TERRIBLE NEWS! SERENITY DELAYED!

POSTED BY: gojiro
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 08:06
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*Sighs* You know it is going to be a bad day when.......you wake up and find out your BDM has been pushed back 4 months!!!

Ah well, there is nothing to be done about it I suppose. The anticipation is killing me though.

Of course this now means it will be coming out the same month as Dragon Con and the Browncoat Ball. Hopefully without the BDM being released yet they will still be able to get the BDHs to come to Dragon Con.



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THIS IS BAD. I CALL A PETITION AT ONCE. I'm not convinced the firefly fanbase and keep this amazing enthusiasm up for another 5 months. I mean what is there to be a fan of if nothing new in being released. Comic con and the official website brought massive attention to firely, the dvds were have just finished being released in most countries. Whats going to keep us going? I seriously think we should all sign an offical fan petition. This is our movie. Joss maybe able to accept the new date but he also praised the original date. I don't agree with there business decisions. If there so confident about this film then why arn't other studios pulling out of releasing their films that week. They should take a stand. This is an act of insecurity of the studio. TYPICAL. This is bad news in many different ways.

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We gotta look at the positives in this one. More time to create converts and get the hype machine in full effect.

But dayum, I'll now be 29 when it comes out!

-Taylor

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Another thought. Since the BDM is being pushed back to September, I suppose that means the novelization will be pushed back too.

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This sucks worse than sucking. I know there may be a lot of genre movies out at the same time, but why should it be Serenity to move? I reckon this movie is the one that everyone is waiting for, let the others move to September!

Movie Execs. Curse your sudden (but inevitable) betrayal!

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I'm convinced the fan base can, personally. Since I've arrived here I've been really impressed by the level of commitment shown by Firefly fans, one that has me all full fervour as well - and I usually dislike the status and geekery that comes with being a cheerleading fanboy or fangirl, but with Firefly I feel it's something truly special!

Personally I think that the new date will work better for the film, and that more people will be more likely to see it in that summer month. The media will be concentrating on Star Wars in April, but in September if Universal wisely markets it as an intelligent sci-fi romp, drawing critics attention to it, then I think that it will do well. And I know SFX in the UK will continue to champion it, and they won't let this date shift go without majorly commenting on it repeatedly, and begging people not to lose heart.

It was a blow reading the news in the morning, especially since I read it on the abhorent Aintitcoolnews.com, and then made the mistake of reading the largely ignorant Talkback as well. I was on the site due to myself checking my The Incredibles review on a Talkback, desperately conducting a social experiment to see if people would follow my lead, talk intelligently and respectfully, and clearly and concisely put forward their non-biased views. Failed miserably, obviously. And then I found the Serenity delayed news. And I felt even more depressed.

But only because I personally will have to wait. From a non-fan perspective, looking at what's good for the film, I think September will treat it better. In the meantime I'll just have to continue with my big damn novel and release it to fill the gap.

I'm still glad that Serenity is in the hands of Universal - we are talking of a studio here who funded our BDM in the first place, and have every faith in Whedon. I don't think they'll shabilly treat him, and I'm sure they conferred with him beforehand on this - not that he might have given his wholehearted approval, but from what he's said on the Whedonesque site I feel that he trusts them.

So we don't slack off. The war continues. We must convert. Let us hope a very shiny trailer comes out in April to use as ammunition and that the critics laud Serenity - if only to piggyback an extra drubbing against Lucas's no doubt mediocre effort.

Finally, I'm proud of you guys for taking this news with so few exclamation marks or capital letters. This is a truly dedicated, thoughtful board. My stiff-upper lip is quivering.

And Joss, damn, hasn't he got the mightiest stiff-upper-lip of all? An honoury Brit.

Thanks for listening. Keep on flyin'.

Pete

P.S: (And hey! This news means that we can all redivert all our efforts from political posting to strategising on every damn thing we can do between now and September to lure the public's mind into a slavering anticipation of Serenity!)

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Not happy about it, but I'll live. I guess they know the business, so - assuming that the reasons are real - I'm going to assume that it'll be better for the movie. I do feel sorry for Joss, and the rest of the cast and crew, as they won't be able to see the results of their efforts for even longer, but hopefully it'll result in a larger showing...

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Originally posted by MercedesTroy:
On the one hand, it means that I see "Serenity" with the Indiana Browncoats instead of the Florida Browncoats, which is a disappointment.

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Ah, the (few) Hoosier Browncoats aren't that bad. Really! (Where are you going to be in Indiana?)

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I suppose that means the novelization will be pushed back too.

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Wonderful point - more time to get it written and written well, right?

Rabit

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Another thought. Since the BDM is being pushed back to September, I suppose that means the novelization will be pushed back too.

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yep.and probably the other book(on essays).....this is not good,well this thanksgiving i am NOT thankful for this.i hate this.im sorry im a big baby right now, i know.just a few days ago the first photo was leaked and it hit me that it was getting closer--and now(sigh) alright,so here is a MEMO TO UNIVERSAL- PROVE IT.BACK IT UP.MARKET THE SHIT OUT OF THIS FILM! As april was approaching i still hadn't heard of ANY merchandise other than cards and 2 books,so now you can work on the following "dream merchandise" a video game by next christmas,that rumored animated prequel,action figures dammit(paramount blew it with sky captain)t-shirts,and anything else. hell ill take serenity pop tarts if it'll help with marketing! and yes,to the other fellow browncoats have said that gives us more time to convert other folks to this universe.i called my best friend who i just converted a few months ago and told him the bad news and he said the same as above,so we've got a lot of work people I may be depressed now,but gorramit that's enough of that,'cause browncoats don't pout they fight on."you wanna see the real me now?" we have to support this film to the end(one question,will the overseas market get it first now?)so right now we have 2 films to destroy the sequel to zorro-im sorry is it 1999 already? little late dontcha think? curious george.....sorry this monkey has no curiousity in that one.BRING IT ON STUDIOS! KEEP FLYING--damn straight.

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