$2.00 fee could have saved Firefly?
POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Friday, November 11, 2005 17:48
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Interesting article over at SLATE.COM that mentions 'Firefly' and how a $2.00 fee per viewer could have saved it.
Here's the link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2129003/
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that was really interesting. i wonder if there's any chance of firefly being sold as a download. imagine the conversion possiblities!
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Interesting....very interesting....
You can't take the sky from me...
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It's been a canceled TV Series, a Movie that didn't gross it's budget before DVD, a comic book that didn't do incredibly well, and a dream in the minds and hearts of millions and millions regardless. I really can't imagine that the story is done. Somehow we'll get the old girl back in the air.
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Interesting... and if paying $2 to $5 per episode and downloading it is the only way to get Firefly back as a series I'd be more than happy to subscribe. I hope you are paying attention Joss/Universal/Fox.
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I have to differ with you. By Dark Horse's own words, they were very pleased with the results of the comic. There will probably be more...
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Pay-Per-View episodic? Sounds intriguing, but I for one don't like the idea of paying for programming and then having commercials of ANY kind in it.
All TV programming is is placeholders between commercials. Ads brings revenue. Programming brings eyeballs to the ads.
You want me to pay? There's your revenue.
Now, give me my show WITHOUT commercials.
Also, the idea of paying News Corporation ANY of my money makes me physically ill.
And if I 'buy' a season of a show, I'd better be able to tape it or copy it to disk or something.
If I like it that much, I'm going to want to see it again and again.
That's my humble take on the whole thing.
"Take me, sir. Take me hard." -- Zoe
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Author sure was a flan
"....broadcast-television executives could free themselves from the yoke of advertising revenue..."
It certainly sounds better to have a show funded by the fans rather than the commercial sponsors, but.... considering the reaction and fan split over certain aspects of Serenity it could be a little like replacing one kind of yoke for another.
Still, I'd pick fans over advertisers any day - besides, some fanbase will pull it off eventually and that will be the real test.
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... Selling out first printings almost immediately isn't the mark of a successful comic book?
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Very interesting article.
I would gladly pay $2/episode, I would pay $5 per episode if that is what it took to get Firefly back on tv again.
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