Time to bring Firefly back, this is ridiculous
POSTED BY: Jannici
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2006 09:40
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OK... so tell me... why in the hell does FUX want to keep the rights if they're not doing anything with those rights?
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Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
OK... so tell me... why in the hell does FUX want to keep the rights if they're not doing anything with those rights?
They need a reason? Didn't we agree what F*X was... well, evil?
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My guess is that it's partly stubbornness, party evilness, and partly the idea of making money without investing money. Here's what I think Fox is hoping for:
Universal continues to develop the movie rights, which brings more and more people to the fanbase. Fox doesn't have to put up any money of their own for this. Universal starts making piles of money, and the fanbase grows to a respectable size. And then, in steps Fox, who still hold the tv rights. They now have a fanbase that they did absolutely nothing to create or grow, but which they can now make money off of. They either bring Firefly back to tv themselves, or sell the tv rights off to someone else for top dollar.
Now, all of that would be fine for us fans (if someone is actually continuing to make Firefly/Serenity, we don't mind giving them money, right?), except that the first part of Fox's plan hasn't happened yet: Universal isn't making piles of money. So until that happens, I think Fox is going to continue to sit on the tv rights. It costs them nothing to just hold on to the rights, and as long as they believe the rights could be worth something someday -- a year from now, ten -- I think they will continue to hold on to the rights.
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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I think it was discussed that they have a practice of airing shows that have cult following potential and then snuff them within or at the end of their first season, then they just hold on to the rights and make money off of the merchandise sales.
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Does anyone know how long F*X owns the rights?
There must be a limit, right? 5 years, 10 years?
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Just a wild guess, but there probably isn't any limit on how long they own the rights, other than standard copyright laws. Which would be, 70 years after Joss dies, or something like that, right?
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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Great. So, we wait for it to become "public domain".
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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Just a wild guess, but there probably isn't any limit on how long they own the rights, other than standard copyright laws. Which would be, 70 years after Joss dies, or something like that, right?
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
We can always kidnap F*X execs and force them to give Joss the rights! I mean... that would be wrong... But I'm up for it!
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Besides, on the Pilot Serenity they spent like $9 million or so?
Yeah, I believe it was about $12 million for the pilot, and about $2 million for each of the following episodes.
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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Just a wild guess, but there probably isn't any limit on how long they own the rights, other than standard copyright laws. Which would be, 70 years after Joss dies, or something like that, right?
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
We can always kidnap F*X execs and force them to give Joss the rights! I mean... that would be wrong... But I'm up for it!
See now you're thinking. I like that. At this point I would be willing to do anything to get Firefly back. If I have to kidnap someone....so be it. I am up for it as well
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