One Final Serenity Box Office Depression Thread

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UPDATED: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 20:08
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STORYMARK

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:21 PM

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Originally posted by singate:
I'm proud to say I have only seen four of the movies on that list. I wouldn't have gone to see the others even if someone else offered to pay my way. I do own a couple of them on DVD but the rest aren't even worth a rental. Just proves that 2005 was a crappy year for movie goers.

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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

If you've only seen 4, how do you know they're all crap?

I'm not saying that they're not, nessisarily. And yeah, most of these you could tell from the ads or premise that they would suck.

My point is: Judging a movie sight unseen, is partially what led to the low returns on Serenity. How many people saw the commercials for that and siad "Ugh, another sci-fi action flick. I'll wait for DVD".

There were a number of worthwile movies on that list. Just becuase something is not Serenity, does not make it automatically crap.

And I agree with Mattcoz: RotS rocked!

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

MATTCOZ

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:36 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
My point is: Judging a movie sight unseen, is partially what led to the low returns on Serenity. How many people saw the commercials for that and siad "Ugh, another sci-fi action flick. I'll wait for DVD".

I know I did, they really didn't do a good job of promoting it. Luckily I heard the word of mouth and decided to give it a chance.

HOEPERATIVE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by mattcoz:
True, but just saying there isn't nothing. For a while there I had a couple shows I would watch each night of the week, then I'd top it off by watching X-Files reruns before hittin' the hay.

...'course, it is possible that you watched a little too much TV there...

KAELE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:03 PM

I've seen 22 movies on that list.

The only one worth of note was Batman Begins. And I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I was sorely disappointed with the three new SW movies. The novels had better plotlines and much better dialog. I had Star Wars PJs. We used to have the Battle of Hoth in my backyard during snow storms.

I've seen some mediocre movies this past year. Batman Begins was actually really good, and I was disappointed I missed it in theaters. Love Christian Bale since way back when he did Empire of the Sun and Treasure Island.

Serenity and Firefly are the first things since Glory that actually moved me for a good long time.

I would have seen Serenity in theaters but cash was tight. And my compulsion to see it was simply based on the fact that it WAS Sci-fi. I love blockbuster action films. (not your typical chick no corny sappy crybaby movies in the theater for me)

Kaele
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ANASAZI

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:11 PM

Yet another Star Wars hater. Can we get over ourselves finnally? *sigh*

Serenity didn't do well at the box office. Everyone on the planet knew about Sith. At least the BDM broke even. Imagine if they let Joss spend 50 mil, then another 2O mil on marketing, and the movie only did 20 domestically, Joss would probably be run out of town.

Our little movie did the best it was ever going to do. Let's accept this, and move forward.

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MATTCOZ

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:13 PM

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Originally posted by HOEperative:
...'course, it is possible that you watched a little too much TV there...

i disagree, gotta support the shows i like by watching them

SINGATE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:28 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
If you've only seen 4, how do you know they're all crap?

I'm not saying that they're not, nessisarily. And yeah, most of these you could tell from the ads or premise that they would suck.

My point is: Judging a movie sight unseen, is partially what led to the low returns on Serenity. How many people saw the commercials for that and siad "Ugh, another sci-fi action flick. I'll wait for DVD".

There were a number of worthwile movies on that list. Just becuase something is not Serenity, does not make it automatically crap.

And I agree with Mattcoz: RotS rocked!

Okay I must admit my having not seen these films doesn't qualify them as crap. But based on past films with similar storylines I don't think I'm going that far out on a limb by not seeing them. It is rare for me to see a movie and then say to myself, "wow that was much better than I expected".

I think there are several other reasons why Serenity did poorly at the box office:

1. Most people had never heard of Firefly so were unfamiliar with the characters thus having no interest in seeing a movie about them.

2. The few commericials promoting the movie were not attention getters.

3. The lack of well known actors makes people think the movie can't be very good.

4. Anyone who doesn't like Joss Whedon's work may have negative preconceptions about any movie he wrote/directed.

To your last point about comparing movies to the BDM and finding them lacking I have to say I am not one of those people. I've seen a lot of folk around here refer to TV shows or movies not being on par with Firefly and Serenity. As much as I like our verse it is not my be all end all when it comes to entertainment. I also agree about ROTS as I am a SW geek from way back. More than once I've had to defend Lucas from the idiotic cries of "he raped my childhood".

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IRONSPY

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:05 PM

One thing about it that makes me hopeful:

If Cheaper by the Dozen can get a sequel...

(edited to mention: ROTS was a travesty. It made a mockery of real film-making, and was even too cringe-inducing to have campy so-bad-it's-good value.)

MILFORD

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:08 PM

Let's not decieve ourselves: Racing Stripes had a much more coplelling cast and plot than Serenity. Talking zebra?! We can't compete with that!

Remember, that but for one trifling exception, the entire universe is made up of others.- Oliver Wendall Holmes

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