Buying Firefly Episodes on iTunes ~ An Idea

POSTED BY: 11thHour
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 15:20
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PIZMOBEACH

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:42 AM

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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????

When I first heard this news this morning I searched the Apple site and my itunes and couldn't find it in either place, but if you have itunes the Whedonesque link works great:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=1518010
83&s=143441

I'm sure both the Apple site and the itunes interface will be updated once they start selling - maybe even front page stuff.
Thx 11th, great idea

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AZHEA

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:34 AM

From iTunes Music Store, you click on TV Shows at the left. Scroll down about halfway under Sci-Fi and its right there. Its also listed under Fox shows (sad little kings on their sad little hill

One thing I noticed, after submitting my review, they didn't show up anymore. I wonder if we overloaded their system...shiny if we did, then they'll HAVEE to notice us.

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AZHEA

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:34 AM

Sorry for the gremlin caused double post.

HERA

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:50 AM

Damn and blast it all to hell in a handbasket. Not to rain on the parade here, but.

I bought the pilot off of iTunes because I wanted to compare the quality with the episodes I had ripped off of my DVDs to my iPod (using HandBrake, Mac shareware), and the bloody episodes on iTunes aren't letterboxed (i.e. widescreen), they're full screen, which means aproximately 1/4-1/3 of the image is missing.

I know on a small iPod screen, they probably thought bigger was better, but huh. I know it's a niggly point, but I like to see it the way it was shot.

Quality-wise, though, it's better (not as much artifacting from the compression algorithms) but darn disappointing that people who purchase won't get the whole picture. Literally.

I'm going to check again tomorrow to see if there was an option to download a widescreen version, but I don't remember it being an option.

Also, the episode order is out of whack. They have Objects in Space listed as airing 4th from the end, with Heart of Gold being the final episode. Going to email them tomorrow to see if they can correct that.

But, all in all, it's a great (legal) way for people to preview the episodes, and they'll like to so much, they'll go right out and buy the whole gorram set on DVD.

OK, I'm finished looking at this gift horse and only seeing it's teeth.

-Hera

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:29 AM

I don't have an IPod, but I for sure am downloading ITunes tomorrow and downloading these pretties.

Hera, maybe if enough of us download them individually in the right order and email as well they'll see the error of their ways and fix that little problem.

11th Hour.. you say the word.. set up times, set up dates and I'll bet you will have every Browncoat on board to do this!

Not only will we download them now.. but we'll keep downloading them.

What a great time for this to become available with the rise of new folks in our ranks and the interest in Firefly/Serenity growing! Perfect timing!

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

NOSADSEVEN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:40 AM

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Originally posted by Hera:
Also, the episode order is out of whack. They have Objects in Space listed as airing 4th from the end, with Heart of Gold being the final episode. Going to email them tomorrow to see if they can correct that.

Well, I guess the real issue would depend on whether they are showing the DVD version or the aired version of OiS, since they altered that little conversation between Inara and Mal.

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AGATSU

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:37 PM

As far as I know, it's the full screen version of the original airings in Fox's crazy-ass order.
Still, it might be enough to convince people to watch an episode or two, and when they're on the go (i-pod), they're more inclined to get bored and give it a try.
And 2 bucks, that's nothing.
I think it's a shiny opportunity and would suggest to set the date for purchasing one episode a day right inbetween Serenity Day and the 'Versary (maybe a bit towards the latter), so people get over the "thirst distance", as it's called in Germany, the length of time in which things are going slow and motivation is probably lowest. Early to mid-August might be good.
Is there a way to buy episodes for OTHER people as a gift? You know, I pay, and then they can download it?
In that case the early August date is even better, since it will leave people who like the pilot time to watch the rest of the series before buying the BDM on September 30th.
I also second the notion of purchasing the episodes in the DVD order.
What's the quality of the videos, btw? I de-installed i-tunes because software that just installs itself pisses me off, and I use WinAmp most of the time, anyways. I also thought i-tune was mostly for downloading stuff to your i-pod, and I don't have one. My portable mp3 player plays the Firefly and Serenity soundtracks, and as long as it's doing that, it's enough for me.

BROWNCOATS UNITE!

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:20 PM

Agatsu, according to a poster above us, I think you can buy it as a gift, which I find to be just awesome!

Your idea about when to buy is a good one.. there will be some drawn out time.... unless we plan some really shiny things and we're all so busy we can't even breathe .... but that's good right! Either way we get to get the word out, and that is gonna make the entire summer fun!

It's a great lead up to buying and viewing Serenity on Serenity 'Versary.

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

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