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GIANTEVILHEAD

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:33 AM

Yes, let the hate flow through you. Your anger toward fox will give you strength. Give in to your rage and you shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Strike fox down and your journey shall be complete. Although before you wage your mad crusade against the fox empire you should make sure you have medical insurance and update your will so that you’ll be prepared when the fox security guards tackle you and break your spine.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

JUTIN

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:12 PM

What in the heck are you talking about?

THESENTINEL

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:30 PM

F*** FOX!

FOX

RIVER6213

Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:47 AM

No, FOX should be hated with a passion. Those idiots took away our show.

SHAUNA

Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:54 AM

I get tired of everyone pointing to the X-Files as Fox's one instance where a cultish hit took off. It did,but Fox was a different network when the X-Files initially aired. It was the little fourth network trying to break into the top 3. Fox allowed the X-Files ratings to build and nurtured it. When X-Files became popular, I remember talking to people who'd brag about watching it from the beginning, because the truth is many didn't watch it in it's first season.

REGINAROADIE

Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:49 AM

The way I see it, FOX wants to be the network equivalent of HBO. By doing shows that the big three wouldn't touch. But they have intimacy issues. Unless if it's a hit out the gate, they don't hang onto it. There have been unconventional shows on FOX that have thrived because they were on FOX. THE SIMPSONS initially wouldn't have been picked up anywhere else. Same with X-FILES as well. IN LIVING COLOR, a landmark in sketch-comedy tv wouldn't have made it on any of the other netowrks. And for every six or so boundary pushing shows that don't make the cut, there's at least one that ends up sticking, like MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE or 24. And even though they're axing ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, they at least gave it 2 1/2 years for it to flourish, as opposed to a few weeks.

So while I applaud FOX for taking chances with these unconventional shows, they still need to learn to cultivate these cult shows into national phenoms, like any other network.

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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"

STILLFREE

Saturday, February 4, 2006 7:04 AM

Hmm, I still kinda hate FOX. I know they gave us the show in the first place, but (and I'm ashamed to say this) there's kind of an empty spot in me right now because the show didn't get the chance it should have. If I had watched Lost and it was nixed halfway through the first season I'd probably kick some as...write a very angry letter. I haven't even seen most of the episodes (yeah bad, shush) and I miss the characters. It has potential on so many levels.

I think Fox messed up bad. Judging by the RABID response of fans, Firefly can still be a big hit. Why oh why doesn't another network like USA or Sci-fi Channel pick up more episodes. And yes, episodes and not movies. It's about characters, and it's difficult to have Firefly level character interaction and devolpment in movies. Different beast entirely.

NELLIE

Saturday, February 4, 2006 11:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Interlude:

FOX scoops up the copyrights, lets them live just long enough to gain the extremely loyal fan base that such shows do, and then sits back and enjoys large merchandise and other sales which come from their exclusive rights. Shows, like Firefly, with these types of fan bases are opportunities for FOX to gain great profits without having to put much energy into the show itself.

Wow! Interlude, you have just solved the mystery!

If Fox really thought Firefly was rubbish, why are they clinging onto the copyright for 10 years instead of selling it off cheap?

You just gave the best answer, at least it seems so to me. I never believed these people were stupid---you don't build up a company that size, making that much profit, by being stupid.

At long last, someone has come up with an answer that makes real sense. Real financial sense, and as you say, that's all they care about.

I feel kind of relieved now, because I just couldn't understand it before.

V

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 11:45 AM

Fox Executive: We want a show from you, you did Buffy, and people loved it.

Joss: Ok, lemme get back to you on that...

Six months later

Joss: Here's a pilot for my new show, it's called "Firefly"

Fox Executive: *Brief pause* Uh...we have no idea how to sell this...

Joss: What are you saying? You wanted a show!

Fox Executive: Yeah...but this is hard to sell to people, not enough action happening, uh...do another pilot, we'll air this one later.

Joss: But that's the pilot to the whole series!

Fox Executive: Listen, do you wear the suit? Do you decide what shows go on the air? Let us do our job.

Annnnnd Scene.

Remember, Remember the fifth of November

BOOKSWORD

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JuTin:
I am like most of you. I hated FOX when they cancelled Firefly. I bombarded them with angry letters telling them to stop cancelling great shows, just because Firefly had a small fraction of American Idol's ratings.

I eventually realized something, looking at my wall of DVDs, my TV show section is made up of a lot of cancelled TV shows. Firefly, Wonderfalls, Greg The Bunny, Dark Angel and I would love to have Action released on DVD so I can run out and buy it... Aside from Buffy/Angel and Garfield, all of my TV show DVDs are of shows that originally aired on FOX... The Simpsons, Arrested Development, 24 and That 70's Show being the only other DVDs that I haven't mentioned and they are all still on the air and are shown on FOX.

What I realized is this: While FOX cancels many shows that I LOVE SO MUCH... these are shows that FOX took the chance on, shows that FOX put on the air... great original programing being brought to us by FOX... While other networks have Lost (I hate that show, they ain't doin' nuthin') and CSI (man is that a load of steamy crap worthy of two spin-offs) and... what does NBC have? I forget... oh Cheers... anywho, if it weren't for FOX we would have never even seen Firefly or any other show that they took from you. They can't take something you love without being smart enough to bring it to us in the first place.

I get your point. But while I love the shows I cant but hate the bugger who killed the woman..show I loved. Plus Fox news bugs the crap out of me.

Its like a candy man who lets me taste the suger sweetness of Firefly/Wonderfalls etc just to take it away. Leaving me the bitter taste of Charmed and the OC.

But I get and respect your point to a degree.

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