours, I feel sick now." - Succatash[/i] to: [i]"We're more than just a fandom. We're a true community. So let's make the right choice, and stick together, and make the most of these five months to make "Serenity" the best damn September movie ever." Techiechl[/i] The reactions to the film's delay have been varied and to say the least, passionate. I won't be heard to say it's not a bitter disappointment to see the count go from 150 to 311 within a matter of days. It most certainly is. If you look at it one way, it's the all mighty dollar jerking us around again. Look at it a different way, and you'll realize it's been Firefly tradition to get bumped all over the schedule, but it's still here. More to the point, we're still here. In Minneapolis, you couldn't go to any convention in town without seeing a FarScape poster, or having a FarScape postcard handed to you. The Twin City Scapers gave their miniseries more fan support than I've seen since the Firefly DVD campaign and they got a continuing chapter that was within the usual quality parameters of a science-fiction program that dared to be just a little bit different. Same goes for us. Put up posters, hand out postcards, mail them, or leave them for the teenagers to pick up in comic book stores. Don't send too many of them to the producers - they already know we're out here, and they know how crazy we are. It's time to increase our ranks out here, Brown Coats, and make the premiere of this long-awaited continuation the highest-grossing September opening in known history. Rage against the machine - but put some power behind it. Make your fandom shine.