1/8/06 Rental & Sales Chart Update

POSTED BY: LoveThatFireFly
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 00:22
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MICRONAUT

Monday, January 16, 2006 2:37 PM

I've said it before, and I'll now say it again... Firefly works best on the small screen... Intimate stories, complex characters, interwoven plots... these are the hallmarks which made Firefly great in the first place...

I would have rather Joss had not made "Serenity", but rather had poured the $40 million into a DVD set of 12 new episodes - that's $3 mil per plus $4 mil for advertising, a good budget for any TV show. Judging by the response of the fans, it would have been smarter to budget $4-6 mil for upfront costs, plus $2 mil per episode for a rough total of $30 mil, and created 12 new episodes... which would have done well on DVD, but also made a lot of money in syndication and in overseas markets...

I say skip the next big "movie" entirely - film 12 episodes of Firefly and release a 3 or 4 disc set, and I'll be there on release day with a dozen friends, each of us ready to buy a copy or two... Hell, I'd like to see what happened in the 6 months between the end of the series and the movie, and have them fill in the gaps and use an extended cut of the movie as a concluding episode.

Firefly's characters are meant to be savoured over the course of time, not devoured in a two hour feeding frenzy... any marketing manager who isn't a kiss-ass brown-tonguer could have told Fox/Universal that much...

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Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure to make any progress...

WILDHARE

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:14 PM

Right now I have both of my sets of firefly loaned out and am waiting to get one back to loan again. I have yet to lose a disc nor have I gotten one scratched.

Right now I'm working backwards. Most people in my circles have seen Serenity but have never heard of firefly. So I get them watching firefly then buy it then buy Serenity to complete the set for their collection.

It's just working better that way for me.

LAWLER

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:45 PM

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Originally posted by Wildhare:
As I have stated before. I have two copies of firefly. One for myself and one I loan out. Only I dont give them the last disk. If they want to see if they have to buy it. Those that don't want to buy it never make it past the first disk anyway.

Two copies one for me one to loan. Thats how I do it.

That is really a great idea. I bought a couple the Firefly series, which, of course led to them buying Serenity themselves.

But, I like your idea better.

CS

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:47 PM

I'm torn on the Serenity 2 vs Firefly 2 thing. Like pretty much all browncoats I'd be hugely grateful for either, just for a return to the 'verse. But which one more?

Personally I prefer Serenity to Firefly. Sure I enjoy the witty dialogue, but a full blown space battle is really more my thing. So out of personaly preference, a movie sequel would be good.

But what about the success? Serenity 2 would probably be bigger than the first, as more people have heard of it now and there wouldn't be so much 'what the hell is Serenity?' going about.

But the show would undoubtably pull in wayyy more viewers than the first time round. It could be one of the most succesful shows of all time, compared to a movie which would do well to get top 100.

The there's things to consider like merchandise. Which would spawn more, show or movie? Just by comparing the vast amount of Buffy/Anegl figures to the currently pathetic line of Serenity figures (not even a River!).

So unless the Serenity DVD has a lot of life left in it, I think Firefly season 2 would be the best direction for the series.

COOLHAND

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:46 AM

While I was extremely happy to watch "Serenity" my heart was really longing for more Firefly. I would completely agree that it would be much better to see a bunch more Firefly episodes between Objects in Space and “Serenity” than to see “Serenity 2”.

SNAP

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:45 AM

I want to see more firefly with a movie at the end of each season. =)

FOLLOWMAL

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:50 AM

Hey, you're new Snap, welcome!

We're all one big ( mostly) happy family, glad to have you!

I love seeing new folk join us, means the message is getting out.

"You're on my crew...Why're we still talkin' about this..." Mal

CHINDI

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:08 AM

And FollowMal brings up an EXCELLENT point.. the sales listed above are as of now.. new ppl are falling in line everyday!!! new recruits!! new Browncoats EVERY DAY... and they go out and infect their friends who become browncoats who infect THEIR friends and on and on.. there is a momentum thing here... the fact that this fanbase is SO DAMNED strong so many years after cancellation is truly AMAZING.. and it does NOT go unnoticed...

oh, and of course WELCOME HOME ALL YOU NEW Coats!

Chindi Holding til Mal gets back.. right next to FollowMal

THECOLLECTOR

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:05 AM

I've been saying this for a while... But... I don't think we'll hear anything on a sequel or a TV show till like late '06 to mid '07... (I know it sounds like an eternity) that is (i'm being optimistic here) if the DVD sales are strong all the way through this year.

Now with that being said I don't doubt the power of browncoats. Because people are popping up here all over the place.

I say we play the patience game just a tad bit longer... Joss has other things on his mind right now with Wonder Woman and Goners... Once his major parts are over (that is the Pre-Production and the Production parts) I think that he can start to look back to Firefly/Serenity.

If Wonder Woman reaps a huge profit for the Studio he might be able to use some of that as bargaining leverage. (Like... If I film a sequel for you... can I do a TV series with your full backing?)

SITTINGDUCK

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Micronaut:
I've said it before, and I'll now say it again... Firefly works best on the small screen... Intimate stories, complex characters, interwoven plots... these are the hallmarks which made Firefly great in the first place...

Too true. Probably my biggest objection to Serenity was that it was way too epic in scope. The series was decidedly unepic in nature which was part of the appeal.

The rabbit is cuddly. Kids like little cuddly sidekicks. I mean... The rabbit... It's a time-tested... Okay, the rabbit bites.

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