Buying Firefly Episodes on iTunes ~ An Idea
POSTED BY: 11thHour
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 15:20
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The recent news that Firefly episodes are now available on iTunes is awesome news indeed! This is a real acknowledment from the decision makers that the demand for Firefly/Serenity is holdin' strong. Having Firefly available for download will really open the possibilities for new people to discover THE BEST SHOW EVER.
On another thread, the idea was brought up for fans to organize a big episode buying day, much in the manner of the Serenity Day/Serenity 'Versary plans. A one day buying spree has the merit of shooting the sales numbers up and getting attention, but we may also want to consider perhaps a longer, sustained statement.
I suggested on the other thread that we could organize a progressive Firefly episode purchase. Start on Day One with buying the pilot episode "Serenity", then continue each day and purchase the following episodes in order... in the correct order that Joss intended (not the mixed up original broadcast order).
Firefly has the beauty of being a multi episode series that can sustain a TWO WEEK buying campaign!
Perhaps this will work best if done a few weeks from now. As new titles are added to iTunes, it's important to keep interest fresh for Firefly. A buying campaign can help sustain the numbers and keep attention going. Consistently good sales over the long haul will help demonstrate to a studio that there's still a strong audience for the Firefly/Serenity 'verse.
11th Hour
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For anyone who would like to start buying episodes now, please do so! They are very reasonably priced and each one purchased is a vote of support for Firefly... and a voice for continuing our shiny 'verse.
You can purchase episodes separately ($1.99 each), or buy an entire TV season at a discounted price.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/videos/
iTunes is PC and Mac compatible, and you can download the program for free from the Apple website.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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LOL, i just bought the whole series on Itunes.
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Originally posted by monksdad:
LOL, i just bought the whole series on Itunes.
THAT'S AWESOME! Definitely a wonderful thing to do! Big splashy buying sprees make great statements, but it's important to keep the sales strong and steady on "non event" days. If a buying campaign is conducted, it will take a bit of time and organizing to do anyway... so I would certainly not suggest that folks hold off buying episodes.
Getting the complete Firefly series right now is a very important show of support, and demonstrates that 20th Century Fox and Apple have made a very savvy move.
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I LOVE iTunes! First BSG, now Firefly....ahhhhhhhh
Plus I wont have to freak out when I loan my dvd's to people.
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Remember that you can also gift a season or episode. Sounds like a good way to convert someone.
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Oh, 11th Hour, this is a wonderful idea indeed!
I agree that a sustained planned campaign will be much better.
Imagine if we can get all Browncoats everywhere to download them just like you suggested....it'll really impact their numbers. Also I liked the idea of downloading them in their correct order... maybe they'll get the hint and put
them in their correct order.
I'm anxious to see exactly what you have in mind re: date to start, how many downloads to shoot for etc.
Finally.... we can do something concrete that we can see how the numbers play out.
And think of all the new folks who will take a chance on the 'verse now that they can download it!
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Huh? I'm in iTunes, click on TV shows, there's an alphabetical listing.....no Firefly. Where are you guys seeing this at????
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Originally posted by GorramReevers:
Huh? I'm in iTunes, click on TV shows, there's an alphabetical listing.....no Firefly. Where are you guys seeing this at????
The announcement has been posted on several message boards. I tried to do a search myself to post a link, but presently I'm operating at a bit of a disadvantage... My computer went non-operational yesterday and I'm presently using my old back-up computer for Internet access. Unfortunately, all the software is fairly old and I literally could not do a search on the Apple site... my older browser couldn't deal with it for some reason.
My computer dilemma should be resolved in the next few days, but in the meantime a thread on WHEDONesque has posted direct links to Firefly and Buffy on iTunes. Just read the first post:
http://whedonesque.com/comments/10305
Hope this works for everyone, I can't check it with this ancient browser... grrr argh...
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Originally posted by mikelesq:
Remember that you can also gift a season or episode. Sounds like a good way to convert someone.
Excellent idea!
Let's all start thinking in terms of sending episodes as gifts and for other occasions... just keep spreading the seeds of Firefly and wonderful things will grow...
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Ahh, that worked. Thanks 11th.
I just downloaded the whole ruttin' season! :) Shiny!
Weird that you need to access it via the direct link; it's not listed on the "regular" iTUnes tv listings.....
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