Remember March 10th???

POSTED BY: Dinky
UPDATED: Saturday, March 11, 2006 00:36
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SEBA

Sunday, March 5, 2006 11:15 PM

On the subject of gorilla marketing, I hope everyone's remembered to rearrange their local video stores. :) My fiancee and I have made it a habbit to at least go in once a week and make sure to move Serenity from where it's hidden in the back to a more prominant place among the "new arrivals". :) I've seen it stay there for days without store employees noticing, so hopefully it'll get a few more rentals every week.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, March 5, 2006 11:28 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
It's sorta fun to watch it on tv the way it first came out. I like the DVD's better but tv is fun.

It's not quite how it first came out, and I'm not talking about the order either.

Serenity (the episode) was shot so that Fox would have to air it widescreen, there's a shot in there that doesn't work in fullscreen. (Serenity was the only episode Fox aired in widescreen.)

Sci-Fi aired it in fullscreen anyway (no idea why, they seem to love widescreen) so on the catwalk when Mal confronts Simon the shot looks pretty bad, iIrc.

Then again maybe Sci-Fi will air it widescreen this time around.

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, March 5, 2006 11:33 PM

Thanks Chris, I didn't know that. Now that you tell me though, the scene you refer to does look better on the DVD's, now I know why... it's all Simon, even when Mal is talking on the full screen. Oh, I hope SciFi shows it right, the folks that are seeing it for the first time deserve to see it right and be drawn in.

I hope the board gets slammed with new folks that day!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, March 5, 2006 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by Seba:
On the subject of gorilla marketing, I hope everyone's remembered to rearrange their local video stores. :) My fiancee and I have made it a habbit to at least go in once a week and make sure to move Serenity from where it's hidden in the back to a more prominant place among the "new arrivals". :) I've seen it stay there for days without store employees noticing, so hopefully it'll get a few more rentals every week.

I've got a lot of useless triva in my head, here's one of my favorites:

The first time the Mona Lisa was stolen no one noticed. The guards did not realize it was stolen in spite of the fact it was not there. The people looking at the artwork didn't realize it was stolen. The person who owned the place walked by and didn't notice it was stolen.

(Apparently) Everyone just assumed it had been taken down for a reason.

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On a less historic note my sister put a piece of artwork the size of a doorframe in a college campus about a year ago and no one has moved it yet. It should have, in theory, been thrown out because it is technically litter. When I say no one has moved it that isn’t technically true, apparently someone moved it about a yard and a half, but that’s hardly a big deal and where it is now is arguably more prominent than where it had been before.

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People have a habit of assuming things are where they should be, and most don't ask questions.

ALGUS

Monday, March 6, 2006 12:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Quote:
Originally posted by Seba:
On the subject of gorilla marketing, I hope everyone's remembered to rearrange their local video stores. :) My fiancee and I have made it a habbit to at least go in once a week and make sure to move Serenity from where it's hidden in the back to a more prominant place among the "new arrivals". :) I've seen it stay there for days without store employees noticing, so hopefully it'll get a few more rentals every week.

I've got a lot of useless triva in my head, here's one of my favorites:

The first time the Mona Lisa was stolen no one noticed. The guards did not realize it was stolen in spite of the fact it was not there. The people looking at the artwork didn't realize it was stolen. The person who owned the place walked by and didn't notice it was stolen.

(Apparently) Everyone just assumed it had been taken down for a reason.

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On a less historic note my sister put a piece of artwork the size of a doorframe in a college campus about a year ago and no one has moved it yet. It should have, in theory, been thrown out because it is technically litter. When I say no one has moved it that isn’t technically true, apparently someone moved it about a yard and a half, but that’s hardly a big deal and where it is now is arguably more prominent than where it had been before.

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People have a habit of assuming things are where they should be, and most don't ask questions.

Reminds me of my booth. Well I shouldnt really say my booth, since it isnt mine anymore. When I was in High School I was the tech officer for the theatre, anyway my techies and I left all kinds of weird crap up there. We had a table that we played Magic: The Gathering on that had all kinds of things carved into it. There was also a bunch of stuff there that had always been there.

Well as it turned out the original Tech Guy from when the school first opened in 1991 had left a lot of the other stuff up there, we just added to it. I've gone back since then, and the people I know have all graduated, but my junk is still there. A fitting legacy, no?

It's funny how people see things and just assume they should naturally be there. Unless it's blatantly graffitti then it probably won't get moved. Guess the lesson here is to flood the world with Firefly Fliers, as long as they look like they belong we can subliminally convert people to our cause!

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Where's the KABOOM?! There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! *sigh* Delays...delays...

CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, March 6, 2006 1:48 AM

My sister's plan was for Guerrilla art but beyond the one work it never came through. (No one would join her.) I wonder if doing that with a firefly theme might be more effective than simple fliers. Just walk into a place and find a spot that looks deserving of a picture hang I giant picture of Serenity with a label saying, “The Firefly Serenity from the movie Serenity” or some such. That might make a bigger impression than a flier.

Ideally we’d be talking about a painting or some such but I have a feeling most couldn’t take the time and many like me are probably lacking in skill.

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Still guerrilla art might make an impression even if it is just printed out pictures (provided they're big or otherwise look like more than printed out pictures.)

MERROVINGIAN

Monday, March 6, 2006 2:20 AM

thanks for the info--have been away and would not have known.....now I'm contemplating staying home from work :-)

post-holer......for digging holes-for posts.

AGIRLYMAN

Thursday, March 9, 2006 10:37 PM

Bumpadumb

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?

Tee Hee

BROAN

Friday, March 10, 2006 5:56 AM

bump

let our presence be known! Watch firefly the way it originally was... with comercials (weird).

MOOSE

Friday, March 10, 2006 6:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Serenity (the episode) was shot so that Fox would have to air it widescreen, there's a shot in there that doesn't work in fullscreen. (Serenity was the only episode Fox aired in widescreen.)

F*X also broadcast "The Train Job" in widescreen.

I remember one of the first things I thought about Firefly was "Cool, they're going to air this show in widescreen. I think I'm going to keep track of this." I was quite disappointed when "Bushwhacked" was aired in fullscreen the next week. Fortunately, I was already in love.

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