Here is why our BDM didn't take off like we had hoped!

POSTED BY: GutsC1
UPDATED: Thursday, February 2, 2006 21:40
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GUTSC1

Thursday, February 2, 2006 6:18 PM

See, the main reason I'm concerned about plans for Ace Underhill’s "Firefly Season 2". is MORE mishandling of our baby. Again, don't get me wrong I don't for a minute put Universal's misguided marketing attempt in the same boat as the FOX debacle, but the fact of the matter is that in both instances the marketing was a failure.

At each turn in the road, an exceptional project was put in misguided hands. Now whether this Underhill guy in-fact has good intentions in neither here or there at this point. The point is that he has VERY BADLY mishandled his initial attempt at getting the ball rolling. From every appearance, he wants to get sole control and call the shots, rather than pursue a joint co-production. Not a good call! I’d rather see the intellectual property in the hands of some kind of Mutant Enemy collaboration and the folk that know and love her rather than in the hands of an amateur!

So, at this point I’d just as soon see it sit on a shelf for a bit longer, and wait for “The Right Group” to champion Firefly / Serenity than to see our baby “Out of Gas” before it even has a chance to get going… again!! Remember the adage, “three strikes and you're out”. We’re already are at a 0 and 2 count. We can’t afford another misstep or I suspect “that will be all she wrote”!! Lets get it right this time. We all know this project in the right hands “has legs” for at least five seasons, and maybe even a couple more BDMs.

I know we’re all very eager, but lets be smart too!

Mal: Jayne, just how many weapons you plan on taking? You only got the two arms.
Jayne: I just get excitable as to choice. Like to keep my options open.
Mal: I don’t plan on any shooting taking place during this job.
Jayne: Yeah, well what you plan and what takes place ain’t ever exactly been similar.
Mal: No grenades.

ORPHEUS

Thursday, February 2, 2006 8:41 PM

Actually, you want the REAL reason Serenity didn't score as big as we'd hoped? This is why:

Flightplan still scored #1 at the US box office the week Serenity opened. Had Serenity actually taken #1, you can bet the marketing campaigns would've reflected it. "SEE THE NUMBER ONE FILM IN AMERICA! SERENITY!"

Ok, might not have been THE reason, but it certainly didn't help.

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QUEENOFTHENORTH

Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:
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Yes, it would be. Like my book for example.

It's a fantasy adventure written by a woman (moi) with a woman as the central butt-kicking figure. Now, if it could just get adapted into a movie with a young actress who could act, I think it would make a great movie. And possibly revive everyone's faith in the action heroine genre.

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