That ain't right

POSTED BY: Redlava
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 20:18
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REDLAVA

Monday, June 26, 2006 11:31 PM

I was just noticing today that Fast and the Furious; Tokyo Drift has now grossed over $42 Million dollars in the thearte. That just makes me so sad. Almost like a little piece of me has died knowing that more people were interested in this pathetic drivel than were Serenity. Which leads me to believe that either Universal's marketing campaign of Serenity wasn't aimed very well, and needs to be better for the sequel (please, please, please). Or American movie goers in general are some of the most gullible and pathetic audiences in the world. Both of which also make me sad as well.

We have talked so much about how much Firefly/Serenity is great, but I want to know what things about the show/movie don't you like. Or might want to see changed or tweeked for the possible future. If there are any of course.

PENGUIN

Monday, June 26, 2006 11:37 PM

But just look at what the top rated TV shows are these days...drivel.

I've always thought that Firefly was too good of a show to be on Fox. The people who watch Fox don't want to think or get involved with character developement...they want mindless junk!

RMMC

Monday, June 26, 2006 11:46 PM

Considering that the top box office movie for the weekend was another brainless Adam Sandler piece of gos se, it's pretty much the lowest common demoninator that seems to be at work.

And yeah, I think the marketing campaign was a mite bit thin. The commercials were great...if you knew what you were seeing. There wasn't enough to give folks out of the loop an idea of what the the premise was.

*****
RMMC

JOSSISAGOD

Monday, June 26, 2006 11:53 PM

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Originally posted by Redlava:
I was just noticing today that Fast and the Furious; Tokyo Drift has now grossed over $42 Million dollars in the thearte. That just makes me so sad. Almost like a little piece of me has died knowing that more people were interested in this pathetic drivel than were Serenity. Which leads me to believe that either Universal's marketing campaign of Serenity wasn't aimed very well, and needs to be better for the sequel (please, please, please). Or American movie goers in general are some of the most gullible and pathetic audiences in the world. Both of which also make me sad as well.

We have talked so much about how much Firefly/Serenity is great, but I want to know what things about the show/movie don't you like. Or might want to see changed or tweeked for the possible future. If there are any of course.

I think that a lot of American movie goers have become a little lazy within the past decade or so, I'll admit I liked the first Fast and The Furious, the sequels however were crap, even Eva Mendes couldn't save 2Fast in my opinion. I think that as a whole America has maybe taken the easy way out on most things, I mean look at what's popular now, a t.v. show about two rich bimbos not living in luxury for a change and contests with people on islands with hotels around the corner amoung others. I believe people are no longer using what little brain they have left to differ between crap they could see by looking at their own back yard(back yard being figurative) and intelligent T.V./movies that make them think "What if."

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

"Look at me, I'm STUPID!" The Doctor.

JIGMAN

Monday, June 26, 2006 11:54 PM

Ahh, the only reason I ever heard of Serenity was becouse I was watching SG-1 one day and the preview came up on the commercials. To be in fact, I do not think I EVER saw any ads outside of the few on sci-fi channel...

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JOSSISAGOD

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:19 AM

I know I didn't see any ads outside of the sci-fi channel. So to rephrase my privious statement, I think it was probably a bit of both reasons why American audiences where more interested in "Tokyo Drift." To few adverts for Serenity and most of America just doesn't want to think about the movies they go to see.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

"Look at me, I'm STUPID!" The Doctor.

REDLAVA

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:23 AM

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Originally posted by Jigman:
Ahh, the only reason I ever heard of Serenity was becouse I was watching SG-1 one day and the preview came up on the commercials. To be in fact, I do not think I EVER saw any ads outside of the few on sci-fi channel...

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All good things must come to an end.

That is my exact point about the whole marketing campaign. Universal never really went outside the already established fanbase. I never even knew about the movie until I saw a preview on Sci-Fi after one of the Firefly episodes they showed. And to be honest I don't think I ever saw a preview for it on any other channel. I never saw any of the actors promoting it on talkshows or morning shows. And I think I saw one preview for it in the theatre about a week before it came out. Hopefully they do a better job getting the sequel out there to people who have never been exposed to it.

And if by chance a non Browncoat did see the preview their first reaction was probably, "great another Star Wars knock off."

RMMC

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:02 AM

They advertised during "Bones." I figured it was to get the former Buffy Fans who were watching David B.

Didn't see it anywhere else.

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RMMC

RKLENSETH

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:07 AM

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Originally posted by RMMC:
Considering that the top box office movie for the weekend was another brainless Adam Sandler piece of gos se, it's pretty much the lowest common demoninator that seems to be at work.

And yeah, I think the marketing campaign was a mite bit thin. The commercials were great...if you knew what you were seeing. There wasn't enough to give folks out of the loop an idea of what the the premise was.

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RMMC

I'm sorry but this current Adam Sandler movie is actually somewhat serious with a clear message though it does have is usual humor. I think Sandler has calmed down a lot and his movies are becoming more serious dramas rather than wacky comedies. But the advertisements for Sandler's newest movie completely misrepresent the movie. It is more serious Sci-Fi drama rather than comedy. This movie is actually really good. It is more along the lines of Spanglish.

***SPOILER ALERT***

And be warned. It is a tearjerker. To recap the story it is about a middle-class, arctitect who's work gets in the way of his family life (though he at the beginning of the movie see's it the other way around). So he is given a universal remote that allows him to fast forward or skip ahead but the remote sort of gets mind of his own and because of it he misses all the important things in life and loses his family and it is too late when he realizes what he has lost. At the end he is at his son's wedding when he has a heart attack and while in the hospital he realizes his son is making the same mistake (he is cancelling his honeymoon because he is called into work) and goes out into the pouring rain where he has another heart attack and dies. All in all, not what you expect from an Adam Sandler movie.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

MSG

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:10 AM

yes they needed more blanket advertising coverage, better and more defining clip shots in the ads ( not just the ones which were obviously meant to connect with fans) they needed more visibility on talk shoes like Letterman and Leno and they needed more visible press coverage:) But that $ count for toyko drift makes me vaguely nauseous.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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