Scifi Firefly Poll

POSTED BY: Glueman
UPDATED: Monday, February 6, 2006 01:33
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KIZYR

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:56 PM

Voted no. I don't like the idea.

Making Firefly (Season 2) into a direct-to-DVD release is relegating it to the same status as any direct-to-DVD movie or TV series. It won't get the kind of publicity it should, and it won't get the kind of backing it should.

That and I don't like paying for file formats. Firefly has a much better chance if it goes the traditional route: TV, then a DVD set for each season. That'd still generate revenues as all us browncoats would be buying up the DVDs either way. KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

GOR

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:32 PM

As long as you vote at all it shows interest in Firefly. So vote, vote, vote ;)

"These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me."

FIRESTALKER

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kizyr:
Voted no. I don't like the idea.

Making Firefly (Season 2) into a direct-to-DVD release is relegating it to the same status as any direct-to-DVD movie or TV series. It won't get the kind of publicity it should, and it won't get the kind of backing it should.

That and I don't like paying for file formats. Firefly has a much better chance if it goes the traditional route: TV, then a DVD set for each season. That'd still generate revenues as all us browncoats would be buying up the DVDs either way. KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

I don't understand this. This poll for Pay-per-view episodes is the closest we have gotten to even remotely getting a new season.

Yes it would probably work a lot better on tv, but there has been no indictation that that is ever going to happen.

Why would you try to shoot down the only real indictation of getting a new season? It just doesn't make sense.

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THEPISTONENGINE

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:28 PM

I would actually rather watch it on TV with commercials. Sure, there's always those dumb car commercials, but it seems a lot more of a family event, rather than "when I have time."

ZOID

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:39 PM

Glueman:

Thanks for the heads up and the link.

I went with the, "I'm willing to spend cashy money to see more Firefly, no questions asked" response. Maybe that willingness to put our money where our mouths are will make a difference.

To the 21% of 7,600+ respondents (as of when I voted) who said, "I dunno... How much is it gonna cost me?": Whaaaat?!?

People can be so... what's the word i'm looking for here? Oh, yeah: STUPID.

Hello? McFlans?! This is Firefly were talkin' about here. If you're not absolutely certain that you'd sell a large chunk of your liver to get more Firefly...

At least answer: "I want it back on TV," although that seems a little non-commital to me. It occurs to me that since SciFi are running this poll, they might: 1.) be actually considering bringing it back to TV themselves; 2.) consider the guy pushing for season 2 on his own dime a serious player; 3.) are trying to judge whether it would pay for SciFi to either bring it back themselves or at least financially back Ace Wutzizname in his venture.

Looks like a very good sign to me. I think we should start getting happy now. Really-really.

Hepatically,

zoid

P.S.
Remember, when Star Trek finally came back to TV with ST:TNG, it was as a direct-to-syndication deal, not as a regularly slotted show on a single network. Just sayin'.
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KIZYR

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Firestalker:
I don't understand this. This poll for Pay-per-view episodes is the closest we have gotten to even remotely getting a new season.

Yes it would probably work a lot better on tv, but there has been no indictation that that is ever going to happen.

Why would you try to shoot down the only real indictation of getting a new season? It just doesn't make sense.

It does. I can't support Firefly coming back in a format that's inevitably going to get it killed even faster than Fox could've axed it. The entire idea seems like what'd come out of the head of some eccentric who thinks he can buy back the entire series. It's more complicated than that.

I'm not saying it ain't possible. Just a made-for-iPod format's gonna kill it. It doesn't seem like the same kind of profitable opportunity that'd entice all the actors to come back (even though they love Firefly, they gotta eat you know), not to mention Joss and all those incredible writers who made the first season good as it was. I'd put my money on another network (CW, SciFi, etc.) picking it up much sooner than this.

Yes, I do want to see another incarnation of Firefly desperately. But not so desparately that I want it to be revived from the dead in some disfigured state, Monkey's Paw style. If it's going to be re-done, it needs to be redone in a format that'll allow it to continue shining. This format won't cut it. KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

CAPTAINSGAL

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:53 PM

Voted YES!!! Can't Stop The Signal...do I really need my liver...oh well, beer was gonna get it eventually

"A government is a body of people usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepard quoting the Captain

GLUEMAN

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kizyr:

I'm not saying it ain't possible. Just a made-for-iPod format's gonna kill it.

It would'nt be just for IPod. The way TV is delivered to you is changing. I think we all prefer TV Broadcasts, but these other formats are the wave of the future. We are only a few years from total digital broadcasts which you will end up paying for anyways plus some.

At least someone(ACE) is not seating on his hands and is "stiring the pot up" Maybe this will spark the TV exec's to take notice.

River: (near a woman in labor) "Who do you think is in there?"

NUCKLES87

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:19 AM

Indeed. It would be on PC and Paper View, not just iPod. It's am emerging format that Firefly could very well exploit, and even make more popular.

And if things go well, maybe we'll get our TV show.

How's my firefly speak? Good? Bad? Fee-oo?

...It's fee-oo isn't it?

MICHAELANGELO

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:53 AM

Hold on there partners. iPod isn't the only option in the 1st selection. It's *any* pay-per-view format, including cable & DTV PPV, etc. I voted this way specifically so that if it happens, we had some say in Firefly's longevity. If we stop buyin it, they'll stop makin it. If we continue to pay to see it, they'll most likely keep makin'em. No death-sentence time slots. No interruptions for this weeks baseball game... Just simple supply & demand.
My ignorance of how these things work may prove me wrong, but I believe my reasoning to be sound.

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You can't take the sky from me

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