Possible Airing of Firefly Prior to Movie by Sci Fi Channel?
POSTED BY: mo1962
UPDATED: Monday, December 13, 2004 20:39
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I am an optimist, but I've heard a lot of maybe's regarding firefly that haven't panned out. So, may be
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Inara: Who's winning?
Simon: I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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Everyone! Email the SciFi channel and request they show Firefly this summer!
feedback@www.scifi.com
Mal-licious
Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell
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'Lish:
Guten morgen, Fräulein! I trust you slept like the angel you are, and awoke to the sounds of vesper bells, and of geese flying through the crystal-clear cerulean (that's 'blue') skies of Mother Delaware?
While I think everyone should indeed post to SciFi's feedback mail, I think this is gonna happen (or not) regardless of our efforts. Read again the link in the first post. Specifically: (emphases mine)
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In another one of those examples of "corporate synergy," the NBC broadcast network will be running a three-hour version of the Battlestar Galactica mini-series on Saturday, January 8th. This is just prior to the launch of the new series on the Sci-Fi Channel the following Friday and the release of the mini-series on DVD...
Vivendi-Universal (VU) own NBC, SciFi Channel, and Universal Studios. (They also have a kick-ass computer- and console-game production company, for future reference) JW has hinted that VU has some forward-thinking plans for promoting the BDM, and that this is why the move to September was a good thing. Would the move to September seem so bad if we got all the stuff I prognosticated in my previous post? It'd be worth the wait, for me.
Since VU are willing to do it for "Galactica", it's likely they'd be planning on doing it for Firefly/Serenity, too; especially since the BDM has real potential for revenue, both in theatrical and subsequent DVD releases that "Galactica" cannot match (since it's only a mini and DVD).
The only potential drawback is the sh*theads at F*x. (If any F*x types are reading this and find it offensive: Change your selves, and I'll change the description) They have imposed a moratorium on new episodes. No other TV entity can air new eps; but, the old eps come under a different stricture. These would be treated as a syndication property -- regardless Firefly never made it to 100 eps, the traditional landmark for syndication. Therefore, VU could 'rent' the S1 eps of Firefly, without breaching the 'no new eps for 5 (or 7 or 10) years' ban.
The question becomes: Would F*x allow such syndication, or are they carrying a grudge (as I suspect)? On the one hand, they've got no one but themselves to blame for 'The Firefly Fandom Fenomenon' (c) not paying off for them; on the other hand, they would have to be intelligent to figure that out (I don't see that happening anytime soon).
But VU could appease F*x's illegitimate grievances in some novel ways, too. Remember, the SciFi Channel is not exactly a ratings goldmine, and its advertising revenue has got to be next to nil. So, they could toss F*x some SciFi (and possibly some NBC) ad slots for F*x's primetime dreck, er, 'offerings', as part of the syndication deal.
The added benefit to us Browncoats would be that we'd have F*x ads to jeer and laugh at on "Firefly On SciFi" (TM) commercial breaks. Just think of the party atmosphere at our shindigs: Cheering and laughing and (at least zoid) crying during the Firefly episodes; booing and making not-very-subtly snide remarks at the F*x commercials on the breaks.
As I said before, Heaven...
Cautiously Optimistic,
zoid
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Originally posted by zoid:
...cerulean (that's 'blue')...
I'm glad you clarified that for me! I was picturing lots of Cheerios and Froot Loops in the sky.
Mal-licious
Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell
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I really hope they repeat firefly. Gotta b good 4 the BDM's publicity
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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'Lishus sat at her computer and clicked the 'Reply' link, thus:
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I'm glad you clarified that for me! I was picturing lots of Cheerios and Froot Loops in the sky.
I told you I'm a 16 Crayola boy. I figured maybe if I deciphered my palette for you, you'd cut me a hint the next time you changed your hair color to 'winter mink' or 'cherry blossom'...
Tonsorially,
zoid
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Sleep well, and have a beautiful Monday...
P.P.S.
Yes, I'm still fixated on your hair.
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