DVD Releases Give Dead Series New Hope

POSTED BY: Azarule
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 02:47
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AZARULE

Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:22 PM

There's so many things out there now to try and bring back dead series, and very few of them work. Petitions, fan communities, etc, have not been successful in recent cancellations. But we've seen in the last few weeks TWO instances of DVD sales actually bringing shows back. Family Guy is being brought back into production, and J. Michael Straczinsky is currently writing a spinoff to Babylon 5.

With the Firefly DVDs released, we now have that recourse as well. But 'em for yourselves, now instead of later, and buy them for your friends and family - Christmas is almost here ! Firefly has at LEAST as strong a fan community as Family Guy, and now's our chance to prove it !

POLYDEGMON

Monday, December 15, 2003 1:21 AM

Well, I'm up to five copies so far. Usually I give a couple albums or a book I really liked that year as an add-on to whatever (or the gift itself, $$ depending) but this year I'm using the Firefly dvd set.

I was encouraged to note that on Amazon it's number 20, which means Firefly is outselling the Indiana Jones set that's gotten a lot more hype.

What kinda sucks is that it's linked to all the Whedon stuff - don't get me wrong, I loved Buffy (not so much most of Angel) but I don't think the Buffy fan is the best tie in for Firefly.

I'd like to see it linked with action films and sci fi series.
poly

HARLOCK

Monday, December 15, 2003 2:09 AM

Nothing gets the interests of networks like seeing money flow in. I will never understand why scifi gets sold short, there is such a yearning for well written scifi, Firefly was the most tivoed show at the time. I tried watching Enterprise but I just can't it is getting tired to me, Firefly is such breath of fresh air, I remeber a cartoon when I was younger about space rangers it was a scifi western I loved that show too and it was canceled. Well it just goes to show money talks

POLYDEGMON

Monday, December 15, 2003 3:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Harlock:
I remeber a cartoon when I was younger about space rangers it was a scifi western I loved that show too and it was canceled.

going OT -

Do you mean Yamato? 'Star Blazers' also by Matsumoto, or something American?

poly

MOOSE

Monday, December 15, 2003 4:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Harlock:
I remeber a cartoon when I was younger about space rangers it was a scifi western I loved that show too and it was canceled.

Sounds like Galaxy Rangers.

http://www.loony-archivist.com/rangers/index.html

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, December 15, 2003 12:38 PM

Poly, I'd about KILL for the US-English version of Yamato/Starblazers on DVD dude... any clue if it's even possible to find ?

I'd like to hit fux nutworz with the wave-motion gun, that's fer damned sure.

-frem
diefuxdie

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, December 15, 2003 12:40 PM

Never mind, dumbass me didn't even LOOK in the most obvious place (girlfriends are sooo good at pointing out your idiocy, ain't they?)- Amazon.

The price is hurtin, but what the hell, I spent more on Gundam Wing...

-frem
diefuxdie

HARLOCK

Monday, December 15, 2003 12:57 PM

yeah that's the show, brought back a lot of good memories for me, Thanks for the link Moose

POLYDEGMON

Monday, December 15, 2003 7:39 PM

Ooooh yea - that. I've apparently got a decade or so difference in my frame of reference with Harlock! I think my bro used to watch it, but I missed out. Might have to hunt that up at some point.

poly
(make that six copies now, I realized I forgot to save one for me!)

SHINY101

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:31 PM

I ordered a second copy so I can loan it out (can't bring myself to let my only copy go) in the hopes that some of the folks I clue in might like it enough to buy their own. It's the most I can do, in the hopes it helps.

"Well, here I am."
Juble Early (and the rest of us fans)

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