Have you guys seen this?
POSTED BY: gypsylife
UPDATED: Thursday, February 2, 2006 03:57
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Originally posted by JuTin:
You gotta focus on the way this "article" closes. Those sound like a farewell. "...possibly a series of DVD flicks focusing on characters like platinum bloodsucker Spike. As for Serenity, "I have closure," he says. "And now, I can have it in my home which means that finally I can actually stop working on it."
He's mostly refering to the Firefly verse having a resolution finally... it's saddening me.
I gave that a negative read the first time too (typical human!). Now when I read it it feels more like he's talking about the movie Serenity and not the whole 'verse. When it says:
As for Serenity, "I have closure..." that just means he's survived the making of the movie and its release and he's ready to move on... and bring it back to tv where it belongs - say the SciFi Channel - in 12 episode installments followed by a hugely big selling DVD (ala BSG) for at least 5 more years... at least that's what I see on a second read.
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Ah... even trolls have their moments. Mine is an "I told you so!" kind of moment.
Of course, let's dissect the interview, regurgitate it with lots of analyzing, and "hope" it's not true. Show is over. Period. You guys are sitting on the deck of the Titanic and the captain is floating away on his own private rowboat.
I give you "Wonder Woman", "Goners", a cast who've moved on to other "shows" and "movies", and a Whedon who gave us a showstopper series-ending movie called "Serenity". I'm such a villain.
I told you so! Don't you kind of wish the people who were involved with making Firefly loved it half as much as we do? Time to let go.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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Serenity cost $39,000,000
So far Serenity has made $37,335,935
In Hollywood a movie generally has to make 3 times what it cost to be considered profitable. This has more to do with Hollywood politics than anything else (so that every department gets it's cut and anyone who would be getting paid a percent of the Net gets screwed).
On paper - anyway - we're $2 /3 mill from breaking even. Serenity doesn't have to make a ridiculous amount of money for a sequel to be viable.
Don't count us out yet - momentum continues with both Firefly DVD sales and soon to be Serenity DVD sales.
It's very possible that Serenity 2 could cost $39 mil (or less if 1) some of the set pieces were kept and 2) Joss is very clever)) and stand to make $50 at the Box office if the fan base has grown.
If Universal believes this they will green light a sequel – and if they don't..... they could always give Joss $12mil to play with knowing they're going to get $37mil + DVD sales out of it.
Possibilities abound.
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Ugh, not again! There's already like, 5 threads out here on this stupid article. Here's a quote from Joss from the TV guide one:
TVGuide.com: Are you considering any future installments of the Serenity/Firefly franchise?
Whedon: "It's hard to say. I think the DVD sales will have a lot to say about that. Are there more stories to tell? You bet. Would I love to tell them and work with everyone again? The answer is also yup. Now, the movie did not get a huge amount of people out to see it. We'll need the DVD to make the money back. But I rule out nothing. I think it's the type of movie that can be discovered on DVD. It has definitely affected the people who have seen it. "
Sooo, buy, buy, buy. Go crazy. I'm convinced that if it's selling better than Star Wars right now on amazon, then we definitely have something, and a lot of browncoats aren't buying on preorder. I also think this is one of those good rental movies. I know I've told just about everyone I've met to go check it out next week. Literally, everyone.
*~*~
Summer's response to Nathan getting his very own action figure:
"I tried to pull his head off."
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As one of the "Old Browncoats" mentioned in an earlier post all I have to say is;
"We've done the impossible. That makes us mighty."
The forces of mediocrity and crap reality television have come and tried to push us off this here mountain. But I still see us standin' here.
They said the DVD of the show wouldn't sell, but it did. They said the movie couldn't get made, but it did. Now we're on the eve of the movie's DVD bein' released. We're this close to turnin' a profit. To maybe doin' the impossible once again. And all I can hear is sour milk. Well ain't that just somethin'.
You don't believe in this then just walk off this mountain. There's lots of browncoats about we don't hear from any more. They've dropped by the wayside but they're still browncoats. TinyTimm, SaintJayne, Hjermsted, Jaynesgirlfriend, SaintofCheese, Sarahetc, Browncoat1, Lerxst. Haven't seen Malicious in a while either, wonderin' if she's still about.
When that miracle happens I'll still be here. Holdin' on to what's mine.
The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.
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Think of Austin Powers. I, along with many others, discovered the first film in that series on cable and DVD. Look what happened! The Princess Bride didn't do that well in the box office either. Who knew?
Excerpt from My Genre Geek Resume:
~huge Odyssey 5 fan (despite its cancellation)
~dangerously obsessed with BtVS and Angel
~former Andromeda fan
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Originally posted by XeroGravity:
Ah... even trolls have their moments. Mine is an "I told you so!" kind of moment.
It was so predictible that you would give us one of your pathetic comments... You're slowly becoming a running gag here
Unfortunately there is no ignore list we can put you on (yet
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Joss seems far to passionate about this story to give up now, especially considering how far he's bought it already.
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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Originally posted by PsychicRiver:
Joss seems far to passionate about this story to give up now, especially considering how far he's bought it already.
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
I think that too.
If this is a REAL article, then... I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!
~A message from Serenyty~
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OK Joss says it depends on DVD sales....and what do ya know its Christmas time...pick up an extra DVD...or five for some of your non browncoat friends as gifts. Someone had said that whenever they mention Serenity or Firefly to their friends they go what was that? This is your chance to show them. Plus the way I figure it is each DVD sold is one step closer to the return of the verse to TV and movies. Recruit some browncoats this holiday season!
-Dan
Ain't that just shiny?
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