Australian Poster revealed
POSTED BY: Sniper
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 05:45
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Yep - had to doublecheck that River wasn't holding Fray's axe!
And what's with the weird "Serenity" lettering? I find that the strangest thing of all!
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An Australian perspective
You're right about River's weapons, she can kill with her brain, gorram it. It is certainly open and spacious, maybe they are trying for an 'outback' openness. I can't say I would be enticed just by the poster. Unless there is an awful lot of character development in the movie, who are these people? Why is Inara holding a gun?
WHo are the people who design these things, do they know nothing about the story? Buffy and Angel very popular in Aus but not necessarily a major selling point. Once again I ask, who are these people.
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me likey.....me want one...
"It's about how much freedom you can take away from somebody before they either fold or fight," Whedon says. "It's about the right to be wrong and the nature of human beings, that they need the freedom to be wrong. That they cannot be made to be better or perfect."--Joss Whedon on Serenity
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I like the poster. But it doesn't feel right at the same time.
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woahhh that's cool but also weird.
I don't think it has the right feel for the movie. But who cares, look at River!!!
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Hate it. Firefly/Serenity is suppose to be SF with strong Western elements. This poster (particularly how River is presented here) suggests nothing of the kind.
The rabbit is cuddly. Kids like little cuddly sidekicks. I mean... The rabbit... It's a time-tested... Okay, the rabbit bites.
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You guys take things too seriously, this is a great poster!!!
You guys are nitpicking too much! Enjoy it, dont criticise it! We've got our big damn movie, dont you understand how crazy that in itself is???
Its unique and with river in that pose ...definitely eye-catching...and the more people that are intrigued enough by that poster to go and check it out..the better for the Big damn sequel!!!
altho i do acknowledge what you're trying to say..
...remember tho, American Western themes are not that appealing outside of USA...
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Seems to me this poster is targeted specifically at Buffy fans, no? River in her 'slayer' pose, Mal as Angel, noir/gothic treatment, etc...
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Serenity is coming. 9/30/05.
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For those complaining that Inara is holding a gun and that River has odd weapons for Firefly...
Wait until you see the movie.
's all I'm saying 'bout that.
As for an Australian perspective...
I like it. I think it will generate interest in a movie created about a show that was never really given television play here.
Firefly is popular here mainly with the Buffy/Angel fans who heard about it through their obsession with Joss.
Highlighting the "created by Joss who created Buffy/Angel" is a marketing strategy that will pay off. I feel.
Also, the Australian market is a little more jaded to the Western/Cowboy elements of a movie than the US audiences.
Kudos to the team for doing their research and recognising this in time.
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"Your toes are in the sand."
"And your head's up your..."
"Hey!"
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And where, if i may be so bold as to inquire, is the BIG DAMNED SHIP for which the film is so aptly named? Is it hidden under that mountain? Were there monkeys ... terrifying space monkeys at the photo shoot that buried it so no one could see it? It looks like there might be a piece of it sticking out, but still ... kinda shabby treatment for our favorite Firefly class transport.
It also seems as if the cast members in the background of the pic were chosen oddly -- Mal is obvious, but Jayne? Zoe, maybe, but Inara? And Inara with a GUN? No bad guys, no space shots? And excuse me, but there's enough open space on that desert to give us Kaylee and Wash and Simon and Book, with enough room left over for Crocodile Dundee and a marching band of wallabees.
I'm a marketing person, and it just seems like they're missing the boat -- since Serenity ain't there, i guess they are, literally. *grins*
Aintwejust
Town Patron: This is a holy cleansing. You cannot think to thwart God's will.
Mal: Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?
I'm not saying you weren't easy to find, but it was kind of out of our way
and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's looking to kill some folk.
So really it's his will y'all should be worried about thwarting.
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