Would you invest in a Fire fly movie?

POSTED BY: switchy
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 20:34
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SWITCHY

Saturday, June 7, 2003 6:28 PM

I was just interested in polling whether we all would buy shares in the movie if given the chance. I know I would. Movies may not be the safest place to invest but when you believe in something I think it's only right to put up.

OPENMYND

Saturday, June 7, 2003 6:37 PM

Yep. 'course, I'm as broke as a mudder. So, I'll be an extra, free o' charge. Joss, sign me up!

Jayne: "*I* could get naked."
Everyone: "NO!"

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, June 7, 2003 7:10 PM

I'm an incredibly cheep person, but I probably would anyway.

SWITCHY

Saturday, June 7, 2003 7:16 PM

not to be a bugger but don't you mean cheap?

WULFHAWK

Saturday, June 7, 2003 11:06 PM

Hell yes!

Furthermore, I'd pay a monthly fee to be a member of the 'Official On-Line Firefly: The Movie' website...which I would check faithfully each day from the link on THIS site.

tanstaafl

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, June 7, 2003 11:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by switchy:
not to be a bugger but don't you mean cheap?

No I mean a faint, shrill sound like that of a young bird; a chirp. Of course I mean cheap. God, one little mistake.

CANADIANJON

Saturday, June 7, 2003 11:52 PM

Fans of firefly may see the movie 3 or 4 times.
Many (many) other people are just wierd and will
go to the theater and watch movies just for something to do. They will say "what's firefly, oh well, lets go see it anyway." having never known it was a tv show (for a few weeks).

The production costs and CG may not be that much since Joss and them are used to making things look great with less money, and the actors hopefully won't demand huge salaries. Joss himself would probably work on it for free.
Firefly shouldn't be about money anyway. It kind of transcends that, as though its just something to believe in.

I also wonder what FOX will think when every fan of firefly buys a DVD collection when thats released (that's kind of a given by now, eh).
Some wierdos will even buy a 2nd one to keep in shrink wrap as a collectors item.

KAYTHRYN

Sunday, June 8, 2003 12:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by switchy:
not to be a bugger but don't you mean cheap?

Quote:
Posted by CTC:
No I mean a faint, shrill sound like that of a young bird; a chirp. Of course I mean cheap. God, one little mistake.

Heehee, calm down freaky. He did say "not to be a bugger". Well, lets just make that cheap, easily agitated, and unable to spell.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

SWITCHY

Sunday, June 8, 2003 12:27 AM

just having a chuckle. Sorry

TALONPEST

Sunday, June 8, 2003 1:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by canadianjon:
I also wonder what FOX will think when every fan of firefly buys a DVD collection when thats released (that's kind of a given by now, eh).
Some wierdos will even buy a 2nd one to keep in shrink wrap as a collectors item.

In the case of another canceled Fox show, Family Guy, outstanding sales of the DVD set may actually help to sway the idiots at the network. My college paper just did an interview with Seth MacFarlane, the show's creator, and he said that since the DVDs have sold over 200,000 copies it's possible that Fox will do some direct-to-DVD episodes sometime in the future.

Unfortunately, I don't think Firefly's DVD set stands to do nearly that well, since A: due to Fox's incompetent advertising, comparatively few people heard of Firefly, and B: Family Guy's box set contained two seasons in one, and Firefly will only have what, 14 or 15 episodes?

A combination of strong movie proffits and good DVD sales might sway them, but it's a long shot when you're dealing with people so stupid they don't know a hit show when they see one.

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