Serenity DVD box-art petition
POSTED BY: chronicthehedgehog
UPDATED: Friday, November 4, 2005 00:46
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Nope sorry saw this petition on Whedonesque and I don't get it it's a pretty good cover IMO. As for the ultimate action adventure bit well that is what the movie is, it's a sci fi/action movie.
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Originally posted by Anasazi:
Who cares about box art? It can come in a brown paper baggie for all I care....I'm in it for the film and the story, not the how its going to look on my shelf between SERENDIPITY and SHES THE ONE.
Well said!
The cover art bugged me a bit at first, but honestly I don't care what it looks like in my DVD rack, only what is on the DVD.
I can see that some might be concerned about the artwork & whether or not it conveys the film in it's true light to those unfamiliar w/ it, but Universal has been at this a might longer than we have. We all have the best intentions for the DVD & the future of the story, but Joss & Universal will make the best decisions they can. We have to trust their judgement.
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I like the cover art, much better than the forgettable poster.
I wonder though why the studio is listed as MCA Home Video and not Universal. Anyone know?
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No, no, no, no, no. I CANNOT believe this. I cannot believe how far this had been taken. A petition to change the DVD cover? How incredibly, incredibly ungrateful, arrogant and petty. Unbelievable. It's things like this that have the potential to turn a fantastic fandom into a pathetic group of sci-fi nerds who think they have more power than they do.
I happen to like the art. I think it will do well as a selling point. But even if I didn't I would NEVER, ever try to make a petition to get it changed. The art is not there for the fans. The art is there to sell the DVD. The art is not there to describe Firefly/Serenity perfectly because that is impossible to do in one image. It's there to sell the DVDs. Which I believe it will do.
*sigh* How incredibly disappointed I am in some of my fellow Browncoats. How the mighty have fallen 
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That doesn't even look like River. Shesshhh.
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I honestly don't get all the caterwhauling about our very reasonable :) caterwhauling.
"Ungrateful" -- Is Universal our benefactor? Nope, we're customers. We have a right to complain a little. And it's not like the Universal marketing dept. is so omniscient and ultra-skilled that it can't benefit from a little feedback.
This is a very reasonable, very important non-battle if we want to ever get our sequels. This box, I believe, assures that the DVD will be at best a mediocre seller and will only be bought by Browncoats.
Though some obviously differ, this is terrible box-art--I could actually live with a lot of the silly visual busyness, but what I really, really object to is that it makes Summer Glau look like just another skank-du-jour and, by association makes the movie look cheap and pathetic.
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The way I look at it is the same way I look at a lot of things....though the logic may change a bit.
Something "me dear old mum" used to say:
"Take what you can get, and be glad you got it."
In other words. We got a movie, so I'm happy. The DVD's coming out, so I'm happy.
Buncha people up in arms over the movie and the DVD COVER (wtf, over?!?!), so I'm annoyed.
Personally, not a thing wrong with the cover, the most important thing is what's inside.
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This cover looks like it was thrown together by a work experience student with only minimal knowledge of Photoshop. We need a cover that is better done, will appeal to more people than just horny teenage boys that like Sci-Fi and actually represents the movie within the cover.
I don't think some people understand the importance of this petition. Do we really want this cover to misrepresent Serenity for the next 50+ years?
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No, no, no, no, no. I CANNOT believe this. I cannot believe how far this had been taken. A petition to change the DVD cover? How incredibly, incredibly ungrateful, arrogant and petty. Unbelievable.
Just for information, I started petition. I'm actually working on the DVD release elsewhere in the world, as it happens.
This is not a "Diss Universal" thing. At all. Mainly because I've worked on Serenity for 439543095493 weeks. This is a 'get them to look at the DVD cover' thing.
I spoke to Universal Home Entertainment USA yesterday, the petition is being printed, boxed and shipped to their Executive Vice Chairman this weekend to be reviewed.
The fate of Serenity rests on DVD. If the cover is cack, nobody is going to buy it, and you can kiss your sequels goodbye.
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I got to say the DVD cover, if it is the final one is a little busy, if not tacky. There have been alot of bad sci-fi movies and they have covers like this one. This is a fantastic movie which I have seen numerous times and still find things I hadn't noticed before. Universal backed Joss through the whole production of this movie, so maybe they should let him come up with some ideas for the cover. I just don't want this movie to look 'B-Grade' on the shelf, even if they did use bubble wrap to make a wall look interesting in the movie. That one cracked me up.
To Universal, whatever your decision I won't sign any petition over the cover, you backed the project so you should have the choice of cover, but please make the right choice for Serenity's sake.
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