OFFICIAL BDM UK WEBSITE IS UP

POSTED BY: jappar2001
UPDATED: Saturday, May 7, 2005 17:05
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SERGEANTX

Thursday, May 5, 2005 9:55 PM

Sounds all good to me, WIR, but I still think it would be worth the effort to go after folks who tend to be turned off by the rapid fire stuff. Maybe it's just me, but I probably wouldn't be all that interested in Serenity if I was only going by the trailer.

I guess it's ok to bring people in on false pretense, 'cause as you've said, once they're in the door they've already paid. But if the movie is going to have staying power, enough staying power to warrant a sequel, I think it would be worth while to market it to people who can appreciate something more subtle.

Can't wait to see what's coming for the UK promos! Thanks for the tip.

Keep Flying!

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

RELFEXIVE

Thursday, May 5, 2005 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by JoeSweden:
Hi. I spoke to Chris Buchanan during the Serenity con in Heathrow and he said the UK(/european?) trailer would be more linear and prsenting the characters more. Looking forward to it

Cool, we get to see another trailer

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."

MARTING

Friday, May 6, 2005 3:24 AM

Hmm, if thats true, maybe make a newspost about it?

A new and different trailer to look forward too is certainly newsworthy

XANDERHARRIS

Friday, May 6, 2005 4:19 PM

i love firefly, and i love the trailer. stop complaining about EVERYTHING! if Serenity made fart sounds in space who cares????? if they want to try to dazzle the short attention span masses with explosions, i say LET THEM! i say let anyone who has 9 bucks into the gorram movie. because I WANT A SERENITY SEQUEL!!!!!!

i don't care if every single person who goes to the movie comes out and says "you know what, that was the worst movie i've ever seen" just so long as they paid, and I get my sequel. i haven't seen this movie, i haven't read any spoilers, i watched the trailer once, but i already know

it's my all time favorite movie.

YT

Saturday, May 7, 2005 1:56 AM

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
The most remarkable thing I've noticed about Firefly fandom is just how untraditional we are for science fiction fans.

I don't see it. Pretty much all my friends are SF fans. All but one of those to whom I've shown Firefly has loved it; the one exception only liked it, and we watched the entire series @his place in one weekend. Based on my limited personal experience, the two fandoms seem to be the same; this is not the case with Star Trek or Star Wars, & other soi disant science fiction on screen.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Moe, "Timmy Tucker", from "L"

SERGEANTX

Saturday, May 7, 2005 2:09 AM

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Originally posted by YT:
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Originally posted by SergeantX:
The most remarkable thing I've noticed about Firefly fandom is just how untraditional we are for science fiction fans.

I don't see it. Pretty much all my friends are SF fans. All but one of those to whom I've shown Firefly has loved it; the one exception only liked it, and we watched the entire series @his place in one weekend. Based on my limited personal experience, the two fandoms seem to be the same; this is not the case with Star Trek or Star Wars, & other soi disant science fiction on screen.

Fair enough. I'm mostly going by the early population on this board, which definitely included a lot more older folks (30+) and women than the typical sci-fi boards I'd been to. And to risk sounding elitist, the folks here were a great deal more eloquent and thoughtful than the usual.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

YT

Saturday, May 7, 2005 2:28 AM

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
I'm mostly going by the early population on this board, which definitely included a lot more older folks (30+) and women than the typical sci-fi boards I'd been to.

I'm gonna take a leap here & guess that those boards are for movies or TV shows? From your turn of phrase, I infer that you may feel, as I do, that this board has gotten younger as it's getting older.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Allman Bro's, "Whippin' Post", from "One Way Out, Live @the Beacon Theatre"

JK

Saturday, May 7, 2005 2:53 PM

I understand if Universal want sound in space to make it appeal to the broader audience, and I'd understand too if Joss agreed to give them noise. But I really hope they/he didn't, because some of the most beautiful images in Firefly came out of the silence it had in space.

It would be a shame if the movie were absent of those.

JK

ZOIC

Saturday, May 7, 2005 4:49 PM

I got a kick out of watching the trailer, but I have to agree that a trailer that focuses more on the characters and less on makeing it look like the latest Jerry Bruckheimer action movie would be significant improvement.

The character interaction is the strength of Firefly/Serenity yet there is literally none of it in the trailer. It's like this trailer was created by someone that was completely oblivious to the strengths of Firefly/Serenity. So what we end up with was a very well produced and incredibly generic action movie trailer, in other words a trailer that will do little to expand Serenity’s already huge audience.

Firefly/Serenity is clever and unique show, which deserves an equally clever and unique trailer. The trailer should emulate the tone of the Firefly/Serenity not the tone of some other movie.

Again I got a kick out of watching the trailer, but it could be better. The next trailer needs a lot more character interaction.

NYWOE

Saturday, May 7, 2005 5:05 PM

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We had shakespeare, we can't watch this explosive action crap!

You're right about that stereotype. The ironic thing is that Shakespeare probably would have revelled in explosions and Special FX in his movies if he were writing today. :)

He'd probably be a lot like Joss. Like he said in the pilot commentary: "Oh explosions! That's not human drama! But then when I actually am near one... They're so pretty."

I have heard of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jell-O.
--Teal'c

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